Just a little (link) love: Thanos v Cap and Scarlet Witch edition
March 29, 2018
Liz, the Chief Mom Officer, had Chief Dad Officer share his story of nearly dying
I try to only invest in ethical companies but it’s awfully challenging when even companies who self-police in pursuit of meeting ethical standards find human trafficking in their second tier suppliers (the mills that take raw materials and produce the fabrics etc): “…considering this, the findings of Patagonia’s audits take on a different cast, a sign not of corporate hypocrisy, but of the near impossibility of treating workers well at every step in the production process, even when a company is genuine in its desire to do so.”
This made me laugh: how comparison is the theft of joy, experimental monkey style. This is how I am with salaries in my own field so in some ways I have to force myself to stop looking at what other people are getting paid other than to set a benchmark for myself to reach. Otherwise, I still maintain that social media is what you make of it. I don’t spend time on social media that makes me compare myself unfavorably to a limited snapshot of another person’s life. This is why long form blogging will always be the best for me. And let’s be honest, Twitter is right up there. Twitter and my tweeps have kept us fed, literally, when I couldn’t dredge up the brainpower to figure out what to make for dinner.
Thanos v Cap and Scarlet Witch
thanos: you don’t have the power to destroy me
steve and wanda: pic.twitter.com/Pz5YPPLok4
— Captain* (@JabGeeksOut) March 27, 2018
OMG KITTENS. The one with the tiny teddy bear! Be still my heart.
I am kind of surprised Patagonia was as open as all that with their audit results. Weirdly enough, it makes me feel better than I already do about their company. Supply chain management is hard, so it’s good to see their really interrogating the issue thoughtfully, even if it means they’re failing at meeting their standards for a while. I wonder how things have changed in the intervening years.
I felt the same way – if they’re not afraid to be open about where they’re failing, then it gives me some faith that they care enough to try to figure out how to fix it where they can reasonably do so.