becca grady
@beccagrady.bsky.social
she/they/🏳️🌈/🏔️/🌊
writer, photographer and artist
beccagrady.com
writer, photographer and artist
beccagrady.com
Great piece on the history of the sanctuary movement in Tucson! by @cetracey.bsky.social in @placesjournal.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/a-th...
placesjournal.org/article/a-th...
A Theology of Smuggling
In the early 1980s, in Tucson, activists and religious leaders joined forces to protect refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their collaboration galvanized the Sanctuary Movement.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great piece on the history of the sanctuary movement in Tucson! by @cetracey.bsky.social in @placesjournal.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/a-th...
placesjournal.org/article/a-th...
beccagrady.substack.com/p/a-year-of-...
California part two, a year in beaches and books:
California part two, a year in beaches and books:
A Year of California Part 2
in beaches and reading...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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California part two, a year in beaches and books:
California part two, a year in beaches and books:
A year of California in a few lists: open.substack.com/pub/beccagra...
California Part 1
A year in a few lists
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A year of California in a few lists: open.substack.com/pub/beccagra...
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Just another reason I subscribe to @propublica.org.
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
Now, their stories will begin to be told.
Starting here 👇
Now, their stories will begin to be told.
Starting here 👇
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been…
www.propublica.org
July 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just another reason I subscribe to @propublica.org.
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Here's my first Starter Pack.
This Starter Pack contains writers who completed Granta writing courses in memoir, nature writing, short fiction, and longform journalism. There's some amazing writers in here for you to follow and get to know.
This Starter Pack contains writers who completed Granta writing courses in memoir, nature writing, short fiction, and longform journalism. There's some amazing writers in here for you to follow and get to know.
July 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Here's my first Starter Pack.
This Starter Pack contains writers who completed Granta writing courses in memoir, nature writing, short fiction, and longform journalism. There's some amazing writers in here for you to follow and get to know.
This Starter Pack contains writers who completed Granta writing courses in memoir, nature writing, short fiction, and longform journalism. There's some amazing writers in here for you to follow and get to know.
The Public Comment period for Trump's State Department policy change to deny accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people is open - please submit a comment! @aclu.org has put together all the links below:
action.aclu.org/reg-action/h...
action.aclu.org/reg-action/h...
Hands Off Our Passports: Stop Attacking Transgender Americans
The Trump administration is denying accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people – so I’m joining the ACLU to fight back. Urge the State Department to reject this dangerous attack on ou...
action.aclu.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The Public Comment period for Trump's State Department policy change to deny accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people is open - please submit a comment! @aclu.org has put together all the links below:
action.aclu.org/reg-action/h...
action.aclu.org/reg-action/h...
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"My favorite shade of blue is the sky at 6:15pm on March 1"
Since yesterday was that day, I released a video I made for "Black and White Cookie," the last song on my album Two Wires and a Spark. Full video is on my website! Marianrunk.com
#musiciansky #folkmusic #indiemusic
Since yesterday was that day, I released a video I made for "Black and White Cookie," the last song on my album Two Wires and a Spark. Full video is on my website! Marianrunk.com
#musiciansky #folkmusic #indiemusic
March 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"My favorite shade of blue is the sky at 6:15pm on March 1"
Since yesterday was that day, I released a video I made for "Black and White Cookie," the last song on my album Two Wires and a Spark. Full video is on my website! Marianrunk.com
#musiciansky #folkmusic #indiemusic
Since yesterday was that day, I released a video I made for "Black and White Cookie," the last song on my album Two Wires and a Spark. Full video is on my website! Marianrunk.com
#musiciansky #folkmusic #indiemusic
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Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
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DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
DHS Scraps Ban on Surveillance Based on Sexual Orientation (1)
A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
news.bgov.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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I don’t know who the showrunner is on 2025 and I know we’re not that far into the season, but the writing feels really heavy-handed and honestly barely plausible so far
February 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I don’t know who the showrunner is on 2025 and I know we’re not that far into the season, but the writing feels really heavy-handed and honestly barely plausible so far
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As you may have heard, most (not all) of the people who produce Outside magazine (and the website) were laid off on Thursday. The ex-ME has a complete archive of issues going all the way back to the 1970s. If anybody knows of a library that might want to house these, lemme know.
