It’s difficult to watch the film without thinking of how we currently take in news about the civil rights uprisings of today. Imagine how much more successful Hoover would have been at getting out his message if Fox News and Twitter had existed at the time! Throughout the Black Lives Matter protests of last summer, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing at the hands of police, the president and his allies worked hard to associate BLM with “anarchists” and “thugs,” even as Vice President Mike Pence held up Martin Luther King Jr. as a counter-example of the proper way to protest. … [Read more...] about The damning ‘MLK/FBI’ doc shows how poorly Martin Luther King Jr. was treated in his time
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This is how CEOs can support employees during a crisis
Our response to crises was built upon what we learned from previous events, specifically the death of George Floyd. During last year’s crisis, our reaction wasn’t perfect; we were unorganized and slow to react as we were all trying to understand our own emotions of how another Black person can be so heartlessly murdered under the knee of a police officer. However, we knew crises weren’t going away and we had to be better prepared. … [Read more...] about This is how CEOs can support employees during a crisis
The Capitol riot is spurring new interest in gun-detection AI
For ZeroEyes’ AI to detect a weapon, it must be at least partially exposed. “It’s all based on pixels,” says Lahiff. According to him, with some training the technology can detect a gun on surveillance video about as well as a human being could. And, he adds, there’s a “human in the loop,” meaning that all positive gun detections are sent to a control center where a human being confirms a positive detection before sounding the alarm to the client and to law enforcement.“Avoiding and managing false positives and [maintaining] privacy are the two things you have to get right in order to sell this,” says Dave Fraser, the CEO of ZeroEyes’ competitor Omnilert. Omnilert’s main business has been selling multi-channel mass alert systems to schools, manufacturers, and retailers. Because any gun-detection system involves mass alerts, it made sense of Omnilert to add on the gun-detection AI, Fraser tells me. … [Read more...] about The Capitol riot is spurring new interest in gun-detection AI
Taco Bell is secretly a haven for vegetarians—and it’s adding even more meatless options
It also helps that 37% of all Taco Bell orders are customized, meaning that swapping and substituting ingredients so that people get just what they want is commonplace today. Because the company never wants to fall short of its own reputation for delivering the over-the-top menu items that define Taco Bell: “You order something and feel you were cheated because it’s not craveable or delicious,” says Matthews. “Everything we’re working on from a vegetarian perspective is craveable, delicious, and filling.” … [Read more...] about Taco Bell is secretly a haven for vegetarians—and it’s adding even more meatless options
Clean up your beauty routine with these 6 low-waste brands
This isn’t something to feel bad about—if anything, learning to be slower, gentler, and more informed is the silver lining in 2021. To ease into new commitments, here’s an easy place to start: Give your beauty and skin regimen a waste-free makeover. In an industry full of plastic, single-use products, and harmful ingredients, looking at what you’re putting on your body and the Earth are small steps toward a better, more conscious you. Here are some of our favorite, innovated low- and no-waste beauty and skincare brands committed to keeping the earth (and your makeup drawer) clean. … [Read more...] about Clean up your beauty routine with these 6 low-waste brands
