The Compendium Cards is mostly about organizational (business) leadership, so I read this as a differential in just plain power structures at work, as opposed to a more DEI-flavored thing, but I think it works both ways, really.
Also, I just bought Amélie a cup of tea. The Guide to Allyship seems like a worthwhile thing: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/amelie
(DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion. Mostly about race, gender, sexual orientation.)
https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/amateur-hour-part-ii-failing-the-air-campaign/
Entertaining article. We’ll see if Russia grinds on to “victory”, “failures” or not.
(Quote marks because who defines these words?)
Children of the magenta:
«The Defense Science Board found that most of Patriot operations are autonomous, with operators trained to trust the system’s software.»
https://spacenews.com/report-cites-patriot-autonomy-factor-friendly-fire-incidents/
(https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/children-of-the-magenta-automation-paradox-pt-1/)
North Carolina, what are we doing? COVID isn’t over yet. Average daily cases for the past week:
Not that juicy, Sierra Nevada. Nor that hoppy. Not bad for something kinda malty, though.
🤣
«The IRS currently uses technology from the 1960s, called COBOL, to process and intake individual tax returns.»
https://time.com/6204928/irs-87000-agents-factcheck-biden/
“technology called COBOL.” Ok. I guess. 🙄
I guess it fits in with employers asking “do you know language X?” when really they mean “do you know language X and the ecology around it?”
«It’s an effort that goes back to 2010, when Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives and immediately instituted a series of crippling cuts on the IRS. Since then, overall funding for the IRS has fallen further, by more than 20 percent, while enforcement funding has dropped by 31 percent. That’s made it easier for high-net-worth tax cheats and major corporations to avoid federal taxes to the tune of billions of dollars.»
https://time.com/6204928/irs-87000-agents-factcheck-biden/
Hmmm.
«“As people here say, if it comes down to exchanging gunfire, you’ve already made a mistake.” He volunteered during the 2014-15 war against Russian proxies in the Donbas area.
“When I was in my first campaign, I thought, what on earth are those drones, I have to be the real man, carry a gun on my shoulder, go seek out the enemy,” said the 33-year-old. “I’m older and wiser now.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-drone-spotters-on-front-lines-wage-new-kind-of-war-11659870805
Here, Read This 