Ellen Datlow

@datlow.bsky.social

Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her

Democrats succeeded in blocking provisions of the House bill that would increase spending for military action in Iran and allow transfers for immigration enforcement, while adding sections to extend housing and food assistance programs.

Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law | Arizona Mirror

A bipartisan deal would keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11 and pause the Trump administration’s effort to add controversial new criteria for federal grants.

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I don't know why Plexaderm is so great. I mean, look! You use that stuff, you get a white line down the middle of your face. Who needs that? Think of all the makeup you need to cover it up!

Plexaderm before-and-after ad with a thin white line between the two

Shah: The Trump administration’s vision for our future is one where either 100 million people have just disappeared and the country looks, frankly, just a lot more white, or those people are still here but are in a permanent underclass…

U.S. Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, was killed in an Iranian strike on July 17. Her death has prompted people in her Texas hometown to reflect on the necessity of a war that has divided public opinion from its inception.

After a hometown soldier’s death, a Texas suburb wrestles with Trump’s Iran war

The death of a young soldier from Texas prompts people in her hometown to reflect on the necessity of a war that has divided the country.

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