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Amazing day in the field!

Did the 7 hour drive and put 7 hours of field work in, day 1.

Our 6th research visit to #EastPalestine #Ohio area has begun.

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Sulfur Run, where the chemicals first entered waterways from The Norfolk Southern #disaster is practically free of water in some places.

Some places are flowing others seemingly with stagnant pools. Image
Sheen still exudes from the Sulfur Run creek banks in places where we visited.

We did see free floating sheen (not from us disturbing) after the confluence of Sulfur Run and Leslie Run.
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Since ‘21 lawmakers proposed nearly 900 anti-#LGBTQ+ bills, nearly 500 of which were introduced this year in 49 state legislatures+Congress. Many bills target rights of #transgender people by curtailing “basic healthcare, education, legal recognition & the right to publicly exist
1) Many of the anti-trans bills target the rights of #transgender people by curtailing “basic #healthcare, education, #legal recognition, and the right to publicly exist” #LGBTQ thecrimereport.org/2023/05/16/a-s…
2) #NorthDakota recently enacted a statute restricting access to sex-segregated spaces apnews.com/article/transg…
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#Anonymous #OpGOP
Stills from videos released with states listed of Republican sexual predators as requested by you the people
#Alabama #Ohio #Illinois #Georgia
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Stills from videos released with states listed of Republican sexual predators as requested by you the people
#Florida #Ohio #Pennsylvania #NewJersey ImageImageImageImage
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#Anonymous #OpGOP
Stills from videos released with states listed of Republican sexual predators as requested by you the people
#PuertoRico #Connecticut #California #SouthCarolina ImageImageImageImage
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🧵 There are currently 28 children reported missing from #Tennessee since Jan 1. 2023. This does not include the total 102 children missing from this state. If you search a good majority of these children’s names you will find little to no information about them, that is because… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Rep Littleton (@78RepLittleton) brought HB1106/SB0611 to the floor which allows a juvenile court to transfer a 16 yo or older to a criminal court of to be tried as an ADULT for committing the offense of escape from a youth development center. 2/ Image
In 2022 an audit released by the #Tennessee Department of Children’s services shows MULTIPLE failures by DCS to keep children safe once they are taken into custody. “An abuse hotline took as many as 40 days to report sexual abuse of children in state custody to investigators” 3/ Photo shows children in #Te...
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Y'all I'm livid rn. Just got home from meeting with Rs to try to convince them not to vote out my state rep, @brotherjones_ . One of them said to my face that they were scared for their life bc of what happened at the protest. They flat out lied to my face......
... this TN R rep said that state troopers were checking IDs and that most of the protestors were brought in from out of state. I've been up to the statehouse and Capitol too many times to count at this point and NEVER have they checked my ID as I went through security...
.... this same rep said state troopers were confiscating knives and mace from people. And that might be true as ppl carry pocket knives and mace regularly. But I saw no evidence that anyone at those protests were anything but angry people of #Nashville.
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Our second thread in a series about why #Tennessee @TNGOP leadership is resorting to authoritarianism.

Generally they only care about big business/their donors. Their policies are failing average Tennesseans.

This thread is about our poor economic outcomes.

#TNDeservesBetter
#Tennessee is #42 of 50 states for average income.

The median US income is $67,521 - well above our $56,071. (Source next Tweet)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U…
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We've written a lot of threads on #Tennessee status at the bottom of 50 states on virtually everything from average income to life expectancy. Sadly it isn't a surprise that @TNGOP is now resorting to authoritarianism, since its members lack the skills to lead our state. 🧵
Basically the issue is that @TNGOP "leadership" puts big business/their donors first. They don't even think about average Tennesseans, since those folks don't have big bucks to pour into campaign coffers.
As a result #Tennessee has some of the worst outcomes for residents in the United States. Some of them are comparable to the undeveloped world, not a state in the most powerful country in human history.
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I’m in the gallery. Waiting to see if they vote to remove my state representative. If they do, I won’t be quiet. I’m ready to make good trouble.

#FreeSpeech #1stamendment #AdvocacyInMedicine Image
They are honoring Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr right now, another person killed by gun violence in #Tennessee.
@brotherjones_ just acknowledged his constituents in the gallery. He got a standing ovation from those of us in the balcony. Image
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Later TODAY: Join @Nashtivists for a #GunSense #NotOneMore phonebank calling #Tennessee legislators on gun bills (lowering permitless carry age, guns in cars etc.)

