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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 11h

After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...

ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees

More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...

www.ncronline.org

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 2h

"Gaza’s ministry of health and civil defence estimates about 10,000 people are still buried in the rubble. Some experts believe the number could be as high as 14,000."

The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza

Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job

www.theguardian.com

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Rowan Driftwood @rowandriftwood.bsky.social · 7h

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Book cover: Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco. White text on black background with six circular symbols in blue, red, and green arranged in two columns underlying the text.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14h

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

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Rowan Driftwood @rowandriftwood.bsky.social · 12h

Ooh yes, I need the Groundhog Day advent calendar.

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Rowan Driftwood @rowandriftwood.bsky.social · 1d

Last night I watched The Lost Boys for the first time in at least 20 years, and I realized it is just Rebel Without a Cause + vampires (- gay subtext).

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Tucked in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill was a ban on Medicaid funding for health care providers that perform abortion services and receive more than $800,000 a year in Medicaid payments.

It crippled Maine Family Planning.

Trump's abortion-related cuts prompt Maine clinics to end primary care

Maine Family Planning, a health care provider that lost federal Medicaid funding because it performs abortions, is shuttering primary care services Oct. 31.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Halloween

Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 2d

A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. They’ve also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system.

Issaquah on edge after ICE arrest outside preschool

A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. The arrests have also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system.

www.kuow.org

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 2d

“Dozens of adoptees have been deported to their countries of birth in recent years, according to the Adoptee Rights Law Center. A man born in South Korea and adopted as a child by an American family—only to be deported to his country of birth because of a criminal record—took his own life in 2017.”

The American adoptees who fear deportation to a country they can't remember

Thousands of US adoptees do not have citizenship despite being brought to the country as babies decades ago. Now many fear deportation.

www.bbc.com

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 27d

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

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Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 2d

Archaeologists speak up against the Vice President's blatantly disinformative use of archaeology for spreading these harmful Christian nationalist narratives
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Quote from article reading, "Vance then pivoted and made a historical argument, claiming early settlers to North America and ancient societies practiced forms of 'child sacrifice'. Historians have found no evidence of that."

Quote from article: "he went on to say archaeological sites associated with ancient brothels often include the remains of infants, calling it evidence that societies that 'discard innocent babies' also tend to mistreat women. 'There is a reason why Christian civilization ended the practice of child sacrifice all over the world,' he said. 'It's one of the great accomplishments of Christian civilization."

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 3d

Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d

Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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Lemures @strepsirrhini.bsky.social · Jul 12

Resilience Networks include medical care. Find local open clinics and street medic collectives, build relationships and contribute to medical supply funding. Supplement whatever (if any) health care you can afford with networked care advice and support.

Lemures @strepsirrhini.bsky.social · Jul 2

Understand the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) groups in your local watershed. Help them network and solve problems like local distribution and ordering. Build food resilience, and systems to access food locally.

Here's a great Puget Sound example

www.pugetsoundfoodhub.com

Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative

www.pugetsoundfoodhub.com

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Rowan Driftwood @rowandriftwood.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, I know it’s an odd-numbered year, but please remember to VOTE. Local elections are vital, and impact your life more directly than whatever bullshit is happening in DC. 🗳️

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Rowan Driftwood @rowandriftwood.bsky.social · 3d

And now the government is preventing 40 million Americans from buying food. I wonder if that will be good for the farmers?

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 3d

The first episode of my new series Truly Tradly Deeply is here! We dive into the evolution of the tradwife subculture, how hyper-feminine aesthetics are weaponised by the European far right, and why Phyllis Schlafly was a Lean In Girlboss 💅💖

on.soundcloud.com/srccAxW4hXnc...

Truly Tradly Deeply Episode 1: Introduction — “All I Think About Is Buying Cows”

The first episode of Annie Kelly's 6-part podcast miniseries Truly Tradly Deeply. Cursed Media subscribers have access to the first two episodes right now, plus each new episode as they are released w

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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 3d

"[Cishet] white men are the only ppl who are entitled to freely and fully participate in society" is their fundamental position.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

children no longer being safe trick-or-treating on american streets because of the president is where we're at

How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year

Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...

blockclubchicago.org

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Rowan Driftwood @rowandriftwood.bsky.social · 3d

Amazon is also in the process of replacing thousands of employees with AI. If you are still using Amazon, why? There are many other options.

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s talk about how people on food stamps aren’t lazy. The cost of living vs. wages in the U.S. is out of control.

open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...

At 42, I never thought I'd be living paycheck to (almost) paycheck

Growing up in the '90s we had our whole lives ahead of us--a stack of minted Upper Deck baseball cards on a closet shelf, a checking and savings account where we split our lawn-mowing money 20-80 like...

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 3d

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...