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The horrors persist, etc.

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

futurism.com

I don’t have the highest self-esteem in the world, but at least it’s not “attending the White House correspondents’ dinner” low. If you’re ever down on yourself, remember there are people out there who have shaped their entire lives around getting into that room on purpose. You’re doing fine.

It’s always fascinating to me how many people seem to have no conceptualization of the fact that there are eight billion other people with them on this earth, too. Just them, their needs, their will, their space. WTF happened to you in that socialization phase that you presumably went through?

Everyone (but me) at this conference dinner ate the buffet salad tonight. With gusto.Y’all are braver people than me with my plate of cooked veggies... 😬🤢