TODAY OR TOMORROW: If you haven't already, contact your Metro Councilmember prior to the vote on #NoNewNashvilleStadium tomorrow night.

Our petition here contains language on why we think it's a bad idea, feel free to copy/paste.

change.org/nonewnashville…
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#DeathToll from #tornadoes in South, Midwest continues to rise | -48min
-The dead included seven in one #Tennessee county, four in the small town of #Wynne, #Arkansas, four in Illinois, and three in nearby #Sullivan, Indiana.
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#Death toll from #US #tornadoes, storms climbs | -1h
- Death toll from a major storm system that has lashed south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes rises to 21, with dozens of others injured
trtworld.com/americas/death…
#Photos show destruction in US as #tornado #deathtoll rises | Apr 1
- #LittleRock, Arkansas, where the mayor said more than 2000 buildings were in a tornado's path.
1news.co.nz/2023/04/02/pho…
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A tornado hit pretty close to us tonight. Gonna post some pictures of the damage. Nothing major my kids outdoor toys are disappeared or damaged, but, all people and animals are accounted for.

#Tornado #Adamsville #Tennesseetornado
It was the stranger feeling when it got close. I could feel the pressure changes in my ears like driving through a mountain.
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@AnonUpon @moronmomma @ThatOneTek @AgesSnark @DouleurExquise3 @StormWarningMom @Monkee_Don @Maga_GA1 @tlshaw1997Q @joenonotthatone @Dman7210 @GenFlynn @aked31 @TrumpWarRoom Okay, folks. Gotta pass this on.
So one of my relatives lives in Nashville, and a friend of theirs did some digging on Covenant.
According to the digger (haven't verified yet) there were some issues at the church back around the time Audrey was there.
@AnonUpon @moronmomma @ThatOneTek @AgesSnark @DouleurExquise3 @StormWarningMom @Monkee_Don @Maga_GA1 @tlshaw1997Q @joenonotthatone @Dman7210 @GenFlynn @aked31 @TrumpWarRoom Supposedly, the pastor (not the one there now) set up his house as a "safe place" for kids of the church if they were having problems at home - he would basically take the kids away and foster them or something like that. And then shenanigans ensued.
@AnonUpon @moronmomma @ThatOneTek @AgesSnark @DouleurExquise3 @StormWarningMom @Monkee_Don @Maga_GA1 @tlshaw1997Q @joenonotthatone @Dman7210 @GenFlynn @aked31 @TrumpWarRoom That old pastor allegedly wrote some books with Huckabee so was obv protected from consequences (old story, right) so nothing ever happened to him.

Gonna do some looking around to see what I can see. Will share here.
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3 settimane fa il #Tennessee ha vietato la #mutilazione di genere infantile.

Oggi un #transgender ha commesso un crimine d'odio per omicidio di massa premeditato contro i cristiani uccidendo 6 persone, tra cui tre #bambini piccoli.
Basta?
La portavoce della #CasaBianca: "Quanti altri bambini dovranno essere uccisi prima che i repubblicani al Congresso si facciano avanti e agiscano per approvare il #divieto delle #armi d'assalto?".
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#OHIO 𝙄𝙎𝙉'𝙏 𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙊𝙒𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝘼𝙇𝙆 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎! #OHIO 𝙄𝙎𝙉'𝙏 𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙊𝙒𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝘼𝙇𝙆 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎!
There’s a whole movie that resembles a good chunk of this situation starring Adam Driver
Based on the 1985 novel White Noise by Don DeLillo
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5 articles ou sujets de l'actualité états-unienne qui ont retenu mon attention ce mardi 31 janvier 23 au matin.
#USNews #Actualités #EtatsUnis
(Elèves du lycée George Washington Carver, Miami, c1950s, collection Bob Simms, University of Miami Libraries)
1. La purge et l'enquête continuent au sein des forces de l'ordre et de secours de #Memphis #Tennessee après le tabassage mortel de #TyreNichols au début du mois: 1 officier suspendu & 2 pompiers renvoyés.
apnews.com/article/tyre-n…
2. Quelle histoire enseigner en #Floride ? Pour @jelani9 #DeSantis propose une histoire "pour les Floridiens blancs dès le plus jeune age avec laquelle ils pourront être à l'aise"
newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
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5 articles ou sujets de l'actualité états-unienne qui ont retenu mon attention ce lundi 30 janvier 23 au matin.
#EtatsUnis #Actualités #USNews
(Manifestants et policiers à #Memphis #Tennessee pendant une grève en 1968, University of Memphis Digital Commons)
1. Les suites de la mort de #TyreNichols après son tabassage par la police de #Memphis au début du mois.
Bon papier de l'AP qui dresse fait le bilan après la mise en examen des suspects et la diffusion des images terribles de ce lynchage
apnews.com/article/law-en…
Dans le #NYT papier intéressant sur l'unité "scorpion" dont sont issus les meurtriers présumés: cela ressemble fort à une BAC a qui on aurait que tous les coups sont permis dans un contexte de grande insécurité
nytimes.com/2023/01/29/us/…
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Powerful #storms slam South; at least 6 #killed in #Alabama | Jan 12
- A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South killed at least six people Thursday in central Alabama,
newsday.com/news/nation/al…
#PowerOutages across the #US | 2023-01-13 T03:04:03 AM GMT+1
- States and territories by customers out
#Georgia: 74,730
#Alabama: 33,858
#California: 21,170
#NorthCarolina: 17,778
#Tennessee: 13,314
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Severe #storm slamming the south of the US kills at least 6 people in Alabama | Jan 13
- There were multiple #tornado #warnings issued Thursday in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee as the storm system moved through the region.
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1) Trump won't be able to terminate the US Constitution but a Republican-led effort to rewrite it continues news.yahoo.com/trump-wont-abl… Trump's "allies are busy pushing an unprecedented rewrite of the foundational document that would fundamentally alter Americans' daily lives."
2) "In 2022, a group with ties to Trump's orbit was able to get four more states to join its efforts."

