Leslie Rose

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Law prof. emerita. Former appellate public defender. Criminal, enviro, & social justice. Rock and Roll.

Universal mask wearing is not a lockdown. It’s the opposite: Mask mandates make society accessible to many more people, especially those at higher risk.

#COVID #COVID19

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"The fortieth anniversary of lethal injection could be known as “the Year of the Botched Execution,” the Death Penalty Information Center said in its 2022 Year End Report" #death penalty https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/dpic-2022-year-end-report-commutation-of-oregon-death-row-headlines-u-s-death-penalty-decline-in-a-year-marred-by-botched-executions
DPIC 2022 Year End Report: Commutation of Oregon Death Row Headlines U.S. Death-Penalty Decline in a Year Marred by Botched Executions

in 2022, as Oregon commuted its death row and new death sentences and public support for the death penalty remained near 50-year lows. It also marked the fifth straight year in which a state either abolished the death penalty, imposed a moratorium on executions, and/or commuted death row. In a year…

Death Penalty Information Center
If you live in #Oakland (or anywhere in the SF East Bay) consider following local journalists like https://sfba.social/@darwinbondgraham, journalist and editor for Oaklandside (http://oaklandside.com/).
I'd love to see Mastodon be a rich source of local news and information!
Darwin BondGraham (@[email protected])

17 Posts, 99 Following, 146 Followers · Journalist. News editor for The Oaklandside. Author of The Riders Come out at Night (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Riders-Come-Out-at-Night/Ali-Winston/9781982168599).

SFBA.social

Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.

How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).

And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.

Protest matters. Protest just helped stop the SFPD from having the right to use deadly force using robots, a policy that the board of Supervisors overwhelmingly supported in a vote just last week. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/victory-san-francisco-bans-killer-robotsfor-now
VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

In a stunning 8-to-3 vote yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors banned the SFPD from using deadly force with remote-controlled robots. The Board also sent the killer robot policy back to its Rules Committee for revisions and more public comment. This is a big reversal: just one week ago...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Also? I would suggest that if climate protesters attacked electrical infrastructure & left 10s of 1000s without power -- rather than a wingnut militia mad about drag queens -- this case would be getting much more attention & law enforcement resources.
https://twitter.com/malatesting/status/1600249911756263424
🦣matt🏴 on Twitter

“@chrislhayes well, i mean, the night of the attack we had J6 participant emily rainey (pictured below) posting that she knew why. sheriff ronnie fields (pictured below) looked into it and said there was nothing to see there.”

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Stop Killer Robots rally at SF city hall.
Friends who have had #covid tell me there’s nothing to be afraid of, because their case was mild. Then they complain they’re still tired all the time or have heart palpitations or don’t have the same breathing capacity as they used to… but don’t be afraid, immune compromised person. 🤷🏼‍♀️
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #immunocompromised #immunesystem