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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A brief one about the moon I sit beneath the moon, bathed in her light, and marvel.So soft but wild.So beautiful in the dark.Is she lonely, suspended between cold and distant stars?It stirs something in me, holds me captive with her gaze that pierces my soul to read my secrets with a knowing…

A brief one about the moon

I sit beneath the moon, bathed in her light, and marvel.So soft but wild.So beautiful in the dark.Is she lonely, suspended between cold and distant stars?It stirs something in me, holds me captive with her gaze that pierces my soul to read my secrets with a knowing smile. J. G. Valentine.

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Random word vomit pretending to be poetry. Make of it what you will, enjoy. #notapoetreally

Rushing in

Hallo, all. It’s been a little while, hasn't it? I hope anyone who reads this is doing well, and if not, that it gets better soon. Do people accuse you of rushing in to things too often? I get that quite a bit. Rushing tasks, rushing to conclusions — irrespective of my relatively high percentage of correct answers — or maybe,

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The 50kMay challenge: Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve written on here, and it’s only fair that I give you a brief update! Since May 1st, I’ve been taking part in Freewrite’s #50kMay challenge. Writers from all over the world are racing to get Fifty-thousand words down before the end of…

What does “direction” even mean? Daily writing prompt What gives you direction in life? View all responses I've been around long enough now to understand that, looking back, I've walked several paths so far. Every single one has been toward a different point of the compass, moral or otherwise. Why…

My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.

Paul Boldrin@paulboldrin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I read a history of early 20th century socialism and it's crazy how much of it is just clubs doing art or reading books and trying to get miners and factory workers to do art and read books.

As someone who has needed permission from others for the duration of my conscious life; here's some validation.

Mulling things over: A little update and some flowers n stuff.

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

Spent ages today on a new Facebook ad (see below). Published it. Watched it recveive absolutely no engagement in its first four hours (unusual). Then realised I had put a massive typo into the caption (not the image itself). Not sure what I expected. Who buys from an author that can't spell?!

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THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS x THE HOLLOW KIND Windego is a 60K word supernatural horror novel based on Anishinaabe folklore set in West Texas exploring trauma, grief, and the power of friendship when finding yourself again after it all. #questpit #Q #A #H #S

🕰️ Piper knew something was wrong the moment the clock started ticking again. THE WHISPERED KINGDOM is seaside castles, forgotten folklore, and a murder mystery wrapped in a bedtime story. 🌊✨ #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #openingline

STARLING HOUSE x WAYWARD CHILDREN 🌸 memory magic 🌹monsters lurking under a botanical garden 🌷mutual pining 🌻set in autumn 🍂 🌼committing small crimes to investigate an old disappearance 🪻looming threat of student loan payments 🌺 sapphic & ace rep #questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT

It's been trendy recently to focus on the folklore from outside the British Isles, but there's some great stuff within these shores as well. I will be keeping my eyes open on Friday night.

Mark Rees@reviewwales.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Welsh folklore tells us that May Day Eve is one of three "spirit nights" (ysbrydnos) when the supernatural may be encountered. Like Halloween, ghosts and goblins are abroad, and the best form of protection is to huddle around a roaring bonfire. Stay safe out there this May Day...

PARALLEL EXPERIENCES: 66K word thriller where BLACK MIRROR meets DISCLOSURE. As a multi-corp struggles to hide technology failure and abuse, hospital chaplain Mary Davies fights to stop the system erasing her brother’s memories before it’s too late. #QuestPit #Q #T

DEADNAME With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #QuestPit #AG #YA #H

An #agentsguide for AMITY COVE ✨Haunted, Abandoned Wharf ✨Century-Old Massacre ✨Missing Sister ✨Enemies to Lovers YA Romantic Mystery Thriller

James Gray has been obsessed with the paranormal. A Brit working as a Private eye in Maine, getting more than he bargained for when his friend vanishes, and something behind the curtain is trying to help him find her. #Questpit #Q #PR #T Mood and Comp pics below

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

Disembodied voices✅️ Omens everywhere ✅️ A missing persons case✅️ 'Ace' representation ✅️ Death himself✅️ And One rather confused private eye ✅️ One Foot Behind the Curtain - 108k word count. #Questpit #Q #A #PR #T

An Agent’s Guide to WHAT ARE THE CHANCES- an adult historical mystery set in Chicago, 1929, where a math genius living in a crime syndicate’s luxury hotel must ally with an investigative duo to solve a series of murders, all the while pursuing her own secret plan for revenge. #questpit #My #a #q

When his best friend goes missing and the police won't help, Private Detective James Gray takes matters into his own hands, only to discover that the dead have something to say. What do you do when evidence of the paranormal lines up with a crime? #Questpit #Q #PR #T Mood: see pics

Mini update: Stuff n Things

Another post prompt Daily writing prompt Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind. View all responses Strangely, the first thing that's come to my mind is emptiness. Why on earth is it that, when the world around us is such a maelstrom, that I find myself sitting at the bottom of the…

A little update: Who here has heard of a #writerdeck before?

BRB, off to scare myself witless watching the X-Files for the first time.