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@kyrafreestar.bsky.social

Editing social science and social science fiction since 2005. Following dragons, dictionaries, and disability justice. Hope is a decision. Find me at Bridge Creek Editing | Academic Editing Circle | Mightier (she/they)

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Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · last wk.

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

theguardian.com

🌈Dr. Frizzle@swilua.bsky.social · last wk.

Reading An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson & feeling unsettled by the description of how the fae can use glamours but can’t create. They can alter human creations, but if they try to create themselves, they turn to dust. An eerie depiction of AI model collapse published years before AI

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2w ago

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · 2w ago

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2w ago

[i should probably right this essay voice] immigration is good and we should do more of it, and after trump's insanity, rebuilding immigrant numbers is going to *require* ensuring that there is a simple and fast path to citizenship

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 2w ago

what migrants are entitled to: fair, case-by-case adjudication what migrants are getting: mass manipulation, deportation orders without a real opportunity to be heard, constitutional violations galore ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

(Kyra is offline until late August)@kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's just one of the reasons I subscribed today: Marianne highlighted an organizer recognizing "this desire that we see in our community of a bunch of disabled people ready to plug in, and then this movement that’s not ready to have them plug in because there are so many access barriers.”

Marianne Dhenin@mariannedhe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Someone just subscribed to my newsletter! Did you know you can join for just $40 for the entire year during my July subscriber drive? newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/july-subscri...

Holly Jaeger | Ivy + Aurora@hollyjaeger.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tip for new authors: After the manuscript is drafted, your next step is not a line/copy editor or a proofreader. It's not even a developmental editor. Find a critique partner (or multiple). Find beta readers. Find fellow authors willing to swap chapters.

(Kyra is offline until late August)@kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 3w ago

Maybe it's more work, but it's also what I routinely do. Because it just makes sense. (Since most of the hyphens are vibes anyway and we're just trying to make it work in the reader's head.) And a copyeditor is someone who finds this kind of thing FUN.

KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 3w ago

an alternative approach of "let the author pick and just change where they diverge from their own majority choice, the idle inconsistent bastards" would be nicer for the author but a lot more work for overburdened CEs.

Harms Committed@harmscommitted.com · 3w ago

"[P]articipatory budgeting." People's Budget LA "asked residents across LA to opine on how city funds should be spent." "Nearly 90 percent of residents surveyed rejected any increase to the Los Angeles Police Department budget." #California #USA #Policing

In the 'People's Budget,' LA residents want police funding shifted to housing, parks, and libraries

1,400 LA residents surveyed overwhelmingly said they don't want any increases to LAPD's budget.

lapublicpress.org

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3w ago

money is what they use to break the rules and escape accountability. they've tried to create a world where not having it is the worst nightmare imaginable. I want to fix that world, but I want them to live out their days praying for a more robust safety net to catch them.

Deva Woodly@devawo.bsky.social · 3w ago

Seizing people’s ill gotten gains is entirely consistent with abolition and I do think it’s a bigger deterrent than the threat of prison. It also arguably accords more with justice as the scale & breadth of corruption-for-thievery taking place is almost unfathomable.

Mira@thefreeradical.org · 3w ago

my unholy creation. its actually working, it hasnt been an hour yet and the air quality in my place is noticeably better. i can breathe in comparable comfort, and my eyes dont hurt! link to build ur own here: engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science... beware walmart, they overprice their filters

the corsi-rosenthal box i madeinstructions for making a corsi-rosenthal box. too many to print, so see the link i give
Mira@thefreeradical.org · 3w ago

hey minneapolis peeps, anyone know where i can get the materials to make a corsi-rosenthal box for cheap? im broke and id rather get them all in one fell swoop so my time outside's limited

(Kyra is offline until late August)@kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 3w ago

#MutualAid #Helpsky #Disability #StillCoviding #BIPOCMA #Crowdfund #SignalBoost #BIPOCMutualAid

HOMELESS: SHARE PINNED PLZ@adrianmica.bsky.social · 4w ago

im starting this goal for $1800 b/c that’s what i’d need to leave portland and pay for my storage unit with donations i just got im at $208/$1800 thank yall!!! do 16 monied people have $100 to send today? 💸💕💸 ca: $adrianmica ven: lex-thee-lovely ppal: walkingpersimmon chuffed: bit.ly/40KRJ83