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Victoria Law
@victorialaw.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist & author. Latest book: CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket, 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · Nov 15
Welcome new (and not-so-new) followers. I’m an author & freelance journalist focusing on incarceration, particularly women’s incarceration. My latest book, CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION, examines the Covid-19 pandemic behind bars—and the continuing fallout of prisons’ punitive responses.
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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d
A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 2d
I'm so looking forward to this conversation on KING OF THE NORTH with the great @sifill.bsky.social with @zinnedproject.bsky.social & @jessehagopian.bsky.social on Monday October 27 at 7:00 EST. All are welcome to tune in: www.zinnedproject.org/news/king-of...
King of the North: Part Two
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South in conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill. This session is part of the...
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 6d
Back to burning my lunch while writing #writerslife
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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 13d
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14d
If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
Mario Guevara
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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 15d
To @prisonculture.bsky.social’s point, imagine if you could do your work without constant threats of imprisonment, deportation, harassment, policing, and surveillance. That’s what the so-called Right has. Then add funders who don’t hem them up.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16d
A friend of mine is an incredible artist who recently spent over 25 years incarcerated. He has created a wonderful work of art that has already been exhibited once and he would love to loan it to others who might want to exhibit it. When it is mounted, the entire piece with the frame is 48"x 67"
A colorful painting shows three abstract, expressive faces framed at an angle with chicken wire and shells, set against a vivid floral and green patterned background. The style is bold and textured, with strong lines and vibrant colors. A vibrant mixed media artwork on wood featuring large eyes, hands, colorful dots, flowers, and text reading "MENTAL HEALTH." The background is dark with bright, expressive details and textured materials around the edges. A close-up of a red metal structure holding a textured, abstract painting with chains and clasps. The hooks are handcuffs. In the background, there are sketches on a door, a Yale tote bag, and various art supplies.
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 15d
Three U.S. states incarcerate women at a rate higher than El Salvador, a country that's been described as an authoritarian police state.

The rest are not far behind – take a look at who holds the top 10 spots for women’s incarceration around the world:
Graph showing the women's incarceration rate for SD, MT, ID, KY, OK, WY, AR, TN, and ND
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 16d
A key reminder right now, from @prisonculture.bsky.social:

"We are actually in a consistent battle to unleash and free our imaginations in the face of unrelenting oppression... Imagination is an important terrain of struggle."

prisonculture.substack.com/p/abolition-...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16d
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“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement - Bolts
Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country’s prisons and jails, even though the United Nations defines the... Read Mo...
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 17d
theintercept.com/2025/09/18/d...
The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents
StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.
theintercept.com
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 17d
Is your organizing meeting at the Brooklyn bookfair to cover the entirety of its offerings?
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 17d
Thanks!! I need a rabbit hole today…
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17d
You don't have to mourn people who despised you and wanted terrible things to happen to you. Hard to believe that this needs to be said but apparently it does.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17d
You can spend today seeking a way to support and uplift the many marginalized groups that Kirk demonized and harmed.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 22d
Reading June Jordan yesterday and this made me think of your post.

"It's on you, whoever you are... It's your responsibility to make yourself knowledgeable about where you are in this very complicated world right now, to the best of your knowledge and capacity to understand things. Then, to act."
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22d
I think quite a few of us [the us is specific] actually have to reclaim our time for our health and in order to also continue to have the energy to keep struggling for different/better.
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 22d
Thank you for that reminder.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22d
The two dismissed murder charges required the prosecution to establish that Mangione committed "an act of terrorism," which the NY judge concluded the prosecution had failed to do.

(Mangione still faces a NY second-degree murder charge and a federal prosecution.) www.nycourts.gov/legacypdfs/p...
Here, defendant argues that there is legally insufficient evidence of first-degree murder (alleging that the victim was killed in "furtherance of an act of terrorism"), and of second-degree murder as a crime of terrorism, and urges that the court dismiss those two counts of the indictment. Defendant argues that both legislative intent and case law demonstrate that defendant's actions do not fit within the statute and that the People did not present legally sufficient evidence of those counts. The People argue that both counts are legally sufficient, and that terroristic intent was established because the defendant was not engaged in a "personal vendetta," but "violently broadcast a social and political message" that "inspired" threats to employees of UHC.
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 27d
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Federal agents in NY retreat in SUV with slashed tires as protesters shout 'Gestapo'
The confrontation in Rochester came the same day the top federal prosecutor in Albany said New Yorkers can “expect to see” more immigration enforcement.
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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 27d
If you want to condemn political violence, then you should condemn ICE violence, stripping people of Medicaid coverage and killing thousands as a result, destroying public health systems that will kill thousands more, deploying the National Guard against US residents, etc.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 28d
This inbox isn’t just about Epstein and Maxwell.

It’s a window into how money, access, and loyalty helped protect a serial abuser

This is just one story in a series based on the cache. More to come

Read it here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 27d
Covid has killed ~5-6x the number of people this year as those who died in 9-11. Both are heartbreaking, ❤️‍🩹 but only one is grieved publicly. The other is barely noticed & declared over
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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 27d
This is actually the Lifetime lineup and I would have been watching
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Sep 11
Behold, the best 9/11 humor of all time: The Onion's TV listings (my favorite row is MTV)
ON TV TONIGHT (columns for 8:00, 9:00, 10:00) ABC: Attack On America America Attacked America In Crisis America Still In Crisis NBC: A Nation Looks Around For Someone To Hit America On The Verge Of Flying Off The Handle America's Time Of Trial: Who Fucking Wants Some? You? Do You? How 'Bout You? CBS Dan Rather's 83rd Straight Hour On The Air Dan Rather Seriously Loses His Shit Medicating Dan Rather BET Wartime At The Apollo Tavis Smiley Presents: Terrorists Strike America-The White Man Finds Somebody Else To Fear And Demonize For A Change MTV The 100 Greatest, But, In Light Of Recent Events, Not As Important As Being Good To Our Loved Ones, Videos Of All Time Yo! MTV Extends Its Condolences Talking To Blink 182 About The Tragedy Carson Daly In Way Over His Head Lifetime Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls History Last Tuesday In History Two Weeks Ago, As Told By Those Who Lived It Last Tuesday In History (rerun)
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