CB
@cborshuk.bsky.social
Aging feminist, dog lady,Tiger fan, social psychologist. Reluctant grief expert. Still a mother. Canadian/American if anyone asks
I also do not know who Hasan Piker is. I consider this quite a feat, being on Bluesky, but I have worked quite hard to continue this sliver of ignorance.
if we want to win the midterms, let's turn out the horse girls.
Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
nytimes.com
To all of my wonderful trans moots, who reveal transphobes for me to block, thank you for your service. #TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️
Nearly 45 million acres of America’s national forests could soon be opened to road construction and logging. The Trump administration has advanced a proposal to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule, which has protected our nation’s most remote and wild forest lands. 🔗 https://ow.ly/LIl250ZB2sl
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests
The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.
ow.ly
Thousands of Gary residents are still without power nearly a week after severe storms wreaked havoc on northwest Indiana
Thousands of Gary residents still without power after last week's deadly storms
As of Monday afternoon, more than 100,000 Indiana residents were without electricity, according to utility company NIPSCO, after over 300,000 people lost power because of the storms.
chicago.suntimes.com
Breaking News: Trump officials are moving to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to new roads and logging, removing protections that had been in place since 2001.
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests
The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.
nyti.ms
Michigan rate payers on the hook as the fascist regime forces Consumers Energy to keep a coal plant open that they planned on shutting down last year as they move to cleaner energy. So much for states rights. www.mlive.com/news/2026/08...
Feds keep coal burning at Michigan power plant as costs surge to $260M
Trump administration officials ordered Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell coal plant to stay open for the sixth time. The utility intends to pass costs on to ratepayers across the Midwest.
mlive.com
Fatal shootings in the U.S. fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, according to a Trace analysis of CDC data. At least 42,348 people died of gunshot wounds last year, the lowest number in six years. But the number of people who died by suicide with a gun rose to its highest level on record.
This is how RFK jr will be remembered: as an infectious disease catastrophe
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoUS child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
The company that killed bookstores is now killing books, literally.
404 Media@404media.co · 3d agoSCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
I am surprised that Americans appear to care so little about corruption in the USA. Trump's ending of the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021 is truly disastrous. His own business dealings would end his term in any other democratic country.
1-I'll start by asserting that I'm very worried about GenAI in its current unregulated state, launched w/out data protections, respect for copyright, environment etc. I worry ab/ educational institutions adopting AI without real, serious work in cognitive and pedagogical methods w/ and despite it.
EMERGENCY It’s mid August and my big tomatoes are still not ripening
“I’ve had people say to me, ‘Sister, they need to come here legally.’ Well, they came here legally,” said Sister Sally Duffy, a Sister of Charity and active participant in the network. She held a handwritten orange sign that read: “Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters have God given DIGNITY.”
‘Even the nuns are mad’: Catholic sisters are standing for Haitians outside ICE offices • Michigan Advance
BLUE ASH, OHIO — The first Haitian immigrant reported to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office at 7:42 a.m. on Sunday. From the corner, the Catholic sisters watched, their positio...
michiganadvance.com
One of the men ICE sent to a prison in Eswatini is being released soon, but he’ll be sent to a country where he as a gay man will not be safe. He’ll need to leave ASAP. Ohio Immigrant Alliance is raising funds to help Issa get on his feet somewhere else. ohioimmigrant.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/he...
Help Issa Start Over in a Safe Place
Issa is outgoing, justice-minded, and loves people from every background. For most of his life, he called the United States home, and Cincinnati is where he feels safest. But today, he sits in a maxim...
ohioimmigrant.app.neoncrm.com
After winning Teacher of the Year award at a conference in TX, UMD Professor Kibret was detained by ICE at the airport. 3 weeks later he’s still in custody. He’s not the “worst of the worst” & detaining him isn’t making communities safer. He should be released, now. www.wbaltv.com/article/mary...
Maryland professor Berhanu Kibret remains in ICE custody
ICE confirmed Kibret is being held at Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma, more than 250 miles from the airport.
wbaltv.com
Indiana is returning Medicaid money while Hoosiers are struggling to access healthcare. Make it make sense.🫠 We’re breaking that down + an RFK Jr. interview that went off the rails on the latest Hoosier Health Matters. 🎧 #HoosierSky #GTC #HoosierHealth
These are people who legally entered this country and now, because of ancestry and a conspiracy theory pushed by an aspiring politician, are being pursued by the government and fitted with special monitoring devices. This should remind of the darkest events in history.
Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · 6d agoHaitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...
HUGE VICTORY! A federal appeals court ruled Enbridge has been trespassing on the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's reservation since 2013 with the Line 5 pipeline. The pipeline must come out. After more than a decade of fighting, tribal sovereignty wins. www.nativenews.net/friday-augus...
Friday, August 7, 2026 » National Native News
Wing of closed Kodiak school becomes child care center Federal appeals court sides with Bad River Tribe in Line 5 dispute
nativenews.net
Humans - is it worth it to have an oil and gas pipeline under me? No. Protect the Great Lakes for future generations. Stop Line5 🌊🌊 michiganadvance.com/2026/08/12/u...
Twitter, 1 out of 10. Thanks, I hate it. A blocky primary-color take that’s probably only legible at thumbnail size. Too simple for my taste, and reminds me more of an IKEA instruction manual than a book.
