GripNoir
@gripnoir.bsky.social
Grip, a talking raven, lived at the Dickens' home and inspired a secondary character in "Barnaby Rudge" as an exuberant force for discernment. Me? Happy amateur pianist, healthcare advocate, and retired accountant.
As Trump administration pushes court-ordered mental health care, a new report raises questions. An evaluation of New York’s system comes amid a federal efforts to expand such ‘involuntary’ treatment. www.statnews.com/2026/08/04/n...
As Trump administration pushes court-ordered mental health care, a new report raises questions
A study of New York’s court-ordered care for people with serious mental health conditions adds to the research on this type of involuntary care.
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The Trump administration is creating a dystopian world where children have to take care of their sick relatives! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids. (Gift Article)
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.
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Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite. What federal policy shifts played a role? Members: Join us on Aug. 4 to hear how food and farm regulations are failing to keep workers and consumers safe. Not a member? Any gift makes you one: https://propub.li/4vQYJgv
Happening now! @propublica.org is again revealing the behind-the-scenes mess behind increased rate of food infections by Trump 2.0. #cyclospora #salmonella #norovirus #campylobacter #EColi #toxoplasma s
ProPublica@propublica.org · 4d ago1/ What’s going on with America’s farms and food? Join us for our next Inside the Big Story event, a virtual discussion about America’s farms, how our food is made and where regulations are failing to keep workers and consumers safe. Members, check your email for the invite 📩
Overnight temperatures are warming up across much of the contiguous United States during the month of August. Some of the largest trends are across the West, especially for daytime maximum temperatures (which I will post later). More U.S. climate change visuals: zacklabe.com/united-state...
Today, CIDRAP & @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social launch a free tool that helps people see & compare vaccine & disease risks. The interactive resource, "What's the Risk?," translates abstract risk statistics into easy-to-understand visual comparisons. Full Press Release: https://bit.ly/4wyk6o3
How Does the war end. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/how-...
How Does The War End? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
David French has a situation report (gift link). Not only does Iran continue to strike American bases effectively; it has relentlessly attacked American partners across the region. These attacks are d...
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In case you missed our original investigation: In April 2025, a school bus driver dropped off 5-year-old Lens Joseph, then ran over the kindergartner as he crossed in front of the bus. But his death — and dozens of others — are missing from the federal crash record of the bus company.
A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record.
A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, WBUR and ProPublica found.
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Every Sunday, we take a step back from the nonstop chaos to share where we are and what really happened this week. And this week, there were more reasons to feel optimistic. Grab a cup of coffee and join us.
Sunday Message from MeidasTouch
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"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
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#GIFT_ARTICLE FACT-CHECKING RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT THE COST OF HIS WAR AGAINST IRAN BY "NOT MY FAULT" TRUMP Among other claims, Trump misleadingly blamed Biden’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles By Linda Qiu www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Effect of the Iran War on Oil Prices, Munitions and More (Gift Article)
The president misleadingly blamed the Biden administration’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles, among other claims about the Iran war.
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"I think it’s a mistake — a very tempting mistake to make — to take stock by looking at what we still have rather than what we have already lost." ~ @mashagessen.bsky.social 4/4/25 #GiftArticle: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
Opinion | ‘What Is Our Country Becoming?’ Four Columnists Map Out Where Trump Is Taking America. (Gift Article)
America is in a period of profound national regression. Where will the country end up?
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Top homeland security official resigns, citing "brazen corruption," as well as the Trump Administration's "war on immigrants... war on feds... war on facts": www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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The U.S. is entering a "data winter" as funding cuts, agency disruptions, & leadership shakeups threaten government data. Experts warn the consequences could ripple across every level of government—but they also see emerging solutions. Read more: https://loom.ly/RQdrwUw
Data Crisis Deepens as Agencies Face Cuts, Disruptions, and Declining Trust
Cuts and chaos in federal data systems leave policymakers struggling for facts.
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Thursday, July 23, 8 – 9pm EDT/6-pm PDT: I'm attending Indivisible's online event, “Immigrant Justice Summer Call #2: How to Connect with Immigrant Justice Orgs in Your Community” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Immigrant Justice Summer Call #2: How to Connect with Immigrant Justice Orgs in Your Community · Indivisible
The strength of any response to ICE enforcement depends on the relationships that exist before a surge hits. This call trains you on community ecosystem mapping, a structured tool for identifying who ...
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On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
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Americans who responded to Ebola outbreak are quarantining in Kenya, despite court order
Americans who responded to Ebola outbreak are quarantining in Kenya, despite court order
The Trump administration said Monday Americans in Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is unfolding, must spend three weeks in a third country before coming home.
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Judge rules OMB can’t retroactively nix grants based on new rules
Judge rules OMB can’t retroactively nix grants based on new rules
The court denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states.
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It's not every day that you have a renowned expert in the field of early American history take you on a video tour of a U.S. historical site and critique the changes made to it by the current Administration. Thank you, @jbf1755.bsky.social , you are a treasure. www.youtube.com/live/nsYN8Ri...
Dr. Joanne Freeman is live!
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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I found this essay by Joshua Clymer a very compelling modern version of the 'classic" unaligned AI takeover scenario. It is plausible enough to show why some of us worry a lot. x.com/joshua_clyme...
The real challenge is to read the story up to a point, and ask "what would need to happen here for it to turn into a happy ending?" Remember, you want this to be a highly plausible continuation, not just "and then they all saw the error of their ways and rationally fixed everything despite the cost"
When has cybersecurity ever been treated responsibly by the industry? Why would things be different now? #AGI
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 7mo agoAs a person who does believe capable AI risks are real, it’s frustrating to see the community not exactly behaving responsibly. If you can’t find it in yourself to say or do something about a literal, present, AI harm (Grok being used for abuse) what is the point of you
As always: if there's any class of people who do not have due process rights, then *nobody* has due process rights, because the government can just claim someone is in that class and there's no process to establish otherwise.
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof@evanbernick.bsky.social · 3w agoI need people to understand that this administration’s litigating position is (1) federal law currently mandates the detention, without bond, of every noncitizen who is allegedly unlawfully present and (2) constitutionally, they don’t get a day in court. they’re generally losing, but they’re trying.
![Ochoa Ochoa v. Noem: Due Process
Having concluded that Ochoa Ochoa's detention is discretionary and not
mandatory, the court turns to whether it violates due process. "Procedural due
process imposes constraints on governmental decisions which deprive individuals of liberty' or 'property' interests within the meaning of the Due Process Clause of the
Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment." Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 332 (1976).
"Freedom from imprisonment-from government custody, detention, or other forms
of physical restraint-lies at the heart of the very liberty that [the Due Process
Clause] protects." Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678, 690 (2001).
To support its argument that Ochoa Ochoa has limited due process rights in
the detention context, Respondents rely on Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam, where the Supreme Court held that a petitioner who was still "at the threshold of initial entry," though technically in the country, could still be treated as "an alien
seeking initial entry." 591 U.S. 103, 114 2020) holding that a noncitizen detained "within 25 yards of the border" is treated as if stopped at the border and had not acquired due process protections). Contrary to Respondents' position, Thuraissigiam held only that noncitizens detained close to the border "shortly after unlawful entry"
have not yet "effected an entry." Id. at 140; see also Shaughnessy v. United States, 345 U.S. 206, 212 (1953) (explaining that noncitizens "on the threshold of initial entry
stand[] on a different footing" than those who have "passed through our gates").](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreieofbtos26t3epka4a7c2p3xw477nfbl2guurqcuoslw2h24qolye)
