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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Boeing's deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/

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KathleenC,
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@pluralistic

"Under AIR21, an aviation whistleblower who is retaliated against by their employer must first try to resolve their problem internally....)if HR takes more than 90 days to resolve your internal complaint, you can no have no further recourse). If you manage to raise a complaint with OSHA, it is heard by a secret tribunal that has no subpoena power and routinely takes five years to rule on cases, and rules against whistleblowers 97% of the time."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/

techghoul,
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@pluralistic boeing-boeing!

vxo,
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@pluralistic oh, only 420 planes were stuffed with reject parts? ONLY? yeah... uh...

captainchaos,
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@pluralistic I think you have a missing word: "everyone a Boeing who knew how to build a plane".

pluralistic,
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@captainchaos Thanks, fixed at the permalink.

cohomologyisFUN,
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@pluralistic makes my blood boil. The FAA should NEVER have agreed to allow that company to be its own regulator.

pluralistic,
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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TOMORROW (May 2) in WINNIPEG then FRIDAY (May 3) in CALGARY and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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18+ pluralistic,
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Boeing's deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage: Nothing good has the acronym 'MRSA.'

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112366979097305884

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18+ pluralistic,
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Hey look at this

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18+ wtwagg,
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@pluralistic @jwz that one brings back some memories! Bring on the Sea Monkeys!

18+ pluralistic,
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MIT Tech Review makes a fool out of Jack Valenti https://web.archive.org/web/20040529210502/www-tech.mit.edu/V124/N20/ValentiIntervie.20f.html

Shatnerquake: bizarro novel about every Shatner character sucked into reality to hunt down William Shatner https://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/04/william_shatner_william_shatner_william_shatner.php

US Trade Rep lies about Canadian piracy https://web.archive.org/web/20090503075121/http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3912/125/

Why neutrality is more important than connection speeds https://isen.com/blog/2009/04/broadband-without-internet-ain-worth.html

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18+ pluralistic,
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Every 27 seconds, Canadian telcos hand over subscriber data to cops (mostly without a warrant) https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/04/telco-disclosures/

Smooth sales-patter from Union Square’s Gentleman Peeler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUct4NlxE0

Serpent profiteers: how a summer camp snakebite turned into a $142,938 medical bill https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/29/717467217/summer-bummer-a-young-campers-142-938-snakebite

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18+ pluralistic,
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The platforms suck at content moderation and demanding they do more won’t make them better at it — but there ARE concrete ways to improve moderation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/content-moderation-broken-let-us-count-ways

Big Tech’s addiction to illegal, overreaching NDAs protects wage discrimination, sexual harassment, and other evils by “terrorizing” employees https://fortune.com/2019/04/29/silicon-valley-nda/

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18+ pluralistic,
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Chase’s stupid poverty-shaming “inspirational” tweet, and Twitter users’ magnificent responses thereto https://mashable.com/article/chase-bank-tweet-backlash

Duke University acquires the archives of Charles N Brown, founder of Locus Magazine https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2019/01/11/locus-archives-documents-the-history-of-sci-fi/

Securepairs.org will send debullshitifying security researchers to Right to Repair hearings to fight industry FUD https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-security-experts-california/

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18+ pluralistic,
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Most US eighth graders have taken apart a gadget to fix it or see how it works https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/tel/student-questionnaires/

Weak Institutions https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/30/weak-institutions/

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18+ pluralistic,
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Yesterday's threads: Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress; and more!

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18+ pluralistic,
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18+ pluralistic,
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Recent appearances:

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18+ pluralistic,
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I'm touring my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me TOMORROW (May 2) in WINNIPEG then FRIDAY (May 3) in CALGARY and SATURDAY (May 4) in VANCOUVER. Next is Tartu, Estonia, and beyond!

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#bezzle-tour

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18+ Ulan_KA,
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@pluralistic Estland seems to be off the airline nets at the moment due to GPS-jamming by Russia. Did you work on alternative routes already?

18+ pluralistic,
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@Ulan_KA Not sure. I'm guessing it'll be a train or someone'll drive me.

18+ yaygya,
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@pluralistic I did not expect this at all, but I’ll be able to be in Calgary on Friday evening. Just booked my ticket, I can’t wait!

18+ pluralistic,
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@yaygya fantastic! See you there!

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