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Parallels with managerial workers at meat packing plants betting on which workers would catch COVID while withholding workplace mitigations for said workers www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/b...

“Led by Jason Bagshaw, MPD’s commander of the Special Operations Division, the footage shows local police officers were brought into a situation of which they were given very little background, and for which they were ill-equipped to handle.“

Of course it’s Bagshaw. Of COURSE it is

This woman, US citizen living in Skokie, was detained at Ohare yesterday, taken to Broadview, then transferred to a detention facility in Wisconsin, now released. We know all this not because of DHS, who repeatedly denied that they even had her, but because her phone was pinging in those locations.

Food & Water x The Sameer Project Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...

The Sameer Project is calling for urgent donations for water. Please donate!!!

chuffed.org/project/help...

Background is purple and aqua gradient. Large blue text says: “Using existing medications off-label for Long COVID.” Below this are 4 purple circles with illustrations of brightly colored pills and capsules, a person receiving a vagus nerve stimulus treatment, a syringe, and an oxygen molecule. The footer reads, "Long COVID Essentials, tiny.cc/LCE. A series by The Sick Times x Long COVID Justice."

Have you tried "off-label" meds for Long COVID and associated conditions (LCAC)?

Learn more in this resource from our Long COVID Essentials series, created in partnership w/
@thesicktimes.org: longcovidjustice.org/off-label-meds

Free Press Condemns ICE Arrest of Colombian Journalist Seeking Political Asylum The Nashville reporter’s detention by federal immigration officials poses a grave threat to press freedom and the public’s right to know.

Nashville reporter's detention by federal immigration officials poses grave threat to press freedom and the public’s right to know. A thread on Estefany Rodriguez: www.freepress.net/news/free-pr...

DC tax payers can now file, despite Trump tax cut drama No pause or delayed deadlines are now expected.

If you've been waiting for a resolution to the city's convoluted fight with Congress before doing your taxes, rest assured: You may now go forth and file.

D.C.'s Chief Financial Officer says the tax-filing season will continue without interruption. 51st.news/time-to-file...

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

Can anyone point me to a resource on how sign "Long COVID" in American Sign Language? I've seen various ways from spelling it out, to using the sign for "Coronavirus" or "COVID-19" followed by "Long" or "Stay". I'm curious if there is any official guidance/recommendations. Many thanks 🙏

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

Online communities and friendships are real and meaningful and for many people who are isolated for a lot of different kinds of reasons the connections are life saving.

lots of details here—about how different state entities are (and aren’t) willing to talk about enforcement, how trans & nonbinary state employees could themselves be criminalized under the bans while also being expected to enforce the bans, and examples of “malicious noncompliance”

So excited to join this stellar team!!

Let me know what you wanna hear on season 2 of Still Here, and more importantly, WHO you want to hear from in the Long COVID community👀👀

Margot and Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen as a typhus epidemic killed 17,000 people

Silver Spring/Takoma Park/Kensington Mutual Aid Garden Links  [handshake graphic]One side of handshake says: has space for food garden but can’t do it alone Other side says: wants to garden but doesn’t have a spaceUse this form to be matched w a food gardening buddy! We’re linking folks w food gardening space but no time/ability to garden, to folks with time & ability to food garden but no gardening space. We’ll pair you with one person based on proximity, & you can decide how you want to split the harvest & other details. [QR code]forms.gle/i6hw7a8CvFjZBMiM9

So far we have about 30 people in SS, TkPk, & Kensington MD who will buddy up to turn yards into food - but we want more! To participate, fill out this form: forms.gle/G9VDpeBYuMVV...

#garden #vegetablegarden #homegarden #mutualaid #silverspring #takomapark #kensington

How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered - Bolts The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to... Read More

NEW: As we've seen the raids & ICE surges, everyone has had so many questions. 'what can states do?' 'what can cities do?' 'what can one ask a sheriff, governor, zoning board, to do?!'

you sent us a lot of your questions.

we just answered 9 of them. i learned a ton myself, i think you will to.

Close to 650 federal agents remain in Minnesota weeks after border czar announced end of operation There are still more than quadruple the 150 agents Tom Homan said there would be in the state by the end of last week.

They’re still lying to us.

www.startribune.com/close-to-650...

Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

For a story in @thesicktimes.org, seeking organizers in any left movement work who’ve taken a break or fully stepped away from organizing sometime since 2020 due to Long COVID. They can be anonymous in the piece and may reach out directly at longdefeat.08 on Signal #LongCOVID #NEISvoid

Happening now in Chicago's federal plaza:

A rally is underway in solidarity with trans people in Kansas whose drivers' licenses were suddenly invalidated last week, due to the enactment of a new state law that requires a person's gender on their license to match their assigned sex at birth.

I have seen too many lives cut short by treatment settings that don't take covid precautions and refuse to mask around vulnerable patients.

it is heartbreaking.

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I'm looking to hear some specific examples of how disabled Minnesotans have been harmed by federal Medicaid pause for reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com . Please reach out to jmetraux@motherjones.com with any leads.

we protected my mom from COVID for 5 years. She caught it at the hospital during an outbreak in the dialysis ward (!!) and died 5 days later.

we will do nothing with this information as a society

I am personally trying to barn raise $2100 for a rent need submitted to us by our esteemed CM Jason.

Can you chip in or share? 🌻

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The numbers are staggering:

Rent is now unaffordable for a record *half* of U.S. renters.

Some 30 million jobs pay less than $15 an hour. The average wage needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment has climbed to $28.17 — nearly four times the federal minimum wage, which hasn't gone up in 16 years.

‘Truly spectacular’ drug for sleeping sickness simplifies treatment, raising hopes for eradication European regulators greenlight new one-dose compound that could help African countries get rid of an ancient burden

In today's good news a single dose drug for sleeping sickness that could completely change the elimination game. Dare I hope for eradication!
Acoziborole administered as a single oral dose was ~95% effective across both early and late-stage disease in RCTs.
www.science.org/content/arti...

As Kagan notes in her dissent, the Court opted not to hear the due process parental rights argument against bans on gender-affirming medical care in Skrmetti, basically setting up a regime where parents can force their trans children back into the closet but cannot help them out of it