In addition to other successes observed in media outlets, I wonder if this helps to further demonstrate the power of unions (despite there not having been such a thing in this case) in a subtle manner:

When people act together, they are likely to get positive results.

A different observation:

Not only are they helping themselves and improving Dell’s culture, but they are also helping the environment and inspiring others. (And preserving needless burning of person hours.)

Way to go!

This part is notable:

Briefed on the Pentagon’s secret anti-vax campaign by Reuters, some American public health experts also condemned the program, saying it put civilians in jeopardy for potential geopolitical gain. An operation meant to win hearts and minds endangered lives, they said.

“I don’t think it’s defensible,” said Daniel Lucey, an infectious disease specialist at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. “I’m extremely dismayed, disappointed and disillusioned to hear that the U.S. government would do that,” said Lucey, a former military physician who assisted in the response to the 2001 anthrax attacks.

The effort to stoke fear about Chinese inoculations risked undermining overall public trust in government health initiatives, including U.S.-made vaccines that became available later, Lucey and others said. Although the Chinese vaccines were found to be less effective than the American-led shots by Pfizer and Moderna, all were approved by the World Health Organization. Sinovac did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.

It’s truly indefensible to see this kind of behavior that can kill people for geopolitical gain. And now, when we complain about foreign meddling, we can rightfully be reminded of what our side did to others…

The cruelty aside, I am also amazed by the shortsightedness of such tactics. This was an obviously failed strategy from the start. (And imaging the ignorance of assuming it would not be leaked…)

Ah, that is an important line, thank you for sharing that. So effectively a 3-to-1 ratio of conservatives over others. Interesting how the attacks on democracy develop.

This is wonderful news! Thank goodness!

Perhaps water is not wet then.

His point just isn’t convincing.

Those are students to be proud of.

I’m grateful for the young generation.

The hypocrisy in his statement is incredible.

The final paragraph in the article is also revealing:

In February, McGill said it would divest from companies listed in the Carbon Underground 200, a list of the top 100 coal and the top 100 oil and gas publicly-traded reserve holders, following a years-long campaign by students and faculty members.

Good move on McGill University’s part, even if it’s 2024. Better late than never.

This is a very valid question. They should be produced locally.

You raise excellent questions. I’m awaiting responses from others with meaningful links. We might need to be very patient.

I’m so glad to hear this. I wish it were issued a long time ago, but anyway.

I second that. Thank you.

This article makes clear how Mr. Barnett called on Boeing on numerous dangerous practices, which Boeing fully denied. But it seems the FAA was able to confirm at least some of Mr. Barnett’s testimony.

Here follow some notable parts:

He later told the BBC that workers had failed to follow procedures intended to track components through the factory, allowing defective components to go missing.

He said in some cases, sub-standard parts had even been removed from scrap bins and fitted to planes that were being built to prevent delays on the production line.

He also claimed that tests on emergency oxygen systems due to be fitted to the 787 showed a failure rate of 25%, meaning that one in four could fail to deploy in a real-life emergency.

Mr Barnett said he had alerted managers to his concerns, but no action had been taken.

Boeing denied his assertions. However, a 2017 review by the US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), did uphold some of Mr Barnett’s concerns.

It established that the location of at least 53 “non-conforming” parts in the factory was unknown, and that they were considered lost. Boeing was ordered to take remedial action.

I wonder what the results were for the remedial actions imposed on Boeing in 2017. Were they able to account for the lost parts, particularly in light of Mr. Barnett’s claims of garbage parts being used from the garbage bins?

Sounds like a particular corporation is being scummy.

His death comes at a time when production standards at both Boeing and its key supplier Spirit Aerosystems are under intense scrutiny.

Gosh, this is convenient for Boeing and Spirit. Very, very convenient.

And it’s clear the FAA is pissed:

A preliminary report from the US National Transportation Safety Board suggested that four key bolts, designed to hold the door securely in place, were not fitted.

Last week, the FAA said a six-week audit of the company had found “multiple instances where the company allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality control requirements”.

Returning to the top of the article, we see the use of quotes around “self-inflicted”:

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett’s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

Yeah, the quotes look very appropriate to me.

Rest in Power, Mr. Barnett. I’m truly sorry for you and your family.

Thank you for posting this. It’s good to be aware of that.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Hungary’s head of state to resign after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case.

Hungary’s opposition parties say that President Katalin Novák, Hungary’s one-time minister for families and a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is no longer fit to hold office after she pardoned the former deputy director of a state-run children’s home last year.

The man was sentenced to more than three years in prison in 2018 for helping to cover up the sexual abuse committed by the institution’s director, who himself was sentenced to eight years for his abuse of at least 10 children between 2004 and 2016.

Novák, who issued the pardon along with around two dozen others on the occasion of Pope Francis’ April 2023 visit to Hungary, has denied that she acted improperly and rejected calls for a formal explanation of her decision.

It’s all about projection, hypocrisy, narcissism from any of these parties of “family values” and “law and order.”

And then to blatantly lie:

“Under my presidency, there has not been and will not be pardons for pedophiles, as it was in this case,” she said during a news conference on Tuesday.

Novák’s office did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment.

Opening paragraph is alarming, I feel:

New York Community Bancorp has taken over Signature Bank and assumed most of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Sunday evening, one week after crypto-friendly Signature Bank and tech-focused Silicon Valley Bank both collapsed in the span of a few days—sending shockwaves through the U.S. financial system.

This too, I’d add:

The collapse of New York-based Signature Bank—which had $110 billion in assets last year—marked the third-largest bank failure in U.S. history, after Washington Mutual’s failure in 2008 and Silicon Valley Bank’s failure just two days before Signature was shut down.

And it seems the underlying culprit is the flawed strategy summarized here:

A regional bank, Signature became known for its unusual willingness to work with cryptocurrency industry customers, and although it began pivoting away from crypto last year, a recent plunge in crypto prices harmed the bank, especially after crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank failed earlier this month.

I appreciate what Ms. Thunberg does and says. She’s my moral barometer.

I cannot begin to imagine… It’s truly heartbreaking.

Good bot, thank you!