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Sunday, April 07, 2019

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

It May Be Time to Stop Using Glitter

lifehacker.com: With the plastic straw set to become a distant relic of the past, and styrofoam and single-use plastic bag bans making green waves across the country, what everyday item will soon become our next environmental enemy?

As it turns out, glitter—yes, sparkly glitter—might very well be a cause worth looking into.

Trump Repeals OSHA Safety Standards

ucomm blog: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has gutted an Obama-era rule that required employers to report on-the-job injuries and illnesses.

The Trump Administration’s new rule returns injury reports back into the darkness of corporate filing cabinets and makes it much more difficult for regulators and safe workplace advocates to collect reliable data.

Comments update features a debate over unpaid internships

www.dezeen.com: In this week's comments update, readers are split over unpaid internships, with some labelling them as detrimental to the industry and others defending them as a vital part of young architects' training.

Stage design in fatal Radiohead concert collapse called for parts that didn't exist, witness says

CBC News: The design for a stage that collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto was flawed from its inception — and several people knew about the problems for years, according to Dale Martin, head of the company contracted by Live Nation to erect the stage.

Martin, who owned now defunct Optex Staging, testified Tuesday at the coroner's inquest into the death of 33-year-old Scott Johnson, the Radiohead drum technician who was killed when the stage roof came tumbling down on June 16, 2012.

James Corden on Romance and Sex Scenes for Plus-Size People

The Mary Sue: As the conversation around diversity and inclusivity continues in Hollywood, people are expanding the definitions and boundaries not only who gets represented, but the forms that representation takes. James Corden spoke about being a “chubby person” in entertainment during an interview on David Tennant’s podcast.

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