Joshua Sharp @JoshuaSharp@qoto.org

WaPo workers are striking on Thursday. They're asking that we show solidarity and respect their digital picket line by not engaging with any Washington Post content on Dec 7. #labor #media

After Elon Musk and other far-right influencers falsely suggested a South Carolina hospital was giving hormone treatments to transgender four-year-olds, political pressure by state officials forced the hospital to shutter their entire trans youth program despite care remaining legal in the state. https://www.propublica.org/article/musc-medical-university-south-carolina-trans-healthcare-emails

Sandy Hook happened 10 years ago today. At the time, people said "how many more children have to die before we do something to stop the killing?"

The answer: 25,000

25,000 children killed by guns in America in the last decade.

And still virtually nothing has been done.

At the Dealbook summit, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino sitting in the room, Elon Musk just told advertisers who have pulled out of X — including Disney CEO Bob Iger — to go fuck themselves.

Elon Musk Today Claims Wealth Equal to 2.5 Million Times Median Household Income; His Predecessor Daniel Ludwig in 1982 Claimed Only 85 Thousand Times
Yes, Virginia: income and wealth inequality has grown in the Neoliberal Age—and by a lot…
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In the words of Taylor Swift, I will never, ever ever ever shop or buy anything at Home Depot for remainder of my life. Ever ever ever.

Never.

"Home Depot’s Billionaire Founder Says He’ll Fund Trump... Even If He’s Convicted"
Cancel Home Depot Into Bankruptcy. Gone.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-marcus-donald-trump-2024-election_n_6567330be4b066e398b5ffa4

#cancel #dems #democracy #coup #tyrant #introduction #climate

the true audience of a paper is an enthusiastic undergrad in a country you’ve never been to working on something no one around them cares about twenty years after you’ve already left the field

Just leveled up my protection by getting the updated COVID and flu vaccines!

It takes 1 to 2 weeks to get full protection, and Thanksgiving is coming up, where there’s going to be a lot of virus going around.

Don’t wait. NOW is the perfect time to get your shots!

Brilliant. A bot that buys/sells stocks after Congresscritters buy/sell stocks. It is up 20% during a period the market was flat.

https://www.threads.net/@quiverquantitative/post/CzcB-Gsgqow

via @pluralistic

The data broker industry must be destroyed. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/data-brokers-staggering-sale-of-sensitive-info-exposed-in-unsealed-ftc-filing/

NEW: Mississippi voters were left in line for hours as election officials printed new ballots after at least 9 Hinds County polling places ran out.

Local officials attribute the shortages in Mississippi's largest county to unexpectedly high turnout.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/37392/nine-hinds-county-voting-precincts-run-out-of-ballots-officials-cite-unexpectedly-large-turnout

Mississippi's state election system has missing, incomplete, incorrect or outdated addresses for at least 92 voting precincts.

The state's online polling place locator relies on this data to tell voters where to go—and sent some to the wrong place today.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/37388/state-has-wrong-or-missing-addresses-for-92-voting-precincts-mfp-investigation-finds

For those in the United States:

988 is a new phone number that recently went live to help people get help in a mental health crisis. Similar to 911, this line is dedicated for anyone in need of mental health assistance of any kind. It's 988.

Please boost to spread the news. Save someone's life.

#SuicideAwareness #988 #mentalhealth

https://988lifeline.org/

New at The Watch: The first installment of my survey of the indigent defense systems in every state, with a look at the systems in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, and California.

I found some eye-popping stuff.

https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-states-of-indigent-defense-part

I don’t know the answer to many of the world’s great problems. But have they tried diverting all power to the forward array? That worked for us often.

Jenna Ellis just pleaded guilty, in a tearful apology. But try watching her when she was on full bore election sabatoge:

"this much fraud and massive corruption in states that impact hundreds of thousands of votes, that result is you arer redeemably compromised and can't be certified."

it does not square. This TV clip and many others available on tv.archive.org @internetarchive

#preservation matters. #history matters.

https://archive.org/details/FBC_20201208_110000_Mornings_With_Maria_Bartiromo/start/8460/end/8520