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Extremely good long read on how prisons shape local economies and politics. So many moments of clarity where the absurdity of the prison-as-industry proposition just slaps you in the face
The construction of prisons in rural areas can create relationships in which residents ultimately become engulfed by incarceration. “The prison almost begins to imprison the community in a way,” says a prison researcher.
The Prison Next Door
How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.
boltsmag.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Extremely good long read on how prisons shape local economies and politics. So many moments of clarity where the absurdity of the prison-as-industry proposition just slaps you in the face
Weird, no mention of his collaboration with the ratfucking IDC anywhere in this piece. Was that not a party of his long history worth mentioning?
NPR does not exist to silo people in a cozy set of ideas. Andrew Cuomo won 43% of votes in the Dem primary. He has a long history. Our reporting includes charges of sexual misconduct & mishandling of COVID care - and describes his long list of progressive wins as governor www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life and his version of the Democratic Party
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Weird, no mention of his collaboration with the ratfucking IDC anywhere in this piece. Was that not a party of his long history worth mentioning?
Free speech is so back
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Free speech is so back
i did the same and for the same reasons.
note that blacksky has no mobile app yet, but i can very much live with that
note that blacksky has no mobile app yet, but i can very much live with that
switched out to Blacksky's PDS (for non-Black users, of course) using @tektite.cc - i like the people i follow on bsky but i have no interest in being governed under fuckass Lowtax behavior. you can do the same here:
docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...
docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...
Migrating to Blacksky PDS: Complete Guide | Blacksky Documentation
Complete guide to migrating your Bluesky account to Blacksky's infrastructure. Covers migration tools, step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting, and how to use Blacksky services without migrating.
docs.blacksky.community
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i did the same and for the same reasons.
note that blacksky has no mobile app yet, but i can very much live with that
note that blacksky has no mobile app yet, but i can very much live with that
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switched out to Blacksky's PDS (for non-Black users, of course) using @tektite.cc - i like the people i follow on bsky but i have no interest in being governed under fuckass Lowtax behavior. you can do the same here:
docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...
docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...
Migrating to Blacksky PDS: Complete Guide | Blacksky Documentation
Complete guide to migrating your Bluesky account to Blacksky's infrastructure. Covers migration tools, step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting, and how to use Blacksky services without migrating.
docs.blacksky.community
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
switched out to Blacksky's PDS (for non-Black users, of course) using @tektite.cc - i like the people i follow on bsky but i have no interest in being governed under fuckass Lowtax behavior. you can do the same here:
docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...
docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...
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When Andrew noticed a little old man among a group of new arrivals at his prison, he instinctively knew that the man was Korean. He went over and greeted him.
From there, they formed a powerful bond: "He needed help navigating incarceration. I needed a father."
From there, they formed a powerful bond: "He needed help navigating incarceration. I needed a father."
Happiness, Healing and Hot Jook: How I Found My Korean Prison Dad
Destiny intervenes in an Illinois prison and an incarcerated Korean man finds his prison dad to heal his wounded soul.
prisonjournalismproject.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When Andrew noticed a little old man among a group of new arrivals at his prison, he instinctively knew that the man was Korean. He went over and greeted him.
From there, they formed a powerful bond: "He needed help navigating incarceration. I needed a father."
From there, they formed a powerful bond: "He needed help navigating incarceration. I needed a father."
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I gotta say it's pretty stressful to see how hard they're grinding to create this out of nothing while the national Dems and their blue maga pals are already writing us off as a necessary oopsie.
in america, simply living with someone who might possibly be trans is terrorism now. everyone sees what their going to try to do now right
September 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I gotta say it's pretty stressful to see how hard they're grinding to create this out of nothing while the national Dems and their blue maga pals are already writing us off as a necessary oopsie.
Mets have always been the team of the People
The @yankees.com never held a moment of silence for any trans person murdered. They have not held a moment of silence for any of the victims of the genocide in Gaza. They did not hold one for George Floyd, even when other MLB teams did.
But they held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk.
But they held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk.
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Mets have always been the team of the People
Saving this one for every person I know who is still under the mistaken belief that Bill Gates is “one of the good ones” (or indeed that such a subcategory exists)
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Saving this one for every person I know who is still under the mistaken belief that Bill Gates is “one of the good ones” (or indeed that such a subcategory exists)
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today i'm bowled the fuck over at these photos Étienne-Jules Marey took of smoke in 1901
September 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
today i'm bowled the fuck over at these photos Étienne-Jules Marey took of smoke in 1901
!!! ALERT !!!
