Workers AREN’T Lazy?! App-Based Policing? 5.27.21

In episode 918, Jack and Miles are joined by rapper and What Had Happened Was host Open Mike Eagle to discuss restaurant workers, updates on Havana Syndrome, A Quiet Place 2, the Citizen app, Lego's first LGBTQ-themed set, and more! FOOTNOTES: ‘The final straw’: How the pandemic pushed restaurant workers over the edge ARE U.S. OFFICIALS UNDER SILENT ATTACK? Fandango Reports Very Strong Pre-Sales For ‘Quiet Place 2’ CITIZEN APP AGAIN LETS USERS REPORT CRIMES — AND EXPERTS SEE BIG RISKS Banned crime reporting app Vigilante returns as Citizen, says its ‘report incident’ feature will be pulled Missing woman reunited with family thanks to Citizen App, diligent neighbor “It Creates a Culture of Fear”: How Crime Tracking Apps Incite Unnecessary Panic ‘A bleak dystopian reality’: Citizen app is now driving a patrol car in Los Angeles Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force Private Security Force That Works With Citizen Wants the Power to Arrest People A crime reporting app shifts to tracking COVID-19, raising privacy questions Crime App Citizen Exposed Users' COVID Data Report of Tiger Running Amok in Manhattan Turns Out to Be Raccoon: NYPD CITIZEN CEO OFFERED TO PERSONALLY FUND LA ARSON MANHUNT — FOR THE WRONG PERSON Citizen App Falsely Accuses Man of Starting Los Angeles Wildfire LEGO Unveils First LGBTQ Set Called 'Everyone Is Awesome' Launching for Pride Month Why I designed “Everyone is Awesome” by Matthew Ashton Lego’s made an LGBTQ-themed set but it feels a little like lip service Conservatives are furiously whining that LEGO’s new Pride set is shameful and divisive absolutely losing my mind watching this WATCH: pumpichulo - {WEGONMAKEIT}  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com