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Krishna Karra @krishnakarra.bsky.social · 20d

we used four decades of Landsat imagery, from 1985-2025, to identify newly developed areas in the West Bank. our analysis shows that since Oct. 7, Israeli controlled areas have grown 5 times faster compared to the past two decades.

read more 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21d

1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.

Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.

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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People

Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.

www.erininthemorning.com

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 23d

We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help.

Show your support for @propublica.org workers by adding your name to our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild

We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...

actionnetwork.org

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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 23d

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26d

yeesh so much disinfo out there about the gunman

"Notices bulges, OWO whats this?"
- Meme about furries/roleplaying; not political

"hey fascist! Catch! Up, right, down x3"
- From Helldivers 2, satirical game, you nuke 'fascist' aliens even though you're a fascist yourself; the code launches a bomb

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26d

The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts

Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.

www.denverpost.com

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 27d

Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation.

Full statement here:
www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

A screenshot of part of a statement from the Trans Journalists Association regarding reporting on Charlie Kirk shooting investigation:

It should also be noted that “transgender ideology” is a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging to falsely equate identity with politics, which is a way to frame transgender identity as a political choice rather than an innate identity. As it is often unclear what actions or political positions the phrase actually refers to — not unlike how “the homosexual agenda” is an amorphous term that has no real definition — reporters should be careful about using this term; it is used exclusively to attack a minority group for political gain.

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Aliyya Swaby @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social · 28d

I wrote about Anna Lange's case with @lucaswaldron.bsky.social back in 2023. Among the takeaways was just how taxing this judicial rollercoaster has been for Lange and other trans people hoping for coverage.

www.propublica.org/article/geor...

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Khadijah M Silver (they/them), JD/MPH @khadijah.bsky.social · 29d

Gutted and honestly incapable of reading the decision right now. Anna Lange is one of the kindest, humblest, most easy-to-root-for people in the history of the world. Read this 2023 ProPublica story I helped @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social and @lucaswaldron.bsky.social tell about her case.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The law as it’s written has also caused problems for those providing sexual assault exams on young people under 18. Under the law, a health worker would need to get consent from a parent to do the exam, but in some cases the perpetrator of the assault may be that parent"

Idaho’s parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth • Idaho Capital Sun

A law requiring parental consent for most medical treatment provided to minors is affecting work at the Idaho 988 Crisis and Suicide Hotline.

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Teens are calling Idaho's suicide hotline and being told that they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up.

Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.

Idaho’s parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth • Idaho Capital Sun

A law requiring parental consent for most medical treatment provided to minors is affecting work at the Idaho 988 Crisis and Suicide Hotline.

idahocapitalsun.com

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kate conger @kateconger.com · Aug 26

The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

www.nytimes.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 22

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.

On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.

This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.

Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.

Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 22

NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.

They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

www.propublica.org

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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · Aug 21

To be clear, I love the chart design NOT the content.

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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · Aug 21

Love these charts from @bxroberts.org in today's @propublica.orgstory about the gutting of HHS. These are specifically showing FDA cuts, but the story also includes CDC and NIH. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · Aug 12

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

www.nbcnews.com

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · Aug 12

Our New York members took their lunch outside today to demand that @propublica.org management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system ✊

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lucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’m joining my @propublicaguild.org colleagues in a lunch-out to demand a fair process for performance reviews and discipline at @propublica.org. We can’t do our best work in a culture of fear. [Pictured: Murphy at my desk, NOT me because I'm out to lunch!]

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · Aug 12

We’re holding a lunch-out today to demand that @propublica management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system. Just today, a member of our Bargaining Committee and Unit Council was fired as a result of ProPublica's flawed system.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Aug 11

“In a report released this year, the Watson School of International and Public Affairs’ costs of war project said more journalists had been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the US war in Afghanistan combined.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Global outrage mounts as funeral held for five journalists killed by Israel

Last post from Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, one of ‘Gaza’s bravest journalists’, decries failure to stop ‘massacre’

www.theguardian.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Aug 7

WASHINGTON (AP) - US Air Force says it will deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 7

NEW: After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

www.propublica.org

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · Aug 5

At a United Nations meeting on pollution, the U.S. delegate said the U.S. has a "national position" on gender.

The position leaves no room for the existence of transgender, nonbinary and intersex people, who face discrimination around the world.

My latest:

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations

U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...

www.propublica.org

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · Aug 1

My story about the 2024 exoneration of Edgar Barrientos-Quintana and the hit reality TV show "The First 48" is the subject of the newest episode of Criminal — listen here: thisiscriminal.com/episode-327-...

Episode 327: The Clock Starts Ticking (8.1.2025)

On October 11, 2008, an 18-year-old was shot by someone firing a gun from the back seat of a car. A couple of hours later, homicide detectives arrived on the scene. And so did the camera crew for a re...

thisiscriminal.com

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