A thread on sardonic videos of OSHA violations, a TikTok trend that began with an ingenious twist on a Willy Wonka song:
At least 4 elements are necessary for this thread: 1) people doing things of dubious safety and legality 2) that they videotape because of those qualities 3) and upload to the Internet 4) and set to public.
Many require multiple willing participants and look kinda fun.
Others result in some of the most predictable terminations
Physics typically play a role.
Scaffolding is its own subgenre.
Spinning is fun!
This method of palm tree trimming seems dangerous
A lot of these would be fun to watch with an actual OSHA inspector. Example:
And to give OSHA its due:
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We in the anti-racism coalition should reject the faction that emphasizes policing discourse, identifying villains, and punishing individuals for violating elite politeness norms, and instead champion structural changes that help people.
Examples:
A software bug is keeping people in prison for longer than they ought to be there. But it has gotten very little attention because there's no one in particular to pillory as a Bad Person. kjzz.org/content/166098…
This paper persuasively shows a kind of structural racism in jury selection and proposes a remedy that would be very easy to implement nber.org/papers/w28572 But it too has gotten very little attention
Among educators, that is a subject of discussion and debate. As it filters out there's a risk of talking past one another.
For example:
(1/x)
I listened with interest to the webinar event "Black Lives Matter at School: A Discussion with Educators on the Intersections of Activism and Pedagogy"
What is meant by "neutral" and "activism" in these conversations varies significantly even among educators openly aligned with BLM at School in this one webinar. Let's look at some contrasting focuses and perspectives (3/x)
A lesson on Black women who are killed by police is another noteworthy wrinkle in the BLM at School curriculum in Evanston, IL theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… (1/x)
This will be of interest both to folks invested in understanding the ongoing problem of police killings as well as folks reflecting on the different obligations (or so I argue) of activists and educators. (2/x)
The lesson is framed by the question, “Why is it important to recognize that Black women and girls matter?” Malcolm X is quoted: "The most neglected person in America is the black woman." (3/x)
If you read my article on BLM at School (theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…) a bit more about the book *Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness* which was being taught to kindergarteners in Evanston (1/x)
Here's a YouTube video of a nice man in a bow tie reading the book: It is obviously well-intentioned, and has some good stuff in it. As well, there are flaws worth flagging and discussing. (2/x)
The book begins with a mother scrambling to turn off the television set as it shows video of a police officer shooting a black person so that her little daughter doesn't see. This is critiqued as a misguided attempt to hide and bury the truth of racism. (3/x)
Has anyone figured out what's happening to leftover doses of Pfizer and Moderna at the end of the day? I fear a lot are getting thrown away instead of plunged into the nearest willing arm.
In SoCal most vaccination sites have neither a standby line nor a public protocol for what they do with these doses. I assume volunteers and friends of the staff are getting some, but how long can that have lasted? So... What's happening?
I ask because
There was a cite in Encino that did have a standby line for doses that would otherwise get thrown away and they had none left occasionally but would regularly have 15 or 20 doses left that would otherwise go to waste. And it was a small site.