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Former U.S. staffers tell of sleep deprivation, work on weekends and mandatory meetings with colleagues on the other side of the globe. Mr. Martinez said he left after he objected to having to work all weekend even though his project was on schedule, and the response he received from a manager was: “That’s not how we do business here.” ... For months, some former employees said, members of the human resources and finance teams in the New York office didn’t know there were separate teams performing the same functions in California ... TikTok describes itself as a home for “joyful, entertaining, diverse and unexpected experiences.”
posted by geoff. at 6:02 PM PST - 19 comments

In the US, the pandemic has caused a nationwide shortage of medical supplies like syringes, gloves, gowns, laboratory reagents, bedpans, suction canisters, IV kits, and IV contrast. Drug shortages were already a problem pre-pandemic. Shortages of raw materials have also hampered production, as well as the war in Ukraine (in part due to Russia’s outsize role in nickel, steel, and titanium production). [more inside]
posted by joannemerriam at 4:28 PM PST - 23 comments

How the age-appropriate debate is altering curriculum in Tennessee and nationwide A Chalkbeat investigation explores the report for 31 challenged texts to provide context on the complaints and how they were handled. [via mefi projects] [more inside]
posted by bleary at 11:07 AM PST - 34 comments

Writing for Defector, Diana Moskovitz recounts the stories of three gymnasts from the Midwest Gymnastics and the abuse, neglect, and harm they suffered at the hands of gym owner and coach Jess Graba and his spouse and fellow coach Alison Lim. [more inside]
posted by NoxAeternum at 9:08 AM PST - 87 comments

I Know What It Sounds Like But My Liege Lord Just Happens To Be Exemplary In Form and Countenance [sir dan lav prev]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 7:52 AM PST - 32 comments

A delightful performance of Canon in D by Hiromi Uehara that keeps getting jazzier as it progresses, with an inline transcription following the whole way. [more inside]
posted by a faithful sock at 7:17 AM PST - 36 comments

Leni Robredo's grass-roots campaign takes on the Marcos juggernaut (WaPo gift article)
posted by PussKillian at 7:10 AM PST - 9 comments

On April 7, 29-year-old Ibrahim Sadeq took the title for Tallest Stack of M&M's by stacking seven of the small circular candies in Nasiriyha, Iraq.
posted by Etrigan at 7:07 AM PST - 26 comments

The Internet is a 2021 song and meme-centric video by Oliver Tree and Little Big (previously), from their EP "Welcome to the Internet". Oliver Tree and Little Big also worked together - with Tommy Cash - on the song and video "Turn it up" [CW: motion sickness]. [more inside]
posted by Wordshore at 6:54 AM PST - 3 comments