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#Republican #Official claims the Fascist State of Florida “does not #ban #books” after releasing #list of 300 #books that have been #banned.One #district removed a whopping 177 #books from #SchoolLibrary shelves during the 2022-2023 school year.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Official says Florida "does not ban books" after releasing list of 300 books that have been banned - LGBTQ Nation
One district removed a whopping 177 books from school shelves during the 2022-2023 school year.Molly Sprayregen (LGBTQ Nation)
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How Could Florida Get Worse? Gov Matt Gaetz Is How!
https://www.wonkette.com/p/how-could-florida-get-worse-gov-matt
How Could Florida Get Worse? Gov Matt Gaetz Is How!
Why does this scuzzbag still have a political career?Stephen Robinson (Wonkette)
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From the Sinkhole to the Forest
Posted on June 20, 2023
https://scenes.noblogs.org/post/2023/06/20/from-the-sinkhole-to-the-forest/
The images in the post aren't described, so I reattached them here with descriptions.
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I don't often do portraits but Jimi Hendrix is an old fave so here he is - hope you enjoy!
Art is here - https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/jimi-hendrix-pop-art-peggy-collins.html
#jimihendrix #guitarists #singers #musicians #rocknroll #rockandroll #60s #sixties #art #artist #popart #arte #ArtForSale #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #portrait
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Why is it so hard to find labor news in MSM? ;-)
https://labornotes.org/2023/09/auto-workers-strike-plants-all-three-big-3#UAW members expect campaign of terror from #management; #Teamsters to refuse to deliver vehicles
#UAWOnStrike #strike #strikes #Solidarity #union #unions #UnionStrong #SympathyStrike #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar #ClassWarfare
Auto Workers Strike Plants at All Three of the Big 3
Tick, tock. At midnight the clock ran out, and auto workers massed on picket lines. The first-ever simultaneous strike at the Big 3 automakers—General Motors, Ford, Stellantis—started September 15 with 13,000 workers walking out of three assembly pla…Labor Notes
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Online searches showed no updates since 14 September, but a mastodon search of #teamsters listed a fresher source. Why don't mainstream news organizations want us to know about this important event? Hmmm
At midnight the clock ran out, and auto workers massed on picket lines.The first-ever simultaneous strike at the Big 3 automakers—General Motors, Ford, Stellantis—started September 15 with 13,000 workers walking out of three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. There are 146,000 Auto Workers (UAW) members at the Big 3.
Heh... moi?
I can't really comment except to say that I'm seeing ongoing coverage of each new event/non-event, mostly across "MSM" (broadcast/cable). Sort of vague, along the lines of "speaking with GE, and 'making progress with Ford'.
That said, and also given how much 'important news' is packed into the mix, it's not like the story is being (intentionally) buried, IMM anyways. And I'd agree that it is not given the importance it may deserve, nor are labor concerns necessarily the top concern of ratings-oriented "news" feeds (though "economy" usually is).
But I don't have any problem in one search or one sweep around the "dial" finding coverage. Could it be your local coverage? Anyway... you asked! Happy Monday!
Some Good News for fans of Human Rights
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/16/tennessee-transgender-nashville-olivia-hill
#trans #CityCouncil #election #Nashville
Nashville elects Tennessee’s first openly transgender politician
Olivia Hill, 57, a military veteran, joins the Nashville city council in historic electionGloria Oladipo (The Guardian)
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Lightning in The Land ⚡
Some serious electricity in Cleveland last night, haven't seen that much lightning in a long time.
Was my first time trying to capture it. Took A LOT of trial and error, but I was finally able to snap this shot.
A good lesson in patience and persistence because I was ready to pack it up on several occasions. But I was determined.
As the saying goes, the harder you work, the luckier you get.
#photography #foto #picoftheday #lightning #cleveland #skyline #longexposure
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Huge plasma arc wins - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-66807814
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Huge plasma arc wins
Winning images of the amazing parts of our Universe go on display in London.BBC News
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Cop City in Atlanta is just the beginning. Stop it now!
Participants in the movement to #StopCopCity have called for a mass action to shut down construction November 10-13. This follows the indictment of 61 people on trumped up RICO charges and the Atlanta city government's outrageous decision to reject a petition signed by over 100,000 locals demanding a referendum on whether to build Cop City.This is the next stage of a historic struggle.
