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Arielle Duhaime-Ross
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Podcast & TV host, science Journalist, comics artist • Host of the psychedelics science podcast "Altered States" Past : VICE News, Vox, The Verge • They/Them • www.adrs.blog
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adrs.bsky.social
Google can now help you find and remove your ID from search results
www.theverge.com/tech/876352/...
Google can now help you find and remove your ID from search results
You can remove more of your information from the search engine.
www.theverge.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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rodger.bsky.social
The highlight of the “athletes pronouncing their names for the Olympics website” is American alpine skier Mary Bocock, who clearly agrees it’s a pretty funny name
February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
adrs.bsky.social
Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits
www.theverge.com/transportati...
Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits
A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim $8.5 million in damages.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
adrs.bsky.social
I had no idea I could block Youtube shorts until now. I don't have to see them in my search results in browser. So happy I know this now! holy moly.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
adrs.bsky.social
It was also very special to speak with Francesca for the episode and hear about her experience with anorexia, and the breakthrough after taking psilocybin. My goal with that interview was to humanize anorexia for folks who aren't familiar. Francesca made my job easy open.spotify.com/episode/6UlV...
Psychedelics for Anorexia?
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
adrs.bsky.social
No medication has ever been approved to treat anorexia. And the standard of care - therapy - often fails. But researchers are hopeful that psilocybin-assisted therapy could change that. And the science that underpins that hope is honestly extremely interesting! open.spotify.com/episode/6UlV...
Psychedelics for Anorexia?
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
adrs.bsky.social
Apple’s new limited edition iPhone grip is all about accessibility www.theverge.com/news/826081/...
Apple’s new limited edition iPhone grip is all about accessibility
It’s a partnership with artist Bailey Hikawa.
www.theverge.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
adrs.bsky.social
Today's episode of Altered States is one I'm especially happy to share: it's about the increasing excitement that eating disorder researchers are feeling around the potential use of psilocybin-assisted therapy to treat anorexia 1/5

open.spotify.com/episode/6UlV...
Psychedelics for Anorexia?
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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volts.wtf
Well well well, will you look at this.
the-downballot.com The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Nov 18
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.

"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
adrs.bsky.social
A revealing tool for my fellow journalists: "The Trans News Initiative is a new project... dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States."

transnewsinitiative.org?ref=transjou...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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jaywillis.net
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald’s. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter. Hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth, she falsely advertised herself in 2017 as 18 years old on a website that matches men looking for “companionship” with young women looking to make money. What followed would set off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of one of the men she would encounter, Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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astrokatie.com
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 12
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
adrs.bsky.social
I needed this recap. Thank you. mashable.com/article/elon...
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon Musk. Now he’s mad online.
Elon Musk is beefing with Joyce Carol Oates on social media, and it's hilariously strange.
mashable.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
adrs.bsky.social
Worth watching: How to Be a Good Citizen When Your Country Does Bad Things www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen When Your Country Does Bad Things
Is it possible to be a good citizen in a country that does bad things? In this video, New York Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen argues yes — and introduces Israeli dissidents who show us how.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
adrs.bsky.social
just a thought — maybe instead of "video podcasts"... you could just call them "talk shows"? Because that's really what these things are at this point.

(I say this as a person who has hosted multiple podcasts AND a TV talk show...)

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Netflix Starts Bigger Push Into Video Podcasts
The streamer has sent out dozens of requests to agents at WME, UTA and CAA for video podcast creators.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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parkermolloy.com
*dusts this piece off* www.readtpa.com/p/want-to-kn...
Want to Know How Democrats Should Handle Trans Rights? Ask Zohran Mamdani
The 33-year-old socialist just crushed Andrew Cuomo by doing what many national Democrats won't: having convictions.
www.readtpa.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
I'm ready for apologies from pundits and politicians who showed their bigoted asses and suggested we needed to abandon trans people in order to win.

looks like "fairness in girls' sports" wasn't the unbeatable wedge issue you thought it was, was it? kinda makes you look like a dumbass, huh?
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
every time I explain to my coworkers that a social media influencer from out of town has convinced the Trump administration that the Portland police are antifa, they look at me like I've sprouted a second head www.theverge.com/policy/81340...
But the police very soon had much bigger fish to fry, as out-of-state influencers swooped in to get in on the content-rich environs of the Portland ICE facility. On October 2nd, local police arrested Nick Sortor of Washington, DC, on suspicion of disorderly conduct. After Sortor was released the following morning, he told his 1.2 million followers on X that he had spoken to Attorney General Pam Bondi. (Bondi later opened an investigation into the Portland police.) Sortor, who was also invited to Trump’s roundtable on “antifa,” went on to publicly attack the Portland Police Bureau for being “Antifa-infiltrated,” an allegation that the Trump administration appears to be taking seriously — the word of an influencer being, apparently, much weightier than the thin blue line.
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Oct 31
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL., Plaintiffs, V. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL., Defendants. * * * * * * * * * * * Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT MEMORANDUM AND ORDER October 31, 2025 TALWANI, D.J. Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc. No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025. A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below. As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4]; Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138 Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L. No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available 10 Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT Document 26 Filed 10/31/25 Page 11 of 15 through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at 93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4]. Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" (emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
adrs.bsky.social
This researcher is… totally out of his depth
sophiemolly.co.uk Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · Oct 30
Yikes! This is fake news. More trans kids felt safe to come out, now they don't. Government's are painting a target on the back of trans kids backs, forcing them tk stay in the closet.

www.wsj.com/opinion/evid...
Opinion | Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis
The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding.
www.wsj.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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joshlinden.bsky.social
Yes, and...

You'll notice that the NYT's both sides "but" usually tees up RW talking points. Imagine if, instead, they reversed it:

"Critics say that [blah blah], but supporters claim his degree laid a foundation for his campaign message that is resonating with New Yorkers"

Very different effect!
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Oct 29
One of the most psychotic both-sides headlines I've ever seen
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?

What?
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Oct 29
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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phlegm47.bsky.social
The loosest excuse to have his face on the same page as the numerals 9/11, doesn't matter what the 'article' is about
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
adrs.bsky.social
Questioning him over this and calling it a “lie” is straight up embarrassing.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Oct 28
In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM