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Lana retweeted
$211 million.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the Uvalde school shooter had a "mental health challenge" & the state needed to "do a better job with mental health" — yet in April he slashed $211 million from the dept. that oversees mental health programs: @NBCNews
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Student calls to 911:
12:03—whispered she's in room 112
12:10—said multiple dead
12:13—called again
12:16—says 8-9 students alive
12:19—student calls from room 111
12:21—3 shots heard on call
12:36—another call
12:43—asks for police
12:47—asks for police
nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/te…
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and his top lawyers privately watched a crucial body-camera video of state police troopers’ deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene six months before prosecutors and detectives knew the footage even existed. apne.ws/zySKvML
Lana retweeted
If your Tesla catches fire and locks you inside it's not a problem, you just have to look up a ten minute YouTube video to figure out how to escape
Lana retweeted
In 2015 I decided on a whim to check out Tesla's battery swap station that was earning the company 9 figures in California ZEV credits, and found it wasn't real. Instead Tesla was using diesel generators to charge cars. Here's how this changed my life 🧵
Lana retweeted
It’s premiere day for a show I’ve been lucky enough to work on!!! So proud of this show and this team!!
This week’s all about DC’s carryouts.
We’ve got a lot of interesting episodes coming up (dare I say, cooking) so make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!
Our new season begins now 👇
wamu.org/story/22/05/19/the-…
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A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence. businessinsider.com/spacex-p…
Lana retweeted
25,000 people die every day (over 9M/year) from starvation and malnutrition. This could be ended with a fraction of the Pentagon's annual budget. It's not only an annual holocaust that the US could prevent; the war machine exists to maintain this situation under US hegemony.
Lana retweeted
Today’s Humans of New York is remarkably special. It’s really long, but I highly recommend reading it. It is an incredible story.
Thread. – at Brooklyn, NY
Lana retweeted
Shireen Abu Akleh was also an American citizen.
Let’s see how the Biden administration reacts to her murder at the hands of Israel’s military, which gets $3.8 billion annually from the U.S.
I’m reeling from the news of the death of my friend and colleague Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Al Jazeera correspondent. Israeli forces shot her in the head while she reporting in Jenin while clearly wearing a press vest.
This is absolutely horrifying
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Lana retweeted
Last week, I had an excellent time sharing my ongoing research into the function of detail in fiction with other members of Berkeley’s Digital Humanities community at the 2022 @DHBerkeley fair! Here’s my poster from the event.
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Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell superglued himself to the counter of a Starbucks café in New York City on Tuesday to protest of the chain’s policy of charging extra for plant-based milk. trib.al/hCLzLwr
Lana retweeted
Amazon fired two employees with ties to the grassroots union that led the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
It claims the cases are unrelated to each other and are not connected to any cause or group the two support. apne.ws/ttW50I8
