Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

❗️Rankin County Sheriff’s Office in #Mississippi has fired multiple deputies after two Black men filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging six White deputies entered their private residence illegally and tortured them for nearly two hours.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/us/rankin-county-mississippi-officers-fired-lawsuit-black-men

Amtrak’s Adirondack service returned three months ago after being shuttered for three years. Now, the route between New York City and Montreal, Canada has been suspended north of Albany, the state capital of New York. America’s government-owned railroad company was forced to halt operations due to extremely low-speed limits imposed by freight railroad Canadian National.

my spouse was not only confused, she was extremely pissed off [@mikemathia]

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Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders with no-job, no-worries work permits
They're vetted, almost acculturated, & will be booted from the US if they lose their gig
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/28/canada_tech_talent_h1b_plan
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36505152 >> e.g. "These are exactly the kind of immigrants any country should be desperate to have."

International experts in science, tech, engineering and math can apply soon for 'express entry' to Canada
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/international-experts-in-science-tech-engineering-and-math-can-apply-soon-for-express-entry-to-canada-1.6459698

#Canada #immigration #H1Bvisa

ITS THE ECONOMY, FOLKS,
#voteblue

Allow me to introduce myself.

Just a small reminder... cuz that's it.

#blackmastodon #blacktwitter #blackfedi #racism #ally #community

Study: In the first two years of the #COVID19 pandemic, the US saw an estimated 1,179,024 excess deaths. While it struck large metropolitan Northeastern counties early, "nonmetropolitan Southern counties had the highest cumulative relative excess mortality by July 2021." In other words, Republican, rural areas most likely to deny the risks, reject the vaccine and refuse to wear masks.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf9742

We are so unprepared for the next #COVID19 wave. Visited a pharmacy to buy some COVID tests. They don't have any and don't plan to restock them. Meanwhile, COVID continues to mutate, the population's immunity continues to fade, and we have another dangerous fall and winter ahead of normal social and travel behaviors with zero mitigations. Those who don't learn from history...

That is: at least 1 out of 20 people hospitalized with COVID in Massachusetts, and up to 1/10 people, DEFINITELY GOT COVID IN THE HOSPITAL.