Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

After unofficial walkouts in 2022, hundreds of Amazon workers in a UK warehouse are striking, an unprecedented step by UK workers, after 98% voted in favor (Nate Lanxon/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-25/amazon-workers-set-for-unprecedented-uk-strike-on-wednesday
http://www.techmeme.com/230125/p7#a230125p7

Two mass shootings in three days involving the Asian community and The Wall Street Journal ran this photo of an Asian baby with this headline.

It’s been nearly 3 years of innocent members of our community being attacked or murdered and the xenophobia continues.

A huge fuck you to The Wall Street Journal. You clearly have traded journalistic credibility for clicks.

#stopasianhate #stopaapihate #montereypark #halfmoonbay

Lots of Republicans constantly claim there’s “nothing” anyone can do about gun violence. They are lying.

Here’s a list of what factually could be done and work. Every option here is a perfectly legitimate example of something that’s well-regulated.

To make progress on gun safety, we have to vote out Republicans.
To make progress on climate, we have to vote out Republicans.
To make progress on or even maintain a educational system now, we have to vote out Republicans.
To make progress on reproductive rights or even maintain a basic level of them apparently, we have to vote out Republicans.

Are we seeing a pattern yet?

Opinion 6 solutions to gun violence that could work-
https://wapo.st/3XP11wN

In a week with its share of stories on Brett Kavanaugh and Ron DeSantis, a fact that does not get discussed often is how they were members of the same frat -- Yale's Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Considering #Kavanaugh and #DeSantis's war on women, people of color, and democracy itself... a question demands to be answered:

Do elite institutions bear any responsibility for admitting, nurturing, and providing connections to those who would become -- or already were -- monsters?

#politics #uspol #yale

The Wall Street Journal opinion pages are routinely absolutely terrible. But... even so I can't even imaging the thought process that resulted in someone there thinking this was a reasonable headline.

They eventually changed the headline, but still...

Here's how Twitter's prior management (before Musk) fought censorship orders from the Indian regime: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/05/business/twitter-india-lawsuit.html

Musk is all too willing to cave in.

A new North Dakota bill would ban schools in the state from accommodating students who believe they are “any animal species other than human.” https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/north-dakota-bill-fuels-myth-students-are-identifying-animals-rcna67304

Jesus Christ, this is absolutely insane.

Study of 27 countries finds the average daily time savings for remote work is 72 min per person. Workers allocate 40% of the saved time to their jobs, 11% to caregiving, and 34% to leisure.
https://fortune.com/2023/01/24/worker-productivity-spend-commute-time-working/

Washington Post reacts after former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in his book, derides the newspaper's slain columnist as more activist than journalist.

Call yourself something other than a university if your response to a student screening of a film criticizing the president is to *cut the power*
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-university-warns-against-screening-bbc-documentary-modi-2023-01-24/

New batch of classified documents found…

Two former Arkansas deputies seen on video in August appearing to punch a man who was restrained on the ground have been charged with civil rights offenses, federal prosecutors say. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-arkansas-deputies-seen-striking-man-video-are-charged-rcna67337

The College Board says it will release a new framework for the AP course in African American Studies that was blocked by the administration of Gov. DeSantis from being offered in Florida high schools. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ap-african-american-studies-course-rejected-florida-undergo-revision-c-rcna67327

@kimlockhartga

GOP lawmakers are up in arms that DirecTV might pull the plug on a major source of right-wing disinformation, and they’re trying to throw their weight around to stop it.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/directv-newsmax-republicans-disinformation-rcna67195?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=63d07fdb056e600001a2a1c6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

9 fatally shot in separate incidents in US Monday!

OK, #GOP, when is it enough? If you want to be taken seriously in your "protection" of embryos and fetuses, how about caring for us after we’re born? #ONEV1 #DemVoice1 #GunViolence #NRA

https://www.bendbulletin.com/nation/9-people-fatally-shot-in-separate-incidents-in-u-s-on-monday/article_caa4310a-23e8-5870-9286-646a2def271c.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline

via @thebulletin

Jan 6 was largely a Christian nationalist assault, Mike Pompeo told the committee that he met “with a group of pastors who were in town” on January 6th, and yet January6thCmte asked no follow up questions about that meeting?! #NAR #ChristianNationalism #Pompeo #January6 #Pompeo #dominionism Thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1606534526142144514.html

Some of the best things in life are totally Free. Here’s another great example especially for young people in USA who recently had some books banned in their neck of the woods:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nyc-libraries-are-offering-free-digital-library-cards-to-people-across-the-u-s-041322

#JohnMastodon #IAmMastodon #TwitterMigration #FreeAccessToBooks #UnbanTheBanned

Oh ffs. From @AFP: Vaccine misinformation spawns 'pure blood' movement. The movement spins anti-vaccine narratives focused on unfounded claims that receiving blood from people inoculated against the coronavirus "contaminates" the body https://u.afp.com/idgH