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MisaMisa ✅Dec 25, 2022

Timnit Gebru (she/her).Dec 24, 2022

“Ivory Coast produces around 45 percent of the world’s cocoa beans, but receives only around four percent of the chocolate industry’s estimated annual worth of $100bn.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/12/22/ivory-coast-battles-chocolate-companies-to-improve-farmers-lives

Ivory Coast battles chocolate companies to improve farmers’ lives

Ivory Coast is the world’s top cocoa-producing country but receives just 4% of the $100bn chocolate industry’s profits.

Al Jazeera

MisaMisa ✅Dec 25, 2022

Walker Bragman Dec 24, 2022

COVID minimizers and deniers have been wrong every step of the way:

- Mass infection didn't give us herd immunity, it left millions dead/disabled globally

- Masks and stay-at-home orders reduced spread

- Schools were transmission hubs

- Kids have died/gotten long COVID

- Vaccines have saved millions

But being wrong hasn't stopped them from publicly fantasizing about holding public trials/executions of public health officials.

MisaMisa ✅Dec 25, 2022

Walker Bragman Dec 20, 2022

"Focused protection" is such right-wing PR nonsense. It really means "do nothing that disrupts business."

How do you protect the vulnerable without making basic accommodations to allow participation while allowing a dangerous virus to circulate unchecked?

Short answer? You don't.

"Focused protection" is just CYA language. Because saying "let 'em die, I want money" is gauche.

MisaMisa ✅Dec 25, 2022

Walker Bragman Dec 19, 2022

No country that sacrifices millions of its own people (deaths and debilitation) for the sake of the economy is in any position to criticize zero COVID.

MisaMisa ✅Dec 25, 2022

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Walker Bragman Dec 17, 2022

“Americans are back to a pre-pandemic way of life. Except the disabled and dead ones. This denial comes from the top. It's practically official policy. “https://post.news/walkerbragman

@walkerbragman's Profile / Post.

MisaMisa ✅Dec 25, 2022

Walker Bragman Dec 17, 2022

"Our government has done more to acclimate us to mass infection, disability, and death than it has to prevent those things in the first place."

https://post.news/article/2J2PBBafr90VRbs5QtgnRIY24br

The Madness of America's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Post.

MisaMisa ✅Dec 23, 2022

Augie Ray Dec 23, 2022

Wishing you a safe and warm Holiday Season!

Mask up and protect the people you love. Enjoy a healthy and prosperous 2023!

#COVID19 isn't over. #WearAMask!

MisaMisa ✅Dec 23, 2022

Augie Ray Dec 23, 2022

'Tis the season of giving... #COVID19, #Flu, #RSV, #Strep, #Measles, etc.

It's better to give health than to receive an infection. #WearAMask!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/15/tripledemic-covid-rsv-flu-surge/

How a viral siege is making some people sick for weeks, even months

It’s like ‘a big bomb of viruses went off,' says a pediatrician treating kids with flu, RSV, strep and covid.

The Washington Post

MisaMisa ✅Dec 23, 2022

Drew Harwell Dec 23, 2022

"Our country has come too far to allow a defeated President to turn himself into a successful tyrant" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/22/jan-6-committee-trump-should-never-hold-office-again/

Jan. 6 committee: Trump should never hold office again

The committee’s recommendation came as part of an 800-plus page report that marks the culmination of its 18-month investigation

The Washington Post

MisaMisa ✅Dec 23, 2022

Robert Reich Dec 22, 2022

Question for those who say prosecuting a former president sets a dangerous precedent: Isn’t it more dangerous to set a precedent that a former president will never face accountability for breaking the law and inciting an insurrection?