March 19, 2023 by V Leigh

The Supreme Court is set to kill affirmative action. Just not for rich white kids.

The University of Texas System has paused new diversity, equity and inclusion policies at all of its campuses and launching a review of all of them.

The announcement was made at a board meeting, with no discussion or vote https://t.co/3q1j7vKjHV
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 24, 2023

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Ron DeSantis Did Not Start This Fight. Black History Has Always Been Under Fire. – The Atlantic https://t.co/8hncdqSN5f
— AwakenLibrarian (@awakenlibrarian) March 8, 2023

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Just 1.3% of public school teachers were Black men in the 2020-21 school year, according to the National Teacher and Principal Survey. https://t.co/kIY7rtENjz
— CNN (@CNN) March 19, 2023

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To save free speech on college campuses, Republican lawmakers and governors say it’s time to stop talking about diversity, equity and inclusion.https://t.co/5p2mVJmut8
— POLITICO (@politico) March 19, 2023

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The Supreme Court is set to kill affirmative action. Just not for rich white kids.https://t.co/0ncl1MrMu1
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 17, 2023

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Republican politicians in Florida oppose diversity. They oppose equity. They oppose inclusion. Which is to say they support “Whites only,” and inequity, and exclusion. The racism of it all.https://t.co/t4cOru2KFN
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) March 18, 2023

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March 8, 2023 by V Leigh

This is the twitter employee Elon Musk is trying to publicly shame today, Iceland’s person of the year who was born with muscular dystrophy into a working class home and built a tech company, sold it to twitter and then paid the full tax rate:

gotta say, this thread where an employee who had access cut over a week ago with no word from hr very sincerely tries to figure out if he was fired (he was) only to get repeatedly belittled and mocked by his boss, the richest man in the world, is real fucking infuriating, man https://t.co/Htt8xrFnv0
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) March 7, 2023

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Halli is an award winning designer whose company was acquired by Twitter.

Halli was born with muscular dystrophy in a working class family. He chose a higher tax rate for the sale to pay back into the Icelandic social system.

Today, Elon Musk publicly mocked and fired him. https://t.co/tUSaxZ4oYL pic.twitter.com/GREC8cgLtx
— Max Berger (@maxberger) March 7, 2023

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This is the twitter employee Elon Musk is trying to publicly shame today, Iceland’s person of the year who was born with muscular dystrophy into a working class home and built a tech company, sold it to twitter and then paid the full tax rate: https://t.co/T4HbOn2Kzh
— Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) March 7, 2023

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Elon losing faith in humanity because people think individually mocking employees in front of millions of people is bad. What a piece of shit. pic.twitter.com/kEv2WIdXYR
— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) March 7, 2023

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excited to watch the defamation/possible discrimination lawsuit from these two Posts unfold pic.twitter.com/2R4ZJzYuQS
— noho hank’s therapist (@anoushnorouzi) March 7, 2023

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Hi again @elonmusk 👋

I hope you are well.

I’m fine too. I’m thankful for your interest in my health.

But since you mentioned it, I wanted to give you more info.

I have muscular dystrophy. It has many effects on my body.

Let me tell you what they are: https://t.co/2vb16kP6Yv
— Halli (@iamharaldur) March 7, 2023

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Every employment lawyer on the planet watching Elon disclose an employee’s disability, claim he’s faking it, and state it was part of why he was fired. pic.twitter.com/DYO3qW0rKG
— Zane Schacht – Voice Goblin 🐀 (@VoicesByZane) March 7, 2023

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March 2, 2023 by V Leigh

Last week, officials said they believed that the Ohio train derailment had killed 3,500 aquatic animals. Today they provided a new estimate, pushing the total to more than 43,700 animals within a 5-mile area.

“The next few decades will be the end of the kind of civilization we’re used to.”

Humanity is consuming 175 percent of what the earth can regenerate. Biologist Paul Erlich says that our current way of life is unsustainable. https://t.co/AwaKLZFGsj pic.twitter.com/MU1jHpuMwI
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 2, 2023

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😩 “Despite this stark failure, the plastics industry has waged a decades-long campaign to perpetuate the myth that the material is recyclable.” https://t.co/P3AtLcEuyC
— Aniyia ❤️ (@operaqueenie) December 28, 2022

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Last week, officials said they believed that the Ohio train derailment had killed 3,500 aquatic animals. Today they provided a new estimate, pushing the total to more than 43,700 animals within a 5-mile area. https://t.co/n9AsaESihl
— KDKA (@KDKA) February 23, 2023

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Officials initially said they believed that 3500 animals had died.

