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Trump wants to fast-track an Alabama coal mine expansion—but almost all its rock is shipped overseas

Fast Company Tech

BROOKWOOD, Ala.The Trump administration has announced it will aim to fast-track the permitting and environmental review of a major coal mine expansion in central Alabama as part of a larger effort to accelerate the construction of what the government has labeled critical mineral infrastructure.

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Alabama warehouse workers prepare to face down Amazon in union vote

The Verge

An Amazon warehouse in Alabama could become the first to unionize in the US For the next seven weeks, employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote on whether to become the first of the company’s US employees to unionize. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. By the summer, other issues had arisen.

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Twitch, owned by Amazon, pulls Amazon’s anti-union ads

The Verge

A Twitch spokesperson said the ads “should never have been allowed to run on [the] service,” as they violate its political advertising policies. The ads were the latest entry in a long campaign aimed at disrupting organization efforts at an Amazon warehouse outside of Birmingham, Alabama.

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President Biden denounces ‘anti-union propaganda’ ahead of Amazon union vote

The Verge

On Sunday night, President Joe Biden released a message of support for unionizing Amazon workers in Alabama, while sternly denouncing anti-union efforts by employers. I made it clear during my campaign that my policy would be to support unions organizing and the right to collectively bargain,” Biden said in the statement.

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Amazon wants to make sure drivers who don’t work for the company are well-groomed and nice online

The Verge

The company has explicit policies concerning personal grooming and social media etiquette that apply to the drivers from other delivery companies. Amazon did not immediately reply to a request for comment. The rules also apparently forbid drivers from making social media posts that could be considered obscene.

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Amazon settles with the activists it fired

The Verge

At the time of the NLRB’s ruling, Amazon said that it disagreed with the findings, and that Costa and Cunningham had been fired due to violation of internal policies. They haven’t mentioned whether they would be getting their jobs as UX designers back. Often, though, the two parties will settle as we saw today.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

This list is by no means exhaustive: please add your favorites (especially non-American ones) in the comments. They have an open collections policy, and they see media artifacts as objects that connect people--to art, to history, to politics, and to each other. Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA). PieLab (Greensboro, AL).