dkiesow

dkiesow, 7 days ago to random

Are men too emotional to run a business?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-story-elon-musk-mass-100216178.html

ben, 10 days ago to journalism

"British newspaper groups have warned Apple that any move to impose a so-called "web eraser" tool to block advertisements would put the financial sustainability of journalism at risk, the Financial Times reported on Sunday." Counterpoint: block the ads. #Media https://werd.io/view/6640fbf0ac0a7b80eb0d7a02

dkiesow, 17 days ago to random

I think this pretty much explains it. If people ‘democratically’ elect (ignoring the issue of gerrymandering and voter suppression) the ‘face-eating cheetah party’ that is their right.

https://www.semafor.com/article/05/05/2024/joe-kahn-the-newsroom-is-not-a-safe-space

dkiesow, 17 days ago to random

“You can’t work here unless you pledge to believe an utter falsehood” is a heck of an HR policy. And everyone involved recognizes it and apparently spends a fair amount of time trying to work around the issue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/04/trump-rnc-spies-election-fraud/

dkiesow, 19 days ago to random

Journalistic questioning of any given official version of events is inversely correlated to temporal proximity.

dkiesow, 19 days ago to random

Gallup, May 1961:

https://news.gallup.com/vault/246167/protests-seen-harming-civil-rights-movement-60s.aspx

dkiesow, 27 days ago to random

Congratulations to the establishment for radicalizing a bunch of student protestors who while earnest were also likely more focused on finals next week and acing the job interview with Big Law, Consulting or Tech.

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

Re-read “Amusing Ourselves to Death” last week. Huxley maybe underestimated the profit motive connected to addiction.

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

Looking forward to Tom Cotton’s next OpEd in the Times: Sometimes people deserve to be the victims of vehicular homicide.

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

How does The Onion stay in business?

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

I do fit. #caturday

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

The irony is, most of our disasters are actually the result of a lack of diversity of thought or lived experience.

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

I can’t recommend enough that people read “Normal Accidents” in considering how things like the Key Bridge happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents

dkiesow, 1 month ago to random

An underrated leadership skill is knowing how to avoid making decisions that anyone outside the c-suite would instantly and intuitively recognize as a triggering action for a staff revolt.

ben, 1 month ago to random

I'm afraid to quote-boost on Mastodon because I'm worried most people won't be able to read the quoted post. Is this fear justified?

ben, 2 months ago to technology

"We’re taking a phased approach to Threads’ fediverse integration to ensure we can continue to build responsibly and get valuable feedback from our users and the fediverse community." It's really great to see them do this and communicate well about it. #Technology https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

dkiesow, 2 months ago to random

I am fascinated Gannett is terminating its contract with the Associated Press two weeks before the end of March Madness...

dkiesow, 2 months ago to random

This nonsense needs to be outlawed now: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html