Inside 'cult-like' Facebook, where employees only pretend to be happy all the time
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/facebook-culture-cult-performance-review-process-blamed.html
'...Several former employees likened the culture to a “cult.” [....] mployees don’t complain in the workplace.

“There’s a real culture of ‘Even if you are f---ing miserable, you need to act like you love this place,’” said one ex-employee who left in October. “It is not OK to act like this is not the best place to work.”

[....] “You have invisible charges against you, and that figures mightily into your review,” said an employee who left in October. “Your negative feedback can haunt you for all your days at Facebook.”...'

Congrats Chelsea!

https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1053740146569297921

The 5 yr old Who Was Detained at the Border
wtAf #Murica 　
'...Helen was given a pack of crayons and spent the summer coloring patriotic images: busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the torch on the Statue of Liberty. She was granted an hour of “Large Muscle Activity and Leisure Time” each day, and received lessons on the human respiratory system, the history of music, and “the risk and danger of social media.” “Helen,” a caseworker observed, “has excellent behavior at all times.” She had no major sources of stress, her reports noted, aside from “being separated from her family.” Her teachers encouraged her to develop “smart goals”—ambitions that are “Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.” Helen’s goal was simple: “Minor disclosed wanting to live with her mother and family in the U.S.”...'
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-five-year-old-who-was-detained-at-the-border-and-convinced-to-sign-away-her-rights

for some fantastic political #cartoons follow @flugennock

creating a https://gitlab.com account takes 10 minutes because their servers are so slow - i wonder why ?

#Video #Animation
https://youtu.be/5uaaO57dTbg
'Mickey Mouse in #Vietnam is a 16mm underground short movie. The director was Lee Savage, the producer and head designer was Milton Glaser. It features the Disney character Mickey Mouse being shipped to Vietnam during the war. Moments after arriving, he is shot dead. It was produced independently in 1969 and has a total running time of one minute.

There is no sound accompanied with this video and there never has been.'

'Alleged #NSA whistleblower Reality Leigh Winner must be supported. She is a young women accused of courage in trying to help us know.'
– Julian Assange
• https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/871889259199909894
• https://twitter.com/JulianAssange
#RealityLeighWinner #Wikileaks