Nicole Mark (she/her)
@nicoledesignsdata.com
📊 data visualization engineer, 💊 healthcare analytics consultant, 🐶 dog mom, 🌱 vegan for the animals. https://nicolemark.social/m/links
These people will all be dead in 50 years. The damage they inflict on your children and grandchildren will exist for geological time. Are you going to let them get away with it? www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
ICE took the Trump mass deportation campaign into NC’s mountain wilderness. A relative of one man says he had no criminal record.
‘This is a kidnapping,’ says aunt of man arrested in Pisgah National Forest ICE raid
ICE took the Trump mass deportation campaign into NC’s mountain wilderness. A relative of one man says he had no criminal record.
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If Biden bounced a check for $10 it would be a front page scandal
💉Josh Rubin, MD@drsandman11.medsky.social · yesterdayCall me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
Whether you work in an office or from home, you're likely familiar with the after-lunch slump that makes you reach for another coffee or a soda.
Study reveals cognitive decline linked to drinking Diet Coke daily
Whether you work in an office or from home, you're likely familiar with the after-lunch slump that makes you reach for another coffee or a soda.
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Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure
@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d agoABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"
why are my taxes going toward subsidizing the police when i might never even need to be beaten up and violated
When Uber Eats and DoorDash hid the tip button, delivery workers paid the price. Tips fell by 79%. In January, we changed that. Since then, more than $104 million has gone back into the pockets of the delivery workers who keep New York City fed.
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
COLUMN: Trump and his aides rarely go easy on their perceived enemies, writes our Nahal Toosi. But their attacks on the International Criminal Court are hyperbolic enough that you have to wonder: Are they afraid the court will prosecute them?
Why Trump is Afraid of International Law
The administration sees a risk that “woke” institutions will go after its officials once the president is out of office.
politico.com
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
theguardian.com
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano, 29, died last week after being detained at CoreCivic's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. He told loved ones that he hadn't received medical care after experiencing severe symptoms. His family's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...
Mexican Man From Durham Dies From Leukemia While In ICE Custody
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
indyweek.com
The US State Department acknowledged 'an unfortunate error' after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.
US government mislabels countries on map of Africa at global conference
The US State Department acknowledged 'an unfortunate error' after the highly inaccurate African map caused a stir.
aljazeera.com
State officials are pushing back on the Department of Homeland Security’s claims that it found tens of thousands of noncitizens on their voter rolls, asking the department to explain how it arrived at its conclusion.
States push DHS to explain its noncitizen voter claims
Election officials are questioning how the Trump administration arrived at its conclusion that hundreds of thousands of noncitizens appeared on voter rolls across four states.
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RESEARCH 🎶: Combining #Cannabis And Music Enhances Medical Benefits, Reduces Prescription Drug Use And Boosts Emotions, Study Shows👇🏻 www.marijuanamoment.net/combining-ma...
Combining Marijuana And Music Enhances Medical Benefits, Reduces Prescription Drug Use And Boosts Emotions, Study Shows - Marijuana Moment
A new study is putting quantifiable evidence behind the idea that marijuana use enhances the experience of listening to music. But the new research also suggests that the combination can bolster the t...
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Walmart launches drone delivery in Orlando, marking its #Florida debut. What could possibly go wr-wr-wrong? www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news...
Walmart launches drone delivery in Orlando, marking Florida debut - Orlando Business Journal
Walmart's newest Central Florida investment is taking off — literally — as the retailer launches its first Florida drone delivery service.
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Fascinating episode of Close All Tabs, as usual. share.snipd.com/episode/2563...
The Pink Pill Pipeline and the Online War Against Birth Control
Episode from Close All Tabs
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"Under the changes to the FoodNet surveillance system, the 10 participating states — meant to represent a cross section of the broader population — no longer have to report cases of listeria, for example." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
Cyclospora Boosts Fears That Worse Foodborne Outbreaks Are Ahead - KFF Health News
The recent outbreak of a foodborne parasite sickened thousands and hospitalized hundreds across the U.S. before federal investigators identified the suspected source. Food safety experts say cuts to t...
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Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal' after drought declared
Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal' after drought declared
A major incident has been declared on the Suffolk coast after a large wildfire broke out, with dozens of firefighters deployed.
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Republicans are trying to make the news cycle about anything other than Donald Trump and his incredibly unpopular domestic and foreign policy agenda. That’s why they set up this Fauci hearing. And everyone is taking the bait
NEWS: Trump’s $10B BBC lawsuit just forced his own trust to open the books. A federal magistrate judge has now filed her written order demanding the production of financial docs on the 400+ businesses the trust owns.
Judge Orders Trump Trust to Turn Over Financial Records in $10 Billion BBC Lawsuit
The judge filed the written order court after finding Trump's own allegations of massive financial harm opened the door to sweeping discovery into the trust that controls his business empire.
meidasnews.com
We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
🚨BREAKING: In a voting rights victory, the Kansas Court of Appeals Monday rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) emergency bid to reinstate a rule that could have thrown out lawfully cast mail ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kansas court rejects last-minute GOP bid to toss late-arriving mail ballots
The ruling keeps Kansas’ mail ballot grace period in place for the August primary. That means voters’ ballots can still count if they are postmarked by Election Day but received up to three days after...
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Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
Court documents are stating that there were “at least 3 shooters” at a Seattle food festival over the weekend including a 15 year old. A 15 year old A 15 year old A 15 year old Responsible gun control now.
