Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
Roughly half a million women in the US exited the workforce in 2025, and 42% of those who voluntarily left cited their caregiving responsibilities as the main reason, according to a recent survey from Catalyst.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...
42% of women are leaving the workforce over lack of caregiver support
In a tight employment market, employers that offer less flexibility risk losing working caregivers, according to a Catalyst report.
www.hr-brew.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women. Women whose paid and unpaid labor are toggled up or down depending on the whims of the men who engineered and profiteered our DIY society.
North American roundabouts are engineered to maximize car speed. Dutch roundabouts are engineered to maximize human safety.
When you physically prioritize pedestrians and people on bikes, you naturally calm traffic and make the street work for everyone.
When you physically prioritize pedestrians and people on bikes, you naturally calm traffic and make the street work for everyone.
A typical Dutch urban roundabout, with priority for pedestrians and cyclists on every arm.
Simple design choices like this keep people safe and naturally slow down motor traffic.
Simple design choices like this keep people safe and naturally slow down motor traffic.
April 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
North American roundabouts are engineered to maximize car speed. Dutch roundabouts are engineered to maximize human safety.
When you physically prioritize pedestrians and people on bikes, you naturally calm traffic and make the street work for everyone.
When you physically prioritize pedestrians and people on bikes, you naturally calm traffic and make the street work for everyone.
This picture of @yohan555.bsky.social #tapingmadness reminds me of a fish dangling from a fisherman's hook but he's entirely suspended by (special) duct tape & PVC tape in this challenging position. Thank you for trusting me!
NB We engineered this with a safety factor of >10:1. Play safely!
NB We engineered this with a safety factor of >10:1. Play safely!
April 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This picture of @yohan555.bsky.social #tapingmadness reminds me of a fish dangling from a fisherman's hook but he's entirely suspended by (special) duct tape & PVC tape in this challenging position. Thank you for trusting me!
NB We engineered this with a safety factor of >10:1. Play safely!
NB We engineered this with a safety factor of >10:1. Play safely!
To dictate safe behavior, we use "speed tables", not speed bumps. It’s an engineered 3-phase design with:
✅ Steep approach ramp
✅ Extended plateau
✅ Departure ramp
This wide footprint forces a sustained speed reduction rather than a brief jolt, better securing the safety of the crosswalk.
✅ Steep approach ramp
✅ Extended plateau
✅ Departure ramp
This wide footprint forces a sustained speed reduction rather than a brief jolt, better securing the safety of the crosswalk.
April 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
To dictate safe behavior, we use "speed tables", not speed bumps. It’s an engineered 3-phase design with:
✅ Steep approach ramp
✅ Extended plateau
✅ Departure ramp
This wide footprint forces a sustained speed reduction rather than a brief jolt, better securing the safety of the crosswalk.
✅ Steep approach ramp
✅ Extended plateau
✅ Departure ramp
This wide footprint forces a sustained speed reduction rather than a brief jolt, better securing the safety of the crosswalk.
I am pleased to see the suggestion that Silicon Valley take lessons from other industries.
The alignment movement is wrongheaded. It's correct that safety should be engineered in, but it's doing that wrong.
The alignment movement is wrongheaded. It's correct that safety should be engineered in, but it's doing that wrong.
October 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I am pleased to see the suggestion that Silicon Valley take lessons from other industries.
The alignment movement is wrongheaded. It's correct that safety should be engineered in, but it's doing that wrong.
The alignment movement is wrongheaded. It's correct that safety should be engineered in, but it's doing that wrong.
look it's very simple the miasma was engineered in a chinese miasma lab and they released it because they were forced to use incorrect safety measures designed to contain "germs" by wokeness
December 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
look it's very simple the miasma was engineered in a chinese miasma lab and they released it because they were forced to use incorrect safety measures designed to contain "germs" by wokeness
Although this appears to be a safety helmet it is actually quite unsafe, as it has been engineered to prevent Mr. Pence from perceiving women wearing pants
June 5, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Although this appears to be a safety helmet it is actually quite unsafe, as it has been engineered to prevent Mr. Pence from perceiving women wearing pants
For a long time I've considered this a very 1980s accident because car safety has improved SO MUCH. Airbags are amazing. Cars are engineered to protect the passenger compartment.
March 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For a long time I've considered this a very 1980s accident because car safety has improved SO MUCH. Airbags are amazing. Cars are engineered to protect the passenger compartment.
TSA agents are paid peanuts, they’re public facing while performing “safety” screenings that they know are both baloney and irritating. The job is engineered to make every agent miserable and spiteful.
October 11, 2024 at 11:16 AM
TSA agents are paid peanuts, they’re public facing while performing “safety” screenings that they know are both baloney and irritating. The job is engineered to make every agent miserable and spiteful.
E-bikes are specifically engineered to handle high torques, heavy loads, and sustained speeds. Bolting a 32 km/h drive onto a standard bike introduces physical forces the frame and braking system were never designed to survive. It's a massive safety hazard.
March 14, 2026 at 1:51 PM
E-bikes are specifically engineered to handle high torques, heavy loads, and sustained speeds. Bolting a 32 km/h drive onto a standard bike introduces physical forces the frame and braking system were never designed to survive. It's a massive safety hazard.
Joe Kent resigns, Tucker Carlson hands him a megaphone, and the Trump hate machine keeps doing what it was built to do: turn extremist‑aligned figures into political martyrs. This isn’t an accident, it’s the pipeline Trump engineered.
