We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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Library pro tip: never go in without locking the emergency stop. If the lights are motion activated and you’re alone, they will definitely turn off if you’re in there, someone will come in and assume sensibly that there’s no one there. Ask my busted ribs how we know!

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 18h ago

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

one of my all-time favorite disgruntled reviews of THE ODYSSEY long precedes the movie & comes from my partner. His take: “Odysseus is a shit sailor. There was very little ocean to cross to get home”

some go-to drafting strategies from me & @ingridrojasc.bsky.social 🟢 as Ingrid puts it, part of writing a book necessarily involves “the art of keeping oneself going” day after day after day 3 weeks until writing workshops start at The Ministry of Words, more info below 🔵 theministryofwords.com

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

dry-farmed tomato season is starting with 20 lbs. of this abundance hallelujah I praise the tomato gods 🔴🔸 this is also the time of year when I need to be very careful not to eat so many tomatoes I turn noticeably orange, ask me how I learned such a transformation is possible 🍅s from Mariquita Farm

the pleasure of watching this part of the website for our collective, The Ministry of Words, grow & grow 🌱 we have spots open for writing classes taught by @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, Fatimah Asghar, & yours truly. & scholarships are available for writers of color theministryofwords.com

This is a tremendous act of self love and I admire BTS even more for it.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · last wk.

BTS announces they will not submit their music for the 2027 GRAMMY awards, following the Recording Academy’s addition of an Asian-focused category: “I hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.”

Bay Area!, sharing this event from friends at The Ruby—this Friday, they’re hosting a happy hour, book & art sale, & fundraiser to support the Fundana Foundation’s emergency earthquake relief efforts in Venezuela 💎💌

❤️‍🔥🎤 Directed by Desire: A Ruby Member Reading, Book Sale, & Happy Hour Fundraiser! 📚🇻🇪 · Luma

For this very special Ruby Happy Hour, we’re hosting: A member reading on the theme of Desire An indie book and art sale featuring works by Ruby members An…

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This is an incredibly niche ask, but, does anyone have an egg foo young recipe they like? I recently learned it is a favorite of my mom’s. I order it out, usually, but I’d like to learn to make it.

“Why am I so isolate in this strange place? Why is my sweat being sold as an elixir?” cackled at this description of writing from Joy Williams’s exquisite “Uncanny the Singing That Comes from Certain Husks” digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/joy-willia...

i enjoy reading about the creative process of writers and other artists tbh

R. O. Kwon 권오경@rokwon.bsky.social · 2w ago

went into detail on writing desk essentials! Here’s everything @ingridrojasc.bsky.social & I need* at our desks for writing to happen ☺️ we’re taking applications at The Ministry of Words for fall workshops, there are just a few seats left so we’ve opened a third workshop theministryofwords.com

Solidarity and sorrow with those in Berlin, from the home of Christopher Street. 💔

One dead and several injured during Berlin’s LGBTQ+ parade after car drives into crowd

Berlin’s Pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day, is one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.

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I’ve been doing some in-depth reporting on the Prairieland cases, and had to get this out first as I continue to dig: I spoke with Ana Bell, sister of Des, who it turns out co-owns and runs an indie bookstore. We talked about the case, the judge, book banning, ICE killings, and living through this:

My Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of Zines

The sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out.

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playlists of the writing songs @ingridrojasc.bsky.social & I are devoted to these days 🎶 a good writing song can easily get 1000s of plays at The Ministry of Words, we’re taking applications for fall writing workshops, & scholarships are available for writers of color www.theministryofwords.com

By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”

My mother’s home care is 26k a month.

Brandy Schillace@bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 2w ago

10k a month for nursing home care is frankly nefarious.

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

newwwwwww ting out <3

n+1@nplusonemag.com · 2w ago

"I left feeling a pooling, connective happiness. I went home and realized that I hadn’t looked at my phone for six hours." Sarah Thankam Mathews hangs out with the Luddites, NYC's tech-critical cultural youth front: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

went into detail on writing desk essentials! Here’s everything @ingridrojasc.bsky.social & I need* at our desks for writing to happen ☺️ we’re taking applications at The Ministry of Words for fall workshops, there are just a few seats left so we’ve opened a third workshop theministryofwords.com

Mamdani's critics in one screenshot, lol

On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

fuck him up wired

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

A statement from WIRED leadership.

this deeply moving piece by @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, “I See My Father in the Fathers Killed by ICE” 💔 I’m so glad she wrote this & furious she felt she had to time.com/article/2026...

I See My Father in the Fathers Killed by ICE

The killings of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo remind me of my own father, writes Ingrid Rojas Contreras.

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got a chance to briefly holler about translated Korean poetry 💌 how lucky we are to have @maris.bsky.social with us in this fallen world

Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · last mo.

I was sick of seeing JD Vance's memoir get all of the book coverage. So I asked a bunch of writers I know and love what recent books they think should get more attention. These are books for people who actually like to read. Please check them out! lithub.com/40-great-new...

JUST IN: A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide block on ICE's policy of conducting arrests at immigration courthouses. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Order on Motion for Partial Summary Judgment AND Order on Motion for Partial Summary Judgment AND Order on Motion to Certify Class – #205 in Pablo Sequen v. Albarran (N.D. Cal., 5:25-cv-06487) – Court...

ORDER RE: 172 MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND 175 176 SUMMARY JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge P. Casey Pitts on 6/23/2026. (crr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/23/2026) (Entered: 06/23/2026)

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it has been so useful to learn there’s such a thing as summer seasonal affective disorder. If you crave intense, tree-cracking cold; if you’ve suspected the White Witch may have been a misunderstood lady who just loved winter: you might also have this! You might be like me, a child of night & frost

Favorite queer short stories recommendations?

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I wrote about the Olympics’ ban on trans women competing, and the stakes of the new women’s sex-testing regime for female athletes, trans and cis alike. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Olympics’ trans policy polices womanhood | Moira Donegan

Sports bans have humiliated trans women and girls across America. Now, the Olympics joins in

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