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SF Giants, Niners, and Kings. LGBTQIA+. Cannabis lover. Independent. Deconstructed Minister. Animal lover. Day job is Trade Compliance and Supply Chain. (She/Her)
From our magazine: The Inside Books Project, a nonprofit operated by volunteers, sends about 40,000 free books to prisoners each year. But their vital work is endangered by a new rule banning used and hardcover books.
Throwing the Book at Books in Prison
Inside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work.
texasobserver.org
Walk don’t run to listen to this episode. I didn’t know Celeste was going to be on today. Every time she talks to Pete my blood pressure regulates. Helps me see into the depths. This is what I needed today
Pete Coe@petecoevo.bsky.social · yesterdayHey @celesteheadlee.bsky.social thanks for being on the pod w/ @petedominick.bsky.social. A news & audio roundup returns like Mothra bursting from her cocoon & also, one of our all time favorite guests on this Tuesday episode, listeners! standupwithpete.com/1645-celeste...
I work for a company in Europe but in the States. I was just assigned a training course on active shooters. Can we just fix this with guns instead of us needing to learn how to avoid getting shot at work? Why is this so hard?
An Atlanta-area police chief accessed Flock cameras 500 times to track the movements of his ex-girlfriend and her teenage daughter. At least 50 cops have been similarly charged with misusing Flock "including to stalk women without their knowledge or consent"
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
wapo.st
If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.
RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow
Donald Trump says there’s nothing special about Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante & he’s removed protection. He says “There’s nothing worth protecting…you can’t even walk on it” Please give if you can. Lawsuits are expensive! Here’s some photos and link…
#BB28 does anyone have the music choices for each of the HOH this season?
The gen-Z consultants behind Touchpoint, which organized CPAC London, are backed by a far-right global network with extremist views that is using young, photogenic politicos to push the “war on woke.” www.thenerve.news/p/cpac-confe...
Liz Truss, dark money and the gen-Z Catholics: who’s behind CPAC in the UK?
The British debut of Maga’s favourite conference last week was widely seen as a joke. But a Nerve investigation reveals its young organisers are part of a web of culture-war connections – from the US ...
thenerve.news
One of the worst things Trump has done is demonstrate to conservatives that you can make up any lie you want and simply repeat it over and over and over without caring if you've been proven wrong. Unafraid of being called a liar.
AI users are not creators. If you used AI, you didn't create anything. Thousands of others created so that AI could steal their work, so that you could crib it. You are an operator, but not a creator.
Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️⚧️💗🏀💗
For those with histories of eating disorders: how are you holding up in the current climate? How are you feeling, and how are you making sense of this current moment around thinness?
"Their real problem is with people they consider beneath them getting roles that show them as the equals of white people—or really, specific kinds of white people. No one was complaining about the casting of actors of British, Australian, and German descent in Troy more than a decade ago."
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2w agoThe racist backlash to Chris Nolan’s Odyssey is a kind of stolen valor, an attempt by the right to claim credit for achievements they had nothing to do with in order to justify racial hierarchy in the present. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Oh, this bitch! 😡😡 JK Rowling is now sexually harrassing trans women. Upskirting is illegal in the UK & that's absolutely wtf Rowling did here. If this had happened to me? I'd be filing charges. Idgaf, that woman needs to be Stopped. www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/17/j...
JK Rowling criticised for posting image of trans woman that showed up her skirt
JK Rowling has come under fire for sharing a photograph of a trans woman that was taken at an angle that showed under the woman’s skirt.
thepinknews.com
Tate "repeatedly placed one woman, a webcam performer, in chokeholds until she passed out, then raped her, during an alleged attack at her home in Bedford, England, in 2015. Another woman alleged he choked her to the point that “she was afraid Tate was going to kill her."
dbnewtondoors.bsky.social@dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 2w agowww.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u... Lock these assholes up and throw away the keys!
This is the energy. Sing it, sister!!!
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2w agoThis one is amazing too
Yes. This is what it feels like. From Will Kiley Santino
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
I had to persuade the social team that Bluesky was the right audience for this. Don't let me down.
The Daily Show@thedailyshow.com · 3w agoOK.
Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...
Live updates: Man killed in Biddeford ICE-involved shooting ID’ed as 26-year-old from Colombia
Witnesses described seeing one person being shot in the head.
pressherald.com
13) I think it would be healing for certain subsets of mediocre white men to admit they wished they didn't have to compete with women/brown ppl for employment, love, validation, & resources. A little self-examination/admitting personal weaknesses/biases so you can improve does everybody good.
![YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m calling from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling on [HOUSE MEMBER/SENATOR] to publicly reject President Trump’s latest effort to relitigate the 2020 election and cast doubt on the integrity of the 2026 midterms.
YOU: Trump used a prime-time presidential address to repeat unsupported claims about election interference and voting systems. Newly released material does not justify presenting those claims as established fact.
YOU: Let’s be clear: Trump’s decision to do this four months before the midterms, is a clear and deliberate attempt to weaken public confidence in elections he may later seek to discredit.
YOU: Congress must not reward that strategy by advancing legislation based on election conspiracy theories, restricting lawful access to the ballot, or giving the executive branch greater control over election administration.
YOU: I’m asking [HOUSE MEMBER/SENATOR] to state clearly that the 2020 election was legitimate, oppose efforts to interfere with state and local election administration, and defend the counting and certification of every lawful vote in 2026. I am also asking [ELECTED] NOT support the SAVE America Act.
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