Part 7 of a series on toxic technology.
For all the wide-eyed futurology surrounding the potential of digital technology, it commonly fails to meet expectations. Start-ups fail considerably more than they succeed. Digital ‘transformation’ initiatives commonly overrun and under deliver. Many products and features fail the ultimate test – users just don’t find them useful. This isn’t surprising – building with digital technology is experimentation, trying something new.
In some respects, the optimism of digital is a virtue. It creates the conditions for the boldest reforms, and the biggest ideas. But where this optimism becomes a problem is when it comes with a disregard of pragmatic pessimism. Optimism is toxic when it leads to avoiding questions of feasibility, viability and the conditions for success.
Digital technology is a particularly dangerous place for this blinkered optimism. It’s an unpredictable medium, in an industry bursting with hype. If you’re willing to believe it, the worlds’ hardest problems can be solved with AI, or blockchains, or internets-of-things. If you do believe it, you’re almost certainly going to be disappointed.
Companies can tap into broader market optimism for the potential of hyped technologies. This is typically by expressing an intent to use it, rather than showing proven success. In November 2019 there were a flurry of articles reporting that HSBC would use blockchain for a ‘custody platform’ by March 2020.
“HSBC aims to shift $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March”November 2019 Reuters news article
There is no corresponding press coverage in March 2020 to indicate this really happened. But the announcement had already served its purpose to generate positive market sentiment for HSBC. It’s unlikely blockchain was a necessary technology to solve the problem, but its use turns a bland corporate IT initiative into a story about supposed innovation.
Governments frequently make assertions of future delivery. This helps cement strategy across huge bureaucracies, and encourages public engagement. It is also low risk to reputation because governments are pretty effective at managing the message around its technology delivery failure.
A current example of a government promise on technology comes from the UK government’s National Data Strategy:
“We will drive data discoverability across government through developing an Integrated Data Platform for government, which will be a safe, secure and trusted infrastructure for government’s own data.”UK government National Data Strategy, September 2020
This announcement sets false expectations:
- That much of the UK governments’ data can be put onto a singular ‘platform’.
- That a named thing needs to exist called the “Integrated Data Platform”.
- That such a thing will come into existence reasonably soon (perhaps within the next spending cycle in the UK government).
- And, at some point, funding will be allocated to make this all happen.
The language may appear subtle, but published strategies start to shape the funding pots, and the £multi-million programmes that emerge. The complexity needed to solve data in government is immense, but a ‘single platform’ is appealingly simple to fund and easy to announce. The wider strategy does explore the complexity of data in government, but these more concrete, announce-able things will have a more enduring impact.
As technology plays a greater role in society, we’re likely to see ever more technology-based promises from parties seeking votes. This from the 2019 UK Conservative Manifesto is an example:
“We will use new air traffic control technology to cut the time aircraft spend waiting to land”2019 Conservative Manifesto
This promise of a real-world outcome, achieved by introducing new technology, is hugely appealing to many voters. But how this will be done, and the uncertainty involved, is not forthcoming. Which technology would be used, and why? When would aircraft waiting times reduce? And to what cost to taxpayers? Instead of a strategy, we’re asked to vote for a promise that cannot be made, and the belief that a government will be competent enough to deliver on it. Whilst this pattern of trust in political promises isn’t new, the unpredictability of digital technology will increasingly expose the gap between intent and delivery.
Expectation vs reality
It’s hard to trust assertions about when and how digital technology can deliver outcomes. The internal complexity and interdependencies of digital technology mean even the most experienced professionals rarely get their estimates right. Most software developers can tell you the time they spent days solving a problem they thought would take a few minutes.
Technology initiatives don’t overrun or under-deliver – instead, people have irrational expectations of certainty. CEOs, Ministers and managers crave this certainty to build a reputation as a person-of-their-word. Customers, workforces and electorates crave this certainty because it reduces anxiety around something they need, or want.
This mismatch of expectation and reality isn’t just a disappointment or a financial write-off. Tactics and fire-fighting must make up for failed plans – reducing the quality of digital technology. These are the ideal conditions for toxic technology to emerge – poorly designed, insecure and unstable technology which is harmful to the organisation and its users. Sometimes organisations work this way for years, reinforcing the culture of false promises. Inevitably it’ll backfire spectacularly such as the glitchy dystopia of Cyberpunk 2077 or the IT meltdown at TSB. If organisations don’t learn from consistent failure to meet expectations, then they normalise the accumulation of toxic technology.
The accumulation of broken promises
The tech industry narrative of success is dominated by survivor bias of the few commercial giants – each an example of when bold predictions came to pass (at least in their origin stories). Yet the majority of organisations are filled with toxic legacy and broken promises. The historic strategies of these organisations did not anticipate today’s glacial pace of change, system workarounds and disruptive incidents.
Inside established sectors, like government and traditional banking, these false promises repeat cycle after cycle. Somehow, the next Big Technology Transformation will solve all the problems, despite being funded, governed and promised in the same way as previous attempts.
The powerful – CEOs, government ministers, or those with the ability to gain media or community attention – have a unique role in how promises are made. There is pressure on them to make promises – relieving anxiety that something needed will be delivered, or creating a buzz around a future product. At worst, this is a tool of command and control management – creating unrealistic expectations in public to motivate teams in private. But even the most throw-away announcements can be exploited by command and control cultures. Leaders must take care with announcing new investments, plans or strategies – they communicate intent, but they also set expectations far beyond the leader’s control – and these expectations are not always reasonable.
