DSmith_Tucson @DSmith_Tucson@mastodon.tucsonsentinel.com

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

You're invited: Support local independent journalism at TucsonSentinel.com's holiday shindig https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120322_holiday_shindig/youre-invited-support-local-independent-journalism-tucsonsentinelcoms-holiday-shindig/
Come celebrate the holiday season with a few drinks, a bite to eat and lots of healthy conversation, as we observe whatever it is you/we/they celebrate this time of year — especially the 231st birthday of the Bill of Rights (Dec. 15), or the impending 13th (!) birthday of TucsonSentinel.com (Jan. 22).
#Tucson #Arizona

Tucson, Pima County to vote on backing $1.1B battery plant https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120522_agenda_battery_op/tucson-pima-county-vote-backing-11b-battery-plant/
A combination of city and county incentives would help land an American Battery Factory plant in Tucson — with a forecast of 1,000 jobs at a $1.1 billion plant. But the deal might remind some of the World View situation.
#Tucson #Arizona

Hobbs & Ducey certify Arizona’s 2022 election results https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120522_az_election_canvass/hobbs-ducey-certify-arizonas-2022-election-results/
The state’s top officials on Monday certified the canvass of Arizona’s midterm election, after a dramatic runup to the certification in which one county had to be forced by court order to certify its own election results to send to the state.
#Tucson #Arizona

You're invited: Support local independent journalism at TucsonSentinel.com's holiday shindig https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120322_holiday_shindig/youre-invited-support-local-independent-journalism-tucsonsentinelcoms-holiday-shindig/
Come celebrate the holiday season with a few drinks, a bite to eat and lots of healthy conversation, as we observe whatever it is you/we/they celebrate this time of year — especially the 231st birthday of the Bill of Rights (Dec. 15), or the impending 13th (!) birthday of TucsonSentinel.com (Jan. 22).
#Tucson #Arizona

'Cardinal' Kolbe saw the big picture with an eye on the local https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120322_kolbe_op/cardinal-kolbe-saw-big-picture-with-eye-local/
On a December night in 2006, I did an exit interview with Jim Kolbe. I knew he was smart. I didn't yet realize he was brilliant. He saw how the pieces fit together, and his intellect explained how he could be a total pain.
#Tucson #Arizona

Introducing Textra, a free + open source OCR tool I created using Apple's new Vision API 🖼️✨📄

Textra runs on the command line and quickly/accurately converts PDF and image files to text (requires Mac OS 13+). Check it out!

https://github.com/freedmand/textra #opensource

Jim Kolbe - Southern Arizona's 'congressman from central casting' for 22 years - dead at 80 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120322_jim_kolbe_obit/jim-kolbe-southern-arizonas-congressman-from-central-casting-22-years-dead-80/
Jim Kolbe, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who served Tucson and Southern Arizona from 1985 to 2007, died Saturday at the age of 80.
#Tucson #Arizona

Cochise County Board of Supervisors approves the canvass of the election 2-0 after a judge's order. Sup. Tom Crosby refused to show up for the meeting.

Arizona judge orders Cochise County to certify election: "The board has exceeded its lawful authority. You will meet today; you will canvass the election no later than 5 o'clock."

At the start of sanctions against Russia the predictions were they would start causing pain in 6 months. They are causing pain, and it is increasing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/26/russia-war-economy-military-supply/

You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf
In Canada we have

You don’t have to be progressive to grasp Nazis and Nazism are bad things and contrary to American principles. It just takes memory or a history class about what side Americans were on. Over 16M Americans fought in WWII, over 400k died and nearly 700k were wounded to defend democracy and America.

This thread by @losowsky@twitter.com was among the more sobering critiques I've seen regarding Post.news. A principal selling point is content moderation. Yet they don't appear to have thought that challenge through or prioritized it https://twitter.com/losowsky/status/1596899959206395905

So the vaunted “Twitter alternative” #ProjectMushroom is a…commercialized #Mastodon instance with climate content? 🤔

I've just started my term on a user group helping US federal courts improve the PACER system for accessing fillings. Would love to hear from #journalists who use #PACER about how it could serve them better. Tiny tweaks or fundamental changes, I'll pass them all on!

My core takeways about http://post.news, thus far:

• It was made by tech-bros to milk media properties and advertisers.
• Sold to early adopters by influencers who were secretly investors .
• MSM brands just don’t want to get on Andrea Mitchell’s shit list.