Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

11/ "It’s called stochastic terrorism when high-profile figures like Trump and Vance make outlandish claims certain to trigger specific threats or acts of violence on the ground. To the utter surprise of no one, Trump’s dog-eating slur was followed in rapid succession by angry, violent and anonymous threats against Haitians in Springfield that closed down City Hall and two public schools, canceled a public discussion around Haitian issues, and locked down two hospitals."

Did you know that the financial looters called "private equity" are rolling up Minor League Baseball -- and extracting all kinds of taxpayer-paid gifts from local communities, on top of totally undeserved federal tax breaks? It's a playbook that works again and again.

https://www.levernews.com/monopoly-league-baseball/

Throughout history, falsely blaming marginalized groups for the spread of diseases has contributed to hate crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocides, and the holocaust. This kind of rhetoric must never be accepted or normalized.

Important: U.S. eligible voters, check your registration. Some states have early deadlines for registering to vote. Other states are aggressively purging their voter rolls, so even if you think you are registered, do check to make sure. More information available at https://wapo.st/3Zon0Ox.

"This isn't about national security or innovation; it's about a rent-seeker monopolizing access to a public resource.
[...]
NextNav’s proposal is a direct threat to innovation, public safety, and community empowerment. While FCC comments on the proposal have closed, replies remain open to the public until September 20th."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/nextnavs-callous-band-grab-privatize-900-mhz

FCC comments: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard?proceeding[name]=24-240

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #FCC #GPS #EFF #OpenStandards #Tech #TechNews #Communication #Telecommunications

The Indian vulture collapse is one of the worst wildlife disasters in history, and I meet people all the time who have never heard of it. In a few decades, India lost nearly all of its vultures. That cascaded into hundreds of thousands of human deaths, billions of dollars in damage, and a cultural loss that can't even really be measured.

My latest for the Washington Post is about the value of vultures, in hopes that we appreciate ours a little more.

#birds #vultures

https://wapo.st/4elK4Sn

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PEOPLE. I know you're tired.

And I'm usually not like "please do this" but PLEASE DO THIS.

Please contact every public H5N1-concerned figure you know over this weekend about HR. 1425, "No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act ".

This horrifically MURDEROUS bill from Rep Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07) that passed the House 219-199 on Sept. 11th.

https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/rep-tiffany-legislation-requiring-senate-approval-of-world-health-organization-treaty-clears-house/

#Politics
#USpol
#Tiffany
#WHO
#Senate
#USHouse
#COVID
#H5N1

For the first time, the US is aiming to increase safety of people *outside* the vehicle.

This encourages active transportation.
Also, smaller vehicles use less energy.

"If enacted, automakers will have to test their vehicles using crash test dummies representing adult and child pedestrians for the first time. NHTSA says the changes could save up to 67 lives every year."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241047/nhtsa-rule-pedestrian-safety-fmvss-suv-truck-design

The entire story here is "my neighbor's friend's acquaintance's cat went missing" with about 3 feet of racist frosting on top. Just the absolutely dumbest racist shit I've ever seen.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-just-exploded-springfield-woman-says-never-meant-spark-rumors-haitian-rcna171099?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=66e4d23cc846530001aa234f

New in PN: Texas comes for the right to interstate travel

"Texas is trying to nationalize its extreme abortion ban by violating the medical privacy of its own citizens and terrorizing out-of-state abortion providers into refusing to provide services." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/texas-medical-records-abortion

A Fighter for the Working Class

Journalist #Linda #Tirado is dying after being shot by cops while covering the George Floyd protests.
Her work told the story of poverty from the inside out.

https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2024-06-21-fighter-working-class-linda-tirado/

#FireDeJoy

Election officials across the country are urging United States Postmaster General Louis #DeJoy to fix what they’ve identified as significant issues causing lost, delayed or undeliverable mail that could impact voting in the 2024 election. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/election-officials-urge-usps-to-fix-mail-delivery-issues-that-could-impact-voting/

One of the Nation’s Largest Auto Lenders Told Customers, “We’re Here to Help.”

Then It Took Their #Money and Their #Cars.
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CarMax partner Exeter Finance makes high-interest loans to people with troubled financial histories.

It allows borrowers to skip payments but often adds thousands of dollars in new charges — costs that customers say Exeter didn’t tell them about.

#News #PersonalFinance #Transparency #ConsumerProtection

https://www.propublica.org/article/exeter-finance-skip-payments-debt

💪🏼BREAKING: #Arizona Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit filed by the state Republican Party chair that challenged Gov. Katie Hobbs' (D) executive orders expanding voter registration and ballot drop off locations in the battleground state.— Democracy Docket

Donald Trump on 9/11

His reaction? To brag that his building, 40 Wall Street, was once again the tallest building in lower Manhattan after the Twin Towers fell.

Absolutely sick. And weird. And un-American.

‘Something every woman watching the debate probably noticed: Trump could not bring himself to say the name of the serving vice president, his opponent for the presidency. For him, Harris was just a pronoun: a nameless, identity-less “she,” “her,” “you.” … Harris bruised his feelings, and Trump reacted by shutting his eyes and pretending that Harris had no existence of her own independent of President Joe Biden, whose name Trump was somehow able to speak.’ David Frum https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/how-harris-roped-a-dope/679779/

New op-ed from Public Knowledge in MIT Technology Review:

"This decision harms libraries. It locks them into an e-book ecosystem designed to extract as much money as possible while harvesting (and reselling) reader data en masse."

Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/11/1103838/why-a-ruling-against-the-internet-archive-threatens-the-future-of-americas-libraries/