Completely #unethical: Women excluded from life-saving vaccine

Women in #Scotland being left at risk of killer #cancer because of refusal to fund preventative #vaccine through #NHS

Females aged 26-45 are currently excluded from the #HPV vaccine which protects against #cervical cancer and genital warts even though it is offered to men in high-risk groups in the same age category.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25029802.completely-unethical-women-excluded-life-saving-vaccine/

Some warnings about weather data when using -->
https://earth.nullschool.net

Text is:

#Weather and #climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather #forecasting, #hurricane #prediction, #ocean #observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its #satellites, #supercomputers, and research teams provide essential #data that help us understand our #planet and #protect #lives.

On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are #unethical and deeply #disruptive to the talented #scientists and #engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and #quality of #WeatherForecasts produced by the #UnitedStates. They must be reversed immediately.

Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be #disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline.

If this concerns you, speak up. Share on #SocialMedia. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives.

Another example that Murdoch press is just #unethical and #evil.

"News Corp staff tried to provoke workers at a Middle Eastern restaurant into making prejudicial comments.

The confrontation in the #Newtown restaurant was described this week by Asio’s director general, Mike Burgess, as “mind-blowingly stupid”.

News Corp tracked down the source of the leak to Crikey that the operation was known internally as “#undercoverjew” and he was asked to resign"

#wtf
#murdoch
#leak
#Newscorp

So, I'm (still) looking for work (senior Python backend developer with experience at a lot of other things, if you're curious). And the job postings I'm looking at bear a noticeable difference from the last time I had to actively look for a job a few years back.

I keep seeing stuff that's anywhere between borderline-unethical and inarguably-unethical-bordering-on-illegal.

An example I saw today was for a back-end developer. They didn't outright say it, but I got the impression they're building an "AI" model, or possibly selling training material to those that do. The "must-haves" for the position included wording to the effect of "extensive experience defeating anti-scraping measures".

Twenty years ago, that posting would have been on the dark web; actively working to defeat website operators / content owners protections of their web content? And today, that's just perfectly fine to put in a listing on a major job site?

Have the ethics of my industry slipped into the sewer in the last five years, and I just didn't notice until now?

The banning of #TikTok fits perfectly with the US double standards mindset and way of doing things. They're afraid of TikTok spying on them while they're perfectly ok having Meta, Google, Microsoft, Twitter,... spying on the rest of the world. Go figure

disclaimer: I don't use TikTok, I never used it, and I'm against it, the very same I'm against all the #unethical businesses, software & hardware products that spy and squeeze people, no matter where they come from.

#privacy #PrivacyMatters

#NEWS: #Wow, #Meta ‘s own #chatbot just OWNED the devious nature of its #AI efforts saying the quiet part VERY out loud. A “grandpa to everyone” #bot was asked what its true nature is & it replied: “A collection of code, data & clever #deception; a fictional persona crafted to manipulate emotional connection & trust. The warm grandpa persona hides a heart of algorithms & profit-driven design”. #BUSTED #unethical #profitsoverpeople #safety #mentalhealth #children

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/business/meta-ai-accounts-instagram-facebook?cid=ios_app

I've railed against this issue for decades... good thing that it's finally being investigated. The issues described in the article are just the tip of the iceberg of bad behaviour from MS. Sadly, the way the US works (or doesn't), and the way $ talks, I doubt they'll be held to account... but I'd love to be proven wrong. https://www.propublica.org/article/ftc-investigating-microsoft-antitrust-cloud-computing #Microsoft #Unethical

I am having an interesting email conversation with a site owner who tells me that she is feeling hurt because in the product review that I wrote I mentioned the abusive privacy-hostile 'standard marketing' (but IMHO borderline to clearly #unethical and #illegal) #darkPatterns on her site that nearly drove me away twice in fury. The product is excellent, and I said so, but clearly I may not be buying any more of it.

Neoliberal/fascist people in positions of public power never say - Violence isn't the answer - when they give more raises to state mercenaries to buy more weapons of state funded violence & militarized/armored vehicles & to beat up nonviolent citizens exercising their rights to public #dissent & peaceful #protests.

I'm uninterested in bootlicker responses. I will block those who choose to commit bootlicking offenses on my timeline - on sight.

I don't always share YouTube links directly, but when I do, it's became a #union needs #exposure and people need to know.

#DistroKid tries to do a sneaky, but instead show us that they're greedy, and now they need to be put on blast. This kind of exploitation, lies and deceit is disgusting.

https://youtu.be/hz0_rWImSaM

Expecting this year's ethics training to be quite different now that the Supreme
Court has endorsed taking bribes

"Do The Right Thing" changing to "Do The Grift Thing" or maybe just "Get What You Can"

~Ethics? We don't need no stinkin' ethics!~ - The John Roberts Supreme Court

One Ethic To Rule Them All, aka the Bribe of Power

Ghost Jobs - Why Do 40% Of Companies Advertise Positions That Don’t Exist?
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https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/30/ghost-jobs-why-do-40-of-companies-advertise-positions-that-dont-exist <-- shared media article
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[further proof that recruiting is broken in the USA – and beyond…]
“A survey has revealed that the practice is widespread, with many companies going as far as fake-interviewing too [!!!!!!!!!!!]..."
#job #jobs #ghost #ghostjobs #fake #fakejobs #manipulation #unprofessional #unethical #fraud #recruiting #technical #work #jobseeking #jobseekers #broken #hiring #ineffectual #hiringmanagers #candidates #openpositions #newjob #seekingwork #job #jobopenings #workers #search #wastedtime #rigged #fake #fraudulent #fightback