Isn't it wild what humans are capable of? Someone can understand human nature and history to the degree to write some of the things in HP and yet completely have blinders on to their own biases that would enable the same things?
Just read "the Hearing" with my kid tonight, a chapter early in HP 5, when one of the better villains in popular literature is introduced, Delores Umbridge. First time I read HP5 was 20 years ago, reading it again today only for the second time with current context is instructive.
The Hearing is an important chapter as it, for the first time, lays out that the institution running the wizard world might not be on Harry's side, that there may be political motives behind processes, treatment and proceedings, and overall pulls the adolescent curtain down on the assumption right and good are running everything in the world of wizarding. Umbridge becomes the embodiment of propaganda, misuse of position, and how much damage motivated actors can do when handed power.
I went to Katz' about 15 years ago and their sandwiches were stacked much higher then. Margins get us all.
Been thinking about this and political implications of climate-driven migration this week.
Here's the VP of Reddit's community cited in the article, Laura Nestler, preaching super engagement from a platforms most fanatical users to power content for the 90%.
She suggests, intrinsic motivators such as "autonomy".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vWUMW6Ovf6o
She was at Yelp prior, which if you want to look at a steaming pile of a wasted company, man give reddit 5-10 years.
You're saying he's a synthetic fiber and not the traditional cotton plain weave? The textile industry will be shocked!
How about building standards where gas stoves must have mandatory venting? Builders will of course say too much red tape, gas companies will donate to politicians and we'll be stuck here for 20 more years.
By design. It took me a long while to realize that coming off the "cut middle management, they don't do anything" 80s and 90s outsourcing then "globalization"(outsourcing), and then startup culture that evolved "we're lean startup", the entire last 4 decades of management practices based on BS spewed by Big 4 consultancies all boils down to pretending you don't need people to do work and it will magically be completed by someone else.
When you don't design a process with failsafe staff, when something changes or goes wrong, you're immediately in the red. Most companies, and many of the processes they use have never had full staff to even see what the world would look like. Quarterly margins are too important.
That 8pm workday? Someone should have been there to deal with it, instead it's you. Maybe it was a QC person, that was never hired, or your engineer was rushing, or you went with a cheap supplier, your your Corp wants to pay absolute minimum wages so you have incredibly high turnover....these are all costs and get to be born by you, their employee. Sorry, can't approve your life outside of work. From there, when capable, willing you finally reached exhaustoln says fuck it, the cost gets passed onto the consumer.
Boeing doesn't even put doors on planes correctly anymore. I had 3 recalls for my car in the last 2 years. Any company or industry from grocery to insurance is in the same spot by depending on magical labor.
Don't be a wizard nor witch and take your time off.
Tim walz--level confession
They've been sued, a bunch, and keep paying the fines, as many other large companies do as a cost of doing business because the fines are insignificant relative to revenue and profits generated by illegal behaviors.
The question is, when will enforcement and financial and legal liability finally raise the cost of illegal behavior to something corporations won't routinely do?
Well captalists sleep easier when they have a "labor" president who broke the railroad strike last year. All they did was print some scary news stories for a month, get the public opinion whipped up and suddenly the Dems were happy to play Reagan.
19% YOY usage drop last month, 3.6% bill increase. It's been like this for months. Even if you're trying to limit your usage and save money, you get fucked. Such bullshit. Meanwhile the PUC came out and said they don't want to not approve these large increases PGE has requested every year because "it would set a bad precedent". Talk about in another world.
Their "why are my electricity charges higher" are also incorrect on weather, actually the exact opposite--the same page notes the period was 1 degree cooler than last year.
Kroger wants to buy Albertsons, a major competitor, who also owns Safeway, which Albertsons somehow was approved to buy 3-4 years ago. The attached is a good representation of what “choice” would look like if the merger were approved by the FTC for SE metro area of Portland; 6/10 larger grocers would be run by Kroger (WinCo, Costco, Grocery Outlet and New Seasons the only exception).
This is a big deal because:
If you want to slow grocery price gouging, support better conditions for customers and employees, be able to choose other companies when one isn’t meeting your needs, I highly recommend sharing your thoughts with the FTC and boycotting Kroger/Safeway/Albertsons as much as you can.
Kroger wants to buy Albertsons, a major competitor, who also owns Safeway, which Albertsons somehow was approved to buy 3-4 years ago. The attached is a good representation of what “choice” would look like if the merger were approved by the FTC for SE metro area of Portland; 6/10 larger grocers would be run by Kroger (WinCo, Costco, Grocery Outlet and New Seasons the only exception).
This is a big deal because:
If you want to slow grocery price gouging, support better conditions for customers and employees, be able to choose other companies when one isn’t meeting your needs, I highly recommend sharing your thoughts with the FTC and boycotting Kroger/Safeway/Albertsons as much as you can.
Kroger wants to buy Albertsons, a major competitor, who also owns Safeway, which Albertsons somehow was approved to buy 3-4 years ago. The attached is a good representation of what "choice" would look like if the merger were approved by the FTC for SE metro area of Portland; 6/10 larger grocers would be run by Kroger (WinCo, Costco, Grocery Outlet and New Seasons the only exception).
This is a big deal because:
If you want to slow grocery price gouging, support better conditions for customers and employees, be able to choose other companies when one isn't meeting your needs, I highly recommend sharing your thoughts with the FTC and boycotting Kroger/Safeway/Albertsons as much as you can.
Sure...I mean a play without asides? The temptation and effect can be glorious if used appropriately.