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Laurie Schowalter

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Public health, equity, justice / πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

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Congo Miners Keep Dying for Minerals That Power U.S. Tech The mine feeding smartphones, data centers, and EVs became a mass grave, as a Trump‑era minerals accord moves ahead with little oversight.

NEW: After Trump signed a Dec. agreement, the U.S. now has preferential access to Congo’s copper, cobalt, and coltan. None of it was debated in Congo’s parliament

Hundreds are dying in hand‑dug tunnels for the minerals used in U.S. phones and data centers
capitalbnews.org/congo-mine-c...

10.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is my most fervent hope

10.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dying

10.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg yes, so repetitive!

08.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus Christ

08.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly!!! The world is so upside down

08.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, this is it. No more opinions in the newspaper.

08.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS!! Absolutely dead on and explains why I was miserable in university.

07.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I have one of each, no good choice here

05.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The boomer moms were NOT okay

04.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s absolutely terrifying seeing what is so obvious to me <a 50 yr old white woman> are your very standard eating disorders repackaged as whatever the fuck new β€œhack” to make you productive. Nope. You’re just starving yourself.

04.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She needs to go to prison

04.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It feels so close

02.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg yes, anything for them to stfu

02.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I want to read it!

01.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a beautiful day. A warm day but a real fall feel. So clear.

28.02.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All true but it's frustrating that we might have been spared a lot of this but for the Lancet publishing Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent study in 1998

28.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 577 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

When we say no war but class war we mean that no one in Iran is poisoning our water or stealing our wages or kidnapping our neighbors. And the people who are? They're spending our money on killing Iranians

28.02.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 403 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The phrase β€œpreemptive strike” is as insulting as when we were sold β€œhumanitarian pauses” in the middle of a live-streamed genocide. The powerful looking you straight in the face and telling you your common sense simply doesn’t matter.

28.02.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 1810 πŸ” 568 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

I’m sorry. It’s an incredible privilege to choose where you live and not the reality for most of the world. I don’t think we - or anyone else!- should have to leave their home.

26.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What’s sad is how blinkered Americans are. And I get it- it’s expensive to travel outside the US, particularly off the continent. But man, they think they have it so great and have no idea.

26.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol! Memories!

26.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude

26.02.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen ...

It's U.S. foreign policy that the whole world must serve up our data to the AI giants that are now an arm of the U.S. government.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

25.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 292 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 17

Exactly!

25.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes…where is Will Arnett to parody this

24.02.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible β€œAmerica at 250!” achievement

19.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 13439 πŸ” 3448 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 126
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From SNL in 1984: Reverend Jesse Jackson in THE QUESTION IS MOOT.
Listen to him and tell me how comes that it feels in 42 years nothing has really changed?

17.02.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

When I think about what awful craven people get ahead in this world it’s nice to remind myself of Stephen Colbert. Should just make that a daily affirmation or something.

18.02.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks you just described my last 2 days πŸ™ˆ

17.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0