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“Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.” — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia (via philosophybits)
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“We can’t return to normal, because the normal that we had was precisely the problem.”
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(via Prusa Research develops 3D-printable face shield in three days / Boing Boing)
Last week, I reported on Czech 3D printer company, Prusa Research, converting over some of their manufacturing capability to producing hand sanitizer. Now, the company has, within three days of prototyping, created a 3D printable face shield.
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(Source: Boing Boing)
(via Four US senators write Jeff Bezos to ask how Amazon protects workers from COVID-19 / Boing Boing)
Four senators, including Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, have written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to ask what measures are being taken to protect warehouse workers from COVID-19. The coronavirus outbreak that causes this deadly disease has now infected more than 20,000 people throughout America.
“The senators sent the letter two days after the first US-based Amazon warehouse worker tested positive for COVID-19,” reports Jay Peters at The Verge:
The group of senators is led by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and includes Sanders and Sherrod Brown (D-OH). “Any failure of Amazon to keep its workers safe does not just put their employees at risk, it puts the entire country at risk,” the group said in the letter. The senators are also asking Amazon to provide paid sick leave and time-and-a-half hazard pay, among other financial and health protections.“The virus that causes COVID-19 can live for up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to three days on plastic and stainless steel,” the letter says. “That means that Americans who are taking every precaution, staying home and practicing social distancing, might risk getting infected with COVID-19 because of Amazon’s decision to prioritize efficiency and profits over the safety and well-being of its workforce.”
The letter also discussed reports of troubling conditions at Amazon warehouses, such as how Amazon warehouse managers have held regular stand-up meetings with staff, which likely put employees closer than the CDC-recommended six feet of distance away from one another, and a lack of hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers that recently spoke to The Verge described similar conditions.
(Source: Boing Boing)
“What is a rebel? A man who says no.” – Albert Camus, The Rebel
(via KFC manager complains company is ordering them to reopen lobbies during pandemic / Boing Boing)
KFC closed its restaurants to all but drive-through customers and deliveries days ago. According to this video, however, the company is quietly ordering managers to keep lobbies open to serve walk-in takeout customers.
I’ve come up with this plan to protect my employees because they’re trying to force us to open the lobby again.Looks like we’re already at the point where companies are testing the ability of government to enforce crisis measures.
(Source: Boing Boing)