Making better promises
We still need to make promises, and to do so with optimism. It’s essential to positive, forward-looking organisational cultures. Optimism is what encourages teams to take risks and try something new. Promises are how trust is built.
But we all need to make better promises when it comes to digital technology.
Leaders should balance their optimism with pragmatic pessimism. They should ensure this is woven into the culture, practice and process they encourage. They must make sure they don’t consistently over-promise and under deliver, even when the culture might reward it. They must wary of where the burden of expectation will fall, as often it will be with others.
Funders and those that govern should recognise that upfront large-scale approval for funding and headcount encourages false promises. They should work to reform accounting and governance based on greater trust within organisations, making it more incremental and iterative. They should listen to digital leaders and delivery teams as peers, putting aside their role in ‘holding to account’ to collaborate on strategy and reform.
Technologists should use their experience to counter naive optimism. They must remember what caught them by surprise – when the simple became complicated, and the complicated became simple. They must be aware of their own bias in setting expectations of delivery, particularly. when estimates depend upon their expertise. Technologists must be skeptical of hype, even when technology is exciting and new.
Designers should value and understand their medium of delivery as this is where viability and feasibility becomes clearer. Like an architect appreciates wood, steel and construction techniques, a designer of digital technology must appreciate software, data and the craft of technologists. This can be done best in a multidisciplinary team – finding the right experts for the right design challenges.
Product managers should embrace risk as a peer to value as a core part of their discipline. This helps ground bold ideas in achievable reality – it ensures product managers have a more complete set of information with which to make decisions, and make promises.
Delivery professionals should embrace uncertainty. They shouldn’t accept the false certainty of specific and singular estimates (e.g. “complete by July next year”) – ensuring they consider a range of potential outcomes from the best to the worst cases. They should be skeptical of estimates and conscious of bias. Delivery professionals should take a lead in exposing and challenging unreasonable expectations from leaders. Delivery professionals should hold to account those who consistently set poor expectations or provide inaccurate estimates.
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It was proposed that the records be microfilmed and that the general public be given direct access to them. This would put an end to having to order certificates and wait for them to arrive through the post. In the event however, after the Bill had passed through all its stages in the Lords, and was due for its second reading in the Commons on 13 May 1983, it fell with the dissolution of Parliament.
*Thirty years on and we still have to pay for a certificate, but at least we must be thankful for the fact that we are able to see the indexes online. For the benefit of the younger family historian the form at that time was that we had to travel to St Catherines House in London and search through the heavy tomes a year at a time to find the entry we hoped was right then order a copy of the certificate and wait for it to arrive through the post. The only alternative was to look in the local county record office, but they held only the records for its own county.
At Nottingham Town Sessions a man named Mann was sentenced to 14 years transportation to Australia, just for stealing a pair of woollen drawers.
Did you hear the one about the Englishman who was emigrating to Australia? While he was going through the formalities in the Australian customs he was asked if he had a criminal record. “No, sorry,” he replied, “I didn’t think we still needed one.”
Did you know that a great many records of emigrants to the USA were destroyed in a fire at Custom House London in 1814?
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We meet the photographer turned filmmaker delving into the savage heart of Tokyo's teen-idol industry
Famous for her instantly recognisable photographs of pop princesses, flowers and goldfish in euphoric Technicolor, Mika Ninagawa first became renowned in the 90s as part of the “girl photography” movement in Japan. Today her work is exhibited across the globe. The daughter of acclaimed theatre-director Yukio Ninagawa, she made her film debut with Sakuran (2007), a live-action manga adaptation staring rebellious model and singer Anna Tsuchiya as an oiran (the courtesan predecessor of geisha), with a soundtrack of electro and J-pop.
Her new film, Helter Skelter, another manga adaptation, is a trippy, effervescent ride through the dark side of Tokyo’s teen-idol culture that exposes the ruthless machinations behind its perfectly packaged stars. It marks the comeback after five years of model, actress and singer Erika Sawajiri following various “scandals”, including a disastrous marriage and some controversial comments attacking her industry. Sawajiri plays Ririko, a starlet perfected head-to-toe by a shady cosmetic surgery clinic, who has a manager who expects her to throw up her lunch and offer sexual favours in exchange for magazine covers. Faced with losing her crown to a younger rival in a viciously competitive world, Ririko begins losing her grip on reality. Shot in feverish bright colours and featuring a raging performance from Sawajiri, Ninagawa’s film was a huge hit in Japan when it was released this year.
It took you many years to secure the rights to Helter Skelter – why was it so important to you?
Mika Ninagawa: I’m a big fan of Kyoko Okazaki, the manga artist who created it. She’s very good at expressing women’s real emotion, and this one reveals their strengths and weaknesses. So I thought I had to direct it – I didn’t want to give it to anyone else, especially not a male director! The story is about a star who has had full-body cosmetic surgery – that’s how much she wants to be beautiful. I think this obsession is something that only women understand. It’s not just about wanting to be beautiful for men – it’s more than that, an obsession that we all have. Also, I was born and grew up in Tokyo and this story shows the real Tokyo, unlike many films. And I’m involved in the fashion industry and work with a lot of celebrities, so I have the world’s best view of beautiful women. When I read the story for the first time, I felt a synchronicity immediately with the main character, Ririko.
Was Erika Sawajiri always your Ririko?
Mika Ninagawa: She was the only one. Firstly, because the character had full-body cosmetic surgery, so the actress had to be super-beautiful like Erika. The other thing is, the film has lots of sex scenes and the actress has to be naked. But in Japan, a lot of actresses want to keep their clothes on – they’re thinking about doing commercials and all that. Erika is a real actress, and she’s willing to do anything it takes to play the character. Also, Erika is perceived in the Japanese media and by the people as a ‘scandalous’ woman, like Ririko in the film, so I thought it would be interesting to match that.
