Where is the bottom?

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Freaking out over the erosion of science, basic research, and fact based decision-making.

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.

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"Data centers bring jobs..." makes me laugh as spouse of IT person responsible for an international organization. Their data center is 2,000 miles away. EVERY THING is done remotely. There's nobody there. Nobody is making that daily commute.

Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.

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Losing grants and scientists I'm not surprised China is making discoveries. Not the first time beliefs have inhibited progress & innovation. Isn't it great? Just like in 1957. Sputnick the first. Like Haiti in 1804 the first to abolish slavery. #Blues #PB open.substack.com/pub/hrnews1/...

Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America's Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it

Groundbreaking Diabetes Cure Developed by Chinese Scientists

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