Hasnain says:

Been a while since I found a good sci-fi short story randomly and I have to admit this one was pretty good - a flash fiction on the end of the universe.

Hasnain says:

“There is simply no excuse for why these vaccines are not being hyper-aggressively pursued, particularly given the trajectory of relentless increased SARS-CoV-2 immune-evasiveness (and resultant enhanced transmissibility), the new worry about reinfection sequelae and Long Covid, and the known unknown next Greek letter variant we may well be seeing in the months ahead. The lack of priority and resource allocation stems from the illusion that the pandemic is behind us, which is obviously off-base. If ever there was a callout for don’t just stand there, do something, this is it.”

Hasnain says:

Extremely long and equally valuable. I’m going to find myself going back to this from time to time for insightful career advice. This also reminds me I need to get back to my own writing at some point.

“Invest in friendships and relationships with folks you can learn from. Be open to their guidance, mentorship, their successes, and their failures. Never be afraid to ask for help or insight. In a lot of cases, it's just a question away.

At every stage, remember that mastery over technology, business domain, and human resources at a given organization has to be cultivated over time. An organization cannot hire masters from another and expect them to be productive from day one. If you are a good engineer, you will contribute to your organization's growth. In return, new avenues will be available to you, allowing you to acquire new skills and grow yourself.”

Hasnain says:

This was a fun little historical tidbit I wasn’t aware of.

“They were so sure about their "unique differential" that they based their entire product around its function. It is, really, what most companies should do with their products, and the amount of thought that every major company deserves, yet rarely gets. Not only did they innovate a packaging style, but they did it to prove a point that their invention did. The packaging, product, slogan, and branding, then, all tell one story -- which is brilliant. “

Hasnain says:

I’ve said this many times and will continue to say this again, but this story keeps getting worse as more information comes out. At least this has more truth to it than most of the info out there so far which has been lies coming from the cops.

“The first to reach the victims inside pulled motionless, bloodied children onto the hallway’s linoleum flooring as they tried to assess their vital signs. None of the children appeared to make a sound. One child whose still body was placed on the floor had to be gently pushed to make room for others streaming in and and out, his blood leaving a wide swath of crimson across the hallway floor.”

Hasnain says:

This was quite enlightening. I hadn’t seen enough of the referenced content to pick up on the biases but now that they’ve been pointed out, uh…

“When I think of how to eradicate this phenomenon, the word that comes to mind is consent. I was born into this world with these lies alive and well, yet I never consented to them. How many more generations of Asian women will be damned before they’re even born, seen first and foremost as a type in someone else’s story? Why is our humanity seen as something to be earned, as Tiffany’s awkwardly is in Senior Year, rather than as a given? And when will Asian actresses finally have access to roles that respect their talent rather than waste it?”

Hasnain says:

This is crazy - police didn’t like what these activists were doing so they hacked them, planted evidence, and then arrested them for it.

““We generally don’t tell people who targeted them, but I’m kind of tired of watching shit burn,” the security analyst at the email provider told WIRED of their decision to reveal the identifying evidence from the hacked accounts. “These guys are not going after terrorists. They’re going after human rights defenders and journalists. And it’s not right.””

Hasnain says:

This was an interesting look into the London food scene and a great human interest story about how one specific criminal acted.

“The word in London’s restaurant community is that there are plans to make a drama or documentary series out of the Hollywood Con Queen story. Perhaps the final irony is that it’s said that it will be screened on Netflix, the streaming service for which Tahilramani claimed to work. Extraditions are never foregone conclusions but what does seem certain is that he has at last found the fame – or at least infamy – that appears always to have been his dream.”

Hasnain says:

Well written story that made me pause for thought. Starts as a great criticism of Sandberg but then goes into the economy and into more human content.

“Today’s young people have been forced to learn that old lesson, because they are the inheritors of 40 years of corporate greed, private equity’s smash and grab, bank deregulation, and the collusion of the very rich and the U.S. government to squeeze every penny it can from the middle class and move it into the counting houses of billionaires. They know the game isn’t rigged against them; they know the game was lost long before they were born.

Corporations are now faced with labor shortages, and there are rumblings from the owner class about the demise of the great American work ethic. But corporations are the ones who killed it. Young people today know that work is not your life; it’s how you pay for your life. It’s an exchange of money for labor, and they are not interested in devoting a jot of extra energy to jobs that pay minimum wage and offer no health insurance or savings plan, for employers who show no loyalty to their workers.”

Hasnain says:

Moving.

“But I did come away with my first real lesson of 2022, and of parenting: You do what you can. You do everything you can, and sometimes “everything” will only get you halfway there. If you’re lucky enough to live in a time where our brains have invented ways to help our bodies close the gap, then you should accept that help with pride and not shame. That doesn’t diminish your personal efforts, and it doesn’t taint the end result. You feed your baby, and you don’t have to let your soul be sucked dry.”