Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children. 1/🧵

Shout out to Chris Herring for making this die-hard 90s Bulls fan appreciate (and even cheer for!) the hated Knicks. I wanted them to pull off victories even *knowing* that the outcomes were already history. Blood In the Garden is just excellent.

Implementing & enforcing water quality standards are critical steps for protecting our waterways & manatees. Under SB 620, local programs addressing water quality issues are at risk. Urge Gov DeSantis to protect FL's natural resources by vetoing SB 620. savethemanatee.org/sb620

No clemency for evil.

don’t touch that, it’s my emotional support emdash

“...you kill somebody with a car, even on purpose, chances are you’re going to keep your license.” We need real infrastructure for bicyclists & real consequences for drivers who are so willing to literally *kill* someone who dares to share the road w/them. outsideonline.com/culture/essays…

Will people ever stop saying “the intern running the Twitter account?” I’ve done paid social media work for 14 years. People get degrees in it now. And it tends to pay well. It’s so cringe to see people using 20 year-old tropes.

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Scoop: 90% of Google cafeteria workers (~4,000 people) have quietly unionized with UNITE HERE over the past few years. They've secured higher wages, retirement benefits & free healthcare. from Gerrit De Vynck 🦭 & me. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

This is a MAJOR victory. Congratulations to the Minor League Baseball players who organized to make it happen. I hope the Commissioner and MLB will move just as quickly to negotiate a fair first contract.

All of that Peanut Punching in camp shows up early for the Bears. Cornerback Jaylon Johnson forced the fumble and rookie safety Jaquan Brisker recovered it.

Football is fun

⚡️ BREAKING ⚡️ 1,000 fast-food workers at San Francisco International Airport are on strike. Most of us haven't had a raise in three years, and we're tired of working two or even three jobs just to survive. So we're fighting back. #1u #AirportStrikeAlert #unitehere

I spy an #airportstrikealert✊! Don't be a scab: bring your own food/drink to SFO. And support your AFA-CWA flight attendants on their picket lines tmrw!

In a statement about Hurricane Ian, the director of the Save the Manatee Club encourages residents to keep an eye out for stranded manatees once it is safe to do so, and to report sightings. nbcnews.to/3fnJkms

"They could have evacuated." "Why didn't they evacuate?" "That's what you get for not evacuating." As a lifelong Florida resident who grew up low-income on Sanibel Island which has been destroyed by #Ian hear me when I say this: Evacuating is HARD.

The Money Badger looking to be the #Bears leading scorer on the season one day after being signed to the team.

Two Big Lessons Here >> 1) There is power in a union AND 2) Strikes work

Help us spread the word! Glitter-filled flotation devices are no fun for our environment: These novelty floats w/ glitter inside pollute waterways when they fail, endangering the environment & wildlife, incl manatees. If you own one, please do NOT use it in a spring/ waterway.

Solidarity with New York Times Tech Guild. No justice, no games.