https://www.justice.gov/
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7927255/Magnitude-4-5-earthquake-hits-Vancouver-Island-Harry-Meghan-staying.html
Pursuant to their plea agreements, Williamson and Veach admitted that on Jan. 7, 2016, they conspired to use actual and threatened violence to obtain contracts for Local 395 – a business contract from general contractor Lagestee-Mulder of Illinois, and/or a labor contract from D5 Iron Works (D5), also of Illinois. Prior to Jan. 7, 2016, the two defendants had learned that D5 was performing structural ironwork for the Dyer Baptist Church, which was located in Local 395’s “territory.” They also knew that D5 was not signed up to a labor contract with Local 395.
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/union-officials-plead-guilty-violent-extortion
They got kick ass rocket engines just rotting in storage.
filtered
I swear I am not a villain.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEcDScDloJQ
The allegory contains many forms of symbolism used to instruct the reader in the nature of perception. The cave represents superficial physical reality. It also represents ignorance, as those in the cave live accepting what they see at face value. Ignorance is further represented by the darkness that engulfs them because they cannot know the true objects that form the shadows, leading them to believe the shadows are the true forms of the objects. The chains that prevent the prisoners from leaving the cave represent that they are trapped in ignorance, as the chains are stopping them from learning the truth. The shadows cast on the walls of the cave represent the superficial truth, which is the illusion that the prisoners see in the cave. The freed prisoner represents those who understand that the physical world is only a shadow of the truth, and the sun that is glaring the eyes of the prisoners represents the higher truth of ideas. The light further represents wisdom, as even the paltry light that makes it into the cave allows the prisoners to know shapes.
>the sun that is glaring the eyes of the prisoners represents the higher truth of ideas
>https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-father-long-island-20200124-ccxc3md33zhrrnp6klmzvmg55i-story.html
NYPD officer and fiancée charged with murder of cop’s 8-year-old autistic son who froze to death in garage
Little Thomas Valva — an autistic boy whose alleged abuse child welfare authorities overlooked — perished as tragically as he lived by freezing to death in an unheated garage, abandoned by his NYPD cop father and his father’s fiancée, authorities charged Friday.
NYPD Transit Officer Michael Valva, 40, and his fiancée, Angela Pollina, 42, were charged with second-degree murder, a week after detectives found 8-year-old Thomas’ body at the family’s Long Island home.
When medics took the autistic child to Long Island Community Hospital, his body temperature was 76 degrees, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart said at a press conference Friday. A medical examiner ruled the death a homicide with hypothermia listed as a major contributing factor, she said.
Police sources say Valva had grown angry with his son on Jan. 16, and began to beat the boy at the Bittersweet Lane home in Center Moriches. After the thrashing, Valva punished Thomas by ordering him to stay in the unheated garage through the night.
The next day, Thomas was dead. Valva put his son’s cold body in a warm bath to raise its core temperature, sources said — then told police the boy fell on the driveway while waiting for the school bus.
>Police sources say Valva had grown angry with his son on Jan. 16, and began to beat the boy at the Bittersweet Lane home in Center Moriches. After the thrashing, Valva punished Thomas by ordering him to stay in the unheated garage through the night.
When police arrived at the home, Valva was performing CPR on his son in the basement, Hart said.
“We have determined that Thomas was never in the driveway that morning and he suffered head and facial injuries that were not consistent with the father’s account," she said, noting that there were also inconsistencies in the timing and nature of death.
>https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1220894811269537792
https://smallincave.com/
>according to interviews with employees and documents obtained by The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/24/21075830/youtube-moderators-ptsd-accenture-statement-lawsuits-mental-health
YouTube moderators are being forced to sign a statement acknowledging the job can give them PTSD
Content moderators for YouTube are being ordered to sign a document acknowledging that performing the job can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to interviews with employees and documents obtained by The Verge. Accenture, which operates a moderation site for YouTube in Austin, Texas, distributed the document to workers on December 20th — four days after The Verge published an investigation into PTSD among workers at the facility.