This is disastrous. My God. pic.twitter.com/PXXQVcIyQf
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 24, 2023

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February 18, 2023 by V Leigh

So let’s get this straight between: East Palestine, Ohio Splendora, Texas Phoenix, Arizona Toledo, Oregon Kissimmee, Florida Massive amounts of toxic, cancerous, and poisonous chemicals have been released into the air, ground, and soil in the past two weeks…

So let’s get this straight between:
East Palestine, Ohio
Splendora, Texas
Phoenix, Arizona
Toledo, Oregon
Kissimmee, Florida

Massive amounts of toxic, cancerous, and poisonous chemicals have been released into the air, ground, and soil in the past two weeks…
— One of One (@naptural_mae) February 16, 2023

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Not only are rail profits not helping workers, they’re instead being used to lobby against regulation. @TheLever found that rail companies spent big to block stricter safety rules, specifically for trains with hazardous materials like the one in Ohio. /9https://t.co/fjtEJg9siD
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) February 10, 2023

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Footage shows highly contaminated water in Ohio after train derailment. pic.twitter.com/9qVoe50tLF
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) February 16, 2023

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Unbelievable. Another train derailment from a Norfolk Southern train, while a chemical fire still burns in Ohio. And this is after the company posted record profits in Q4 of 2022.

This is what happens when corporations put investor payouts over safety. https://t.co/zaxhn7WrSp
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) February 16, 2023

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Residents of East Palestine and neighboring communities have expressed concern over how the aftermath of the derailment could affect their health and the safety of resources like drinking water. (via @NewsHour) https://t.co/BiSrjDkx1Y
— PBS (@PBS) February 17, 2023

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Interesting to hear blip from Biden, who ended labor negotiations for railway workers who warned about something like the East Palestine train derailment happening, which is now leaking chemicals into the air and groundwater, which will most likely cause
— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) February 15, 2023

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This is what corruption looks like. pic.twitter.com/43Joumg3eh
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 17, 2023

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By now you’ve seen a ton about East Palestine, Norfolk Southern, and the train derailment disaster. But it’s been hard for groups helping people on the ground to break through, so we put them all in one place. A thread. 🧵
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) February 16, 2023

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January 8, 2023 by V Leigh

Today, we’ve released Version 2 of January 6th on the Record, our easy-to-read compendium of transcripts, videos, and legal + investigative reports from the #January6th congressional investigation.

Today, we’ve released Version 2 of January 6th on the Record, our easy-to-read compendium of transcripts, videos, and legal + investigative reports from the #January6th congressional investigation. Download it + all of our DPLA publications for FREE here: https://t.co/rXm6haldmg pic.twitter.com/r3o87apS24
— DPLA (@dpla) January 6, 2023

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January 6, 2023 by V Leigh

Southwest Airlines is a company which spent $5.6 billion on stock buybacks for wealthy shareholders while the workers who keep the airline running work 16-18 hour days and passengers are stranded during the holiday season. Unacceptable.

Amount of fines and refunds to airline passengers announced by @USDOT in November as a result of “historic enforcement actions”:

Southwest: $0
Delta Airlines: $0
United Airlines: $0
American Airlines: $0

R-e-a-l aggressive. https://t.co/AdHRl4HuFO
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) December 29, 2022

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Southwest Airlines is a company which spent $5.6 billion on stock buybacks for wealthy shareholders while the workers who keep the airline running work 16-18 hour days and passengers are stranded during the holiday season. Unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/bBpg1gdnaB
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 4, 2023

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🚨NEW: @SecretaryPete has delayed a consumer protection rule for 4+ months – now airline lobbyists are trying to water it down.

We’re submitting an official comment letter to his agency demanding he enact the rule.

Sign & retweet: https://t.co/hFHqdnyqE5 pic.twitter.com/1tnjaezoP9
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) January 4, 2023

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Cool, but we shouldn’t normalize this. @SouthwestAir should be hiring paid workers to do this. https://t.co/ilNbCOiJ8d
— 🤷🏼‍♀️ Relevant Rachel 🤷🏼‍♀️ (@RelevantRachel) January 1, 2023

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December 9, 2022 by V Leigh

For the first time in four decades, journalists and other employees at the New York Times are staging a large-scale walkout.

Barring a breakthrough, @nytimes staff will walk out from midnight to 11:59pm Thursday, Dec. 8.

We’re asking readers to stand with us on the digital picket line and not visit any NYT platforms tomorrow. Read local news. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak. https://t.co/KiUlHAtkuh
— Maggie Astor (@MaggieAstor) December 7, 2022

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New York Times workers are demanding a $65K salary floor—covering editorial & tech staff, security guards, concierges, Times Center staff & more.

The NYT can afford it.

