Interesting Links for 28-07-2021

[andrewducker]

Activision Blizzard staff sign letter condemning company's "abhorrent" response to abuse allegations

(tags:bullying games work OhForFucksSake abuse sexism )

The "whistleblower scientist in charge of COVID-19 data for Florida who was fired for not fudging numbers" was none of those things.

(tags:fraud pandemic OhForFucksSake )

The Sandman Act 2: Audible Drama Gets Release Date and New Cast

(tags:sandman audio )

The man who absolutely, definitely doesn't make a gay sex drug

(tags:drugs LGBT sex )

A Controversial Tool Calls Out Thousands of Hackable Websites

(tags:Web hacking security )

'Luxury' race will be among most expensive on earth

(tags:marathon Scotland money )

Why is China smashing its tech industry?

(tags:Technology China viaDanielDWilliam )

Comments

[dewline]

1. Hoping that the company - if it survives this - becomes a better, safer place to work.

5. Okay...?

7. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at this, if he's connected sufficient numbers of the needed dots correctly.

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Since so far no one seems to have really been able to figure out why China suddenly is cracking down so hard on a number of internet companies I want to add a (speculative) thought from an article I read yesterday:
"The short seller suspects that Chinese authorities are responding to a law passed by Congress last year that would eventually require the delisting of Chinese companies whose auditors have not been allowed to be inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a U.S. regulator. “China is not going to allow the PCAOB inspections,” he said".

Maybe there are a number of factors at play.