#politics #RailStrike

From Magi Jay:

Here is what union leaders from the dissenting unions had to say about Congressional action last night. It amounts to: Democrats are sticking with us; Republicans aren't. Keep fighting for sick leave.

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. Dalai Lama 💕

Although Senator Cruz is not the only member of Congress to host a podcast, he is the only member who is apparently violating federal law because there is substantial evidence that an illegal source is paying for it.

Ted Cruz’s Podcast Deal With iHeartMedia May Violate Ethics Laws, Watchdog Says In New Complaint via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/12/01/ted-cruzs-podcast-deal-with-iheartmedia-may-violate-ethics-laws-watchdog-says-in-new-complaint/

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ya think??

Twitter polls -- which
@elonmusk
has used to help make big decisions about the platform -- are "more prone to manipulation than almost anything else [on Twitter]," Yoel Roth, the company’s former Head of Safety tells me.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-twitter-polls-are-bot-driven-bullsht-1234639288/

#cosopolitics

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Bookshelves at Waldsassen Abbey, a Cistercian convent in Bavaria

#books #beauty #germany

The World Health Org said on Monday it would start using a new preferred term, "mpox", as a synonym for monkeypox and urged others to follow suit after receiving complaints that the current name for the disease was racist and stigmatizing. "Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," the WHO said in a statement. The WHO launched a public consultation process to find a new name for the disease earlier this year and received more than 200 proposals.

Amy Siskind
🍑🍑 Georgia on my mind 🍑🍑
80,000 early votes on Saturday, 90,000 on Sunday. This, despite Republican efforts to make voting more difficult, and voters needing to wait an hours, long lines. Let’s do this, Georgia! Everyone reading this, please reach out to your friends who live in the state, and remind them to vote! #voting #election #midterms #politics #GARunoff

Not sure what these bugs are called, but two of them are mating! There's a bumblebee in there too.
#CoSoPhotography #Photography #Nature #CoSoPollinators

'You have never sacrificed for a thing in your life': Kinzinger unloads on Marjorie Taylor Greene over Ukraine
https://apple.news/AlExBlVESTHST-B_1INZfbA

CAUSE FOR CONCERN
Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in the European Union has been "rather disappointing," an official said on Thursday, amid concerns that protection against severe cases of the disease could weaken during the winter. The European average rate of re-vaccination, or receiving booster doses, was only 29% in the groups of people considered to be at highest risk, such as the elderly & immunocompromised.

@PommaHowling They are adorable and cranky as all Hades! :) Enjoy

#WuTang #forthechildren #WuTang4Life #culture #music

Good evening, everyone on Counter Social!

I joined on Thanksgiving night 24 Nov 2022, and promised I'd write an intro thread today. Here I am to keep that promise.

My background as a law enforcement and intelligence journalist started with listening to the very first radio receiver I owned.

I was a teenager in High School at that time, and had been actively involved in the Chicago Police Dept's Law Enforcement Explorer program.