#reconnectingconsequencestocauses — Public Fediverse posts

This piece is worth a read as it details the actions & aftermath; here’s just one taste. 😱
A real s**t show went down at the American Diabetes Association (ADA)’s meeting - you may have seen the video of the 5 diabetes scientists having their handouts snatched & being manhandled out by beefy police:
“Kahn [lead author of the editorial at the center of the story, and the editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care] pointed out that the events as they unfolded brought his editorial more attention than he ever imagined, with page views shooting up to 76,000 as of Monday afternoon, and a flood of views on social media through various channels.

“"Our goal was to hand out 1,000 copies of those editorials, and if we got 200 people to read them, we were lucky," Kahn told MedPage Today. "By the actions of the ADA, we've actually got millions of people to think about it."”
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121657

#StreisandEffect #ADA #consequences #actionAndAftermath #supportForScience #AmericanDiabetesAssociation #Kahn #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

And here’s another bit from Michael Crichton’s ‘Disclosure’ (which he says is based on a true story), 1st published in 1994, but still feels contemporary in lots of areas; this is part of a longer speech:
“Third, I think that we have an obligation to— a social obligation, if you will— to keep high-paying skilled jobs in the U.S. Other countries don’t export good jobs. Why should we? Each of our offshore manufacturing decisions has been made for a specific reason, and, personally, I hope we start to move them back here. Because there are many hidden costs in offshore fabrication. … we need manufacturing. If there’s anything that the last twenty years has shown us, it’s that design and manufacturing are all one process. You start splitting off the design engineers from the manufacturing guys and you’ll end up with bad design. You’ll end up with General Motors.”

#reading #MichaelCrichton #Disclosure #quotes #manufacturing #design #SocialObligation #offshoring #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

Michael Crichton’s ‘Disclosure’ (which he says is based on a true story), 1st published in 1994, but still feels contemporary in lots of areas. Enjoyed the complicated plot & the product-based manufacturing problem solving. And then there was this:
“As for Meredith, her behaviour didn’t surprise him at all. For years, Sanders had fought the B-school mentality that she exemplified. After watching these graduates come and go, Sanders had finally concluded that there was a fundamental flaw in their education. They had been trained to believe that they were equipped to manage anything. But there was no such thing as general managerial skills and tools. In the end, there were only specific problems, involving specific industries and specific workers. To apply general tools to specific problems was to fail. You needed to know the market, you needed to know the customers, you needed to know the limits of manufacturing and the limits of your own creative people. None of that was obvious.”

#reading #MichaelCrichton #problemSolving #Disclosure #BSchoolMentality #education #fundamentalFlaw #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116291825495347262

Zuck looks like a rabbit in the headlights in the pic. And how’s the arrogance in this statement: “Meta said it respectfully disagreed with the verdict and was evaluating its legal options.”

Good that the article also mentions:

“In a separate case this week, a jury in New Mexico found Meta violated state law by misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and of enabling child sexual exploitation on those platforms.

AP/Reuters”

#antiSocialMedia #socialMediaAddiction #USPol #Zuck #meta #addiction #mentalHealth #publicHealth #reconnectingconsequencesToCauses

@sfbaykeeper

"Before EPA and laws like the Clean Water Act, America's waters were choked with pollution. Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which became a symbol of environmental degradation in the 60s, was so polluted that it repeatedly caught fire."

My goodmess! There's a cautionary tale right there! 😐

Fancy choosing to return to those days... And for those who say privatisation will take it from here, now that govt's out of the service loop: who will have funds to pay for it with Mango Muffin & Melon Husk tanking the US economy?

#Consequences
#ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses
#EPA
#CleanWater #PublicHealth #EssentialServices