It’s Erika’s first acting role after a long break. She has spoken candidly about her industry – that it’s suffocating, too controlling of its stars’ opinions and behaviour. Was she making a personal statement by returning with this film?
Mika Ninagawa: Yes, I think so. So in that sense, the fact that she took the role itself was a big event. It was a way of her expressing her feelings and the reason why she had to take a break for a few years, which was to do with something that shouldn’t be part of an actress’s career – media reports and all that. I was quite angry about that aspect of how she was treated. Although the public loves to hear the gossip and scandalous lies about her, I felt there was something wrong about it, and that’s what I wanted to express through this film.
Helter Skelter depicts an extremely ruthless world. Is it an accurate portrayal?
Mika Ninagawa: This kind of thing happens often. The thing is, I know the film shows the reality, but it’s only understood within the fashion industry, the people involved in being beautiful. They told me Helter Skelter was like a documentary. But the film industry didn’t understand it – they were like, ‘Is this really plausible? Could this actually happen?’ But when the actresses and models saw it, they felt like it was mirroring their lives. When they came out of the cinema, they were exhausted – they couldn’t take it!
You have a cameo in the film as a photographer...
Mika Ninagawa: Yes, you saw it! When I was shooting the Vogue girls, the film crew shot us shooting them. My plan was to have the real and the fictional story crossing over – what I shot that day was used in TV commercials and posters in real life.
As a photographer, what do you want to capture when you shoot these women?
Mika Ninagawa: In Japan and East Asian culture, women are expected to follow this romanticised image created by men, whether it’s films, TV or pictures. I thought, if I can take pictures of these women, I could show more of the reality rather than what is expected – I can make a bond with them, and show more complexity.
Do you get different reactions to Helter Skelter outside of Japan?
Mika Ninagawa: Releasing it in China, we faced censorship problems, and only then did I realise, ‘Ohhhhh!’ I completely forgot this film was a bit controversial. To me, it was just the reality of the fashion industry. I didn’t think about these problematic points.
And inside Japan, what has been the reaction?
Mika Ninagawa: I was worried about the controversial subject and also because the Japanese market is quite small, and Erika had been on a break for a few years. At the moment in Japan, there are only like, family films about how amazing families are, which is a bit different to Helter Skelter! The content is quite challenging and there’s nudity and the story has a strong message. But it’s been a great success, a big hit in Japan. Real high-school girls who I captured in the film went to see it and liked it, understood my message. On Twitter, a lot of the female audience wrote to me saying they were happy to be born a girl. One girl wrote, ‘I feel very encouraged to live as a woman after watching this film,’ and that’s actually what I wanted to show, although it’s not an obvious message said clearly in the film.
How does Tokyo inspire your work? What’s unique about the city?
Mika Ninagawa: Tokyo is very insular. It’s a bit like growing up in the Galápagos Islands. It has its own unique aesthetic – it’s shown in kawaii, an idea of cuteness not seen anywhere else in the world. But people living in Tokyo think it’s totally normal – they don’t realise how unique it is. So in that sense they’re quite innocent, and I like that.
Your father is a famous Japanese theatre director. How much has his work influenced you?
Mika Ninagawa: I grew up going to my father’s productions. He’d put on ten a year, so many. When I was taking photos, I didn’t think there was much influence from my father, but as soon as I started filming, I realised my work was actually very similar to his style. His musical cues and sound, the overall structure of the story... Actually, not many directors inspire me. It was my father’s stage productions and then anime: Akira, Gundam.
Growing up in this creative environment, what inspired you to pick up a camera rather than anything else?
Mika Ninagawa: Even when I was five, I wanted to do something to express myself. I tried acting, because my mother was an actress, and painting. But with photography, it was beyond reason... it was it! It felt as natural as breathing. I could show my emotions straightforwardly, directly. If I saw something very beautiful, I could just shoot it. If I saw a very handsome man, I could shoot him. It’s the most direct way of expressing myself, and I don’t think other forms of art can do that.
You’ve worked with many iconic female stars in Japan. What draws you to them?
Mika Ninagawa: Maybe it is a Japanese thing – I love actresses who aren’t following their society’s expectations and who are a bit naughty in that sense. Erika Sawajiri, Anna Tsuchiya... actresses who have their own opinions and are misunderstood, who have personality and their own problems. When I work with them, I receive power and we exchange ideas and I gain more energy. I think I’ll keep working with powerful women. Some people say I’m a tamer of wild animals!
You went to an all-girl school, so you’ve had experience of wild animals...
Mika Ninagawa: When women are just with women, we’re more relaxed, and we reveal our dark sides... We’re a bit different when men are not around. (laughs)
Photography by Devin Blair
This interview was taken from the December Issue of Dazed & Confused


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WHITLEY WARRIORS are gearing up for a busy weekend of ice hockey as they face Blackburn Hawks twice in the English National League play off semi-final.
The Warriors play the Hawks in the north west tonight, before returning to the north east tomorrow to complete the second leg at Hillheads.
The team go into the game in less than ideal circumstances with illness and injury, but coach Garry Dowd still believes his team can win.
“We have a very depleted squad at the moment. There is a sickness bug in the team and a few of the players have picked up the virus I had last week.
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This isn’t the best preparation going into the play-offs as Whitley are unsure who can play in the important fixture.
