Israel's phone emergency services are down/effected by a potential cyber-attack
Burbank police search for suspect that spray-painted swastikas on synagogue - CBS Los Angeles
@straphanger Anne Hidalgo come to Mastodon challenge
🇯🇵Japan's post-COVID reality: Paying workers to come to the office.
Bonuses for coming to the office for a certain number of days.
"The only caveats are workers have to work in the office for more than 4 hours a day and can only collect the bonuses for 10 days per month."
Trump promised to rebuild America's infrastructure, but he did nothing.
Trump promised to revive American manufacturing, but he did nothing.
What did Trump actually deliver?
Tax breaks for the wealthy and justices who stripped away reproductive rights.
The choice is clear:
When world leaders gather in Dubai beginning Thursday for COP28, this year’s U.N. climate summit, the heads of the world’s two largest economies will be notably absent.
https://www.voanews.com/a/cop28-has-big-agenda-but-won-t-have-biden-xi/7372863.html
Paying Disabled Less Than Minimum Wage Is Over in South Carolina
Some of these stats may surprise you. Some won’t.
CNN:
Russian-Israeli hostage escaped from Hamas but was found and returned by Gazans, says aunt
The 25-year-old dual national managed to escape when the building was bombed, but after hiding out for a few days, he was caught and returned to Hamas, Magid said during a call to the radio station.
“... Gazans caught him and returned him to the hands of the terrorists,” Magid added.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/27/middleeast/russian-israeli-hostage-escaped-hamas-intl/index.html
@ArenaCops @AlliFlowers @fmhilton There’s always been a whiff of S&M around MAGA.
NPR: Casey McIntyre decided she wanted her legacy to be clearing medical debt. But her husband says they never dreamed it would get this big.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1215420434/medical-debt-insurance-ovarian-cancer-casey-mcintyre
SF Supervisor Harvey Milk, who was assassinated OTD in 1978, wasn't just "openly gay," as he is often called. He was specifically building a coalition that included working people, union leaders, the #LGBTQ+ community, people of color, disabled folks, young people, and elders. That's why he was so dangerous to the Establishment. And that coalition never recovered.
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