jesse

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surviving in the US

Seattle universal school lunches (which the centrists/liberals harshly opposed) will cost $2m per year. AIPAC's money alone could have fed every child in a large city for 30 years.

I know folks mean well however repeating the idea that "trans rights are not in opposition to women's rights" feeds subconsciously into the idea that trans women aren't really women. Trans women's right are women's rights.

hey guys? I feel like I'm missing something about NBC calling it for El-Sayed. Currently (8:47 AM EST) 96% of the votes counted, meaning 4% are uncounted. Of those ~64K votes remaining, I think Stevens would need roughly 60% to win overall. Since these are mail-in votes, that seems possible? 😨

Anti-ICE advocates rallied outside the DHS office near Cincinnati after Haitians losing TPS were summoned for mandatory check-ins. Protesters report officials are fitting people with ankle monitors and issuing new court dates. Community members stand united against these aggressive tactics!

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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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

The rich are taking more and more while the rest of us are being squeezed into poverty. People desperately clinging to jobs won’t argue back as “the free market” makes us slaves and that’s the game plan 😡

Owen @Owennfa tweets: 

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT JUST DROPPED NEW WAGE DATA AND IT'S BRUTAL.

Corporate profits up 47% since 2020.

Worker wages up 12% in the same period. 

Meanwhile groceries up 35%, rent up 40%, utilities up 28%.

Your paycheck grew 12%. Your bills grew 35%. 

The math is simple: you're getting poorer every year even when you get a raise. 

You can't budget your way out of this. The system is designed so your income can never catch up to your expenses.

That's not an accident. That's policy.

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there's plenty of restaurants in this town, but the owner of the sandwich shop downtown hates me, says he's gonna kill me, and has a sign up on the wall saying that 5 cents out of every sandwich order will go towards buying bullets to shoot me with.

Donald Trump says there’s nothing special about Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante & he’s removed protection. He says “There’s nothing worth protecting…you can’t even walk on it” Please give if you can. Lawsuits are expensive! Here’s some photos and link…