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Angela Wang, writer & editor. Parent learning to stay in my lane.
You too could buy stock and make money from placing people in detention. www.npr.org/2026/08/08/n...
Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Hours after judge strips Haitians of their right to work, Councilor Flynn blocks resolution calling on Boston to speed up efforts to help them stay in their homes www.universalhub.com/2026/hours-a... #Boston #TPS
“In Torah — which is a very terse document that doesn’t have anything superfluous—36 times we are reminded to care for the strangers because we were strangers." Faith leaders (Christians, Muslims, and Jews) and their care for detainees: sojo.net/articles/new...
ICE Says Detainees Have Religious Freedom. Faith Leaders Don’t See It
At Delaney Hall, a multifaith coalition is rallying to ensure those detained can worship with freedom.
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@universalhub.com no power and lots of helicopters overhead in the Bellevue Hill area of West Roxbury. Anyone know what’s up?
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Hundreds of Mourners Fill City Hall Plaza to Mourn Louisa Gag and Demand Safer Streets - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"She was killed on our streets.... We owe Louisa more than our grief. We owe her our action. We have to do better," Mayor Michelle Wu told the crowd of mourners.
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Just a reminder: if I'm killed by a driver while I'm walking or biking, the local safe street advocates have my permission to use my death as a bludgeon against electeds who have made insufficient progress on safer streets
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · last mo.Statement from @bikeboston.bsky.social, @streetsboston.bsky.social, and @walkmass.bsky.social about Louisa Gag, who was hit and killed by a driver today. Yet another life taken because our society and leaders refuse to address the destruction wrought by cars.
‘The Federalist Papers were a zine.’
Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 2mo agowent on On The Media to talk about Prairieland
Why some Israeli journalists only now are turning a lens on Gaza devastation
Why some Israeli journalists only now are turning a lens on Gaza devastation
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Please be careful @northeasternu.bsky.social neighborhood - serious accident at Brigham Circle 🙏
In the largest land-back deal in California history - note that it took the Yurok Tribe and Western Rivers Conservancy more than 20 years of work, including raising millions from a long list of funders to buy the territory. www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
In California and in Poland, new laws for who belongs where
Progress roundup: A $56 million purchase doubles the Yurok tribe’s holdings along the Klamath River, and Shanghai bus riders create new routes.
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In Alabama, hurricane damage prompted voluntary building standards by @ibhs.org and insurance discounts. One key to their success is third-party verification. www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
Protecting homes from hurricanes, rice crops from heat, and seas from trawling
Progress roundup: Science reveals how rice crops can resist heat for better yields and quality, and how building codes work against hurricanes.
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It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:
Nick Kapur@nickkapur.bsky.social · last yr.Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs found nowhere else. They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.
A woman transforms agriculture in Brazil, a Chinese woman in school in Germany discovers how an ocean microbe makes its own surfactant that could break down oil spills, and the women running a hotel in Sri Lanka, a country w. low female workforce participation www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
Helpful microbes: For cleaning up oil spills and helping crops grow
Progress roundup: Science enables Brazil to transform its economy, German researchers to find a microbe that makes detergent, and California to filter PFAS.
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Someone please come get your white helicopter it’s been making a racket here for a good 20 minutes @universalhub.com (??)
This is a fascinating and thorough analysis of the 77 bus and why buses have problems in general. cc @universalhub.com A couple of things I'd add to this:
Uday Schultz@a320lga.bsky.social · last yr.A few months ago, I paid a visit to Boston and spent some quality time with the MBTA’s bus service. After spending a while digging through T’s (excellent) open data, I had some Thoughts to share about the experience—and bus operations in general. homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/h...
Wondering if we in the U.S. could do this - let people rip out the pavement in front of their house to plant green things. No permits, no red tape. (Granted, in the Netherlands, the hardscape is often tiles)
Points of Progress@pointsofprogress.bsky.social · last yr.Two examples of empowerment via autonomy (Bear with me here): In the U.S. a small study found that home health care workers who owned the company reported greater satisfaction (so less turnover). & Greta Garbo, part 2: leaving uncontacted peoples alone in Colombia www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
How independence helps caregivers on the job and Indigenous people in Colombia
Progress roundup: Philippine island boosts incomes and mangrove forests, Colombia protects isolated tribes, and U.S. home care workers thrive in co-ops.
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For me as a reader, some relief and hope in this desire for peace, 5,000 miles away. I’ll take it. Thank you, @taylorluck.bsky.social www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
Across Arab Mideast, a new alignment rises: An axis of cooperation
A new regional alignment rising in the Middle East shifts power away from Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.” Moderate Sunnis seeking stability and prosperity now have friendly governments in Beirut, Damascu...
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Thinking Greta Garbo. Smithsonian mag wrote in 2017 that she said in 1955: “I never said, ‘I want to be alone,’ ... I only said, ‘I want to be let alone! There is all the difference.”
Points of Progress@pointsofprogress.bsky.social · last yr.Cacao trees can be less productive over time. But a tried-and-true technique – grafting – can rejuvenate a tree and help prevent the deforestation that is practiced when starting a new plantation. #chocolate www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
Grafting for chocolate in Peru, and going after invasive species in New Zealand
Progress roundup: Grafting revives cacao trees, reforms in Fiji strengthen democracy, and New Zealand commits to pest eradication on three islands.
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Earth Day post! This is how Points of Progress works: We read lots. We choose stories of positive change and squish them into short reads. You'll never see me write "BREAKING," it's more ICYMI. Here, @katharinehayhoe.com gave us facts about Finland's leadership. Links to original articles included.
Points of Progress@pointsofprogress.bsky.social · last yr.Innovations from Dallas to Finland - Finland news thanks to @katharinehayhoe.com www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
Reading about the dire wolf news? Read this ⬇️
Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · last yr.I have devoted my life to ice age ecosystems, and I feel an acute responsibility to tell the stories of extinct species and to help people to know them better. To see this work being done with such a casual disregard not only for the truth but for life itself is genuinely abhorrent to me.
Do you hesitate to give your rideshare 5 ⭐? @larivera.bsky.social explains studies on job evals: A 6-point scale instead of 10 eliminated gender gaps, maybe because a 6-out-of-6 rating is not as associated with perfection, which is more often attributed to men. www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
When a ‘thumbs-up’ beats 5 stars, and where paralegals aid women’s land rights
Progress roundup: three equity questions on job performance grades, the worthiness of women as landowners, and Indigenous people’s quality of life.
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In 2022, the president of Argentina took a climate class required of all public officials. He said, "We are complying with a law that imposes an obligation for public officials to listen to information about the scope of climate change and the consequences it can bring."
Points of Progress@pointsofprogress.bsky.social · last yr.Where a Supreme Court struck down a pro-development law, and a Congress put animal rights into its constitution (OK, I’ll tell you – it’s Nepal and Mexico) www.csmonitor.com/World/Points...
The rights of animals and the environment, from Mexico to Nepal
Progress roundup: Nepal’s Supreme Court disallowed development in protected areas. And in Mexico, Congress put animal welfare in the constitution.
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