DSmith_Tucson @DSmith_Tucson@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com

Twitter is literally auctioning off their furniture.

Perhaps to keep their lights on?

Also, can someone send me the link to this please? I want to see more stuff!

(Thanks to @konomikitten for the image)

https://twitter.com/ekai/status/1601305748209750016

"They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths" https://grantwahl.substack.com/p/world-cup-daily-day-25

Journalist Grant Wahl, one of the most prominent chroniclers of American soccer over more than 20 years and a longtime writer for Sports Illustrated, died on Friday night while covering the World Cup in Qatar. He was 48. https://www.wsj.com/articles/grant-wahl-soccer-journalist-world-cup-11670639526

Departure: Sinema leaves Democrats, the sky is blue, Arizona is hot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120922_sinema_bolts_op/departure-sinema-leaves-democrats-sky-blue-arizona-hot/
News flash: U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema pulls an attention-seeking move to make herself so much more super-important. Or not. And my hot take: Eyeroll. Of course she did.
#Tucson #Arizona

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has left Democratic Party, registers as an independent https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120922_sinema_independent/sen-kyrsten-sinema-has-left-democratic-party-registers-as-independent/
Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona’s senior U.S. senator, has left the Democratic Party and re-registered as an independent - a move that has immediate political implications for Democrats, who this week won a 51-seat majority in the Senate.
#Tucson #Arizona

NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked to Brett Favre about getting state funds to pay the remaining $1.6 million he owed on a volleyball stadium at USM after the State stopped using welfare funds for the project.

We have the text messages. 🧵
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/29628/texts-gov-reeves-talked-to-brett-favre-about-using-state-funds-for-volleyball-facilities/

What an ordeal for The Pilot's staff. This is a great example of the dedication of local reporters covering their community while living through the same hardship. (The story link - through my sub - bypasses the paywall.)

I was working for a small daily in Ohio during the August 2003 blackout that affected eight states and parts of Ontario. That was a definite challenge to get an eight-page edition out the next morning, but we were back to normal the next day.

https://wapo.st/3Y9MrjN

I'd like to congratulate Bari Weiss on discovering that mod tools exist, that moderation decisions are sometimes escalated to more senior officials, and that platforms often ban or quietly block specific words, topics, and users from accessing some or all of the platform.

#BariWeiss #TwitterFiles #ElonMusk #CommunityManagement #ContentModeration #TrustAndSafety #Twitter

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried hit with campaign finance complaint over GOP 'dark' money https://cnb.cx/3W1drjz #politics #GOP #DarkMoney

If Musk gave Taibbi and Weiss access to users' private messages --that is, access to other people's DMs -- it's a flagrant violation of privacy promises, and should cost Musk and his investors a ton of money in damages.

Pima County greenlights land lease for $1.2 billion battery cell factory https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120822_pima_battery_factory/pima-county-greenlights-land-lease-12-billion-battery-cell-factory/
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to approve a lease with American Battery Factory, which plans to spend $1.2 billion to start making battery cells in Tucson and says the company plans to bring in 1,000 jobs with average salaries of $65,000.
#Tucson #Arizona

Former Border Patrol agent who wanted to 'clean up the streets' convicted of capital murder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120822_border_patrol_serial_killer/former-border-patrol-agent-who-wanted-clean-up-streets-convicted-capital-murder/
A Texas jury on Wednesday convicted former U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz of capital murder for the 2018 vigilante-inspired killing spree of four women, all sex workers, along the Texas/Mexico border.
#Tucson #Arizona

Overrepresentation of Black, Hispanic students among those suspended for missing school could violate civil rights law https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120822_school_suspensions_disparities/overrepresentation-black-hispanic-students-among-those-suspended-missing-school-could-violate-civil-rights-law/
Arizona students are suspended for not showing up to class - because they arrive late, leave campus midday or fail to make it at all - and the data shows, Black, Latino and Native American students are frequently overrepresented among those blocked from class for missing class.
#Tucson #Arizona

Arizona schools struggle to fill a range of jobs, in classroom & beyond https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120722_school_shortages/arizona-schools-struggle-fill-range-jobs-classroom-beyond/
School staffers across Arizona may increasingly find themselves pressed to fill in on other jobs, as districts struggle to fill positions across the board and personnel officers say they have openings they cannot fill for everything from nurses to custodial employees and administrators.
#Tucson #Arizona