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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
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Climate Reporter. past Anti mayo. Pro The Expanse. All my tweets are subtweets. @Kendrawrites@dair-community.social
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Fantastic new piece by delving into how homeless people are treated on transit systems. He profiles Philadelphia's Hub of Hope projecthome.org/hub-hope & notes vast discrepancy between how much we spend on transit police vs homeless assistance
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Here’s my last BFN byline, about how exonerative language lets killer cops, negligent drivers, and others perpetrating violence off the hook
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Our last issue of Quibbles & Bits focuses on the “past exonerative tense,” a style of language that absolves anyone of blame. buzzfeednews.com/article/emerso
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BREAKING: Environmental groups are suing California over its decision to slash rooftop solar subsidies. The lawsuit from & argues state officials failed to account for all the benefits of rooftop solar. My story for :
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This is starting to become a real theme in the mayor's comments about NYC children.
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Our kids "start their day going to the corner bodega buying cannabis and fentanyl and sit in the classroom and try to learn," says @NYCMayor (reprising a talking point from Tuesday, which @ChristRobbins handily disputed hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-fen)
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The thing to remember about the impending return of gerrymandering to North Carolina is that there almost certainly will be a racial dimension. When Rs tried to gerrymander in 2021, a key part was dismantling the district of one of two Black members.
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NEW: The ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to kill police at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was on the FBI New York Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. His duties? Supervising the homegrown violent extremism squad. Story with :
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Except when I was a kid and desperate for sugar I don't really like dough. But if you love raw dough you can buy heat treated flour and pasteurized eggs. (In the case of flour the FDA doesn't recommend DIY heat treating)
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The majority of the 13 individuals sickened with salmonella had reported eating raw batter or dough made with flour before getting sick. trib.al/AjKOTPo
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“The agency also found three franchisees that own more than 60 McDonald’s locations in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio, “employed 305 children to work more than the legally permitted hours and perform tasks prohibited by law for young workers.”
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Two 10-year-olds were found working at a Louisville McDonald's restaurant, some nights until 2 a.m., according to the Labor Department cnn.it/3oZjv0N
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