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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 14h ago

The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.

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If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

This is Loki, our Maine Coon and the cat of our hearts, and he went missing today. We have no idea how he got out, but he’s an elder, indoor cat, the whole region’s in an intense heat wave, and we’re really scared. I doubt I have any followers here in Martinez, CA, but if so, help? It’s SO hot

Anyone accused of abusing others should be on leave from public service. Anyone found guilty of abusing others must be permanently removed from public service- even if you are President of the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...

Ohio Senator Calls Former Son-in-Law Accused of Abuse Unfit for Office (Gift Article)

Senator Bernie Moreno, Republican of Ohio, broke his silence about allegations of domestic abuse his daughter has made against Representative Max Miller.

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Hey MSP—anyone recognize this good boy? He was found in my neighborhood yesterday and doesn’t have a microchip. Link to lost dogs FB page. More info in alt text. www.facebook.com/share/p/18rZ...

Very glad again to have asked for an updated MMR from the pharmacy in May. You can go get your titres checked at your primary care doc, but also if you haven’t had one since you were a kid, it won’t hurt to get a new one (trust me - I had them do 3 others at the same time, and it was all ok).

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 4d ago

There's a new measles outbreak in Delaware after a decade with no cases. In times of high transmission, outbreaks become more likely - and with falling vaccination rates across the country, these sparks are falling on increasingly dry timber. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

And this seems to be exactly how you encounter them - randomly in Georgetown, standing awkwardly in the middle of the Metro Center Metro stop, walking down neighborhood streets. Not actually doing anything that secures anyone or makes us feel safer.

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 5d ago

It's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it

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huh the only fast casual restaurant that's thriving hates AI wonder if that means anything

If u missed: Washington and Lee University seeks an experienced business journalist for its Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. It's an endowed professorship w/tenure to teach business journalism, oversee an internship program, more. DETAILS: loom.ly/opz2h7k

Me: I should get out more for non-work-related shenanigans. My cat: OK, but consider this: I am very soft. Me: You drive a hard bargain there. My bed: I, too, am very soft. Me: Excellent point. My pajamas: Don't forget us, friend! So soft! Me: Well hot diggity damn you're all correct!

It can be done! And should be done across the country! Banning no-knock warrants except for with a court order under extreme circumstances keeps people safer and does not prevent law enforcement from doing their jobs. Just from doing their jobs as thoughtlessly and dangerously.

Clare Oumou Verbeten@clareoumou.bsky.social · last wk.

No-knock warrants are down nearly 80% statewide thanks to the near-total ban I authored and passed in 2023. Courts can only authorize no-knock entries under extreme, life-threatening circumstances and two full years of data from the BCA show it’s working. This law is saving lives.

ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES, my book about grief; who is allowed to mourn and how; and why people want to pathologize the experiences that make us human, is available now in print, ebook, and audiobook formats, wherever fine books are sold (or loaned, shoutout to libraries).

All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning

"Both a grief book that doesn't read like a clinician's notes and a memoir wrapped around a bigger subject, All My Dead Cats takes grief from the taboo to the universal." — BooklistHave you suffered a...

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drunk girl trying to tell her friends that she thinks they are “weekend at Bernie’s” with McConnell, but she has got completely the wrong movie and keeps calling it “doing a Fish Called Wanda” with him and I’m dying

Hey Marylanders! Tyson needs a forever home. Doesn’t he remind you of @fishtopher.bsky.social?

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Meet our volunteer dog groomer, Cindy, who has spent countless hours giving makeovers to thousands of dogs in need. Thanks to Cindy, the seniors who come to Muttville start their new beginnings so fresh and so clean.

Day three let’s get to snacking

Do they know about @kashana.blacksky.app? Somehow her books are cozy while also being provocative. I don’t know how she does it, but you want to keep reading!

Victoria Janssen@victoriajanssen.bsky.social · last wk.

Friend needs book recs! Pluses: cozy vibes, non-white authors, queerness. They already have plenty of white queer books. 💙📚 📚💙

@gordod.bsky.social Just in case you were worried I would believe this - no he hasn’t. What an absolute knob.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

"I've done more for you than your parents, okay?" -- Trump goes full cult leader during a Michigan rally that also included numerous "jokes" about him serving a third term, and a protester heckling him as a "pedophile protector" Here's a supercut:

I mean, he’s talking about the tacky fake gold he keeps throwing up all over the Oval Office. Attempting to remake the U.S. into a false front happy clappy land with a grim and ugly reality behind the fake gold is exactly what he’s doing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "No transgender surgery and the mutilization of your children. They mutilize your children. So ladies and gentlemen of Michigan, the golden age of American is upon us. We're in the golden age."

It’s that time, friends. Please keep these young people in snacks so they can keep Pastor Solomon on his toes. You know what happens when he gets too comfortable. 😉

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 2w ago

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Black kids protecting their Latino neighbors from ICE

This seems like something @courtneymilan.com should know about if she doesn’t already!

Ryan (Ry) Warner@ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 2w ago

Denver, if you're free on Monday, a mountain of free spuds awaits:

Hop on with us in ten minutes!

SecularAZ@secularaz.org · 2w ago

Join us Friday, 7/24, at 12p/PT for a conversation with @sesmith.lol about their new book, "All My Dead Cats and Other Losses." This book reframes mourning not as a fixable problem, but as an ongoing, livable shift in one’s relationship to the world. #books #author secularaz.org/single-event...