"@CommonCause is trying both to thwart any new convention pushes alongside repealing old resolutions calling a convention." commoncause.org/our-work/const… Support them!

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GOP proposal calls for convention to amend U.S. Constitution bit.ly/3D0VH0J "In 2021, it came within 2 votes of passage in the #Montana Senate...This session, Democrats control three fewer Senate seats and several GOP defectors are no longer in office" #NoConCon Image
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#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #UnitedStates

Interesting tug of war between BQ.1.1 & XBB.1.5

TOP lineages (#15DAYTRENDS):

27.0% XBB.1.5 👀
14.7% BQ.1.1
8.4% BQ.1
4.1% BQ.1.22
3.9% XBB.1
2.2% BQ.1.1.4

Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7

#OmicronUpdates 12/31/22

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Sequence count by US State

New York has submitted a lion's share of sequences with specimen collection dates in the last 15 days.

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Granular details -#VariantDashboard #USA #15DayTrends

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You did nothing to deserve this, #Tennessee: The white supremacist #AsatruFolkAssembly intends to build a residential compound in the Volunteer State. @Tennessean @TheTNHoller @tn_tribune @TNLookout @WPLN
It's to be called Sigrheim. Land has for it has been purchased at an undisclosed location in east-central #Tennessee. #AsatruFolkAssembly leader #MattFlavel describes it as app 1 1/2 hrs east of #Nashville.
For those who've not heard of them, #AsatruFolkAssembly is recognized as a hate group by the @splcenter. For good reason. This is their founder, Steve McNallen, who remains active and revered in the group. @KnoxvilleHoller
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1/3: An @NRCgov inspection at the Watts Bar #nuclear plant in #Tennessee found a "chilled work environment" in the Chemistry Department. But you'd never know it from the inspection report cover page. nrc.gov/docs/ML223/ML2… Image
2/3: A "chilled work environment" means individuals are hesitant to raise nuclear safety concerns for fear
of retaliation and perceive that supervision is retaliating against employees for bringing up concerns.
3/3: "At the time of the inspection, the team determined that many employees in the chemistry department ... have the perceptions that nothing will be done with their concerns ...[and] the amount of turnover and churn among the staff and supervisors is causing tremendous strain."
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24-25 November 1863 - BATTLES OF CHATTANOOGA #CivilWar
After defeating Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chickamauga in Sept., Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee took up positions south and east of Chattanooga, TN. on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Image
The CSA force lay siege to Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland in the city, cutting it off its rail access. The War Dept. dispatched about 20,000 men under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker from the Army of the Potomac by rail in late Sept. to relieve the beleaguered Union army.
In late Oct., Hooker attacked CSA positions southwest of Chattanooga to restore rail access. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant arrived and took overall command; Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman led Grant's Army of the Tennessee, while Maj. Gen. George Thomas replaced Rosecrans. Image
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