“We need to work out who’s available and what team we can play,” said Dowd.
Despite this, Dowd is upbeat about the fixture and believes this type of encounter will suit the Whitley Warriors.
“We can win. We have a good chance even with a depleted squad. It will be tough and that is our style of play.”
When asked about the threat their opponents might pose, Dowd said: “Blackburn have a very good squad – they have been on fire since Christmas but they never seem to fulfil their potential. We’re above them in the table so we will let them worry about us.”
Two games in as many days will be a test for the players and Dowd revealed the squad have upped their training in preparation.
“We have gone the extra mile, we have been holding extra sessions and have been trying to rotate our squad recently. We have been spreading the work around.”
The teams have played each other six times this season and have won three games apiece.
Face-off for the first game is at 5.45pm tonight while the return fixture is scheduled for 5pm at Hillheads.


Cardinals break ground on second phase of Ballpark Village, announce PwC as anchor
The St. Louis Cardinals, along with their development partner Cordish Cos., broke ground Thursday on the $260 million second phase of Ballpark Village.
The Cardinals confirmed that accounting firm PwC will anchor the 117,000-square-foot office portion of the development, which will be complete in 2020. The project will also include a 29-story, 297-unit apartment tower that will be called One Cardinal Way, a Live! By Loews hotel, and 75,000 square feet of new retail space, including a 31,000-square-foot Onelife Fitness gym.
Blake Cordish, principal and vice president at Cordish Cos., said when complete, Ballpark Village would be “the gold standard for sports-anchored developments.”
The city of St. Louis is providing $65 million in subsidies to help finance the development. In October, the city approved the issuance of $119 million in bonds to help facilitate those incentives.
The Business Journal reported in February that PwC was to be the anchor tenant of the development. Fox Sports Midwest, which has its headquarters near Union Station, and a retail component for Rawlings, which has a corporate office in St. Louis County, have also been linked to the project.
Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said Thursday that additional office tenants will be disclosed at a later date, and that the organization is in talks with companies from outside the city of St. Louis to fill at least some of the remaining office space.
The Ballpark Village office space would be among the most costly in the region with a rent ask of $27.50 per square foot — a 34 percent premium over similar downtown office space and on par with Class A space in Clayton, the region’s most in-demand submarket.
PwC, which currently occupies roughly 53,000 square feet near Ballpark Village at Bank of America Plaza at 800 Market St., will occupy about half of the Ballpark Village office building, or about two of the four levels of the facility, DeWitt said.
A portion of the public subsidies on the project is contingent on the development’s tenants creating net new jobs for the city. Cordish Vice President of Development Nick Benjamin told the Business Journal in October that of the 117,000 square feet of office space, 65,000 square feet would have to be classified as net new, meaning roughly 55 percent of the jobs housed at Ballpark Village would have to be net new to the city.
A clause in the development agreement also allows a company already in the city to qualify as net new jobs if it tells the city’s development agency that it would have left the city if not for Ballpark Village’s new office building.
For instance, PwC officials have said they’ve also scouted other parts of the St. Louis metro area, which could satisfy the aforementioned requirement if the firm signed an affidavit.


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Overall, Canada has quite a high level of compliance, with 93% of individuals filing their taxes as they should. However, many Canadians default. And the CRA – especially if you try to deal with them on your own – can be very stern with those ‘naypayers.’ Sometimes they will even go as far as to make a severe example of someone who hasn’t been forthcoming but is now trying to do the right thing. Between $800 million and $3 billion in tax revenue is lost annually through offshore avoidance schemes. CRA reports from 2014 indicated figures of $4.9 billion in uncollected GST/HST and $8.7 billion in the domestic underground economy. That’s $14.6 billion of lost government revenues, revenue that is used to fund all of our national and provincial programs. It’s no wonder that the Trudeau government is investing serious dough into cracking down on tax delinquents. The government committed almost $1 billion in the 2016 budget for investigation and enforcement into closing the tax gap. Their slogan for the crackdown is “better data, better approaches and better results.” At the Tax Mechanic, we’re seeing the results of the broadened investigations. The number of clients that come to us after being audited and charged by the CRA is growing exponentially. More houses liened, bank accounts frozen, and wages garnished, and it’ll only get worse. The Trudeau government has pledged even more money this year to increase tax compliance, especially investing into the use of artificial intelligence to make the system more effective- and make it harder for delinquent taxpayers to hide.
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Envision yourself on your upcoming getaway: you perhaps think you'll be walking around the boulevards, taking note of the monuments or the gorgeous settings wherever you look. But there is one draw you're looking forward to most of all: Cuernavaca Cathedral. Now is the moment to get there.
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Writing is a beautiful thing, one that incorporates elements of both art and science.
The science of writing is that most important focus we all need to have on the rules of writing and composition. Where do you use a semi-colon, for example. When should you forsake a compound sentence for two shorter sentences. Where to place commas. How to write in the active voice when it might be easier to settle for the passive voice. When to omit needless words. When to inject opinions and when not to. When to respect your reader’s imagination as opposed to explaining or describing more than necessary. You get the idea. A writer who insists upon using twenty-five-cent words when a ten-cent-word is there for the taking may still need to study the science of writing a bit more thoroughly. In fact, every writer should always be open to the ever-evolving science of writing no matter how successful one might be. We can always improve.
The good news is this: everyone can “learn” the science of writing.