!! New album The End by Junior Brother out today !!
He's selling it on his own website to which there is so much traffic that I am timing out every time I try to connect.
But at least you can watch the new music video that dropped today!
youtu.be/tiGEv34DywM
!! New album The End by Junior Brother out today !!
He's selling it on his own website to which there is so much traffic that I am timing out every time I try to connect.
But at least you can watch the new music video that dropped today!
youtu.be/tiGEv34DywM
Junior Brother - Old Bell
YouTube video by Junior Brother
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
!!! ALERT !!!
!! New album The End by Junior Brother out today !!
He's selling it on his own website to which there is so much traffic that I am timing out every time I try to connect.
But at least you can watch the new music video that dropped today!
youtu.be/tiGEv34DywM
!! New album The End by Junior Brother out today !!
He's selling it on his own website to which there is so much traffic that I am timing out every time I try to connect.
But at least you can watch the new music video that dropped today!
youtu.be/tiGEv34DywM
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went to a Labor Day party
August 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
went to a Labor Day party
“…but at what cost”
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
August 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“…but at what cost”
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What I found especially noteworthy about this particular story of ICE abduction was that Shin's friend and stand partner, in the orchestras they play in together, has decided to play every day in the state Capitol until Shin is released, in an intimate and powerful act of personal solidarity
![Picture of Gordon, cited in article linked below, playing his violin in the [Utah?] Capitol rotunda
Above the picture, a paragraph from the article states, "Gordon said he will be playing his violin at the Capitol every day until Shin is back home."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xxxlqdxxjt2tcrfmoociw3ir/bafkreicylfohysmmvckvmvcmkmbtc6rqtyuciecgtpypg4tlucrlb6h7ai@jpeg)
August 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
What I found especially noteworthy about this particular story of ICE abduction was that Shin's friend and stand partner, in the orchestras they play in together, has decided to play every day in the state Capitol until Shin is released, in an intimate and powerful act of personal solidarity
Sorry i need way more people to grapple with the fact that other humans suffer before we can start wondering if slot machines do too
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sorry i need way more people to grapple with the fact that other humans suffer before we can start wondering if slot machines do too
You can’t fool me with your silkposts i will not believe any rumor or announcement regarding Silksong until its already been out for two years and goes on sale for 30% off
August 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
You can’t fool me with your silkposts i will not believe any rumor or announcement regarding Silksong until its already been out for two years and goes on sale for 30% off
Mebendazole?
But me hardly knowazole
But me hardly knowazole
August 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Mebendazole?
But me hardly knowazole
But me hardly knowazole
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Sam Bridges walked so she could run
I have to take an annual fire safety training for work, and I am reminded that I asked some of the folks who manage these things how they evacuate the NICU and apparently they have vests you can load up with babies
August 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Sam Bridges walked so she could run
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I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
August 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
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"It felt like I was on the back deck of my mountain home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In fact, I was enjoying fresh air from the largest women’s prison in Colorado, Denver Women’s Correctional Facility."
We Built a Patio at My Prison. It Has Changed My Life
Incarcerated women built a patio, and we use it for Bible study, leisurely picnics, to engage in mindfulness or yoga, and to play cards or crochet.
prisonjournalismproject.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"It felt like I was on the back deck of my mountain home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In fact, I was enjoying fresh air from the largest women’s prison in Colorado, Denver Women’s Correctional Facility."
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Also the premise—that anti-genocide protests filled with Jews holding Shabbat services, leading teach-ins, and getting violently attacked by Zionists constituted "antisemitism run amok"—is a contemptible lie that should be countered whenever it slithers out.
A master class in passive voice and false equivalence from AEI's Rick Hess. The consequences "were going to follow", like the laws of physics, and not a decision that his fellow travelers made and are responsible for.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
July 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Also the premise—that anti-genocide protests filled with Jews holding Shabbat services, leading teach-ins, and getting violently attacked by Zionists constituted "antisemitism run amok"—is a contemptible lie that should be countered whenever it slithers out.
Hail Ozzy, Hail Black Sabbath
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hail Ozzy, Hail Black Sabbath