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nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • opinions my own

@newtral.esReposted by @older.bsky.social

🔎 Analizamos el censo electoral de españoles residentes en el extranjero (CERA), compuesto por 2,7 millones de personas.📊 En 164 municipios el voto CERA supera al censo electoral residente.

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.socialReposted by @older.bsky.social

Calling my shot: we will see less than half as many pundit-consultant pieces about this Latino realignment as we saw in the other direction 2021-2025, because a Latino blue shift doesn’t fit the Dems-Too-Woke narrative

@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.appReposted by @older.bsky.social

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

Russell Stover has begun using prison labor to make candy in Kansas A Russell Stover candy factory in Kansas has begun hiring incarcerated workers through a work release program, Eoin Higgins reports in his newsletter, The Flashpoint. About 150 women are bussed in from the Topeka Correctional Facility and paid $14 an hour, but the prison keeps some of their wages for room and board, taxes, transportation, and other expenses. When all is said and done, they take home less than $6 per hour. These deductions are high, but elsewhere in the country, they're even higher: In our May series on prison
@mxmike.co.ukReposted by @older.bsky.social

Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
@eicathomefinn.bsky.socialReposted by @older.bsky.social

'Under the changes, the baseline allocation of university-funded research time is being reduced from 600 hours per academic each year to 315. This changes the traditional division of working time: 40% research, 40% teaching and 20% administration.'

@macfarlanenews.bsky.socialReposted by @older.bsky.social

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA): "At this point in time in 2022, a little over 200,000 Virginians had voted. At this point in time in 2026, approximately 450,000 Virginians have voted early.”

@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.comReposted by @older.bsky.social

Today, the public podcast feeds for the audio version of The Reconstruction Papers published @patsobkowski.com's essay. I've embedded the audio players in the essay on the site, along with the information on where you can subscribe to hear these as they come out each day for the rest of the month.

@milesgrant.bsky.socialReposted by @older.bsky.social

Boston Globe's billionaire-run editorial board editorializes on drivers killing people by blaming victims Talks about pedestriams about as a distinct, rogue species who must be tamed with heavy policing & "jaywalking" tickets Never once mentions automatic camera enforcement for drivers

@lesjours.frReposted by @older.bsky.social

Aujourd’hui, tout mouvement social est lu avec la grille des “violences urbaines”, ce qui entraîne fatalement des violences. Entretien avec la professeure en science politique Vanessa Codaccioni sur les mobilisations lycéennes.

@techpolicypress.bsky.socialReposted by @older.bsky.social

Hype cannibalizes the accumulated expectations from past failures to make objects of hype appear plausible and attractive, writes Sun-ha Hong in the latest entry in The Hype Studies Series on Tech Policy Press.

@statnews.comReposted by @older.bsky.social

American hospitals, physicians, drug companies, and others charge some of the highest prices in the world — a chief reason why U.S. health spending is on pace to cost almost $16,500 per person this year.

But a breaking point, policy experts warn, is a matter of when, not if: https://bit.ly/4edjsFi

@londoncycling.bsky.socialReposted by @older.bsky.social

🚴‍♀️ We're asking supporters to share their views on cycling in London, and we'd love to hear from you!

The survey takes around 10 minutes, and as a thank you, you'll be entered to win a Bryton Rider S510 GPS bike computer and Bryton Gardia radar light.

👨‍💻 Take the survey today: buff.ly/B2VEjB5

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