Those who hold power today intend to deal with ecological and economic crises by channeling more and more money towards police in order to repress the victims. The outcome of the movement in Atlanta will determine what the future looks like for all of us.
Block Cop City group issues call for mass action to stop construction
By: Matt Scott Update: Block Cop City organizers now say the nationwide tour will cover 70 cities. Just days after members of the clergy and other people of faith chained themselves to constru…Atlanta Community Press Collective.
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Moonstone Beach Sunset, Humboldt County, #California
#MeerMittwoch #beach #sunset #photography #Pacific
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The profits of US corporations are behind CIA global terrorism.
The Other 9/11: How to Make a Nation Scream
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4L5mMTO_J3Y#jeremycorbyn #vijayprashad #chile #coup #9-11 #1973 #neoliberalism
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Warning: detailed discussion of crimes against humanityFor the few remaining women of Calama in Chile’s Atacama desert, September 11 holds a terrifying meaning. They understand the pain of watching forensic investigators meticulously scour through particles of dust, seeking to retrieve the tiniest fragments of lives brutally taken from the world. They know what it means to face devastating absence, knowing the bodies of loved ones will never be returned.But their loss has nothing to do with the attack on New York’s twin towers.
Fifty years ago, in the early morning of September 11 1973, a US-backed coup led by General Augusto Pinochet began with Chile’s military taking control of strategic locations in the capital city Santiago, including the main radio and television networks. At 8.30am, a declaration was broadcast that the military was now in control of the country.
While the elected president, Salvador Allende, refused to concede power in what turned out to be his farewell address, Pinochet’s undemocratic forces surrounded the presidential palace. A few hours later, the centre of Chilean democracy was bombed by a fighter jet and set ablaze. Allende died from gunshot wounds the same day.
Chile under Pinochet would become the experimenting ground for an economic project that inspired both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and went by the name of neoliberalism. But it was also an experimenting laboratory for the torture and enforced disappearance of human beings.
How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, 50 years on from Chile's US-backed coup
State-sponsored disappearance plays into the most primal of human fears – to vanish without a trace. The modern era started with Chile’s US-backed coup on September 11 1973The Conversation
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‘We’ve been constantly sick’: Why we can’t kick the ‘yo-yo flu’
If you’ve been sick on and off this year, you might be a victim of the “yo-yo flu”. Here’s what it is, and why you have it.Amber Schultz (The Sydney Morning Herald)
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Population - With a Disability, 16 Years and over | FRED | St. Louis Fed
Graph and download economic data for Population - With a Disability, 16 Years and over from Jun 2008 to Aug 2023 about disability, civilian, 16 years +, population, and USA.fred.stlouisfed.org
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Long COVID - Household Pulse Survey - COVID-19
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Census Bureau, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently added questions to assess the prevalence of post-COVID-19 conditions (long COVID), on the experimental Household Pulse Survey.www.cdc.gov
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COVID-19 Increases Risk of Heartburn and Ulcers
COVID-19 raises the risk of developing gastrointestinal disorders like acid reflux (GERD), bloating, and constipation, per a new study.EverydayHealth.com
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Mask Mandates Have Kept One Cancer Center Free From COVID-19. Others Have Lifted Masking Requirements Despite Patient Concerns - Cancer Therapy Advisor
Some cancer centers have lifted mask mandates that were intended to protect patients from COVID-19, despite patient concerns.Victoria Forster, PhD (Cancer Therapy Advisor)
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COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Studies
Cardiovascular Study Title,Date,DOI,PMCID,Lead Author,Link,Quote Count of studies: ,52.00 Myocardial fibrosis occurs in non-hospitalised patients with chronic symptoms after COVID-19 ,1/26/2022,Google Docs
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As long COVID turns three, Americans play disability roulette
An ICU physician, I’ve had a front row seat to the heartbreak of the past three years.The Boston Globe
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@Linza Yep, that’s my take as well. The ruling class are true believers in Malthusianism, they truly think the world is overpopulated, and they are taking steps to depopulate it.
They perceive the working class, in the face of automation, to be as outdated as draft horses.
The problem is that most people are forced into accepting unsafe conditions. In schools, in medical settings and at work. People then get the sense "I can't prevent this, so let's better not think about it too much".
Instead what we need is collective action. Demand safe schools, hospitals en workplaces.
Misinformation is another factor: Even our governments still suggest that we should wash our hands and that masks are not needed.
