Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

As most of you know, our library is being sued by 4 corporate publishers who want to stop the Internet Archive from lending books. The date for oral argument has just been set for March 20.

What's at stake? Lia Holland from @team elaborates: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20

ICYMI: Canada’s National Women’s Soccer Team Wants Equal Pay https://jacobin.com/2023/02/canada-national-womens-soccer-team-fair-pay-working-conditions-sports/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Meet Alaska State Representative David Eastman. Republican.

He wants to know how much money fatal child abuse will save the state

Here’s the quote, "in the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it's not good for the child, but it's actually a benefit to society because there aren't needs for government services and whatnot over the whole course of that child's life?"

Republicans never get to say they are pro-life. Ever.

@kevinrns @halfcocked @VPS_Reports
We ban books that enrich or at least engage our culture, but won't ban guns that "kill" our culture?

If this was in a fictional story you wouldn't have to ban it, no one find it credible enough to read.

Black people were *more* likely to *want* to get vaccinated than white conservatives, but less likely to be able to.

Black people had significantly less *access* to the vaccine. The places with the highest Black vaccine rate, where the places that addressed access as much as hesitancy.

When the government wouldn't step up, Black women did. Again.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j1wI4T9SKGA

This is totally insane. They are essentially burning plastic and calling it a “biofuel.” It’s just fuel in another form. 1 out of 4 people who breathe in this poison will get cancer.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/climate-friendly-us-program-plastics-fuel-cancer

55% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court.

66% support setting term limits.

73% support establishing a code of ethics for SCOTUS justices.

Public opinion is clear: it's time to reform the Court.

Fourth Circuit: Individuals Have a #FirstAmendment Right to #Livestream Their Own Traffic Stops https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/fourth-circuit-individuals-have-first-amendment-right-livestream-their-own-traffic

While you were paying through the nose at the pump in 2022, Big Oil raked it in.

Shell's profits hit ~$40 billion. That's more than double the prior year and the most money the company has ever made in its 115 years of existence.

It's time for a windfall profits tax. Now.

If I’m slack I keep the lights on to keep racking up payments and fuck over Elon then sue lmao

https://www.platformer.news/p/new-cracks-emerge-in-elon-musks-twitter

Report: "#Librarians Sue Over Missouri Law That Bans 'Explicit Sexual Material,' Spurred Book Removals" https://www.infodocket.com/2023/02/23/report-librarians-sue-over-missouri-law-that-bans-explicit-sexual-material-spurred-book-removals/ #libraries #books #legal

In the US, you can view a lot of BMI indicators as another way of saying "Lots of Black people fall into this category."

High BMI is associated with shorter life (Black people in the US have shorter lives. Because racism.).

People with high BMI are more likely to die from covid! (Black people are more likely to die from covid. Because we're exposed much more, and get worse care when we get it).

A lot of what you're seeing is the medical outcomes of systemic racism.

This is why Republicans do not what black history taught. People were bought and sold like cattle. Read the descriptions. It is one of the ugliest history lessons, which is why we must teach it.
Black History Month Day 23

Chief Justice John Roberts in 2013: racism is over.

Since then:

-A President talking about the “China flu”

-A wave of hate crimes against Asian Americans

-States about to ban Chinese citizens from buying property

-GOP suggesting that a long time Chinese American congresswoman is a disloyal spy for China.

The past isn’t really the past.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-judy-chu-hits-back-texas-republican-racist-remarks-questioning-loy-rcna72096?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_aa

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-nationalists-national-association-christian-lawmakers-1234684542/

“The key here is that Dominion was allowed to take discovery and obtain the internal communications at Fox,” said Harder...

“Too many plaintiffs, likely with meritorious cases, have their cases dismissed early and are denied the opportunity to obtain evidence to prove their claims.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/23/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-legal-analysis/

#FoxNews #Dominion #Lawsuit

Paris, France.

On the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the Eiffel Tower now looks like this. 23/2/23
#Ukraine️ #Russia

I was on MSNBC last night to discuss my recent thread describing Fox not as a news organization, but a "resentment machine."

Here's the clip of the interview: http://on.msnbc.com/3Iin3RG

Here's the original thread: https://mastodon.social/@jayrosen_nyu/109898085649286576

#journalism #fox #uspol #uspolitics