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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.
Follow religion reporters.
Follow religion reporters.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Already seeing prominent journalists on this site ignore this warning.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
I’m telling y’all: follow reporters, not influencers.
The @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch quiz is, indeed, great fun... see example shared below. And every year, the "matches" have suggested books I would never otherwise see or somehow missed. Haven't read all, but found some new favorites. Enjoy the quiz by Dec and the books for the long term.
the annual @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch makes me laugh SO hard that a top reward tier should simply be a recommending something equally as funny
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch quiz is, indeed, great fun... see example shared below. And every year, the "matches" have suggested books I would never otherwise see or somehow missed. Haven't read all, but found some new favorites. Enjoy the quiz by Dec and the books for the long term.
DC's CM Brooke Pinto, candidate for Cong. Delegate, is telling candidate forum that youth curfew and other attacks on youth rights are the "backbone" of protecting DC's sovereignty by showing federal administration that DC deserves to govern itself. Using youth lives to buy cooperation!
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
DC's CM Brooke Pinto, candidate for Cong. Delegate, is telling candidate forum that youth curfew and other attacks on youth rights are the "backbone" of protecting DC's sovereignty by showing federal administration that DC deserves to govern itself. Using youth lives to buy cooperation!
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"'We the People' includes we the incarcerated. It’s long past time to allow all voting-age Americans the freedom to vote." Story co-published with Reckon News.
‘We the People’ Includes We the Incarcerated
It’s time to let all voting-age Americans influence their government.
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"'We the People' includes we the incarcerated. It’s long past time to allow all voting-age Americans the freedom to vote." Story co-published with Reckon News.
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Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
Battles in West Kordofan as Sudan army resists RSF’s eastward push
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reports of the desperate humanitarian situation and atrocities continue to mount as paramilitary RSF pushes eastwards.
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Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stop asking the internet if people still go to the library. Yes, every day, 7 days a week. Still free. Still a safe space. Still no purchase required
Is it my imagination, or is the music we're hearing on hold with Governor Stitt's office, 405-521-2342 -- trying to get the governor to honor the clemency recommendation of his own Parole and Pardon's board -- Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"?
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Is it my imagination, or is the music we're hearing on hold with Governor Stitt's office, 405-521-2342 -- trying to get the governor to honor the clemency recommendation of his own Parole and Pardon's board -- Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"?
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board believes that Tremane Wood shouldn't be put to death, yet the state is planning to execute him very soon. There's still time, Governor Stitt, to honor the recommendation of your own board!
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board believes that Tremane Wood shouldn't be put to death, yet the state is planning to execute him very soon. There's still time, Governor Stitt, to honor the recommendation of your own board!
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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I've updated the third-country removal tracker to add 19 migrants sent to Ghana on Nov. 6.
Trump has now sent at least 91 migrants to African prisons.
I haven't confirmed yet if the ICE flight to Liberia last week carried third-country nationals.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
Trump has now sent at least 91 migrants to African prisons.
I haven't confirmed yet if the ICE flight to Liberia last week carried third-country nationals.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
Tracking All of Trump’s Third-Country Removals (That We Know Of)
Bookmark this post, it will be updated.
hardghistory.ghost.io
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I've updated the third-country removal tracker to add 19 migrants sent to Ghana on Nov. 6.
Trump has now sent at least 91 migrants to African prisons.
I haven't confirmed yet if the ICE flight to Liberia last week carried third-country nationals.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
Trump has now sent at least 91 migrants to African prisons.
I haven't confirmed yet if the ICE flight to Liberia last week carried third-country nationals.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
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Thank you, @draftingthepast.bsky.social! Kate Carpenter interviews #historians about how--and why--we do what we do. I loved talking with her about what I call the "disco ball of integrity." draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis... And now she's sent me this awesome swag! Thanks for this awesome podcast.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Thank you, @draftingthepast.bsky.social! Kate Carpenter interviews #historians about how--and why--we do what we do. I loved talking with her about what I call the "disco ball of integrity." draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis... And now she's sent me this awesome swag! Thanks for this awesome podcast.
