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As a consummate procrastinator it will be 6 months (let’s be honest, 100 years) before I write a decent profile. 2016 and 2024 were gutting, but shutting down is a luxury there isn’t time for. It is in our hands to try to create a better world for all.
PSA for New Orleans: Free IUDs for people without insurance and who make 400% or less of the Federal Poverty Level w/proof of income. Basically, if folks wanted an IUD but cost is a barrier, this is a great chance. via @nolanews.bsky.social
CrescentCare in New Orleans is giving away free IUDs in August. See who is eligible.
To be eligible, a person must be uninsured and make 400% or less of the Federal Poverty Level. Without insurance, an IUD typically costs between $500 and $1,800.
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For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.
Cat Alyst 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them)@catalystmeow.bsky.social · 18h agoThis is important to note! Republicans scheduled their Medicare cuts for January 2027. They want to say, “Look! The Democrats took back the House and cut your Medicare.” If you know someone on Medicare, expose the Republicans' dirty trick. #USDemocracy #MomSky #RepublicanMedicareCuts
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ (Gift Article)
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
nytimes.com
Not every grid is fading. Texas went the other way: clean won 8% of days in 2019, 56% so far in 2026. Clean Energy Stripes are now live, an interactive site covering different U.S. grids, plus open-source code so anyone can make their own: johnbistline.com/clean-energy...
🚨 New article published in Scientific Reports (open access): www.nature.com/articles/s41... #AcademicSky #climate #fireweather
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
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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Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
So Tillis and Cornyn’s position is that the slush fund and IRS immunity is disgusting, illegal, immoral, and unethical but they are willing to confirm the man who agreed to it as Attorney General of the United States as long as he takes it back.
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A Nuremberg Legacy: The Crime of Aggression
In 1945, with the world still reeling from World War II, the trial of the major German war criminals before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg began. Nuremberg prosecutors, myself ...
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Russ@russ41.bsky.social · 4d agoSeeing a number of top regime staff tried and imprisoned* for waging a war of aggression would go a long way towards restoring faith in the rule of law.
So why oh, why oh, why oh, why oh, why oh are we so in denial?
Why There's Still So Much Denial About Elon Musk
Or how we make the Charlie Chaplin error
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Ballistic missiles tore into five districts of the Ukrainian capital before dawn Saturday. President Trump is now walking back a promised boost to Ukraine's missile defense systems. n.pr/450Rgkk
Overnight Russian barrage kills nine in Kyiv, as air defense struggle with U.S. continues
Ballistic missiles tore into five districts of the Ukrainian capital before dawn Saturday. President Trump is now walking back a promised boost to Ukraine's missile defense systems.
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JFC. The west half of our country is on fire.
I still remember the moment i realized that “debanking” was just referring to banks implementing anti money laundering laws
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 4d agoThe disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
In a decision by an admin court in South Korea, Women on Web's lawsuit to unblock its entire website has been dismissed. The court implied that since abortion is no longer illegal, there's no urgent need to provide unapproved medication. But there's very little access!! And it's censorship.
Court Upholds Block on Abortion Pill Website Access
Court Upholds Block on Abortion Pill Website Access Ruling cites Pharmaceutical Affairs Act violation; lawsuit dismissed for lack of authority
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Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...
Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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Imagine getting roasted hard and the judge basically says, “Yeah… that’s fair.” He lost the lawsuit, and now it’s part of the public record.
This survivor’s story blew me away. 7/ substack.com/@muellershew...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Epstein Files Tipster Tells Me About Her Friend Being Trafficked to Epstein Through Trump Modeling Agency
One of the tipsters released in the Epstein documents this week reached out to me. She sat for a formal FBI interview, but her 302 wasn't released pursuant to the Transparency Act.
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Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire
Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/b...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China (Gift Article)
For some U.S. brands seeking a location for their factories, the economic logic is once again pointing to China.
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