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Yes, you can always wear a mask (people won't like it, but you can ignore that) and avoid non-essential locations (again, people won't like it, but you can ignore that).
It will reduce the risk of infection quite substantially, but won't take it away completely.
It is sad that people are put in these situations.
The problem is that the infections come home from school. Small kids have no fitting mask, older kids (like the younger ones) follow the lead of their parents and friends and do not want to wear one.
So even if the parents wore masks everywhere they would get sick at least once a year. This is why parents and their kids gave up.
This is why our governments are responsible for the disabilities and sickness everywhere by stopping mandatory masking.
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@FlotteBiene86
We could at least try to clean the air in schools using HEPA and ventilation systems.
If that does not work, we would need to reconsider the idea of traditional schooling.
Not only the children and their parents get repeatedly ill. At some point there will be not enough teachers left, as too many get long Covid or leave the profession because of the risk.
@froukehe9
Of course, teachers are parents, too and want to be healthy, too like everybody else.
Yes we definetely have to #CleanTheAir (everywhere) because opening windows for a few seconds or minutes is not enough and mostly even this ventilation is not happening anymore in schools and at work.
Cleaning the air lowers the infection risks about 80% (if done right). We can do this. We have the money for this.
But the ones deciding that we should not have #cleanair are capitalists.
There are zero studies to date suggesting #COVID19 is benign, let alone repeated infections.
Zero.
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Covid aggravates mental health conditions.
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We didn't decide that. In fact, America voted for stringent mitigations. And we won.
Then we were betrayed. The biggest betrayal in American history, perhaps in the history of humanity.
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I sincerely doubt more than 1 in 10 people are truly aware of the risks, after the gaslighting and information suppression with regard to Covid risk by governments.
Thank you so much for caring.
Thank you for caring to repeatedly communicate.
Thank you for caring to repeatedly communicate when it is hard because support seems thin.
I feel so fortunate to have access to the information you share.
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@ubikaritas
Covid weakens the immune response which also fights cancer cells. So the cancer cells possibly were already there but Covid gave them the possibility to multiply faster.
I am sorry you and you mother have or had to go through this.
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"Entertain us, we don't care about your health or ours, just live for the moment!" 🤡
☝️ People who'd had COVID-19 were observed to have an increased risk of developing several GI conditions, including:
"62 percent increased risk of developing ulcers in the lining of the stomach or small intestine
35 percent heightened risk of developing acid reflux disease
46 percent increased risk of acute pancreatitis
54 percent more likely to develop irritable bowel syndrome
47 percent more likely to experience inflammation of the stomach lining"
... more
It's actually due to a massive propaganda campaign by obscenely rich corporate CEO's, coupled with corrupt, bought-off members of government.
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“Our immune systems haven’t had a chance to grow and all of a sudden, the world is normal and all the germs are coming out, and our bodies don’t know what to do,” she said.”
Arrrghhh. You get sick because you were infected and your immune system is continuing to fight that infection. If you don’t rest and you continue to go to school and work, it can’t replenish itself and fight anything including the residual virus from the original infection. It isn’t gone just because you feel ok
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@AnnieBuddy
New post this morning totally on point:
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/13/covid-may-have-permanently-damaged-peoples-immunity/
Covid may have permanently damaged people's immunity
Covid infections are putting people at higher risk of diabetes, strokes, heart disease and other long-term illnesses - but experts warn it may be decades before the full impact is known.rnz.co.nz
OMFG. ANYthing but the truth.
The article makes clear she's relying on the completely discredited notion of "immunity debt" - that they failed to "build up immunity" during masking + quarantine. This is so pernicious because it's false + also b/c the underlying presumption is that infection is necessary to immunity.
If the pharmacists would wear masks their likelihood of avoiding their customer's ick would go way up!
True of the athletes as well, but definitely a larger struggle to come up with one that will stay on adequately during play. My hockey one attaches to my helmet, but they don't wear those.
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I did read this about his type of cancer:
Per the American Cancer Society, risk factors for MCC include Merkel cell polyomavirus infection, exposure to ultraviolent rays (with sunlight as the main source) and having light-colored skin and a weakened immune system.
