Engineered stone workers get lung transplants as industry pushes Congress for legal shield
Silicosis is a public health problem unfolding for engineered stone fabricators across America, and questions are mounting about who is ultimately responsible if workers get sick
Hundreds of workers who fabricate kitchen countertops from artificial stone slabs have developed silicosis. Dozens have died.
The industry's response: ask congress for complete immunity from lawsuits filed by sick workers.
Check out this powerful news report by Anna Werner for @investigatetv.com
03.03.2026 14:22 β
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A red knit hat, a symbol of resistance from Norway
I made one of the hats, used two diff yarns bc I ran out but almost the same hue, also super hard to find red yarn these days www.ctpublic.org/2026-01-31/a...
03.03.2026 15:30 β
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This Day in Labor History: March 3, 1931. President Herbert Hoover signed the Davis-Bacon Act, establishing a requirement for the government to pay local prevailing wages on public works projects. Let's talk Davis-Bacon, how it helps the trades, and the lies that it is a racist law!
03.03.2026 13:19 β
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BREAKING β 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.
28.02.2026 12:33 β
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3Dimensionsβ’ Mammography System
Hologic is a global champion of womenβs health, we integrate The Science of Sure into everything we do to help improve and save lives through early detection and proactive treatment.
A performance art piece where people watch technicians guide women for mammograms, ie surrender the most sensitive parts of their bodies to the tortilla press/dance the most awkward dance with a robot machine while holding your breath
www.hologic.com/hologic-prod...
27.02.2026 22:14 β
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Trump's war on national park signs is even dumber than you think
Inside the administration's covert campaign against "negative" placards.
βWe are being undermined by a clown show of greedy billionaire priorities that are not of service to the parks or country.β
27.02.2026 21:20 β
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Coal Pollution Spiked After Trump Administrationβs βFree Pass to Polluteβ
EPA data shows that sulfur dioxide pollution from coal plants increased 18 percent in 2025, with the plants that were given presidential exemptions leading the way.
@nrdc.org completed this excellent analysis of how power plant emissions increased in 2025, paying special attention to coal-fired power plants to sought 2-year exemptions from pollution rules.
I decided to recreate and look a bit further into the data.
27.02.2026 20:58 β
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HBO Told βThe Pittβ to Make ICE Storyline More βBalancedβ
The streamerβs top-rated show filmed the episode during its parent companyβs attempted merger.
If HBO was already pressuring the Pitt TV show to make an ICE interfering in the emergency room story line more balanced, just imagine what's going to happen when the Ellison's take full control.
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/hbo...
27.02.2026 16:59 β
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Taking page from Adams, Mayor Mamdani proposes NYC library cuts
Library advocates called the mayorβs proposed budget βterrible.β
Mamdani makes cuts to library funding :( as reported in the gothamist
βIf you're just going to say, βOh, I love the library,β but youβre not actually supporting them, then thatβs a real disappointment and, frankly, bulls---,β said Abby Emersonβ
gothamist.com/news/taking-...
19.02.2026 20:49 β
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The Uncanny Artifice of George Washington
I got a number of fascinating replies to yesterdayβs post about the...
i really love @alexiscoe.bsky.social's biography of washington because she gets at exactly this: the fact that "george washington" is a character created by george washington, a man so consumed with presenting himself as an example of republican virtue that he became one
18.02.2026 16:29 β
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SCOTUS changed the rules for bringing cases to the court because John Roberts won't sell his stocks
Roberts and Alito are the only two justices who own individual stocks. Also: A new lawsuit challenges the Trump admin's removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument.
SCOTUS is dealing with problems that arise from justicesβ ownership of individual stocks.
What did the court do to address this ethical question? Did the justices agree to divest from individual stock ownership? Of course not.
Parties are directed to include stock ticker symbols in their briefs.
18.02.2026 14:13 β
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(1/11) If you live in NY, youβve probably started seeing a new warning: βTHIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.β This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and itβs the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
11.02.2026 20:41 β
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@andreapitzer.bsky.social "concentration camp regimes in their early stages often make use of large open infrastructure to convert into detention spaces. Dachau was converted from a shuttered factory into a concentration camp in 1933"
degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/building-t...
13.02.2026 21:22 β
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Detention Reports has been updated to include a national map of all active ICE detention facilities that link to individual facility reports. Learn about this new feature and other new features at my latest post: austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...
09.02.2026 18:54 β
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Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
12.02.2026 18:18 β
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LIVE SOON: ICEβs failure in Minnesota & the looming DHS shutdown
Starting Feb 13 at 3:00 PM EST
Going live with @davidnir.com at 3pm eastern to discuss DHS's failure in Minnesota, the looming shutdown, and more. We'll also take live questions from viewers.
Tune in:
13.02.2026 19:44 β
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I also have often made this observation stated below: the arguments of the deniers of human-caused climate change are so poor, so easily refuted, and intended only for gullible lay people, that they basically prove how strong and compelling the evidence for human-caused climate change really is.
13.02.2026 19:39 β
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This week I learned that Glide floss has PFAS forever chemicals on it bc of course it does
13.02.2026 19:29 β
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Alito
From an award-winning journalist, the authoritativeβand explosiveβinside story of Justice Samuel Alito and his powerful role in shaping the Supreme Court...
Oh god, Mollie Hemmingway is dropping a fellacious bio of Alito in April.
Folks, this man is *so* going to retire at the end of the term. Senate Democrats, PLEASE staff up. This is *going to happen.*
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/molli...
10.02.2026 19:55 β
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Project Salt Box.
10.02.2026 19:54 β
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
10.02.2026 15:41 β
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are buildingβand have builtβa black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
10.02.2026 01:30 β
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The vision and policy and actions of this admin against the vision of what the US is in many pockets and what it could be, all in such a joyous way, and that the horses are essentially neck and neck and which will edge out, if we will it and stand up for the vision we believe in
10.02.2026 01:31 β
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The thing the halftime show reminded me of was something Jared Diamond said about how this century will essentially play out like (heavily paraphrasing) a horse race btw 2 forces, one of progress+light and the other destruction+darkness, and what Bad Bunny offered was such a counterpoint to
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A vibrant, wide-angle photo of a colorful outdoor mural promoting the "Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show." The mural is painted on a long blue wall in a sunlit, tropical setting with real palm trees and bright pink bougainvillea flowers cascading over the top.
The artwork features a playful, surreal collage of cultural and football-themed elements:
Central Text: The Apple Music logo in bold yellow and red 3D lettering is flanked by "SUPER BOWL LX" above and "HALFTIME SHOW" below.
Iconic Imagery: Large illustrations of a golden trumpet, pink sunglasses, maracas, dominoes, and a cup of coffee with a musical note in the foam.
Football Elements: Brown footballs are depicted growing on palm trees like coconuts and resting on the ground.
Foreground: A young girl in a yellow dress walks along the sidewalk in front of the mural, passing a small goalpost illustration where a green parrot is perched.
The overall aesthetic is warm, festive, and celebrates a fusion of Latin-inspired culture and American football.
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
09.02.2026 17:08 β
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Good morning! Just checking in to suggest: Please protect your attention while preserving your ability to act. Have a good one!
09.02.2026 15:02 β
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Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
09.02.2026 14:56 β
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