Negative, Babie

That looks like a negative test to me, babie! Yes! No Covid for me! As expected, whatever this asshole of a bug is, it’s likely just a cold. Now pardon me while I blow my nose and sneeze and cough, all at the same time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54223591550/in/dateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54223429523/in/photostream/

HoHoHo.

#coronavirus #CovidTest #covid19 #iphoneography #negativeCovidTest #negativeTest #photography

#Journal, Day 1094
Saturday, 18 March 2023

#fever #delirious #sleptthroughrehearsal
#emaildownload #birdsofmastodon
#negativetest

George Hayward not related to me, but good thread
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RT @doctorow
When George Hayward was a Facebook data-scientist, his bosses ordered him to run a #NegativeTest, updating Messenger to deliberately drain users' batteries to determine how power-hungry various options were. Hayward refused. FB fired him. He sued:

https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/facebook-fires-worker-who-refused-to-do-negative-testing-awsuit/ 1/
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1622334469007867904

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RT @doctorow
When George Hayward was a Facebook data-scientist, his bosses ordered him to run a #NegativeTest, updating Messenger to deliberately drain users' batteries to determine how power-hungry various options were. Hayward refused. FB fired him. He sued:

https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/facebook-fires-worker-who-refused-to-do-negative-testing-awsuit/ 1/
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1622334469007867904

When George Hayward was as Facebook data-scientist, his bosses ordered him to run a #NegativeTest, updating Messenger to deliberately drain users' batteries, in order to determine how power-hungry various parts of the apps were. Hayward refused, and FB fired him, and he sued:

https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/facebook-fires-worker-who-refused-to-do-negative-testing-awsuit/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/05/battery-vampire/#drained

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