And so virus, AND a virus that messes with our immune systems like COVID, definitely makes this covid-SUS
Jimmy Buffett Had Merkel Cell Carcinoma, a Cancer That 'Strikes Fear in the Hearts of Many'
"Margaritaville" singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett died four years after receiving a diagnosis of Merkel cell carcinoma that "can be really nasty," one expert tells CURE.Alex Biese (Curetoday)
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The proletarianization of tech workers: If there is hope, it is in the proles
The proletarianization of tech workers - Cory Doctorow - Medium
On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. On September 14, I’m hosting the EFF Awards in San…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
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Why #labor #unions are so rare in #sciencefiction
#EricFlint #Labor #WorldCon #FalseConsciousness
The proletarianization of tech workers - Cory Doctorow - Medium
On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. On September 14, I’m hosting the EFF Awards in San…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
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How #TechWorkers went from dreaming of starting revolutions, to dreaming of fake #startups, to dreaming of a job for life, to fearing layoffs to make way for #StockBuybacks.
#Precarity #Financialization #EndStageCapitalism
The proletarianization of tech workers - Cory Doctorow - Medium
On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. On September 14, I’m hosting the EFF Awards in San…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
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There ain't no such thing as a free on-campus fitness center.
#TechWorkers #JanglingKeys #ExtremelyHardcore #AbolishSiliconValley
The proletarianization of tech workers - Cory Doctorow - Medium
On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. On September 14, I’m hosting the EFF Awards in San…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
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The shrinking dream of the #TechWorker — from “maker of a #DentInTheUniverse” to “disposable source of free cash-flow for a #StockBuyback”
The proletarianization of tech workers - Cory Doctorow - Medium
On September 12 at 7pm, I’ll be at Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation. On September 14, I’m hosting the EFF Awards in San…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
Time to reread "Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
It's all about this, and written in 1981.
Wow, thank you for eulogizing Eric Flint in this piece. I didn't know his labor organizing background when I read 1632 first as a teenager then again, last year, for comfort. None of my friends have read him, so I guess this toot is all the mourning I'll share. Thanks for the opportunity.
Re: the rest you are of course right about everything. You've even linked to something I've been personally, heavily involved with as evidence. That's always gratifying, reassuring, and scary.
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From my own experience, organizing engineers is *very* difficult. Their work puts them in very frequent contact with management and those managers are often engineers themselves. The tendency has been for these workers to identify upwards, but it's absolutely changing as wages and conditions deteriorate. But even with that, the ability to get the bag by moving jobs has still been a relief valve for militancy.
#labor #unions #sciencefiction #ericflint #worldcon #falseconsciousness
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@CedarTea Honestly, while I love the work I'm an engineer 1st and foremost because i can find a new job if I need to. Its why I chose the degree.
It used to be that most eng firms had to be run by an eng. It seemed like a lot of places were like law firms. You had a path to management w/ time frames and performance laid out. Now, with business managers why promote a good design or const eng? Btwn that and the attack on licensure by r st and others maybe ...
I'm suddenly very curious to read and learn about any popular scifi from the USSR.
Maybe no longer relevant in today's world, but an interesting window into a comparison between thoughts and imagined worlds from contemporary anglophone authors.
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@jerryorr That was a great read!
Thank you for sharing 😊
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Doesn't "The Expanse" prominently feature unions? Don't "The Belters" operate as a Union?
@Droid41 now you've set me off, and I'm going to have to think of the (small) number of SF books that mention unions positively.
I'll start with The Syndic, by Cyril Kornbluth and the Star Fraction series by Ken McLeod.
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The @HugoBookClub people have been compiling a list of union appearances in science fiction
http://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/organized-labour-in-science-fiction.html
Organized labour in science fiction
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.hugoclub.blogspot.com
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The list was actually started (in part) in response to the panel that @pluralistic describes in the blog post.
It really was a good discussion.
(Alternative take: “We don’t have unions because we abolished capitalism and no longer need them.”)
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@CptSuperlative I could point to Heinlein’s “The Roads Must Roll”, but I’m not sure it’s a *positive* example.
There’s an ungodly amount of libertarian SF of course.
The socialists I can think of are mainly fantasy writers. Which perhaps supports the thesis.
@nazgul
I suppose a good way to think of this is as a great opportunity for SF writers.
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John ... there is such a list (link below).
My wife and I have been working on it for a few years.
https://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/organized-labour-in-science-fiction.html
Organized labour in science fiction
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.hugoclub.blogspot.com
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Wow! Thanks!
About effing time!
Spanish FA president Rubiales to resign over kissLuis Rubiales resigns as president of the Spanish Football Federation after widespread criticism for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso at the Women's World Cup. #press
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