February 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As you may have heard, most (not all) of the people who produce Outside magazine (and the website) were laid off on Thursday. The ex-ME has a complete archive of issues going all the way back to the 1970s. If anybody knows of a library that might want to house these, lemme know.
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
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If we won’t make room for the wildness we live within, how can we possibly hope to save the wilderness? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
Opinion | Let’s Hear It for the Coyote in Chicago Hiding in the Produce Aisle (Gift Article)
The wild creatures who have adapted to our ways are adept at remaining out of sight. But they are here, and they will always be with us.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If we won’t make room for the wildness we live within, how can we possibly hope to save the wilderness? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
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With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
In case you need Zillow humor today courtesy of @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/its-zillow...
It's Zillow Toilet Day
yes, it is.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In case you need Zillow humor today courtesy of @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/its-zillow...
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Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
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If you’re in the US, what’s your plan for maintaining your sanity through the incoming administration?
My favorite ideas so far: novels and poetry instead of doomscrolling, daily exercise (even 15 minutes is better than nothing), and maybe we don’t need to check the news more than 1x/day
My favorite ideas so far: novels and poetry instead of doomscrolling, daily exercise (even 15 minutes is better than nothing), and maybe we don’t need to check the news more than 1x/day
January 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you’re in the US, what’s your plan for maintaining your sanity through the incoming administration?
My favorite ideas so far: novels and poetry instead of doomscrolling, daily exercise (even 15 minutes is better than nothing), and maybe we don’t need to check the news more than 1x/day
My favorite ideas so far: novels and poetry instead of doomscrolling, daily exercise (even 15 minutes is better than nothing), and maybe we don’t need to check the news more than 1x/day
Thrilled to have an open-access piece in this fantastic new issue of Antipode! doi.org/10.1111/anti...
January 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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tfw you love your job at the Bird Naming Factory
December 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM
tfw you love your job at the Bird Naming Factory
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Local government policies to make the experience of living on the streets a crime are worsening the problem and depleting the limited resources to help homeless people said advocates and experts.
The third and final installment in the Camping Out series: https://buff.ly/409HpGX
The third and final installment in the Camping Out series: https://buff.ly/409HpGX
Camping ban enforcement in Maine highlights patchwork of solutions to homelessness • Source New Mexico
Police across the U.S. are enforcing ordinances that advocates say will worsen homelessness and further deplete limited resources to help.
sourcenm.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Local government policies to make the experience of living on the streets a crime are worsening the problem and depleting the limited resources to help homeless people said advocates and experts.
The third and final installment in the Camping Out series: https://buff.ly/409HpGX
The third and final installment in the Camping Out series: https://buff.ly/409HpGX
LiLo 🎄 x @sabs.bsky.social @defector.bsky.social = 💫💫💫
some of Defector's greatest LiLo scholars (@lpp.bsky.social and @alexlaughs.bsky.social) and I dug into this movie's most romantic proposal of all: a Business Proposal defector.com/defector-wat...
Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: 'Our Little Secret' | Defector
This is the time of year when the best, biggest, and most ambitious movies come out. Not Oscar season, but rather that stretch when the halls of streaming services are decked with the brightly lit, th...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:39 PM
LiLo 🎄 x @sabs.bsky.social @defector.bsky.social = 💫💫💫
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Incredible news! Montana’s Supreme Court just affirmed that the state’s gender affirming care ban is likely unconstitutional.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
December 11, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Incredible news! Montana’s Supreme Court just affirmed that the state’s gender affirming care ban is likely unconstitutional.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.
This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.
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Grateful for this read today: Understanding What's at Stake (It's Always Been Transition) open.substack.com/pub/sadbrown...
Understanding What's at Stake (It's Always Been Transition)
What history brings to the Supreme Court for today's oral arguments.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Grateful for this read today: Understanding What's at Stake (It's Always Been Transition) open.substack.com/pub/sadbrown...
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Chase Strangio, first trans attorney to argue at SCOTUS, walks out to cheers.
December 4, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Chase Strangio, first trans attorney to argue at SCOTUS, walks out to cheers.