Friday, May 14, 2021

Ella Fitzgerald
At Ronnie Scott's

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OT:
Good thread from a good writer.

I have thus far maintained my silence on the Apple situation as I've sought to settle things amicably with the company that I admired, and at which I hoped to build the future of ads privacy.
As they however are not maintaining their silence on the matter, neither will I.
https://twitter.com/LeeSmithDC/status/1393417770218491905

Hope Apple keeps on writing about their 'inclusiveness' and Martinez takes full advantage to sue Apple and the individual snowflakes involved ("More than 2,000 employees signed the letter prior to its publication in The Verge.") at Apple to kingdom come.

Here's some background:
"A group of Apple employees has written a petition asking for an investigation into the hiring of Antonio García Martínez — a former Facebook product manager and author of the book Chaos Monkeys.

In the petition, the employees expressed concern about García Martínez’s views on women and people of color. His hiring “calls into question parts of our system of inclusion at Apple, including hiring panels, background checks, and our process to ensure our existing culture of inclusion is strong enough to withstand individuals who don’t share our inclusive values,” they write.

At Apple, women make up 40 percent of the workforce but only 23 percent of the research and development teams, according to the company’s most recent diversity report. Half of the workforce is white, and 27 percent is Asian. “Across Apple, we’ve strengthened our long-standing commitment to making our company more inclusive and the world more just,” reads the header on the website containing the report. “Where every great idea can be heard. And everybody belongs.”

Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into ‘misogynistic’ new hire - The Verge