[New post] On the Challenger and the stories we think we know

T Coe posted: " At a friend's (gentle!) urging, I started in a few weeks ago on The Challenger Launch Decision, an exhaustive ethno-history on the work culture that resulted in the Challenger disaster. I won't bother recounting the Challenger disaster for those unfa" Taylor Coe On the Challenger and the stories we think we know T Coe Nov 1 At a friend's (gentle!) urging, I started in a few weeks ago on The Challenger Launch Decision, an exhaustive ethno-history on the work culture that resulted in the Challenger disaster. I won't bother recounting the Challenger disaster for those unfamiliar—because 1) Wikipedia will do do the job and 2) Wikipedia (and most other sources) will do the job…but they won't do it well. That's because the received story that we carry in our collective memory about the Challenger disaster is a faulty one. The public narrative—the one shaped by the media and the Presidential Commission in the wake of the disaster—paint a picture of a management failure, of middle managers driven to sacrifice safety for the sake of schedule and budget. But that isn't the whole story, as Diane Vaughan's completist sociological study points out. The story was a lot more complicated than that, involving years of risk management and communication issues. In Vaughan's view, blame for the Challenger isn't easily assignable—no one person is at fault, so much as the entire system, comprising the thousands of engineers and administrators at Morton Thiokol and NASA who were responsible, to some degree or another, for the design of the Solid Rocket Boosters. The story is, to be honest, grossly nuanced, involving all sorts of finicky quality assurance procedures and risk management processes…it's a lot. And once you see how much it is, you equally see how much more seductive the simpler story is: the story we already know. What this book left me with (besides an unreasonable amount of knowledge about the history of the Challenger disaster) is the uneasy sense that we live with a lot of easy narratives. If the Challenger is so much more complex than Wikipedia would have me believe, then what other narratives have I blithely adopted into my worldview? Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://taylorjcoe.com/2023/11/01/on-the-challenger-and-the-stories-we-think-we-know/

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[New post] Tactiq: Senior QA Automation Engineer

We Work Remotely: Remote jobs in design, programming, marketing and more posted: " Headquarters: Richmond, VA URL: https://www.tactiqtech.com/ Senior QA Automation EngineerJoin us!Join Tactiq, we're the growing eLogistics leader keeping food on local shelves across the US. Our team is building SaaS solutions to everyday out-" https://workathomemania.org Tactiq: Senior QA Automation Engineer We Work Remotely: Remote jobs in design, programming, marketing and more Nov 1 Headquarters: Richmond, VA URL: https://www.tactiqtech.com/ Senior QA Automation EngineerJoin us!Join Tactiq, we're the growing eLogistics leader keeping food on local shelves across the US. Our team is building SaaS solutions to everyday o... Read more of this post Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/tactiq-senior-qa-automation-engineer

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[New post] Craving Green Comfort

ctorres716 posted: " Comfort food. This week, for me, it's been pozole, especially green pozole. According to drizzlemeskinny.com, Pozole is a truly ancient recipe, thought to originate in the Aztec empire before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores, and c" Unleashing My Inner Chingona Craving Green Comfort ctorres716 Nov 1 Comfort food. This week, for me, it's been pozole, especially green pozole. According to drizzlemeskinny.com, Pozole is a truly ancient recipe, thought to originate in the Aztec empire before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores, and could be even older than that. As you might expect from such an old recipe, there are a lot of different variations and takes on Pozole, and almost every family has their own recipe for the meal.  That said, almost all of them rely on a couple of different things, a flavorful (and hot) combination of stewed chilies, and pork or chicken, with hominy. Lots of folks think that pozole and menudo are the same, not. I'd say they were more like cousins. Menudo is a much more recent soup out of Mexico, though it's difficult to know exactly where Menudo comes from. Menudo is one of the many amazing dishes that was born out of hardship and is a dish of the working class first and foremost. What is menudo? It's similar to pozole in spices and ingredients, with one big exception. Instead of pork or chicken, menudo calls for a very specific protein, beef tripe. That's actually part of how we know that menudo was likely created by and for workers because beef tripe is one of the least popular parts of a beef cow, but it's a great source of protein and nutrients. That means that beef tripe was affordable, effective for nutrition and energy, and widely available.  (source: drizzlemeskinny.com) I have never been a fan of the texture of tripe and, while it gives menudo it's awesome flavor, I will not eat it. Green pozole made with chicken and green chile is EXACTLY what I need when I feel "off", when I'm trying to fight off a cold, when I'm super tired, when I've been hungover, or whenever it's there, I could be full and still want pozole. Team Pozole all the way. Just like a few minutes ago. I have a 'to-do' list this long and I couldn't concentrate anymore because of hunger. I found an awesome place less than 5 minutes away and got my fix of spicy, green, delicious pozole. I had originally ordered it to go, got there, and promptly asked for a bowl. Cleared my head and sinuses, I'm good to go for a while longer. What is YOUR go to comfort food? #52EssaysNextWave 9/52 #52SlicesOfChingonaLife Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://ctorres716.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/craving-green-comfort/

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