N.V. Binder 𓀨

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Days after Nick Judin reported that Mississippi had suddenly denied scholarships to 170 Mississippi foster students, a nonprofit has pledged $800k and colleges are working to ensure their education isn't disrupted. Lawmakers are also vowing to fix it. This is what impactful journalism looks like.

Mississippi Nonprofit, Colleges Help Foster Students Denied Scholarships as Lawmakers Vow Fix

The Woodward Hines Education Foundation is dedicating $800,000 to help fund Mississippi foster students denied full-ride scholarships.

mississippifreepress.org

I continually harp on this but I truly think everyone would feel better overall with a good cathartic cry--that release of tension makes it easier to carry on with the fresh horrors of the world. And this story, while heartrending, is not GRIM. It will not leave you feeling like nothing matters.

"Pronouns used to be a funny joke, Hank. Until the government tried to tell me I couldn't use them anymore. So now I'm adamant about making sure trans people are gendered right. Not for their sake. But because I'll be damned if the US government is going to tell me what words I can and can't use."

Dale from King of the Hill

I keep bringing up that one huge reason oligarchs love the algorithmic impostors is that they know how few artists actually agree with them, and they want to hijack our art STYLES to churn out propaganda we'd never agree to make.

Note Max Miller threatens libel action against Moreno for his public comments because family law privileges this chilling of speech too — public speech “alienates” children from their abusive parents

The bar is so high for rich white men that handprint bruise/broken bones fail it AND get counted against the protective parent by family judges — Miller still got 50-50 physical, legal and medical custody

Max Miller’s story is wild when a broken clavicle and handprint bruise are *still* not enough for CPS to make a positive finding of abuse Without that finding, Moreno taking a kid to the ER without him, is counted against *her* in family court

Bernie Moreno is a billionaire, one of two Ohio senators, law enforcement investigation of abuse would’ve been impeccable, but he was afraid to speak out as *suspicions* — broken collarbones, handprint bruises — are more damaging to protective parents in family court than to abusers

"be a man"; what does that mean? act recklessly without regard to his granddaughter's safety? Dealing with a determined abuser in your family is just extremely, extremely difficult, not least because law enforcement is often on their side.