The art of writing can be more difficult. The art of writing is about storytelling. It’s about drawing the reader into the ebb and flow of your message whether you’re crafting a novel or a business book, a biography or a book of inspiration. The art of writing is about developing characters that the reader becomes fully invested in. The art of writing is about “showing” rather than “telling” and doing so in such a way that a reader feels every emotion and finds their five senses tantalized at every turn.
You’ve heard people say that verbs and nouns are superior in every way to adverbs and adjectives, which is hard to dispute. However, this is one of those areas where the science of writing and art of writing converge. You have to be conscious of this rule of thumb – the science – while choosing wisely the verbs and nouns that move your story or build your characters – the art.
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In early April, Chris Smalls drove down Canal Street, a blunt in his left hand and an iPhone in his right. He somehow juggled the steering wheel, too, guiding his boat-size Chevy Suburban through Saturday-evening traffic, glancing every so often over the wheel before looking back at the YouTube video playing on his phone. As the leader of the Amazon Labor Union, the first group in the country to successfully unionize an Amazon facility, he had been busy. He had already given two interviews that day, talked to a potential donor, and discussed renting an 11,000-square-foot space for the union’s headquarters. In recent days, he had fielded dozens of messages from workers across the country seeking advice about organizing their own Amazon warehouses as well as media requests from places like The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. “I’ve gotten messages like, ‘Yo, we need you to save the country’; ‘We need you to save gun laws’; ‘We need you to save abortion rights,’ ” he told me. “I’m the savior now of everything.”
Spending time with a 34-year-old whose to-do list is topped by “Save the world” had proved difficult, which is why I was riding around with him in his car — he was juggling me, too. Smalls stubbed out the blunt and turned up the volume on the YouTube video. The clip featured Jimmy Dore, the left-leaning comedian, talking about Smalls’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Smalls was slammed on Twitter for appearing on the program, and he was annoyed by the suggestion that he was a pawn being played by Fox News. “Do people think there aren’t any Tucker Carlson fans who work at Amazon?” Smalls asked. “This isn’t about Democrats or Republicans, bro — it’s about workers.” Dore was making a similar point. “The video makes Christian Smalls look great,” Dore said. “I love the fact that he’s not wearing a shirt and tie and he’s just being radical.”
At that, Smalls smiled with satisfaction, his gold grills glinting. He was decked out in what he called “union drip”: Versace sunglasses, diamond earrings, chains coiled around his neck. The bling is a core part of his appeal and his politics. For working stiffs used to being bossed around by, well, their bosses, it epitomizes the belief that 40 hours of work a week should afford people more than just basic survival. It should buy a decent apartment, some savings, and maybe even jewel-encrusted fronts — Smalls’s version of bread and roses.
His fashion sense has spawned thousands of #UnionDrip hashtags and grabbed the attention of fashion designers and Hollywood. His image has also resonated with today’s blue-collar labor force, especially at Amazon, where the workforce skews young and three-quarters are Black and brown. His ALU is part of a burgeoning movement led by young workers instead of professional activists and without the support of traditional labor unions, whose bureaucratic professionalism and nonconfrontational tactics are considered by some to be stale and ineffective. Smalls calls this the “new school” labor movement, and he is its most visible practitioner. “They’re looking at me,” Smalls said of old-school unions like the SEIU, which he blames — along with Democrats — for abandoning low-wage workers and being too cozy with big business to rein in billionaires like Jeff Bezos. “If they was doing shit, they’d probably get some attention too. But they ain’t doing shit.” Switching to the third person, he said, “Chris is actually putting in the work.”
Smalls has been celebrated by everyone from President Joe Biden to Jesse Jackson as the prime author and strategist of what the New York Times called “one of the biggest victories for organized labor in a generation,” which came amid spiking rates of union activity across the country, with employees organizing at Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, REI, Activision, and Apple. But until he was fired in March 2020, Smalls was just another worker at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island, where he and 8,000 other employees packed up and shipped nearly every sex toy, phone charger, book, and roll of toilet paper that New York City residents ordered from Amazon.com. He formed the ALU in an audacious attempt to reform the second-largest private employer in America. Last year, Amazon spent $4.3 million on anti-union consultants; on the day of its victorious union vote, the ALU, then a ragtag group of 20 members, had just $3 left in its bank account.
Since then, Smalls’s task has been to prove that his union could replicate its first win. He dreams of organizing every Amazon facility in the U.S. — that’s hundreds of thousands of workers. As the ALU’s leader, it is Smalls’s job to use his charm and clout to raise funds, corral sympathetic politicians, attract new members, and put pressure on Amazon to capitulate to the union’s demands. By making himself as well known as possible, in other words, Smalls hopes to expand the size and power of his union. “It’s a lot of pressure,” he told me, “but my voice was meant for something bigger than packing up boxes in a warehouse.”
That project, however, has already run into setbacks. On May 2, a vote to unionize a Staten Island sorting warehouse, LDJ5, failed, arresting the ALU’s momentum. Amazon has brought a case before the National Labor Relations Board to have the victory at JFK8 thrown out in a trial that is expected to be decided in August. And as the ALU prepares for contract negotiations for JFK8 that could drag on for years, the organization has been mired in infighting stemming from the perception that Smalls is now too busy being a celebrity to join his comrades in the trenches. “He thinks everything is about Chris Smalls,” Most Daley, an ALU member, told me. “We’re supposed to be a worker-led union, and he ain’t a worker no more.”
Smalls bristles at the notion that he has abandoned the ALU, underscoring that the success of this union specifically and the new-school movement more broadly has so far been powered by his prominence — his celebrity serves the movement, he insists, not the other way around. He noted that his critics “wouldn’t last one fucking day in my shoes. You want to be on TV? You want to travel the country? You want to have the weight of the world on your shoulders? Sure, take it all.”
