Jonathan Everitt
@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social
freelance writer | poet | Bennington MFA '20 | Rochester, N.Y. jonathaneveritt.com
Medical Aid in Dying Act takes effect Wednesday in New York State www.whec.com/top-news/med...
Medical Aid in Dying Act takes effect Wednesday in New York State
The Medical Aid in Dying Act, the law that allows some terminally ill people to take medication to end their own life, goes into effect.
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Just a note that @jbendery.bsky.social is 100% worth following. Always finds stories like these that matter, and yet are a bit under the radar.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 4h agoFormer J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
I am here to say that this is one of THE best collection of short stories that’s come down the pike in a long time! @sabrinahicks.bsky.social strikes words together and creates 🔥. Get yourself a copy, and send one to a friend. It’s that good!
Weekend violence: Counseling available after 14 year old killed, in-depth on shootings and gatherings in #Rochester www.whec.com/top-news/wee...
Weekend violence: Counseling available after 14 year old killed, in-depth on shootings and gatherings in Rochester
News10NBC is tracking the city's response after at least nine people were shot, including two who died, on Rochester's northeast side.
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#Rochester #ROC Food needed! Local has a situation at their home, all their food was ruined and their financial situation is rough. If you can help, get in the subreddit and dm them. www.reddit.com/r/Rochester/...
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Saw the Mary Oliver documentary at the theater this afternoon. Just wow. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hey #poets! 👇
BOA Editions@boa-editions.bsky.social · 4d agoThe time has come! Submissions are open for Boa's 26th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize! Open from August 1st - November 30th, the winning manuscript will be published by Boa Editions in Spring 2028 and receive a $1,000 prize. For more information, go to boaeditions.org/submissions. Good luck!
Have a good and gentle weekend. And remember: break out. 🖤 youtu.be/IIOJdMdS56k?...
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Montana man hikes out of the mountains to get help after he was impaled by a trekking pole
David Cifaldi was approaching the top of Montana’s highest peak with two friends when their hiking adventure took a dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole.
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"For-profit hospital" is a phrase that should not exist.
705,000,000 cases of COVID worldwide, according to Statista. 1 percent would be 7 million deaths, with more than a million deaths in the US. That's not "coulda gotten through this."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Rep. Ogles: "Look, I don't want to play down the effects of the virus, but at the end of the day it had a roughly 1 percent mortality rate. We coulda gotten through this."
The dog days of summer have arrived. Hazy, slow, cicadas singing. Feeling like diving into a stack of books in a cool, quiet corner.
Waves crashing on Webster Pier on a recent evening. Lake Ontario, our moody inland sea.🖤 #Rochester
Journalists who go to a dinner party with an elected official who's abused and demonized their profession for years should change careers. They're an insult to their field.
Lawyers for the UC professors now contend that the admission proves three wide-ranging constitutional violations ... used "keyword searches to review hundreds of grants and terminate them en masse rather than reviewing them individually on their merits..." apnews.com/article/cali...
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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I'm actually wearing long pants, socks, and a hoodie today. Which is to say, I'm liking this cool break from the summer heat. 🧊
Hard to believe this is legal, but regardless, it affirms my decision to fire Amazon 18 months ago. (I don't miss it.)
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2w agoAn electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Here’s how it happened… 🧵
"US civil rights agency" is a reach at this point to describe the EEOC. apnews.com/article/eeoc...
US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years
The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment ...
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There are some sectors where the profit motive is simply unethical. Health care is one of them, whether for people or their pets.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 2w agoVeterinary care is becoming increasingly expensive for American pet owners. As prices rise, attention is turning to a major shift in the industry: private equity firms and large corporations buying up veterinary practices across the country. https://to.pbs.org/3RedOuo
"Somersby" was up there (or down there.) I don't remember much about it other than I couldn't wait for it to be over. (And of course there was the notorious zero-chemistry thing.)
Defector@defector.com · 3w agoWhat's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...
