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English Professor and proud member of the OEA. Interested in higher ed issues, union labor, contemporary media, and American history and literature.
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Matt Taibbi is mad that nobody is paying attention to his paid propaganda.

Sucks when people see right through your attempt to gaslight them, doesnโ€™t it?

DeSantis debuts a new conservative playbook for ending DEI

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has a plan to defund diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at state institutions. His playbook is based on model legislation from the Manhattan Institute.

Labor protests at Bay Area Tesla factory & Twitter HQ this weekend:

"The event is in support of the laid-off workers & those who remain at Twitter. We think Musk should comply with the labor laws. He has a history of flagrantly flouting them. Musk fired 700 Tesla workers who were trying to organize," Steve Zeltzer said.

"There's a cult of personality around Elon & we want to burst the bubble abt who he really is. His employees need protection. They need labor rights."

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/protesters-to-gather-outside-twitter-headquarters-to-denounce-mass-layoffs

Protesters to gather outside Twitter headquarters to denounce mass layoffs

Activists were scheduled to rally outside Twitter headquarters Saturday morning to protest owner Elon Musk's layoffs of thousands of Twitter workers.

CBS San Francisco

During the #SuperBowl you're going to see two ads from #HeGetsUS, a PR campaign attempting to rehabilitate Jesus... backed by David Green co-founder of Hobby Lobby, and The Servant Foundation which also funds the anti-LGBTQ, pro-discrimination Alliance Defending Freedom. These are precisely the same people who have given Christians a bad name for the last 30 years.

A PR campaign to cover for more bad acts isn't the same thing as heartfelt contrition.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/us/he-gets-us-super-bowl-commercials-cec/index.html

Therapists at mental health startup Resilience Lab voted to unionize on Wednesday, one of the first successful unionization efforts at a digital health company.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2023/02/01/therapists-at-mental-health-startup-resilience-lab-vote-to-unionize/?sh=6f0f4a140f7e

Therapists At Mental Health Startup Resilience Lab Vote To Unionize

The move comes after the startup, which raised $15 million in November, fired 12 therapists, changed the way the rest were paid and introduced new software to track patient progress.

Forbes
Pictured: George Santos during his days as a professional body builder

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Purebred Tibetan Mastiff defends the sheep flock from the wolf...๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ•โ›”๐Ÿบ

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Republicans ought to add โ€œA Christmas Carolโ€ to their banned-book list, given that Scrooge turns out to be a spineless coward who caves in to the radical Marxist ghost brigade and becomes a RINO.