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Notice the framing of sex trafficking victims as “consensual sex workers” and the simultaneous framing of consensual sex workers as “sex trafficking victims”
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Notice the framing of sex trafficking victims as “consensual sex workers” and the simultaneous framing of consensual sex workers as “sex trafficking victims”
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
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Today's newsletter has now raised more than $6,000 for organizations working to help Minnesota communities affected by ICE and CBP. Sign up for Public Notice using the buttons in today's edition 👇 if you'd like to support good causes in solidarity with the general strike.
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Today's newsletter has now raised more than $6,000 for organizations working to help Minnesota communities affected by ICE and CBP. Sign up for Public Notice using the buttons in today's edition 👇 if you'd like to support good causes in solidarity with the general strike.
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A judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies
A judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
Tennessee distillery Nearest Green will be taken out of the hands of founder Fawn Weaver and her husband after defaulting on $108 million in loans
Judge orders receivership for troubled Uncle Nearest whiskey distillery
It was unclear what the owner’s role will be in marketing Nearest Green.
www.kentucky.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The Israeli prime minister is pushing to take control of Gaza’s largest urban hub despite a wave of global criticism.
UN warns of ‘calamity’ as Netanyahu pushes for Israel to seize Gaza City
The Israeli prime minister is pushing to take control of Gaza’s largest urban hub despite a wave of global criticism.
bit.ly
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Israeli prime minister is pushing to take control of Gaza’s largest urban hub despite a wave of global criticism.
More than 100 of those arrested over their support for the banned pro-Palestinian organisation were over 70 years old.
UK police arrest 522 over support for Palestine Action at London protests
More than 100 of those arrested over their support for the banned pro-Palestinian organisation were over 70 years old.
bit.ly
August 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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May 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The Supreme Court has ruled against allowing Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded religious charter school
Supreme Court Deals Setback To GOP In Religious Charter School Ruling
Education advocates worried the case would pave the way for further erosion of the separation between church and state.
www.huffpost.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Supreme Court has ruled against allowing Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded religious charter school
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This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
May 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
pix11.com/news/local-n...
pix11.com/news/local-n...
May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
pix11.com/news/local-n...
pix11.com/news/local-n...
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Ras Baraka is free.
He's emerged. He's free! The crowd is crazy. No one will let him leave, so he takes the podium. Massive cheers. I can't hear a word he's saying.
May 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ras Baraka is free.
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If you’re curious about Trump’s new surgeon general nominee Casey Means, I wrote about her for @nymag.com. She didn’t finish her residency in med school, which is cool! Also very cool she thinks hormonal birth control is a “disrespect of life” www.thecut.com/article/case...
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you’re curious about Trump’s new surgeon general nominee Casey Means, I wrote about her for @nymag.com. She didn’t finish her residency in med school, which is cool! Also very cool she thinks hormonal birth control is a “disrespect of life” www.thecut.com/article/case...
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Cleansing the timeline with video from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.
May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Cleansing the timeline with video from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.
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the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
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The Venn Diagram between men who won't eat pussy and think raw milk is better for you has got to be a near perfect circle.
May 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Venn Diagram between men who won't eat pussy and think raw milk is better for you has got to be a near perfect circle.
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Wild—
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wild—
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
Mohsen Mahdawi asked Columbia to publicly admit what they did privately: that he & other students were not "threatening"—and that he in fact *confronted* an antisemitic disruptor.
They ignored him.
Weeks later, the Trump admin cited Columbia's own unretracted lie to justify arresting Mohsen.
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“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."
www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
www.azpm.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“He did say he was a U.S. citizen, but they didn't believe him,” Layva said. “I think they would have kept him..."
www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...
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"They did it with migrants, and they've said they're going to do it with homeless folks. And we have to believe them."
ICE’s new deputy director, Madison Sheahan, previously used Louisiana’s fish & wildlife agency to help round up unhoused people and put them in a New Orleans warehouse: theappeal.org/ice-deputy-d...
ICE’s New Deputy Director Helped Oversee Louisiana’s Homeless Sweeps
Madison Sheahan, the new Deputy Director for ICE under Trump, sent Wildlife and Fisheries officers to sweep unhoused New Orleans residents.
theappeal.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
"They did it with migrants, and they've said they're going to do it with homeless folks. And we have to believe them."
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Killing your greatest export is an unusual tactic in the midst of a trade war.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Killing your greatest export is an unusual tactic in the midst of a trade war.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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What the shit
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What the shit