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They/She. Queer. Disabled. Enjoys books and cats. Would like to pet your dog.🦇 🇵🇪
NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
wired.com
If you are in the UK, the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance is a resource for finding actions you can take. www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/ehrc-s-...
Joint Statement: EHRC’s Code of Practice comes into effect.
Today marks a massive step backwards. We now have Government-sanctioned guidance that places us totally out of step with how liberal democracies across the world approach upholding the equality and hu...
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Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 4h agoToday the UK is putting into practice aggressive restrictions on trans people using toilets and changing rooms. This follows a complex legal/political mess over two years. The UK was among the best countries in Europe on LGBTQ rights; now it's among the worst. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...
thehill.com/policy/healt... Fucking hell...
Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. On a private call last week hosted by the Whit…
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This is a myth. Europe has pretty much just as much stuff, often the SAME stuff with different names.
Diane@dianesf.bsky.social · 6h agoIn the 1950s we had 700 different chemicals in our food Today we have over 10,000 in our food In Europe, they only have 700 still today. Kelloggs makes the safer Canadian version and the American version. Two different options, same manufacturer. Americans have been sold out sadly.
Keeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
ms.now
Lol did Trump fuck up or what. This is literally never going to end.
Journalism has become the art of stubbornly refusing to draw the obvious conclusion
Btw, once it trickles through the distribution networks, the audiobook for THE REANIMATOR'S FATE will be on Kobo, B&N, Audiobooks.com, Chirp, Bookshop.org, Audible/Amazon, Spotify, library systems, and every other major audiobook retailer
Kara Jorgensen@authorkaraj.bsky.social · 6h agoThe audiobook for THE REANIMATOR'S FATE is trickling out *cue flaming Elmo* So far, it appears to be on Kobo. Not sure where else. Audible/Amazon won't be for a few weeks.
In today’s Starting Point, we take a look at how an inscription on a toppled 300-year-old gravestone unearthed big-time history.
An inscription on a toppled 300-year-old gravestone has unearthed big-time history - The Boston Globe
It might be the oldest marker for a freed Black man in the country, and his remarkable life is receiving new attention from historians.
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Definitely never been a recall for failures in rear-view cameras in cars. Absolutely not Well, not many more recalls than 180, 35 from Ford alone
The Tech Replacing Your Mirrors Keeps Getting Recalled And It’s Getting Worse | Carscoops
Ford has issued 35 recalls affecting 4.6 million vehicles over backup camera issues, but it's far from the only brand facing problems with glitchy displays
carscoops.com
I was in a friend’s rental car and in place of a rear-view mirror there was a mirror-sized digital video feed of the back of the car. They replaced one of the most reliable & intuitive safety features in a car with a digital surrogate that could glitch at any moment. KEEP ANALOG SAFTEY FEATURES
The MTA should tell them they’re free to move to Oklahoma if that’s the way they want to live.
Second Ave. Sagas@2avesag.as · 5h agoThe MTA is bending the knee to the same people who fight literacy requirements in Yeshivas because a bunch of people who live in New York City can't stand seeing the word "sex" on a bus ad. Ridiculous. 5townscentral.com/2026/08/04/a...
Forty years ago, in 1986, NYC suffered over 1,600 homicides. Homicides would peak at over 2,200 a few years later. There were 305 in 2025.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
KOSA. The SCREEN Act. The CHATBOT Act. The Youth AI Privacy Act. Four different bills, with the same flawed approach: more surveillance, more data collection, and less privacy online. Tell the Senate to reject all four. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
acteff.org
Here's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
Avoiding Public Bathrooms Damaged My Bladder—Now, As a Trans Man, I’m Finally Letting Go
Inside the emotional and physical toll of holding it in.
cosmopolitan.com
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 9h agoEfforts to police bathrooms are evil and will impact peoples' health. Segregated bathrooms themselves must be done away with, it's the only solution. I reported this question out, years ago for @99pi.org 99percentinvisible.org/episode/wher...
Nationalize oil firms, then run them into oblivion as we transfer to 100% renewables. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
fwiw: receipts on receipts "Studies have found that individual thermal receipts can contain BPA that is 250 to 1,000 times greater than the amount in a can of food."
BPA and BPS in thermal paper
Thermal paper is thin with a slick feel or sheen finish and discolors easily when scratched.
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This is a wildly prescient story about Chicago's proto-RFK Jr., in charge of public health during the Spanish Flu. He thought beer killed malaria and that bathing could kill you. He had a feud with an actual TB doctor, who insisted bathing is good. He bullied the TB doctor until he killed himself.
In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC
Our Team
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Politico@politico.com · 21h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
Inflammatory disorders can be brutal. I’d know personally (thanks vasculitis et al). But the misinformation, including on vaccines, is dangerous. A deep dive from me into how MAHA sped up the inflammation panic. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Great Inflammation panic
The wellness world's favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn't just annoying—it's harmful.
motherjones.com
Also, pet tax because Katie is adorable (as is Edgar), and I love her post-radiation white snoot
Kara Jorgensen@authorkaraj.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's been a bit since I posted Katie's GoFundMe, but I finally scheduled her 6 month post op follow-up, which involves at least a check up and x-rays (not sure about bloodwork), but last time, the visit was close to $1000 with all three. Shares are always appreciated 💜🐾
A third detainee died after being held at Delaney Hall, according to Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), who said the death wasn’t disclosed to the public by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because the agency recently changed how it reports deaths of detainees. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/t...
A Third Delaney Hall Detainee Has Died, New Jersey Congressman Says
Rep. Rob Menendez said ICE confirmed details of the death, which took place weeks ago, to him during an oversight visit to the facility on Monday.
thecityreporter.nyc
Donnie Cunningham, a parent whose foster daughter found out this week that her college plans had been derailed, said that the impact on other children like his would be devastating. A total of 170 foster students in Mississippi are being denied full-ride scholarships because of a lack of funding.
‘Soul-Crushing’: 170 Foster Students Denied Scholarships at Last Minute Across Mississippi
The State of Mississippi is denying 170 Mississippi foster students full-ride scholarships weeks before classes begin due to lack of funding.
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Hey all, bumping this: It’s been about two weeks since I last shared. I’m still working on listening to my doctor and getting home; it’s just a matter of lining everything up now. If you can share this or pass it along, I’d really appreciate it. gofund.me/60c131b09
Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter
Hi everyone — I was encouraged to update this, since I didn't fully explain the scope … C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis
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Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
Look, I'm busy fighting chronic pain and depression here. I'll make this quick: -I don't use GenAI because I actually love writing. -It's built on theft. -It's an environmental disaster. -It's constructed by corpos to addict and disable you. -My younger self would've been addicted to it.