Helping millions of workers rise up against a new American oligopoly may be too much to expect of a single person. But as we drove down Canal Street on that bright day, just two weeks after the JFK8 vote and before the LDJ5 debacle, Smalls seemed to have no limits. He cranked the wheel of the Suburban and steered onto Mulberry Street, where he hoped to hit the bars. (The previous night, he partied nearby with Paperboy Prince until 3 a.m.) He slotted the giant SUV into an impossibly small parking space on Baxter Street, bumping the Saab in front of him to fit. Then he stepped into the street and slipped his arms into a red satin jacket. On its back was stitched in big blood-orange letters EAT THE RICH.


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The meeting will be the first of its kind with participation of German Head of the INSTEX Per Fischer and Managing-Director of the newly-registered Iranian joint-stock company special to INSTEX Ali Asqar Nouri.
Iran registered the joint-stock company late last month, introducing Nouri as its head. Hamid Qanbari is also the head of the company's board of directors.
The company is allowed to carry out all trade deals mentioned in the law of trade, including purchase, selling, exports and imports, give services of settlement and payment to all exporters and importers, opening accounts for letters of credit, granting agency to all banks and Iranian and foreign companies, taking loans and banking facilities from all banks and Iranian and foreign credit institutes in foreign currency and in rial, interaction with the INSTEX and other financial channels and companies in other countries, signing contracts and cooperation with Iran's banking system and foreign banks in line with using Europe and other countries' financial channels and giving services of financial advice to all real and legal persons.
The main office of the company is in Tehran and the time for its activities is unlimited.
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced in March that it had registered an indigenous company to do bilateral trade with a company established in Europe under the INSTEX mechanism for bypassing the United States' unilateral sanctions.
Iran registered a mirror company for the European special payment channel INSTEX.
The channel, called Instrument for Finance and Trade between Iran and Europe (IFT), was registered on March 19.
A group of Iranian state and private banks as well as some companies are the mechanism's stakeholders.
The company has been set up and registered due to “non-stop efforts of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI)”.
The first phase is expected to be limited to the trade of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and agri-foods.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on January 31 on the creation of the INSTEX.
Following the statement of the three European countries, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet, “Iran welcomes #INSTEX — a long overdue 1st step — in E3 implementation of May 2018 commitments to save JCPOA by ensuring dividends for Iranians after US’ illegal re-imposition of sanctions.”
Hours later, former Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that the special financial mechanism for trade with Iran was a first step which should be followed by quicker implementation of the EU's May 2018 undertakings.


Another week, another reason to be concerned about the direction this team is headed. I asked the injury gods to be kind to us last week. They responded by giving out double the punishment with Derek Newton tearing not one, but both his patellar tendons. The possibility of him never playing again is very high. Just great. The injuries are starting to pile up and play certainly hasn't been improving for the Texans.
Against the Lions this week, here's what to watch as the Texans try to bounce back once again.
1. The Rise Of A.J. Bouye
Had I told you that A.J. Bouye would be our best corner at the start of the season, you wouldn't have believed me, but right now it's a very real thing. With Kevin Johnson out, Bouye picked up more snaps and he performed exceptionally, as he has all year. Bouye leads the team with eight pass defensed, he has a sack to his name, and he has been pretty much lock-down at various points of the season.
With Johnathan Joseph not recapturing the form he had last year, A.J. Bouye's continued good play would be a blessing to a depleted secondary. Especially as we come up against a quarterback who’s playing as well or better than anyone in the league...
2. Is Run Defense A Thing These Days?
The Texans’ defense started off pretty hot, causing lots of turnovers and pressure, but even then the run defense was a bit suspect. That came to a head against the Broncos as Devontae Booker and C.J. Anderson made it look all too easy.
Jadeveon Clowney has been caught on more than one occasion getting too far upfield on run plays and not setting the edge, which is strange since that is one of things he's best at. Clowney may get lots of TFL, but he has given up too many plays. John Simon and Brian Cushing haven't been the forces they were earlier, and there's also been some iffy tackling to boot.
Against a team averaging less than 90 rushing yards a game in the Lions, the Texans really should have a good day against the ground game. But will they crumble yet again?
3. Over-Complicated Or Just Not Good Enough?
I've tried to steer away from talking about Brock Osweiler in this weekly piece. You've all heard it a million times, from every media outlet possible, from every fan or coworker. Everyone has made sure to remind you about how bad Brock Osweiler has looked. This week, however, I'm going to have to break that trend.
The big question is: Is the game plan being overly complicated and the team just not getting on with it, or is Brock Osweiler just bad?
I'm hoping to see less of those miscommunications where the receiver just isn't on the same wave length as Osweiler. We need to simplify the offense and get functioning and then slowly add the complicating factors in. It's clear that it just isn't working at present.
The thing to watch on Sunday will be how this game is run offensively. Will O'Brien stick to his guns on the play calling or will we see a reversion to the simpler plays that Brock is more effective in?
4. Tight Ends
Against the Broncos, Stephen Anderson drew a pass interference call running a route deep downfield more akin to a wide receiver than a tight end. Aside from that, the tight end spot didn't produce much against the Broncos. Well, neither did anyone else on offense, but that's beside the point.
It seems to be that the tight ends always come up big in home games. Long may that tradition continue, especially this week.
The Lions’ defense has struggled against tight ends this year, giving up seven touchdowns (most in NFL), 40 receptions (4th most) and 423 yards (8th most) to that position. This might be the weak spot that the Texans’ offense could find a way to take advantage of.