It spent $150 million on stock buybacks this year & the top 3 execs saw 32% raises in 2021.@DanaGoldstein: pic.twitter.com/l2QH0kYvPq
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 8, 2022

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Without a contract, today I join 1,100 of my⁩ colleagues in walking out. We’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms today and stand with us on the digital picket line. Read local news. Listen to public radio. Break your Wordle streak. https://t.co/umJkQN1qVV
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) December 8, 2022

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Good morning to all but especially to everyone who broke their Wordle streak today because you don’t cross a picket linehttps://t.co/CxsTEgPLZ2
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) December 8, 2022

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We’ve been without a contract @nytimes for nearly 2 years. Management is offering pay raises that really amount to pay cuts. We’re fed up, and we’re walking out Thursday for 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/Vv1zeiPSeh
— Henry Fountain (@henryfountain) December 8, 2022

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New York Times walkout protesters chant “40% of the profits” and “prints not dead” outside of the @nytimes building in NYC pic.twitter.com/Wb99zeAJug
— Timcast News (@TimcastNews) December 8, 2022

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For the first time in four decades, journalists and other employees at the New York Times are staging a large-scale walkout. pic.twitter.com/3rq39BX6pv
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 8, 2022

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December 9, 2022 by V Leigh

BREAKING: Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout, U.S. official says

BREAKING: Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout, U.S. official says https://t.co/oa6fEPHtM9
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 8, 2022

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Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.

She is safe.
She is on a plane.
She is on her way home. pic.twitter.com/FmHgfzrcDT
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 8, 2022

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Brittany Griner’s release comes just as her detainment in Russia took an alarming turn. https://t.co/JhxPi0v9vo
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) December 8, 2022

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We sent letters. We organized our movements. We kept the pressure on. As we always do. 🙏🏽 https://t.co/dfC7e3PYGd
— Crystal Hudson (@crystalrhudson) December 8, 2022

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happy pictures of brittney griner to cleanse the timeline pic.twitter.com/VGKF5CffKy
— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) December 8, 2022

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December 4, 2022 by V Leigh

The Supreme Court will hear argument on President Biden’s student loan-relief program.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas has temporarily struck down Biden’s student debt forgiveness program after a plaintiff filed a suit claiming it was “unfair for people who didn’t qualify.” The kicker: this same plaintiff received almost $50,000 in PPP loan forgiveness.
— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) November 11, 2022

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92% of student loan debt is owned by the federal government but apparently the federal government doesn’t have the right to reduce it? Oh please. Conservative judges are judicial activists who make shit up to fuck over poor people. Thankfully this will be appealed https://t.co/5Dpy2z4tAR
— Secular Talk🎙 (@KyleKulinski) November 11, 2022

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The plaintiff in that suit pic.twitter.com/MuGuYQw9rV
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) November 11, 2022

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Myra Brown got $48000 in PPP relief & sued because she did not qualify for student debt relief. The CEO of Home Depot funded this effort. The result is to bar all debt relief in the USA. https://t.co/YJgHfqxE1W
— name cannot be blank (@Snakeheadedone) November 14, 2022

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will hear argument on President Biden’s student loan-relief program. pic.twitter.com/IaXhtWlrhN
— Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) December 1, 2022

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November 12, 2022 by V Leigh

In the last 24 hours, Twitter has lost the Chiefs of Trust & Safety, Sales, Information Security, Compliance, and Privacy. The head of legal is on record warning employees about the risk of legal exposure if they follow Musk’s orders. It’s a total loss of confidence.

Well, Twitter blue was beautiful while it lasted pic.twitter.com/YMi7ldN1YA
— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) November 11, 2022

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Twitter Blue erased a few billion in market cap for Lockheed Martin pic.twitter.com/RsMBfRyhO1
— litquidity (@litcapital) November 11, 2022

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The power of $8 pic.twitter.com/JHSy8aLJXy
— Esther C, MD MPH (@choo_ek) November 11, 2022

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Eli Lilly stock isn’t just tanking because of a satirical Tweet on Musk’s hellscape, it’s tanking because millions of people are asking why we have to pay for insulin, when it was made to be free.

That’s why other insulin stocks are falling too.

Happy Disability Awareness Month
— Rafael Shimunov is on Mastodon (@rafaelshimunov) November 11, 2022

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elon basically forcing brands to tweet things like “we’re sorry you ever thought insulin could be free,” incredible scenes https://t.co/D2X6ciJQZa
— Brandon Hardin (@hardin) November 10, 2022

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Back to back tweets. pic.twitter.com/TpnMrmGJr5
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 11, 2022

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Great work today guys pic.twitter.com/Q15Hkkf7KB
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) November 11, 2022

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To do this so abruptly & just expect people to adjust schedules, child/elder care, monthly expenses etc asap to adhere to this in a matter of HOURS as if they didn’t have 2+ yrs at an org that championed flexibility & self care and made life decisions based on that. I’m furious. https://t.co/j1lMtZvWt2
— God-is Rivera (@GodisRivera) November 10, 2022

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elon musk posted a photo of a nazi followed by a post telling ppl to vote republican. 30 minutes apart. pic.twitter.com/wWz9OwF02Z
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) November 7, 2022

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Here is the link to @alexeheath‘s report for The Verge, which is genuinely disturbing.

The company’s chief privacy officer, chief information security officer, and chief compliance officer all resignedhttps://t.co/WajvgZPGSr
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 10, 2022

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