“We hope that moving forward, Penn will respect the democratic will and self-determination of university employees rather than attempt to persuade workers not to unionize,” the letter addressed to President Liz Magill and Provost John Jackson read. Read more The Daily Pennsylvanian

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“Rep. Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus) said the rationale for HB 183 — fear of assault and exposure — mirrors Jim Crow laws introduced in the Southern U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.”

Great title and sounds like a very interesting book

SB 83, The Higher Education Destruction Act, will be getting a sub bill and another round of defense from its sponsor next Wednesday. Show up to the Statehouse, if you can. #StopSB83

Ward: So if the conflict is essentially about tactics and the real energies behind the far right are cultural, why do people like Gaetz still lean so heavily on the language of fiscal conservatism? Skocpol: It sells with the Washington press corps.

“Three other former employees say the source of these problems is management laser-focused on electing LaRose as Ohio's next U.S. senator and unwilling to listen to seasoned election experts. The USA TODAY Ohio Bureau is not naming the ex-staffers because they fear retaliation.”

"Norfolk Southern, as the buyer, given their activities in East Palestine, aren't a very good corporate actor," Dillingham said. Selling the Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern would be "rewarding a corporate entity that has done so poorly by others in this state."

Can’t believe Dbacks learned nothing from APSA taking a big L on this - go Dodgers!

just want to add to the chorus here and say that "songtradr" should dispense with whatever nonsense is going on in this statement and recognize Bandcamp's union

"he proposes cutting the number of government ministries from 18 to 8...Some of their functions will be integrated into the Ministry of Human Capital, which will make welfare conditional on work. Social security reform, he adds, will follow the model instituted by Pinochet..."

It’s nice that this party’s leader was given a White House state dinner

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"Bandcamp workers say they are unable to do their jobs and keep the platform operating after being locked out of critical systems. They’re also expecting layoffs."

This is more convincing than I expected bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

“You have made a post against a renowned PR firm” is up there with “I am aware of all Internet traditions.”

My Darling Clementine is an insanely gorgeous film - pretty clear the script isn’t the main attraction from Darnell being cast as a Mexican woman named Chihuahua, but visually, a stunning film in almost every frame (and separately, my god, Darnell’s Wikipedia entry is WILD)