How useful of a platform is it if only selected information is allowed to be shared? From my perspective, it is only useful for Reddit admins want it to be useful for.
In your particular case, it was NOT useful for communicating very important information to your local community, unless I am misunderstanding your post here.
So by you and others continuing to use Reddit instead of committing to another platform, the suppression of information is facilitated/implicitly supported.
Why are you still using Reddit? Haven't Reddit admins proven over and over that they are willing to manipulate content on their platform to influence their users? Haven't they shown you that their platform is worth abandoning??
If nothing else, this experience should demonstrate that it is time to switch to Lemmy full time.
This article about spontaneous formation of knots may be relevant:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0611320104
TLDR: If you put a string in a box and move it around, the string will most likely knot itself.
This article notes that this is a "drop in the bucket" when compared to the totality of plastic waste. What a short sighted view! Nicotine itself has adverse effects on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the waste of so many batteries (see: rare earth metals) may be even worse.
Not to mention that in my experience disposables bring an alluring noncommittal feeling that could make it harder to quit or easier to start an addiction.
Seems like a great ban!!!
What do you have against quinquagenarians?
So what do you suggest? No cars allowed at all? Even in European countries with strong public transportation cars are still useful and allowed (except in crowded city areas). It's hard to imagine life out in the boonies without access to a car...
I think we should pursue better public transportation primarily, but I also think efforts to make electric vehicles better are an important piece of the puzzle to transporting ourselves sustainably.
I think there may be more to Ukraine's abstention than being "too busy with their own shit," probably they don't want to annoy the US govt and risk having military aid further reduced.
Don't understand why anyone was still on the masts when they hit the bridge...
They had lost power and all sails were furled, so they couldn't have been moving very fast. And according to this article the ship was taller than the maximum clearance under the bridge. So it seems like someone fucked up big time not getting crew out of harms way.
Sure, I can agree that division of labor is crucial. But I work in a factory where what I suggest is somewhat of a reality. Cross training is a purposeful practice because it creates a more flexible/robust workforce. Jobs that are the worst to work are typically shared amongst a large number of people so that nobody has to do it all day, which promotes worker wellness and thereby efficiency. Ergonomic and safety concerns are addressed so that workers stay healthy and can work more efficiently.
The place I work is a B corp.
Your implied stance that people should only do one thing ever doesn't make sense to me. For the more specialized roles at my facility that are potentially odious, they generally have a much easier workload, and they aren't doing only that one task anywhere close to all day most days.
So let's not say that people should give up on making factories places where workers can be happy. You can have efficient workers who know how to do more than one thing.
I think we are generally in agreement that standing in front of a blast furnace all day would suck pretty badly. But I am not sure such work must always be miserable. To be fair I have never worked with a blast furnace, but I don't see why someone's job should be to do the same thing every day for years on end. Management should switch up worker roles frequently, perhaps multiple times a day if the task is particularly odious. And if there are ergonomic or environmental reasons it isn't tolerable or safe, those reasons should be addressed, such as providing better PPE or custom built tools.
Adding extra incentives is part of making factory work sustainable in the long run, but it's going to take more than an extra $(insert number)/hour to make workers safe and happy. And I really don't think we should give up on trying to make factory workers safe and happy.
Fair to point out that Trump and Lutnick suck bad and aren't really going to do anything to help factory workers. I guess that point feels obvious to me so I gloss over it in my comments. When I read an article like this, my takeaway may not always be the author's intended point.
I still resist the idea that it must always be better to "escape" the factory and work elsewhere.
You say you aren't shitting on factory work. But you also seem to feel that the ability to exit the factory is fundamental to having a good life. I agree that people should be able to choose what field they work in, so no I don't think that every person should feel locked in to factory work, but I do think that we should focus on how to make factory work appealing, unlike it is now.
We need to be talking about more than just worker protections (although that is where policy needs to start and I agree they are the foundation for any further progress). We need to talk about government recommendations for management practices, grants for labor research, and possibly incentives for progressive management styles. We need to make factories into places that people don't want to escape.
And as consumers, we need to push for the reality we want to see. If we have the ability, we should do our best to support companies with better labor practices - for example, the B corp and the Well certifications require certain employee wellness minimums, so when buying mass produced goods, prioritize ones with a certification like that.
Maybe these are just from snail trails and my snails have OCD?
Made using O.C. photos.
Does this type of content belong here, or only animal-animal hybrids?
Anything got you feeling stretched?
She's having a good morning and looking good while she's at it!
Wish we got a more complete understanding of the truckers' side in this article - why is it so hard to turn off your engine instead of idling?
The guy quoted in the article says that some trucks need to operate their lift gates 15 or 20 times in a day. First of all, turn on your engine to operate the gate and then turn it off when you're done... Secondly, if it is impacting business too much to take that extra time to turn the engine on and off, invest in an auxiliary power source to operate the lift gate.
Maybe I'm missing something?