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24 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Y'all, I just ordered a BLT wrap from Subway.

I got home and it only had bacon in it.

I called Subway and told them my BLT was missing the L and the T.

They told me it's because I was supposed to specify that I wanted lettuce and tomatoes added to my BLT when I ordered. 😵‍💫
They replaced it for free (minor time and driving back costs aside). I don't blame the workers for it.

I'm just bewildered that someone in management decided the rule was not to put lettuce and tomatoes on BLT unless someone specified they want them added to their... BLT. 😂
And please don't @ the company, I've no interest in getting anyone at my local store in trouble assuming it was a local management decision that things work this way. I'm just amused.
It was a drive-thru. The last time I was inside a Subway was pre-March 2020.

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24 Sep
NEWS: Remember Will Norton, the ex-University of Mississippi journalism school dean?

He resigned as the unearthed #UMEmails revealed exchanges with a donor who'd sent him photos of Black women students, calling them "African hookers."

Well, he's back. 1/mississippifreepress.org/16257/ex-dean-…
After the #UMEmails revealed racist, sexist & homophobic emails, Will Norton appeared to depart the university in May.

But now he's returned to the campus, serving as a senior fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. 2/mississippifreepress.org/16257/ex-dean-…
Donor: "Ole Miss (has) problems when Black hookers are working on Jackson Ave...I know what happens when a place is taken over by the wrong elements."

Then-Dean Will Norton: "I've been disappointed for a long time with the way this culture is going." 3/
mississippifreepress.org/16257/ex-dean-… screenshot of the quoted emails
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23 Sep
NEW: Two suburban Mississippi school districts are ditching mask mandates for 32,000 students, citing declining COVID-19 cases.

One superintendent said mask mandates had helped improve the situation enough to return to "a greater sense of normalcy."
mississippifreepress.org/16223/%E2%80%8…
While suburban Rankin County and Madison County schools are ditching mask mandates, the nearby Jackson Public School District is going in the opposite direction: Jackson will soon begin requiring COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing for all K-12 staff.mississippifreepress.org/16223/%E2%80%8…
Jackson Public Schools began the year with a mask mandate in place, while Rankin County Schools began with masks optional on Aug. 6.

By Aug. 10, Rankin Schools had to mandate masks amid a large boom in COVID-19 cases.
mississippifreepress.org/16223/%E2%80%8…
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23 Sep
There's nothing wrong at all with using gender neutral language.

But if you're going to quote a woman who was very specifically talking about women and the challenges women face in a sexist society, don't neutralize her words.
For the same reason, if I were quoting a late trans rights pioneer who was specifically talking about trans issues, I wouldn't dare replace "trans people" in a quote of theirs with, "[people]" for the purpose of being more inclusive to non-binary people.
Being more inclusive is good, yet I'm wary of changing other people's meanings and contexts generally (I mean, I'm a journalist).

The good news is that I can be more inclusive in my own language without doing that.
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23 Sep
"Tate Reeves’ cruel failure constitutes a kind of child abuse. ... If your child caught COVID or had to be quarantined from exposure to the virus in the first six weeks of school, you’d only have Tate Reeves to blame," writes Dr. Douglas Chambers.
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Here's just how much worse COVID-19 is in Mississippi schools this fall vs. last fall: After just 5 weeks, 2x as many K-12 children had tested positive for COVID-19 as during all of fall 2021.

In fact, we've surpassed the entire 2020-2021 school year. Chart via @MSFreePress. Chart shows Mississippi K-1...
*as during all of fall 2020
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21 Sep
Geraldo has some really, really good points.
Several things can be true, though. Our anti-Hispanic policies are motivated by racism, and Republicans generally are in the lead on anti-Hispanic immigration.

But when it comes to Cubans, who tend to vote more Republican and oppose leftist policies, Republicans are in favor.
That doesn't mean anti-immigrant sentiment in this country or among Republican politicians isn't racist. It means that, sometimes, partisan preferences come first.

Even under the current administration, systemic white supremacy still controls much of our immigration policy.
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NEW: Dr. John Witcher has treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients over the past year.

He's unvaccinated and the leader of a small band of Mississippi doctors who are fighting against vaccine mandates, saying they feel "ostracized" and "shamed."
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Dr. Witcher: “They’re saying the solution to our COVID pandemic is everybody needs to get vaccinated. ... That’s shaming people like me who don’t want to be vaccinated. It’s ostracizing us. It’s not fair. We want to be treated with respect and dignity."
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Mississippi Against Mandates has erected billboards and is using social media to push its message, which includes anti-vaccine misinformation.

At least seven male physicians are part of the organization and appear on billboards.
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