“PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions officially is being repealed Saturday. … Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the bill in May, declaring it was just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona.”
The term “political correctness” (using less harmful language and terms that people prefer to apply to themselves for race, gender, ethnicity, etc.) is a dog whistle for racists, because the term implies that caring about other people is performative. They can’t accept that it’s possible for people to actually care about other people.
Around 76% of high-performing women receive negative feedback compared to only 2% of men
“About 40% of top workers who get inactionable criticism plan to leave their companies, compared to just 22% of successful employees who get actionable assessments.
“High-performers are pretty ambitious people. So if you’re providing feedback that is not specific, not actionable, and you’re not promoting them, they will leave. These are people who are being recruited all the time”
So glad not to be dealing with this directly. Kudos to those who are. Thank you. Be safe out there.
“The work seems particularly visible in busy airports, where workers are trying to fix machines inside kiosks, attached to large information displays, or mounted high above the floor requiring a ladder.”
9 million BSODs on the wall, 9 million BSODs; take one down, pass it around, 8,999,999 BSODs on the wall. And you can’t just hire people to push the button.
“The Biden administration moved Friday to protect 28 million acres of public lands in Alaska from oil and gas drilling, mining and other industrial activities that could threaten #Alaska#Native communities, vulnerable wildlife and pristine ecosystems.”
Heads up, Zoom users. Opt out now from their AI services if you want to. In July they will be on by default. Link to the web settings where you can do this: https://zoom.us/account/setting?tab=aicompanion
Edit: this is the dot-us domain URL. In other countries look for “AI companion in your _web_ settings for Zoom. They hide all the advanced settings there.
From the app, look for Advanced in your Settings, then log in on the website. #infosec#ai#zoom
"People don’t have a clear understanding of how you can still contract the virus. In their defense, no one has told them plainly that just walking into a room where someone with COVID was 40 minutes ago could get you infected.”
After a positive test, you have to have a PCR Test negative to return to work. The White House admitted quietly on CSPAN that the protections were still in place in July of 2023 when an Israeli delegation was not admitted after testing positive for COVID, after claiming with much fanfare the prior April that the pandemic was over and that it was safe to return to work….” (3/4)
“the White House has maintained the very strictest abatements to protect people who live and work there from the virus: In order to enter the White House, they have to have had no symptoms for 14 days, the latest booster vaccinations up-to-date, and a negative rapid test. They have nine or better fresh air exchanges per hour and all filters are upgraded to MERV 13. They have also installed 220 nanometer Germicidal UV lamps. (2/4)
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