“I understand the content I will be reviewing may be disturbing,” reads the document, which is titled “Acknowledgement” and was distributed to employees using DocuSign. “It is possible that reviewing such content may impact my mental health, and it could even lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I will take full advantage of the weCare program and seek additional mental health services if needed. I will tell my supervisor/or my HR People Adviser if I believe that the work is negatively affecting my mental health.”
The PTSD statement comes at the end of the two-page acknowledgment form, and it is surrounded by a thick black border to signify its importance. It may be the most explicit acknowledgment yet from a content moderation company that the job now being done by tens of thousands of people around the world can come with severe mental health consequences.
“The wellbeing of our people is a top priority,” an Accenture spokeswoman said in an email. “We regularly update the information we give our people to ensure that they have a clear understanding of the work they do — and of the industry-leading wellness program and comprehensive support services we provide.”
Accenture said it shares information about potentially disturbing content with all of the content moderators it employs, including those who work on its contracts with Facebook and Twitter. But it would not answer questions about whether it specifically informs Facebook and Twitter moderators that they are at risk for PTSD. The Verge has previously interviewed Facebook moderators working for Accenture competitor Cognizant in Phoenix, Arizona, and Tampa, Florida, who have been diagnosed with PTSD after viewing violent and disturbing content.
In a statement, Facebook said it did not review or approve forms like the one Accenture sent. A Twitter spokeswoman said that both full-time and contract Twitter employees receive information when they join the company that acknowledges they might have to view sensitive material as part of their jobs. It is not clear whether contract workers for Facebook or Twitter have been asked to sign the PTSD acknowledgment form. (If you’re a contract worker for either company and have been asked to sign one, please email casey@theverge.com.)
The PTSD form describes various support services available to moderators who are suffering, including a “wellness coach,” a hotline, and the human resources department. (“The wellness coach is not a medical doctor and cannot diagnose or treat mental health disorders,” the document adds.)
It also seeks to make employees responsible for monitoring changes in their mental health and orders them to disclose negative changes to their supervisor or HR representative. It instructs employees to seek outside help if necessary as well. “I understand how important it is to monitor my own mental health, particularly since my psychological symptoms are primarily only apparent to me,” the document reads. “If I believe I may need any type of healthcare services beyond those provided by [Accenture], or if I am advised by a counselor to do so, I will seek them.”
The document adds that “no job is worth sacrificing my mental or emotional health” and that “this job is not for everyone” — language that suggests employees who experience mental health struggles as a result of their work do not belong at Accenture. It does not state that Accenture will make reasonable accommodations to employees who become disabled on the job, as required by federal law. Labor attorneys told The Verge that this language could be construed to suggest that employees may be terminated for becoming disabled, which would be illegal.
“I’m acknowledging that if I disclose my mental health to you, you may be able to fire me. That isn’t allowed,” said Alreen Haeggquist, an employee rights attorney based in California.
Accenture says signing the document is voluntary. But two current employees told The Verge that they were threatened with being fired if they refused to sign. The document itself also says that following its instructions is required: “Strict adherence to all the requirements in this document is mandatory,” it reads. “Failure to meet the requirements would amount to serious misconduct and for Accenture employees may warrant disciplinary action up to and including termination.”
Employment law experts contacted by The Verge said Accenture’s requirement that employees tell their supervisor about negative changes to their mental health could be viewed as an illegal requirement to disclose a disability or medical condition to an employer.
“I would think it’s illegal to force an employee to disclose any sort of disability to you,” Haeggquist said.
Accenture said employees are not being asked to disclose disabilities or medical conditions, and it framed the document as a general disclosure that it has been providing new employees for years. But it would not say why the PTSD disclosure was distributed mere days after The Verge’s investigation.
>https://imgur.com/a/DTeK7
saved
>Be the water anon, flow around the shills…
https://twitter.com/keitholbermann
>feeling someone will want sauce on this
been looking for my mixtape
I dunno man, I just got a niece in the family and, love her to death, but fuck that noise.