Hasnain says:

Still unfathomable how bad the US is at sick|family leave policies and healthcare in general.

So close with getting vaccines available for all; and now... this

Hasnain says:

Security is hard!

“Though this article focussed on personnel working at bases hosting nuclear weapons, they are likely not the only soldiers who are studying using flashcard apps. There appear to be examples of soldiers serving at other US and European bases posting flashcards that detail where cameras are positioned and whether they have thermal imaging. “

Hasnain says:

Even more important today given the shambles of a vote on investigating the Jan 6 insurrection

“Even with the filibuster removed or substantially modified, H.R. 1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act would still face barriers to becoming law. But to simply accept these barriers is nonsensical, the product of a fraudulent and conservative “realism” that is really defeatism by any other name. What, after all, is more important: the death of democracy, or the preservation of a Senate tradition that has been leveraged for decades to protect conservative minority rule?”

Hasnain says:

This is so messed up.

“Well after midnight, Los Angeles police made an arrest. In a separate Slack room, employees cautiously began to celebrate: "cop said its an ongoing investigation, this looks like our guy!!!" one employee wrote.

It wasn't Citizen's guy. Frame and the entirety of the Citizen apparatus had spent a whole night putting a bounty on the head of an innocent man. “

Hasnain says:

Just saw the video - wtf.

“"This past weekend, one of our flight attendants was seriously assaulted, resulting in injuries to the face and a loss of two teeth," TWU Local 556 President Lyn Montgomery wrote in a letter to Southwest CEO Gary Kelly. “

Hasnain says:

This is pretty scary.

“Those are the findings of a poll released today by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core, which found that 15 percent of Americans say they think that the levers of power are controlled by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles, a core belief of QAnon supporters. The same share said it was true that “American patriots may have to resort to violence” to depose the pedophiles and restore the country’s rightful order.”

Hasnain says:

Honestly can’t believe this is happening. The reactions are entirely predictable though.

“The top United Nations human rights body decided on Thursday to create an open-ended international investigation into Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, after the UN rights chief said Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and faulted the Hamas terror group for violations of international law in their 11-day war this month.”

Hasnain says:

Welcome to our dystopian corporate world.

“Companies are showing, then, that they would rather rule out job candidates from an entire state rather than comply with a law intended to close pay gaps and increase transparency about pay and benefits.”

Hasnain says:

I still haven’t seen any explanation for why the Overton window in American politics is so messed up that this hasn’t happened yet.

“But they have a central problem: The things they oppose tend to be overwhelmingly popular. So they paint the agenda with the broad brush of “socialism.” Rather than insisting they are not socialists, Democrats should ignore the label and demand that Republicans specifically explain what they oppose and why. What is wrong with making corporations pay some taxes? Why don’t they want to provide two years of free community college? Do they really not want to rebuild Veterans Affairs hospitals, decrepit water systems and power grids?”

Hasnain says:

I can’t even…

Since the initial investigation happened there are now 20+ allegations. And he’s still on the faculty