That's my look at the upcoming game. What are you looking at this week?Lions vs Texans coverage


Bloc Party I Still Remember:
Last year I got all swoony for The Upper Room's unrequited love song Black And White. This year that honor goes to this gorgeous new pop song by Bloc Party. I have been obsessing over this track for weeks, but never shared it until now. It is EPIC. "You should have asked me for it, how could I say no?" Le sigh. Read the full lyrics and then buy it!
Thanks for your note, Ms. Client Kate. Your new single is quite the e-stim (electro stimulation) treat and the video is a decent version of what can be done with green screen. Note that Client feature's legendary Dubstar (watch this) vocalist Sarah. Also check out Lights Go Out
Bo Pepper Buses:
The video is clever - puppets in where, Blackpool? - but don't let the novelty thing block you from hearing the tune. Bo Pepper are a fun UK band with good song and a fantastic female vocalist. Buses is my fave track so far. Somebody sign them and make them stars! While we were apart, I was a sock puppet too...


Continuous performance testing enables your development teams to swiftly find both the load-handling and performance faults that are challenging to find as well as the critical functional bugs that must be addressed in order to create a top-notch product. Knowing these 11 recommended practices will be helpful if you’re prepared to undertake continuous performance testing. You can learn more by enrolling in the software QA training online.
- Prioritise Performance Testing on SLAs
Incorporating codes into an application for testing shouldn’t cause it to malfunction or fail to meet SLAs. This means that for each iteration, you should use your performance SLAs as acceptance testing. As a result, iteration modifications that only affect a tiny portion of the overall code would be allowed because the performance difficulties would only apply to that portion of the code. However, general SLAs that apply to the entire program, though, a longer list of restrictions should be provided. This list will be reviewed at each iteration to see if the project fulfils a minimal standard for “being completed” without violating any of the restrictions.
- Adopt a test-driven methodology Performance Testing
The development of product features and test scripts should happen simultaneously to give the overall project a head start. This would guarantee that if modifications were made to the software, the testers wouldn’t need to recreate or modify the test scripts.
- It is best for developers and testers to collaborate.
In order to understand how the software or application being written at the moment will ultimately be tested, testers should collaborate closely with developers. When working on a project, developers and testers should stay updated about the development. This close cooperation would provide an efficient and ongoing testing process.
- Create test cases based on stories or scenarios.
Modern development procedures, in contrast to the conventional development paradigm, frequently do not provide consumers with access to full specifications. Instead of designing tests based on a fixed set of cases in these situations, story- or scenario-based tests should be developed. Testers can cover a wide range of tests, some of which may not be entirely documented, using such tests.
- For dynamic situations, use dynamic tests
In the past, a single test script could be used to test a number of computing scenarios. However, given how quickly things change today, tests must also be dynamic. And for this reason, the infrastructure as code method, in which all virtual hardware, computer resources, and applications are represented as software, is growing in popularity. They can be programmed in accordance with the current needs that need to be satisfied. As a result, the IT department of the business generates the scripts, which in turn set up and configure the necessary virtual environments for the testing.
- The use of Performance Testing automation has increased
Automation is still typically only used during the initial stages of unit testing. But they must be used throughout the deployment process, especially in the later phases. The ideal method to achieve this is to write test scripts that can be packaged into separate software services or components, which can then be utilised as and when necessary in various contexts in a somewhat agnostic manner.
- The use of tools for measuring application performance has increased.
Tools for APM are used as important components of several testing processes today. For the purpose of maintaining shift-right performance monitoring, such instruments must be employed more frequently.
- To start recurrent tests, use a build server.
Performance tests should be included in the repeating tests for each build. This can be accomplished by starting the test through the build server and including the test output in the build tool. In this manner, the person who initiated the build would be able to view the outcomes and be aware of the modifications performed in that build. This entails resolving any performance concerns that may arise.
- Proper planning for tests for CI, post-sprint and nightly builds.
There may be considerable differences between tests for nightly builds, CI (continuous Integration) builds, and post-sprint builds. And there might be a distinction between one change made in a day and all the changes done in a sprint. Performance tests for such setups ought to start simple and make use of the internal loads that are already present. For instance, by utilising a typical load on the application that is generated by your internal load generators, you may execute a brief performance test covering the most common scenarios the fastest. In order to see how the changes made in the build affected the system, the tests for CI builds should be executed quickly. To make sure they are leveraged in the right way, the developer who initiated the CI should get these results as quickly as possible.
- Repurposing of testing assets.
This could contribute to more effective continuous performance testing. For instance, a lot of businesses now utilise AI to look through operational system logs to find the URLs associated with the most popular user pathways. The following phase takes advantage of automation to give these paths testing precedence based on this identification. At a later stage in the deployment process, many businesses are also repurposing their functional assets against test objectives. These businesses are reducing testing overheads and paving the road for better efficiency by utilising cutting-edge methods, knowledge, and expertise gained through automation.
- Opt for mocking Performance Testing
You can test individual components by utilising mocking during component testing. By doing so, you can make sure that the tests you run support continuous delivery.
Start performing performance testing immediately if you haven’t already. Remember that running even the most basic performance tests constantly can have a significant positive impact on your life. Check out the QA training online to learn more.


Sunny Hindustani came from a small village with big dreams and today he has emerged as the winner Indian Idol 11. The singer has a massive fan following and is loved by all.