Trump, Vance, and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Hate
The betrayal behind the rhetoric of safety
open.substack.com
March 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Joe Kent resigns, Tucker Carlson hands him a megaphone, and the Trump hate machine keeps doing what it was built to do: turn extremist‑aligned figures into political martyrs. This isn’t an accident, it’s the pipeline Trump engineered.
Trump ugly bill will be the law of the land- a tax system that will bring in far less govt revenue & no economic growth -but give large savings to the rich.
The bill slashes the social safety net that will cause millions to lose health insurance &food benefits
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
The bill slashes the social safety net that will cause millions to lose health insurance &food benefits
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
How Republicans Re-engineered the Tax Code
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Trump ugly bill will be the law of the land- a tax system that will bring in far less govt revenue & no economic growth -but give large savings to the rich.
The bill slashes the social safety net that will cause millions to lose health insurance &food benefits
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
The bill slashes the social safety net that will cause millions to lose health insurance &food benefits
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...
And that's just the Hierarchy of Controls aspect. There are many other tools in a comprehensive safety approach. It's not simple nor simplistic, but an engineered systems approach to safety, much as has been successfully applied for corporate safety, airline safety, nuclear safety, and so forth.
January 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And that's just the Hierarchy of Controls aspect. There are many other tools in a comprehensive safety approach. It's not simple nor simplistic, but an engineered systems approach to safety, much as has been successfully applied for corporate safety, airline safety, nuclear safety, and so forth.
I describe myself as a trans-masc autistic person born in New England (the cranky part, sub-Quebec/above Boston), raised by two software engineers, one of which being a Jewish man from New Jersey.
Fate engineered me to be a human porcupine.
Fate engineered me to be a human porcupine.
June 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I describe myself as a trans-masc autistic person born in New England (the cranky part, sub-Quebec/above Boston), raised by two software engineers, one of which being a Jewish man from New Jersey.
Fate engineered me to be a human porcupine.
Fate engineered me to be a human porcupine.
This is the core of my argument in Holding It Together. The billionaires who engineered our DIY society have (with help from cronies in politics, media, etc) sold us myths to delude us into thinking we don't need a social safety net and divide us so we don't come together to demand that support. 1/
We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.
They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.
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They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.
...
November 12, 2024 at 1:47 PM
This is the core of my argument in Holding It Together. The billionaires who engineered our DIY society have (with help from cronies in politics, media, etc) sold us myths to delude us into thinking we don't need a social safety net and divide us so we don't come together to demand that support. 1/
I have disabled kids, piles of debt, and no meaningful social safety net. We are trapped in a system deliberately engineered to prevent us from overthrowing it.
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I have disabled kids, piles of debt, and no meaningful social safety net. We are trapped in a system deliberately engineered to prevent us from overthrowing it.
Starfleet Corps of Engineers know that starship captains are gonna put their ships through the most impossible, incredible, and downright dumb scenarios. So, the ships are over-engineered for safety and the listed tolerances are lowballed guidelines. The actual tolerances are way higher.
Question: What's everybody's most niche, harmless headcanon about their favs? Two of mine are that Akira learned how to fish from his aunt and that Akechi's favorite fonts for English must be serif fonts
April 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Starfleet Corps of Engineers know that starship captains are gonna put their ships through the most impossible, incredible, and downright dumb scenarios. So, the ships are over-engineered for safety and the listed tolerances are lowballed guidelines. The actual tolerances are way higher.
Been wondering about the details behind the worker's strike action impacting Woolworths supply chain? Read more here from labour expert Lauren Kate Kelly on The Conversation theconversation.com/why-woolwort...
Why Woolworths workers can’t sleep at night: inside the supermarket giant’s controversial ‘Framework’
Workers say strict performance targets based on “engineered standards” increase stress and may reduce safety.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Been wondering about the details behind the worker's strike action impacting Woolworths supply chain? Read more here from labour expert Lauren Kate Kelly on The Conversation theconversation.com/why-woolwort...
New blog:
Engineered for Safety and Comfort: How Fire Safety and Acoustics Were Approached in Hyllie 🇸🇪 (the tallest timber and straw building in the world)
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ecococon.eu/uk/blog/engi...
Engineered for Safety and Comfort: How Fire Safety and Acoustics Were Approached in Hyllie 🇸🇪 (the tallest timber and straw building in the world)
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ecococon.eu/uk/blog/engi...
June 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
New blog:
Engineered for Safety and Comfort: How Fire Safety and Acoustics Were Approached in Hyllie 🇸🇪 (the tallest timber and straw building in the world)
👇
ecococon.eu/uk/blog/engi...
Engineered for Safety and Comfort: How Fire Safety and Acoustics Were Approached in Hyllie 🇸🇪 (the tallest timber and straw building in the world)
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ecococon.eu/uk/blog/engi...
I have lost count of the number of makers I've made angry by telling them "You didn't innovate anything. You just removed engineered safety controls we put in place decades ago to save us from ourselves."
December 7, 2023 at 6:57 AM
I have lost count of the number of makers I've made angry by telling them "You didn't innovate anything. You just removed engineered safety controls we put in place decades ago to save us from ourselves."
Modulation of TCR stimulation and pifithrin-α improves the genomic safety profile of CRISPR-engineered human T cells
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
December 5, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Modulation of TCR stimulation and pifithrin-α improves the genomic safety profile of CRISPR-engineered human T cells
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Flag to flag races are engineered jeopardy designed to do nothing but increase drama at the expense of rider safety. I hate them.
April 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Flag to flag races are engineered jeopardy designed to do nothing but increase drama at the expense of rider safety. I hate them.