Brute Squad posted:

https://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/849411014810587137

Found in the Cold War thread.

Gazpacho posted:

Well it's not like the Democrats' "lecture diplomacy" had a particularly good record wrt North Korea (or Syria, or Russia ...)



pictured: Respected Marshal Kim Jong Un prepares to sample a baby bar

Gio posted:

wokeness is loving stupid



Gender Equality FTW! This Company Has Installed Stirrups On All Of Its Desks So Female Employees Can Give Birth Without Falling Behind On Their Work

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

Don't worry, white gets her rear end kicked in the end.

budgieinspector posted:

https://twitter.com/emmetbroaders/status/849210496431665152

Filthy Hans posted:

In case you didn't know Clickhole is a parody website, Clickhole is a parody website

Gazpacho posted:

Well it's not like the Democrats' "lecture diplomacy" had a particularly good record wrt North Korea (or Syria, or Russia ...)



pictured: Respected Marshal Kim Jong Un prepares to sample a baby bar

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

Panty Saluter posted:

https://twitter.com/ira/status/849394186839367680

pillsburysoldier posted:

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/849749343921897473

Edit: oh god

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/849766799793164289
https://twitter.com/SovietSergey/status/849775686696960000

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The WireWall fence now in place in California on the border with Mexico. Riverdale Mills says the fence is produced using the same manufacturing process as its "marquee marine wire mesh" designed for lobster traps used in New England.

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With its face pitched at an angle, the proposed wall put forth by San Diego Project Management, PSC, borrows medieval concepts to give to give guards a better view of possible "villains" approaching the wall — and with its walkway toward the top, it gives those guards a place to patrol from a height.

"The surface finish on the south side of the wall is of the same quality as the finish on a smooth floor slab," Patrick J. Balcazar, principal and managing partner at SDPM, writes in his proposal. "Smooth surface on the glacis [sloped] and [vertical] surfaces make climbing harder, and there are no handholds.

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Composed of high-density steel packed into double wire mesh, the Penna Group's proposed wall takes its cue from maximum security prisons. "Nearly impossible to climb," it would also be built to withstand pick axes, acetylene torches and other handheld weapons, with the first 12 feet of its 30-foot height packed more densely.

Michael Evangelista-Ysasaga, CEO of the Penna Group, speaks to the aesthetics of the U.S.-facing side of the wall, telling NPR "the wire mesh panels will be emblazoned with the Seal of the United States."

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It's impossible to avoid: For a man bidding to build a massive wall, Rod Hadrian has a rather serendipitous name. Namesake of the Roman emperor who built the wall that once marked off the northernmost edge of the ancient empire — the wall that still stands in ruins in the U.K. today — Hadrian Construction Company has proposed a wall constructed in prefabricated panels.

Its Tridipanel design makes for something of a zig-zag shape, which he says would create a 30-foot wall that's at once lightweight and strong.

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I like the wall to be able to pay for itself," Thomas Gleason, managing partner of Gleason Partners LLC, tells the AP.

The company's proposal sets solar panels on sections of the wall, generating what it says would be approximately 2.0 megawatts of electricity per hour, according to the wire service.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

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2.0 megawatts of electricity per hour

Defenestration posted:

https://twitter.com/meakoopa/status/849499190426259457
ugh don't bring Salem into this!

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Startups in the so-called “gig economy” are under fire for the way they treat their workers. Companies like Uber and Postmates say their workers are self-employed, independent contractors rather than full-time employees. With the extra flexibility also comes a lack of benefits and job security that most workers demand from large corporations, even though they are often treated like regular staff.

A recent New York Times investigation (paywall) even found that Uber is experimenting with behavioral science to lure their supposedly independent workers into working longer hours, sometimes at times and locations that are less lucrative.

To keep insisting their staff are not their staff, it’s important that these companies maintain that facade—at every level. A leaked document (paywall) outlining vocabulary guidelines from Deliveroo, a UK-based delivery service, reveals just how far companies in the shared economy go try to limit their relationship with—and responsibilities towards—their own workers.

The six pages of do’s and don’ts are meant to serve as a template for how staff should speak to and about its couriers (though it prefers to call them “independent suppliers”). For example, they want to avoid saying “We pay you every two weeks”, preferring the more obtuse passive phrase, “Rider invoices are processed fortnightly.”

System Metternich posted:

Startups in the gig economy will go to great lengths to avoid calling their employees employees