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Riverboatjack

@riverboatjack.bsky.social

streamer and political organizer socialist transgender former: game informer, extra life, xbox mag she/her business email: jack@penslingers.org

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Riverboatjack@riverboatjack.bsky.social · yesterday

Boy, putting the MAHA people in charge and slashing the budget for food inspectors and food contamination investigators is really working out for all of us, isn't it?

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · yesterday

Chipotle said on Tuesday it had removed jalapenos from all its restaurants in Minnesota and other locations that received the product after identifying the peppers as a potential common ingredient in a salmonella outbreak under investigation by ​public health authorities.

Riverboatjack@riverboatjack.bsky.social · yesterday

They do not want people able to think critically. This component of fascism blends anti-empericism with the development of newspeak, a diminished language made of words acceptable to the state. Thinking critically with a wealth of words is poison to fascism.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Riverboatjack@riverboatjack.bsky.social · yesterday

We are on the brink of seeing the end of the most embarrassing war in American history with a strategic defeat across the board. The US military is about to lose the ability to operate in theater without taking massive losses.

US military has used up nearly 80% of key missile interceptors as commanders warn stockpiles ‘dangerously low,’ sources say | CNN Politics

The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is “dangerously low,”...

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Lisa Needham@snipy.bsky.social · yesterday

honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.

(3) COVERED PLATFORM.— The term "covered platform" - (A) means an entity - (i) that is an interactive computer service; (ii) that- (I) is engaged in interstate or foreign commerce; or (Il) purposefully avails itself of the United States market or a portion thereof; and (iïi) for which it is in the regular course of the trade or business of the entity to create, host, or make available content that meets the definition of harmful to minors under paragraph (4) and that is provided by the entity, a user, or other intration conten provider, with
Adam Isacson@adamisacson.com · yesterday

Boat Strikes: "A careful review of the available evidence suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” writes @kaine.senate.gov. “They are murder victims.”

Kaine Presses President on Military Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific, Calls for Accountability | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, sent a letter to...

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Riverboatjack@riverboatjack.bsky.social · 2d ago

How many more will need to die before the general public catches on that the Trump admin is building concentration camp infrastructure in the United States and is intent on using it to kill more people?

Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 2d ago

A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools. Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power. Those physicals, Maria explains, are usually perfunctory: “Like, Are you walking normally? Are you lightheaded? I have never had to take any clothes off. I’ve never felt uncomfortable or violated.” If IL26-638 were to pass and Maria were still in school, she says she would likely drop out of her team. (We’re withholding Maria’s real name to protect her privacy.) “I honestly don’t know if I would be able to do these tests,” she adds. “It would also make me question, If I do it, are all my teammates going to too? Or would I just play with the three or four girls who are willing to or have access to do it?”
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 2d ago

These are just crazy numbers. It's not just that she's being outspent, it's that this race is under-the-radar in the state as well as from the outside. Will be interesting to see if that changes!

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 2d ago

From a Fox Poll out 7/31: Talarico-Paxton is the marquee race down here but check out the dead heat btw Abbott and Hinojosa for governor. This contest isn't even on the radar for the national Dems, AFAIK. She's has $3m cash on hand--Abbott has *$67m*. Some more highlights from the poll... /1

Polling results showing Greg Abbott leading Gina Hinojosa by only 50-49 percent.
Riverboatjack@riverboatjack.bsky.social · 3d ago

"I think now, after they killed one Israeli, we need to kill all the people in Tal and Sarra, even Jit and Farata," he said, naming the Palestinian villages closest to the outpost. I put it to him that he was equating one Jewish life with hundreds or even thousands of Palestinian lives.

Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge

Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d ago

How has ICE ramped up arrests dramatically while keeping public awareness low? A large part of that is escalating arrests by state and local police under 287(g) agreements; arrests which often look a lot like classic racial profiling.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 6d ago

Goodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...