📝 Why WI is suing a tech giant

⚖️ Wisconsin vs. Meta

• Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined a multi-state lawsuit against technology company Meta, which owns and operates Instagram and Facebook. The lawsuit claims Meta knowingly designed features meant to addict children to its platforms. [DOJ]
• The lawsuit asserts Meta’s practices have fueled what the U.S. Surgeon General has deemed “youth mental health crisis.” More than two-dozen states have signed on to the lawsuit. [HHS]
• “It doesn’t matter whether your child uses Facebook, Instagram, or another social media platform. Companies should not be allowed to misrepresent their products and their impact, or use tactics to manipulate youth and their parents into using those products,” said Secretary Randy Romanski of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

🔎 Unionizing Wisconsin Watch

• Employees of the non-profit investigative news outlet Wisconsin Watch have announced their intent to unionize. The Wisconsin Watch Union would represent around 10 workers across the business and editorial sides of the organization.
• The announcement comes just one week after the news outlet underwent its first leadership change in its 14-year history. The company’s new CEO George Stanley previously led the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which has been unionized for decades. [Cap Times]

✈️ Your Lunchtime Read: Madison residents still negatively impacted by arrival of F-35 fighter jets.

• “Now that the F-35s were deployed earlier this year, [Madison residents] say their fears have been realized, as the noise of the fighter jets impacts their daily lives. And because the neighborhoods around the airport are disproportionately populated by people of color, advocates are taking the case to the federal government, alleging that the presence of the fighters is a racist civil rights violation — even if it’s unintentional.” [Madison365]
• Dig deeper: Hear what a retired Air Force colonel has to say about her first-hand experience of what it’s like to live with F-35s. [City Cast Madison]

Thursday, Oct. 26

• 2023 Forward Art Prize Reception at Arts + Literature Laboratory
• Halloween Charcuterie Workshop with Madison Cheese Boards at Hidden Cave Cidery
• HALLOWEEN WITH DJAY MANDO at Majestic Theatre
• it's murph at Liquid Madison
• Luminary Night Walk at Lussier Family Heritage Center
• MMoCA Cinema: Last Things | Optimism at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
• Music Bingo at Starkweather Brewing Company
• TERROR THURSDAY at AFTERSHOCK! - A WORT Halloween Party at Aftershock Classic Arcade

Why Wisconsin Loves Supper Clubs

Supper clubs are a Wisconsin staple. Whether it’s the overflowing relish tray at Tornado Steakhouse or the American cheese-laden hash browns at Toby’s, supper clubs have always brought cozy vibes and enormous portions to the Madison culinary scene.

But what makes a place a true supper club? And who gets to claim the title of best supper club in Madison?