Lisa

I’m an adjunct and I was tasked with teaching “Asian Cultures and People.” My PhD is in Japanese literature. LOL.

US COVID SHOTS ARE FREE.

Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.

Patients charged hundreds amid bumpy rollout for new COVID-19 shots COVID-19 vaccines should be covered by most private and public health insurances.

The US has messed up its COVID booster rollout. People are cancelling vaccine appointments or are wrongfully being charged because of insurance issues. This is unacceptable. Vaccines should be free regardless of your insurance status.

Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history The Hindu far-right’s actions in Nuh, in India’s Haryana, echo Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank.

on the similarities between the targeting of palestinians in palestine and muslims in india y

the single most important thing you can do to support entertainment labor during these strikes is making a donation to the entertainment community fund, which is keeping thousands of workers afloat right now secure2.convio.net/afa/site/Don...

Instacart just slashed pay for delivery drivers — from a minimum of $7 per order to $4. Now they'r... One Instacart driver told Insider that their take-home pay after a 30-hour week is down to $200 — from $1,000 six years ago.

Instacart has cut the base pay workers receive to just $4 per order, down from $7.

In most states gig workers at companies like Instacart are not included in minimum wage laws.

That needs to change.

Hey, NYC writers who love kids grades 5-12: 826NYC is hiring teaching artists! Pay is $50/hr in classroom and $25/hr for planning, admin and training. https://826nyc.org/about/jobs/

Friday!

Speaking of Oppenheimer, don’t use science / tech / physics to do shitty stuff and pretend you didn’t know. And sign the petition —> www.notechforapartheid.com/

“According to a forthcoming report from The Authors Guild, the median income for a full-time writer last year was $23,000. Writers' incomes declined by 42% between 2009 & 2019.” https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1187523435/thousands-of-authors-urge-ai-companies-to-stop-using-work-without-permission

“We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract (WASHINGTON) – Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,00

BREAKING: the @teamsters.bsky.social have reached a tentative agreement at UPS. “We demanded the best contract in the history of UPS, and we got it,” O’Brien says. Now it’s up to the rank-and-file to vote on it. https://teamster.org/2023/07/weve-changed-the-game-teamsters-win-historic-ups-contract/

I'll def request one!

Friday!

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