I’ve often wondered if it matters that I do harm reduction work or sex worker rights activism with hackers. This trip to Vegas is really demonstrating to me that it does and I am so grateful to have connected with so many amazing people who care and make me feel so loved ❤️‍🔥

I love the flights from SFO > Vegas this time of year.

Man Says 'No Names, We Are Nameless'

Alt: Man Says 'No Names, We Are Nameless'

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#OtD 3 Aug 1929 19-year-old communist Yetta Stromberg was arrested with six others for having a red flag in California, one of 24 states which banned socialist/anarchist flags. She took her case to the Supreme Court and won, overturning the ban stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1015...

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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in portland someone spray painted penises around potholes, and they got filled pretty immediately www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

A crude pothole graffiti tactic got Portland’s attention. Please don’t copy it, officials say

Nearby apartment dwellers had a bird's eye view of the graphic murals.

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a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

YouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making 'Sexually Gratifying' Content

YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-alter...

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Thomas Rousseau transformed Patriot Front from the remnants of a neo-Nazi group into the country's most visible white nationalist group. Nine years after Charlottesville, his propaganda campaign has expanded the group's influence while openly advancing a racist vision for America.

Thomas Rousseau: The Man Who Built Patriot Front into a White Nationalist Spectacle

Thomas Rousseau transformed Patriot Front from the remnants of a neo-Nazi group into the country's most visible white nationalist organization. Nearly a decade after Charlottesville, his carefully cho...

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"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

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This was the part that convinced me Depp supporters didn't simply fall for a smear campaign. They know he's guilty & they love that he did it. Same as the MAGAts wearing shirts calling for Trump to grab them by the pussy. They love men's "power."

The Road Jess Travelled@jesspected.bsky.social · 6d ago

Never forget what Depp supporters found amusing. They even made sex toys to mock a rape victim.

This week on rePROs Fight Back, Amy Myrick, Senior Council at the Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org, talks with us about reproductive rights litigation in the four years since Roe fell, including key legal trends that have emerged in the post-Roe legal vacuum:

Uncertainty is a Given: Litigation Post-Roe — rePROs Fight Back

Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case which overturned Roe v. Wade was decided, there’s been an abortion access crisis, an assault on legal precedent for abortion protections...

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Cancer is the leading cause of death inside U.S. prisons, even though it is the second leading cause of death nationwide. While most people diagnosed with cancer outside prison survive at least five years, incarcerated people are far less likely to survive that long.

Cancer in Prison

YouTube video by Prison Journalism Project

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UCSF is doing a psilocybin “Set and Setting Study” study and is recruiting participants 21-70 years old. $420 compensation. ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Alliance Defending Freedom was integral in overturning Roe v. Wade, and it wants to overturn the Obergefell decision protecting marriage equality, and ban abortion nationwide as well as some forms of birth control. This is who is praising Sophie Cunningham

ADF’s Kristen Waggoner Praises Sophie Cunningham’s Defense of Women’s Sports: “Tremendous Courage”

YouTube video by The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show

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When Gary Ridgway was killing, buying sex was already illegal. Rape was illegal. Kidnapping was illegal. Murder was illegal. If the existence of laws were enough to stop violent men, Ridgway's killing spree should never have happened. www.swopbehindbars.org/post/gary-ri...

Gary Ridgway Chose the Women Society Had Already Decided to Ignore

Whenever a serial killer targets sex workers, the same political argument seems to emerge. Before the victims are even buried, someone claims their deaths prove we need stronger laws against buying se...

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As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.

Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis

Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...

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this company was doing the rounds before. it was stupid then and it seems they've since made it more so by adding pepper-spray. anyway, im sure they'll never get hacked and give attackers remote control of armed drones in schools.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

Some schools in Florida, Georgia and Colorado will be equipped with drones this year that can go through halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters if teachers report a threat. The program follows a wave of high-tech campus security spending. https://wapo.st/4gVNMXn

one thing that infuriates me so much about this shit is that they act as if the women making the allegations are being massively rewarded for their actions when in fact most of what they face for coming forward is being called liars and harassed by assholes like them

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.

matt stoller fully embracing his role as sexual assault denialist

Bitterly ironic that the anti-abortion orgs fighting to freely advertise “abortion pill reversal” (total fraud, possibly dangerous) cited the Free Speech Coalition in their April Motion For Summary Judgement in CA v. RealOptions & Heartbeat International cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad...

This trial is coming to a close. If you would like to watch virtually on Wednesday, July 29 from 8:45 AM–12:00 PM pacific time you can do so with this link. Note: you must identify yourself as “Observer [First] & [Last Name]” or you won’t get in alameda-courts-ca-gov.zoomgov.com/j/1607655151...

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Maggie Mayhem@maggiemayhem.bsky.social · last mo.

Tomorrow June 24 is the 4th anniversary of Dobbs. In a strange fluke of fate it will mark the start of the California vs. Heartbeat International & RealOptions Obria trial Alameda County Superior Courthouse 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94612 4th Floor, Department 18 Judge Patrick McKinney 9:00 AM

Closing party Sunday 5-7pm—nifty art show @carolqueen.bsky.social & I organized with our pals at Queer Arts Featured in SF Castro. Come hang out.

'Millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth. Nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts could devastate labor-and-delivery services in already struggling hospitals.' 19thnews.org/2026/07/mate...

As maternity wards close, community outrage rises in key battleground states

Millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth. Nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts could devastate labor-and-delivery services in already struggling hospi...

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Diana Ledesma alleges forced pregnancy tests, a potential infectious disease outbreak, and human-sized cages during her nearly four-month imprisonment at the San Diego facility. The full story: lataco.com/otay-mesa-de... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

A Minnesota religious studies professor is facing six years in prison, with the DOJ saying he is part of an "antifa" conspiracy against ICE Erik Davis speaks out about his prosecution, largely based on a handful of his comments in Signal chats. He's not accused of any violence “It’s petty revenge"

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

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When I first heard of this story I thought some 3rd party was using the platform of eBay to conduct harassment against this couple but no, it was eBay itself doing the harassment. www.sfgate.com/business/art...

eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask

The couple said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and other bizarre anonymous deliveries.

sfgate.com

California - New state bill aims to give formerly-incarcerated firefighters a path to employment www.capradio.org/articles/202...

New state bill aims to give formerly-incarcerated firefighters a path to employment

More than a thousand incarcerated firefighters play a critical role in battling wildfires across California, but many face challenges landing a job in the firefighting field after being released.

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Friendly #DEFCON34 reminder: Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities are prohibited at DEF CON. There is no exception for recording glasses with prescription lenses. Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them. Please see our Photo policies for more. defcon.org/html/links/d...

It is bad news when a perfectly reasonable, well-established pretrial diversion program is being cut by "moderate Democrats," the same people who are all "we cannot abolish ICE" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A fight over a San Francisco nonprofit tests how far Democrats will move on crime

The fate of SF Pretrial, a group that runs diversion programs, reflects the tough-on-crime sentiment emerging even in liberal cities.

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Also, SF is no longer the liberal city it was in yesteryear. And it’s racial composition is *distinctly* unfavorable to reform. So it isn’t even a “liberal” city whose results are generalizable. It’s not 1965 anymore. And we already dealt w this anachronistic take w the Boudin recall.

San Francisco: Boudin’s Election, Recall, and Why We Got the Lesson From It Wrong

A deep (and a bit long) dive into the election and recall of Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. A story the pundits jumped on, but didn’t really get right.

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anyone know a researcher etc who pays attention to fash & co in the UFO community right now?