doctorjavier @doctorjavier@computerfairi.es

Albertsons bought Safeway. Now Kroger is buying Albertons.

Combined they would control ~22% of the US grocery market, with revenue over $200B.

Add Walmart, these brands would control 70% of the grocery market in 167 cities across the country.

This is why antitrust matters.

#Tesla plunges off a cliff at Devil's Slide on CA's Highway 1, requiring "multiple air ambulances" to rescue critically injured kids. https://www.ksbw.com/article/car-goes-over-cliff-at-devils-slide/42379850

President Biden just eliminated all Electoral College counting loopholes that will prevent the next Trump from trying to cling to power by pressuring the Vice President and using slates of fake electors. https://youtu.be/Rslen25CjW8

How can Democrats regain the working class?

By fighting corporate America's ability to:

—raise prices higher than their increasing costs.

—suppress wages and bust unions.

—bribe lawmakers to cut their taxes and dole out corporate welfare.

President Biden is set to nominate Dr. Ashish Jha as the new permanent director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. To do his job, he'll have to hold pharmaceutical companies to account.

From @MaxMoranHi@twitter.com and @revolvingdoorDC@twitter.com:

https://prospect.org/health/2023-01-02-ashish-jha-white-house-pandemic-preparedness-director/

Damage to 🇺🇦 ecology caused by Russia is estimated at 35.3 billion dollars - Oleksiy Reznikov

RUSSIA IS LOSING THE AIR WAR IN #UKRAINE

The Russian air force lacks fully trained pilots and has made poor use of the few good pilots that it has, according to a report by the Royal United Services Institute, a British think tank

#MOG

https://l.smartnews.com/Tsx9c/YrSRY1

One of the strangest pieces of legislation ever enacted in California took effect Jan. 1, giving state residents and visitors the same power to threaten the gun industry that Texans now wield over abortion providers.

Some gun-rights advocates have called California’s law “performative legislation,” but Craig Peters, a partner at Altair Law in San Francisco, said SB 1327 “points out the absurdity” of Texas’ approach and the bad precedent it set.

Here’s how it works: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-01/californians-will-soon-have-their-chance-to-sue-the-gun-industry

WATCH: Elise #Stefanik knew #GeorgeSantos was a fraud yet she enthusiastically endorsed him for Congress.

The House #Republican leadership is complicit in the fraud Santos perpetrated against the public.

BOOST this post if you agree Elisa Stefanik can't remain silent and MUST disavow George Santos.

Great read on creating your own luck for the first day of a new year - thanks @swyx: https://www.swyx.io/create-luck/

Cyber attacks targeting hospitals surged worldwide in 2021 and 2022, in large part because of the pandemic, which left the healthcare system vulnerable to attacks. The number of deaths caused by these attacks is not yet known.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/28/cyberattacks-u-s-hospitals-00075638

Ok folks, remember what we agreed on. 2023 is the year we have zero tolerance for any bigotry. If anyone is unrepentantly racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, or whatever, we push them to the fringes of the herd and let the predators feed on them.

I'm going to start off the New Year with this tip: if you suffer from chronic muscle or joint pain, and have not yet tried a TENS unit, you're probably suffering needlessly. They don't "cure" you, but they can rewire your brain around the pain so effectively, they can feel like a cure. Most naysayers I talk to tried them once and lost interest. Try again. Experiment to find electrode placement that works for you. They are just too inexpensive ($35) not to try.

https://ireliev.com/too-much-of-a-good-thing-how-often-can-you-use-a-tens-unit/

In just six days I make my London stage debut. Don’t ever let anyone say you can’t keep dreaming and having to pinch yourself, even at age 85.
https://Allegiancemusical.com

Seeing a lot of right wing "the left is trying to turn them gay / trans" rubbish around... Trust me, if that were possible, we'd have a lesbian task force focusing on Cate Blanchett right now.