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Reminder this Veterans Day: While comprehensive data on the relationship between military service & incarceration is not available, one thing is clear -
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder this Veterans Day: While comprehensive data on the relationship between military service & incarceration is not available, one thing is clear -
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
"The ADL’s spankings from the Right are intended to secure its partnership in the escalation of white nationalism, and they’re succeeding. Likewise, the little storms between Christian and Jewish right-wing groups aren’t breakups—they’re just negotiations...." -- crucial piece from Emmaia Gelman
Don't Be Fooled By the Right's Attack on the ADL — It's Just a Tactic to Normalize the Right's Most Virulent Elements
The relationship between white Christian nationalists and right-wing Jewish groups is often so stormy it can at times look like they’re eating their own. But it’s nothing to celebrate. The storminess ...
religiondispatches.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"The ADL’s spankings from the Right are intended to secure its partnership in the escalation of white nationalism, and they’re succeeding. Likewise, the little storms between Christian and Jewish right-wing groups aren’t breakups—they’re just negotiations...." -- crucial piece from Emmaia Gelman
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(NEW!) Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis
leftwingbooks.net/products/read-this-when-things-fall-apart
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes
leftwingbooks.net/products/read-this-when-things-fall-apart
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
(NEW!) Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis
leftwingbooks.net/products/read-this-when-things-fall-apart
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes
leftwingbooks.net/products/read-this-when-things-fall-apart
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes
"When we fight we win" message, with shout out to @harrietsdreams.bsky.social @nationalbailout.bsky.social, blmokc and LifeAfterRelease. [shared from IG with permission]
We who believe in Freedom cannot rest. A $100,000 bond was not about safety...
IG folks: www.instagram.com/reel/DQuF7jW...
We who believe in Freedom cannot rest. A $100,000 bond was not about safety...
IG folks: www.instagram.com/reel/DQuF7jW...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"When we fight we win" message, with shout out to @harrietsdreams.bsky.social @nationalbailout.bsky.social, blmokc and LifeAfterRelease. [shared from IG with permission]
We who believe in Freedom cannot rest. A $100,000 bond was not about safety...
IG folks: www.instagram.com/reel/DQuF7jW...
We who believe in Freedom cannot rest. A $100,000 bond was not about safety...
IG folks: www.instagram.com/reel/DQuF7jW...
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this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
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there are nazis in the white house kidnapping people off the streets and disappearing them to human rights abusing states while posting antisemitic memes and calling jews disloyal and we have never gotten a letter from the uja expressing anything resembling a similar fear for jewish safety.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
there are nazis in the white house kidnapping people off the streets and disappearing them to human rights abusing states while posting antisemitic memes and calling jews disloyal and we have never gotten a letter from the uja expressing anything resembling a similar fear for jewish safety.
Among Judaism's "deepest convictions and most cherished values" are shmirat ha-lashon [guarding the tongue/keyboard], and pursuing peace, justice, and community building. This statement is a shameful NEGATIVE example. Every Jew shouldn't have to respond to this fear-mongering, but I hope many will
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Among Judaism's "deepest convictions and most cherished values" are shmirat ha-lashon [guarding the tongue/keyboard], and pursuing peace, justice, and community building. This statement is a shameful NEGATIVE example. Every Jew shouldn't have to respond to this fear-mongering, but I hope many will
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"In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished."
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
Staff sex abuse in Idaho women’s prisons largely unchecked
InvestigateWest reporting exposes sexual abuse by guards, retaliation against victims and a system that fails to track the scope of the problem
www.investigatewest.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished."
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
"Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication with a disingenuous press release when the winds shifted." Such a disaster and shame.
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication with a disingenuous press release when the winds shifted." Such a disaster and shame.
Thx @eastcitybooks.bsky.social for having my copy of _Read This When Things Fall Apart_ ready on publication day. Thx @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and all contributors -- those I know already and those new to me -- for writing and editing and publishing these letters we really need right now
![hand-held folding fan open to show these characters, painted between spines: F [not quite visible] C K 1 2 & 1 3 behind new book, _Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters for Activists in Crisis_ edited by Kelly Hayes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ovz7ysamukx3i4jdbanxqqkj/bafkreieeax5v2pvafqass3guuaq72xmp42doqynygwhiiekhwtlrlrsffm@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thx @eastcitybooks.bsky.social for having my copy of _Read This When Things Fall Apart_ ready on publication day. Thx @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and all contributors -- those I know already and those new to me -- for writing and editing and publishing these letters we really need right now
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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’