A Crete, Nebraska, English teacher was pressed to resign after a lesson turned to discussions of slavery and racism.

From Zach Wendling

nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/09/13/it-…

Twitter accused of giving Saudi Arabia confidential user data that led to the disappearance and imprisonment of critics. theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…

This outrage should absolutely be a national story and a cause for journalistic solidarity. Shame these people … Police stage 'chilling' raid on Kansas newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/pol…

Been away from Twitter for a while. Did I miss anything?

In 1909, Rockefeller established the The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission and Hookworm in the American South, which aimed to map infested areas, treat those infected, and institute public health measures to stop spread.

Southerners took this badly.

Some infections lasted years, reinfection was as easy as walking barefoot on infested ground.

Vast swathes of the southern population were emaciated, malnourished, fatigued, suffering cognitive issues caused by their brains being starved of food by a parasite.

I have researched cases that courts decided during the period of enslavement. Here's an excerpt from one of my articles discussing the Florida Supreme Court ruling that Blacks - whether enslaved or not - needed to be 'continually reminded of their inferior position.' The title of…

WARNING: This cyber attack on military handheld Motorola radios across 17 agencies could be an industry & infrastructure wide attack. Police, first responders and even civil radios running could be compromised. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND CHECK FOR PATCHES.

Retweet if you’re one of the few people left on this planet that hasn’t been X'ed yet

My Twitter used to bring joy.

Wtf is X Gon’ Give To Ya?

#RIPTwitter

Sounds like rice—hard to believe—was worse than cotton!

Using modern mapping techniques, researchers found that over 236,000 acres of rice fields—built on the backs of the Gullah Geechees ancestries—once covered 160 miles of coastal South Carolina, from Georgetown and Horry counties to the SC-GA border.

Historic economic factoids:
-1850: 75% of all world cotton was produced by US slaves
-1860: Slaves account for $3 bn in (US) property value, which is more than all US banks, factories & railroads COMBINED. (=$2.5 bn)
-Breeding/selling slaves outpaced production $ from slave labor

understand America without understanding slavery. It's absurd. REALLY UNDERSTANDING IT. The economics of slavery are the economics of America, to trade and war and all international relations from pre-founding until now. Slavery explains it all, is interlaced through everything

The XBB.1 Variant Booster Will Be Here In The Fall. Boosters May Become A Scheduled Yearly Necessity, Since We Are In An Endemic. There Are Concerns That Pandemic Fatigue May Stop People From Getting The Booster, Suck It Up!

#DemVoice1
nbcnews.com/health/health-…

And the folks saying, 'Spoutible doesn't have a lot of users,' are incorrect. We have more users and traffic than most of the recently launched platforms, and we are growing at a steady pace. We are not growing as fast as Threads, and we shouldn't. We are building a community.

They are not leaving Twitter because Elon Musk is terrible, they are leaving Twitter because their engagement is down, and their ability to use Twitter to source information for stories is drying up. So the goal is to recreate Twitter someplace else for self-preservation...

5/ Highly effective air cleaning is possible with a CR Box for about $65 if purchased in bulk to $100 if not.
It will lower your exposure to aerosol particles in your apartment, dorm room, bedroom or other rooms in homes, office or office suites, classrooms ...

Excellent analysis 👇🏻.