According to the lawsuit, Alabama prison labor generates more than $450 million of revenue for the state each year. The state has turned its prison system into a “labor-trafficking scheme” that sells inmate labor mostly to fast food companies, at the same time that it aggressively denies parole to the same people it is already lending to the companies. https://link.al.com/view/5efe4c2042ce88753244f961k1w7j.6jt/476eeb26
@robertnorlyn Always. Furthermore, my father is buried in Arlington, and I don’t want a wreath laid on his grave.
@littlemiao When I got my latest iPhone I got the Otterbox Frē. It’s surprisingly thin. Most of all it’s waterproof. @PamelaBarroway
The truth about Wreaths Across America https://popular.info/p/the-truth-about-wreaths-across-america
NPR: Braugher was known for his strong dramatic presence before he shifted gears and worked in comedy.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218964271/andre-braugher-dead-brooklyn-99-homicide
The good news tonight is that my share sheet on all #Apple devices is magically working again. No clue what caused or fixed it.
JD Crowe: Katie Britt kisses up to ‘dictator’ Trump - al.com https://www.al.com/news/2023/12/jd-crowe-katie-britt-kisses-up-to-dictator-trump.html
🇦🇺 Australia: "Two Melbourne-made COVID vaccines are now ready for commercial partnerships to help bring them to market, with hope that one can be delivered as a nasal spray."
Republican lawmakers in the US being celebrated by Russian propagandists, says Presidet Biden.
@ben My guess is that although we talk a lot about Apple being a walled garden, it’s limited in scope. It has an OS and apps to run on it, along with some limited hardware. Google is more like a walled amusement park, with a search engine, office suite, browser, OS, and on and on.
I suspect if Google divested itself of Android, their outcome would have been the same as Apple’s.
@SuperSpaceFan@mastodon.social There’s a reason I call it Alabackwards. @hardwired
"Safe, legal, and rare" stigmatizes abortion and fuels abortion bans with token exceptions that will never be honored in court, all so squeamish, puritanical weirdoes can feel comfortable with themselves for sticking their noses in other people's business.
The same is true of the moral panic over trans people and especially trans kids. Doctors and parents were already involved in these decisions. It's none of your fucking business. Get out.
Far-right Polish MP expelled from parliament after anti-Semitic act | AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBb9cjq7vE&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #afp
@samlitzinger Bastard.
Judge says Rudy Giuliani may have defamed Georgia election workers again outside courthouse https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/12/12/Giuliani-comments-defamation-court/3831702404119/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"#NewMexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham joined with other governors this week to request the federal government ensure that a newly approved over-the-counter birth control pill will be broadly available."
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