@felixsalmon@cuyana@RodRLittle@Fanatics@michaelrubin Sportswear retailer @Fanatics founder @michaelrubin discusses how he converted his factory, that typically makes MLB jerseys, into a mask making factory: From the second I had the idea, to when we were making masks, was six days. We made over a million masks and medical gowns.
@felixsalmon@cuyana@RodRLittle@Fanatics@michaelrubin .@cuyana CEO Karla Gallardo discusses the company’s creativity in adjusting its supply chain to repurpose or increase materials for high-demand products during the pandemic: It allowed us to end up with the right product and also for our global suppliers to make it through.
@felixsalmon@cuyana@RodRLittle@Fanatics@michaelrubin Edgewell Personal Care CEO @RodRLittle on the company’s early pandemic leave policy: The most important decision we made early was instituting the policy. We gave everybody the right to two weeks of fully paid leave and 70% pay for 12 weeks following.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
A Trump administration official tells Axios that the cyberattack on the U.S. government and corporate America, apparently by Russia, is looking worse by the day — and secrets may still be being stolen in ways not yet discovered. axios.com/solarflares-ru…
If this had been a physical attack on America's secrets, we could be at war.
Imagine if during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had broken into a building in Washington and walked out with correspondence, budgets and more. axios.com/solarflares-ru…
The gravity wasn't immediately apparent because this wasn't the "cyber Pearl Harbor" that experts have warned about: No one took out a power grid, or stole a bunch of money or destabilized the markets. axios.com/solarflares-ru…
@TheKendallBaker@LongBeachMayor@DrRichCarmona Former Surgeon General @DrRichCarmona on effects of isolation from the pandemic: "All of these things have a mental health impact as well as a physical health impact. So the important message here is keep moving all the time. If you can't get into the gym, that's fine."
@TheKendallBaker@LongBeachMayor@DrRichCarmona .@DrRichCarmona on making spaces like gyms safe: "We don't know when the next [pandemic] is. So let's institutionalize these best practices. So when and if — we hope it doesn't happen — but if it does happen, we're prepared."
EXCLUSIVE: A suspected Chinese spy developed extensive ties with local and national US politicians in what officials believe was an operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency from 2011-2015, Axios found in a yearlong investigation. axios.com/china-spy-cali…
The woman at the center of the operation, a Chinese national named Fang Fang or Christine Fang, targeted up-and-coming local politicians in the Bay Area and across the country who had the potential to make it big on the national stage. axios.com/china-spy-cali…
Even though U.S. officials don’t believe Fang received classified information, the case "was a big deal, because there were some really, really sensitive people that were caught up" in the intel network, a current senior U.S. intelligence official said. axios.com/china-spy-cali…
A look at how philanthropy is evolving (and why Dolly Parton deserves a Medal of Freedom). axios.com/philanthropy-d…
The balance of power in the philanthropic world is moving — slowly but surely — away from the people with the money and toward the people they're trying to help, @felixsalmon writes. axios.com/the-end-of-cha…
It's been a remarkable year of philanthropic payouts for donor-advised funds (DAFs), @jenniferkingson reports, which let people take an immediate tax deduction by putting money into an account earmarked for future charitable donations. axios.com/covid-19-spurs…
✈️ DEEP DIVE — The future of air Travel
A look at the future of air travel as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday week while coronavirus cases are surging and the CDC is urging Americans to avoid travel. axios.com/air-travels-co…
With the coronavirus pandemic worsening and no more help in sight from the U.S. government, airlines and airports are scrambling to survive the worst crisis in aviation history. axios.com/airlines-plot-…
Business travel remains depressed during the pandemic, but some airlines are seeing more leisure travelers in their first-class cabins.
For those who can afford it, premium class seats offer more comfort and perhaps a little extra breathing room. axios.com/some-air-trave…
"It's not a pipeline problem. It is still a bro culture. Until we change that, until Silicon Valley admits that all nerds are not welcome, we will continue to not solve this problem."