This week, we're joined by way of a distinct visitor for our commonplace Week In Geek information roundup. Sarah Lacy is a longtime journalist, usual to many in the tech neighborhood as the founding father of investigative tech news site Pando.
She now has a brand new undertaking: Chairman mom, a web community for working mothers to share guidance and guide. Lacy describes the enterprise as a way to counteract abuse and "mommy-shaming" that ladies journey so regularly within the on-line world.
"think about women go to a neighborhood on-line, and walk away anytime feeling more suitable about themselves," Lacy said. She says the website "rebrands working motherhood as what it's: A badass, aspirational thing." The business is a subscription-only, $5 a month service that lets women ask and answer questions about parenthood, work, children and every thing in between.
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Lacy additionally joins us to discuss one of the week's largest news, beginning with a jaw-losing $335 million funding round for bike and scooter sharing enterprise Lime. one of the most funding comes from Uber, and the businesses also struck a deal on Lime's electric powered scooters: The scooters will now have Uber branding and be obtainable to employ through the Uber app.
The scooters are rolling out to cities around the nation, including San Francisco. Lacy offers us her intense perspective on the backlash against the scooters in San Francisco, where she lives, along with Uber's involvement within the new fad.
On a related note, there's been an upswing in anti-Amazon sentiment (and graffiti) in Seattle during the last few months. We dig into why the metropolis is so divided over its greatest organization and the state of homelessness within the West Coast tech hubs.
On the Random Channel: The loss of life of the Costco Polish Dog; Seattle's new anti-straw legislations; and the Incredibles 2 (spoiler-free).
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