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Laura Efford
@lauralizardbreath.bsky.social
Charlottesville teacher 👩‍🏫
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At a training on Thursday, attendees will learn their rights, how to correctly identify and verify ICE agents, how to safely and legally record arrests and more. www.cvilletomorrow.org/attend-a-fre...
Attend a free 'what to do when ICE shows up' training this Thursday
Attendees will learn their rights, how to correctly identify and verify ICE agents, how to safely and legally record arrests and more.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Kevin Cox is asking for help paying legal fees to defend the vandalism charge of putting chalk on a road. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with Kevin Cox for Safer Streets, organized by Kevin Cox
I am Kevin Cox. I am an activist working to improve pedestrian safety in Charlottesvi… Kevin Cox needs your support for Stand with Kevin Cox for Safer Streets
www.gofundme.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Now, with about 2 million people locked up, U.S. prison labor from all sectors has morphed into a multibillion-dollar empire” (from Jan 2024)
June 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Under Trump's economic plan, people making between $17K and $51K could lose an average $700 in after-tax income, taking into account tax and social spending changes, according to a new study. Those make $4.3M or more would gain an average $389K. @tonyromm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
G.O.P. Tax Bill May Hurt the Lowest Earners and Help the Richest
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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keep in mind, the stocks of private prisons have soared since Nov 5
Do private prisons use incarcerated labor? Yes — but they don’t have to disclose how. Unlike state-run prisons, private facilities aren’t required to report labor practices, making their use of prison labor even more opaque.
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
The Past and Present of Prison Labor: Your Questions Answered
A historian answers <i>Bolts</i> readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.
boltsmag.org
March 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Cville memes have arrived bsky.app/profile/dank...
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January 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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As we witness these heartbreaking scenes from the fires in LA, an important reminder that incarcerated people make up over 30% of California’s forest firefighters.
30 percent of California's forest firefighters are prisoners
About 4,000 inmates battle blazes in the Golden State's woodlands.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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“In a span of just two weeks, a dozen Black men at Red Onion prison in Virginia took the same desperate measures, setting themselves ablaze. These are not acts of protest. These are human beings driven to extreme lengths, hoping for relief from torment.”

www.prisonradio.org/news-update/...
Self Immolation at Red Onion State Prison
Dear Friends, On September 15th, 2024, a tragic, horrifying event took place at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison—an event that highlights the unbearable conditions incarcerated individuals face every...
www.prisonradio.org
November 21, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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“The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory
The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (Charlottesville edition)

—the Virginian restaurant 🍻
—Casella’s restaurant 🍕
—Northern Exposure 🥩
—Ben & Jerry’s 🍦
—Barnes & Noble 📚
—College Inn 🥙
—Splendora’s 🍨
—Bodos 🥯
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from you do now

-ice cream server/maker
-cashier
-sales floor associate (retail)
-assistant professor
-freelance editor
-freelance museum exhibit writer
-temporary office manager
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from you do now

— Housepainter
— Dishwasher
— IT support
— Staff in a halfway house
— Office manager for an outpatient clinic
— Lecturer
November 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Carl Sagan, 1994: “If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle… it’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
November 11, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Asimov: “There is a cult of ignorance in the US and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
November 11, 2024 at 2:19 AM