Wow. So this “Baby Gabriel” thing is what they are going to use to end surrogacy, huh?
Robin Marty
@robinmarty.com
Author, New Handbook for a Post-Roe America, End of Roe v. Wade. Executive Director, https://bsky.app/profile/wawchealth.bsky.social Alabamian. Exhausted. Donate here! https://wawchealth.networkforgood.com/projects/250703-keep-wawc-funded
Once again playing the "How am I supposed to pay these use taxes monthly when you only give me online options to pay quarterly?" game with the Alabama Tax Department.
To the Minneapolis folk who might be upset about the proposed property tax hike: I currently pay at least $3000 a year in sales tax in clothes and food, $28,000 for two high school tuitions, have one terrible hospital system I’m afraid to use and no public transit. Trust me, your hike is a steal.
I am watching a sport that comprises of men throwing footballs at a roof and somehow scoring points and we’ve dubbed it redneck skeeball…
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
I had so little email in my clinic account this morning that I just sent myself an email to make sure it was actually working...
New from me: The same people who enable abusers like Rep. Max Miller also embolden abusers like ICE. www.altrightdelete.news/p/so-goes-ohio
So Goes Ohio
On ankle monitors, missing bunnies, and the movement that eats its own
altrightdelete.news
I watched a panel today about the unbundling of pregnancy care come January 1, and I'm really really scared that this is going to be making maternal outcomes so much worse in the future.
I bet the "Trump Accounts" are in crypto just like those payments to the UFC folks at the White House party were...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.TIM SCOTT: If you want single mothers to have more access to their resources immediately, you want cryptocurrency, digital assets, to blossom here at home in America. Democrats can join us and make democratization a reality. BARTIROMO: But the Republicans are not all onboard.
Commentary by Latrell Clifford Wood and Joseph Palomino: "If state legislators don’t allocate $174 million for SNAP benefits next year, Alabama could be forced to end its participation in SNAP entirely. That is how a fiscal cost shift becomes a hunger crisis." https://ow.ly/TQGH50ZwOxi
I will believe AI is the future when I no longer need to correct all the autofill options on online forms.
Trying to find my MN folk to see what they think of that senate primary roundtable in the NYT (giftlinking for those who need it) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | A Voters’ Guide to the Minnesota Democratic Senate Primary (Gift Article)
Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.
nytimes.com
The. Hell? “Trump Media has not publicly disclosed how much the service costs. Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, that the company discussed charging up to $100,000 a month, or $60,000 a month as part of a three-year plan.” www.businessinsider.com/trump-truth-...
What smart people are saying about Trump Media charging for faster access to Truth Social posts
Trump Media launched Truth API on Saturday, allowing faster access to posts from prominent Truth Social accounts, including President Donald Trump's.
businessinsider.com
Birmingham folk - I just have the absolute best meal at Epice. Highly recommend.
It is the start of Black August. If unfamiliar, you can learn about Black August from this brief overview by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). baji.org/our-work/baj...
BAJI reflects on the significance of Black August | BAJI
baji.org
Between “more data centers” and “let’s get rid of Social Security,” I’m starting to wonder if Tuberville is actively trying to lose the governors race. tuscaloosathread.com/tuberville-s...
Tuberville Calls Social Security A Ponzi Scheme On The Senate Floor
Senator Tommy Tuberville stood by a sign on the Senate floor reading 'Social Security is a Scam,' today, pointing to a projected $3.8 trillion cash shortfall and possible monthly benefit cuts for reti...
tuscaloosathread.com
This year I gave 5 women impacted by incarceration across the US $10,000 scholarships to complete their education This is an email we received from one woman yesterday as we are gathering video from all 58 women thurmanperryfoundation.org has put through school. I am so fulfilled
My husband is grumpy because he was going to make a whisky sour but realized we have the salmonella eggs…
This is a must read for any white person confused about the family’s determination to make sure Well’s death wasn’t foul play. “Black Parents Are Rattled by Mississippi Teen’s Death Among White Friends” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/u...
Nolan Wells’ Death Rattles Black Parents About All-White Spaces (Gift Article)
The death of Nolan Wells after he boated with friends to an island party on July 4 has sparked anguish among Black parents about the safety of their children in predominantly white spaces.
nytimes.com
Everything is kinda terrible but watching my cat try to catch lizards through the picture window remains a delight…
Never forget Alabama makes more than $450m a year from prison labor…
Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · 3w agoOh, we're putting tariffs on countries that don't do enough to stop slave labor? Can we tariff ourselves? Because the US has the largest slave labor population in the world! Again, periodic reminder that our slave labor population is larger than the workforce of Norway. Not a typo.
*blink* “Body literacy courses for boys should include strategies for managing “spontaneous arousal in ways that support self-regulation, health and future fertility.” And they should address “how repeated or artificially stimulated arousal may affect neural development and behavior over time.”
Government Overhauls Teen Pregnancy Program to Focus on Marriage and Starting Families (Gift Article)
The administration canceled federal grants to organizations across the country, accusing them of encouraging premarital sex. New criteria say programs should stress abstinence.
nytimes.com
Going through my numbers and this is likely going to be the first month since we stopped doing abortions post-Dobbs that our patient revenue will totally cover our non-payroll operations expenses. All while keeping out of pocket payments around $20 per visit.