A lot of celebrities come on the show to promote their movies. And Deepika too graced the set of Indian Idol 11 and was mesmerized with Sunny’s performance.
Post his performance she gave him a flying kiss and also asked for a selfie with him. Sunny was seen blushing and was overwhelmed by Deepika’s words and gestures.
Well, there is no doubt that he is talented and will soon be seen singing a T – series movie.


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Alcoa, Tenn. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $2.4 million ground-lease sale of an 8,354-square-foot restaurant at 1125 Franck St. in Alcoa, a suburb of Knoxville. The landowner and tenant, Texas Roadhouse Inc., sold the 2.4-acre site to an undisclosed investor based in Virginia. The newly constructed restaurant is set to open in September, and Texas Roadhouse is subject to a 15-year ground lease. Morgan Creech and Sarah Shanks of SRS’ Louisville office represented Texas Roadhouse in the transaction. Feldman Ruel Urban Property Advisors represented the buyer.
SRS Negotiates $2.4 Million Sale of New Restaurant Near Knoxville Ground Leased to Texas Roadhouse

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Naruto Sage Of Six Paths Figure
Original price $69.99 USD
Current price $49.99 USD
Naruto finally achieved the sage of six paths mode and boy does it look awesome! This was the pinnacle of the show and if you don't have this figure then you are missing out!

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- PopSugarMay 08 08:53 PM
Old friends A photo posted by Tom Felton (@t22felton) on May 7, 2016 at 3:12am PDT The Harry Potter series wouldn't be the same without Draco Malfoy's signature line: "My father will hear about this!" And it seems that he did hear about an opportunity to meet up with his protegé, because Jason Isaacs - who played Draco's dad in the films - had a reunion with Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy in the ...
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Liverpool stars celebrate after the conclusion the 96 victims were unlawfully killed
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"Star Trek" is far from the only game at MegaCon. The convention, which runs Thursday through Sunday, will feature actors associated with some of the most popular titles in entertainment. "Game of Thrones," HBO's Emmy-winning epic, will be represented by Lena Headey, who plays Cersei. The "Harry...
- Daily MailMay 07 02:25 PM
John Broadway, 37, was arrested in Lichfield, Staffordshire, on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and firearms offences after grandfather Wilf Isaacs was shot dead on Thursday night.
- Global CalgaryMay 06 01:58 PM
About 100,000 people are expected to pack the Stampede Park over the weekend for the 2016 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo.
- Calgary SunMay 01 09:57 PM
If you can gauge success by smiles, this year’s Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo was an unmitigated triumph.
- Bang Showbiz via Yahoo! New Zealand EntertainmentMay 20 09:23 AM
'Star Wars Rebels' executive producer Dave Filoni has revealed he would be open to Ewan McGregor voicing his character Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Lucasfilm Animation series.
- The Chicago MaroonMay 14 11:30 AM
The newly created position will entail assisting the current Title IX coordinator.
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The design process detailed in full below, from initial GAN work to refined designs.
Please click on an image to enlarge.
To start the process of creating shapes from a generative adversarial network (GAN) I needed to create a dataset. Typically these will need to be over 1000 images, so I decided to experiment with a smaller dataset. Starting with around 150 images.
Initial GAN-generated imagery. 150 image dataset.
I then decided with my collaborator that we should create more data, taking us to around 350 images. The gif below shows the data once we had gone over the 300 image mark.
Using these shapes, I started to create silhouettes.
Video showing the versatility of using AI-aided design.
Refining my designs.
I then went back and looked at collaging the silhouette imagery to elevate my designs.
I chose some full designs to collage.
Matching collaged silhouettes to collaged designs.
Choosing my favourite imagery.
From this analysis of my designs, I went back and drew a 10 person line-up.
At this point, I had also started to learn CLO3D and had chosen this design to 3D render.


The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) to creates five new multiple-unit trains for the Uetliberg Bahn. The procurement costs amount to a total of 46.7 million Swiss francs. Be delivered to the multiple-unit trains from Stadler.
The contract was signed on Tuesday at the headquarters of the SZU in Zürich, as it is called in a SZU-communication. After the signing of the contract of the appointment, plan the delivery of the first trainset Be 570 in November 2021.
The first months are required for type tests, dynamic commissioning and the acceptance by authorities. Then the other trains will follow. The operation with all the railcars in the driving operation is provided for scheduled rule from July 2022. Today's vehicles Be 520 and B 220 are then withdrawn from service.
The five three-car Articulated trainsets of the type Be 570, which can run both in single and in double traction, are each 50 meters long, and have 143 seats and 187 standing places. (nag/sda)
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When Kirstin was two years old, I was the chairman of Mother’s March for March of Dimes in Chandler, Arizona. The local newspaper sent a reporter to our home to interview me. 695 more words
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I know I’ve blogged about this a time or two because it’s a subject I’m very passionate about.
Asistive living, a setup where seniors can have their basic needs need, have the security of staff that get their issues, but the flexibility to thrive in their own lives, is such a common place concept. 1,962 more words
EDMONTON – An Edmonton group home for high-risk youth teens that was the subject of complaints about rowdy behaviour and crime is closing its doors for good. 600 more words
Larry Kramer’s thoughts on the October 20 City Council Meeting
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“Feeding Chittenden is committed to ensuring no one in our region goes without food,” said Rob Meehan, Director of Feeding Chittenden. “The pandemic has created new hardships and our response has been to pivot as an organization and deliver emergency food and look for innovative solutions to alleviate hunger. DPW’s pay it forward type initiative supports keeping transportation available to folks while also helping to feed people.”
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