Suzanne

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I don’t know if it’s still the case, but it used to be the reason this board was so important was that Texas bought so many school books, they drove content for much of the country. So there’s a chance this win has huge educational ripples, in a very good way.

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · last wk.

Oh my sweet giddy aunt these children are going to have textbooks with facts instead of Lost Cause Praeger U bullshit thank you thank you thank you

Celebrate — then hold everyones ass to flames. All dems combined. If they don’t prosecute all these assholes to the fullest, abolish ICE, rid us of data centers/AI, stop funding Israel, and protect Trans and Black lives then what is even the point. No backsliding. No Fettermans or Synemas allowed.

Can we please give a HUGE shout out to Stacey Abrams? She worked and fought and organized and created the foundation for the important win by Keisha Lance Bottoms to become the first female and first Black governor in Georgia's history, as well as the first Black female governor in the US.

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Building political power doesn't happen at the polls alone. It happens when neighbors share information, people organize around issues, communities hold elected officials accountable, and we show up for each other. That's how power grows between elections, too.

"And then, when the series moved to Game 6, when a champion could be crowned, they scheduled the game DURING THE WORK DAY, so we had to plot and scheme how to watch without losing our JOBS..." #WNBA

Grandpa Simpson telling the youth about this moment in WNBA History

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

All you Libby users borrowing digital books and audiobooks through your library cards, you can set your preferences to human authors and artists ONLY. Click the middle button at the bottom, then "Content Controls" under Settings. You'll find "AI Contributions" there. Click in to it to make changes.

Libby menu interface showing Content Controls: AI Contributions with the Hunan authors only and Human narrators only options selected.

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

Russell Stover has begun using prison labor to make candy in
Kansas
A Russell Stover candy factory in Kansas has begun hiring incarcerated workers through a work release program, Eoin Higgins reports in his newsletter, The Flashpoint. About 150 women are bussed in from the Topeka Correctional Facility and paid $14 an hour, but the prison keeps some of their wages for room and board, taxes, transportation, and other expenses. When all is said and done, they take home less than $6 per hour. These deductions are high, but elsewhere in the country, they're even higher: In our May series on prison

Your occasional reminder that polls don't mean shit, you have to show up and vote, preferably early and in person if you can