Detective Bookworm
@detectivebookworm.bsky.social
Book junkie. INFJ. Cautiously pessimistic.
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BREAKING: The Virginia Senate passes a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
Virginia takes key step to end ‘overt and intended effort to block Black people from voting’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
BREAKING: The Virginia Senate passes a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
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I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.
Reading this week:
@kashawntaylor.bsky.social
@kashawntaylor.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Reading this week:
@kashawntaylor.bsky.social
@kashawntaylor.bsky.social
I got GOAT. Guess I’m going to be forced to reckon with my own greatness this year hahaha…
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 4, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I got GOAT. Guess I’m going to be forced to reckon with my own greatness this year hahaha…
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We love frosting and make no apologies
January 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
We love frosting and make no apologies
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We have a little less than 14 hours to go! Today, is the final day of our end-of-year campaign. We’re $5,000 away from our $50,000 goal, and every gift made today is matched, helping us close the gap before midnight. Can you help us close the gap?
We need your help! So far, we’ve raised $16,000 from 164 donors, which tells us that a lot of people understand the importance of this work. We train incarcerated writers and publish their stories. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Can you support our work?
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December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We have a little less than 14 hours to go! Today, is the final day of our end-of-year campaign. We’re $5,000 away from our $50,000 goal, and every gift made today is matched, helping us close the gap before midnight. Can you help us close the gap?
Reading this week:
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reading this week:
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
Please consider supporting the extraordinary mission of this awesome organization! Your donation will create a positive ripple effect in people’s lives. Everyone levels up when we help each other.
Happy Sunday! We are 23 days into our end of year fundraising. If you value our work and want to help us keep training and publishing writers on the inside, please consider becoming a supporter. Your donation will be matched!
December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Don’t we all just want to be heard? Please consider donating to Prison Journalism Project so incarcerated writers can keep telling their stories!
📰 As today’s email indicated, we’re at 66% of our $50,000 year-end goal. We have two days to go. Let's see where we end up.
We need your help! So far, we’ve raised $16,000 from 164 donors, which tells us that a lot of people understand the importance of this work. We train incarcerated writers and publish their stories. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Can you support our work?
December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Don’t we all just want to be heard? Please consider donating to Prison Journalism Project so incarcerated writers can keep telling their stories!
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State Department Reinstates Times New Roman Font Over DEI Concerns
https://theonion.com/state-department-reinstates-times-new-roman-font-over-dei-concerns/
https://theonion.com/state-department-reinstates-times-new-roman-font-over-dei-concerns/
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
State Department Reinstates Times New Roman Font Over DEI Concerns
https://theonion.com/state-department-reinstates-times-new-roman-font-over-dei-concerns/
https://theonion.com/state-department-reinstates-times-new-roman-font-over-dei-concerns/
Reading this week:
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reading this week:
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When your health insurance premiums increase next year, thank MAGA Republicans. Donald Trump promised to “lower costs on Day One,” but he spends his days tinkering with plans for his vanity project White House ballroom. Let them eat crypto and pardons for dictators.
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
When your health insurance premiums increase next year, thank MAGA Republicans. Donald Trump promised to “lower costs on Day One,” but he spends his days tinkering with plans for his vanity project White House ballroom. Let them eat crypto and pardons for dictators.
Want to level up your To Be Read list? Check out some of the stellar pieces that PJP published this year!
Prison Journalism Project editors and staff share the stories they loved best this year.
PJP’s Favorite Stories of 2025
Prison Journalism Project editors and staff share the stories they loved best this year.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Want to level up your To Be Read list? Check out some of the stellar pieces that PJP published this year!
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
Please consider supporting the extraordinary mission of this awesome organization! Your donation will create a positive ripple effect in people’s lives. Everyone levels up when we help each other.
Happy Sunday! We are 23 days into our end of year fundraising. If you value our work and want to help us keep training and publishing writers on the inside, please consider becoming a supporter. Your donation will be matched!
Donate | Prison Journalism Project
Prison Journalism Project is supported by people like you. Support Prison Journalism Project today.
prisonjournalismproject.fundjournalism.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please consider supporting the extraordinary mission of this awesome organization! Your donation will create a positive ripple effect in people’s lives. Everyone levels up when we help each other.
Ugh.
This is, at the moment, the official voice of the US government: a rancid mixture of trolling, cruelty, propaganda, and crass jokes about human suffering.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ugh.
It’s not just the frogs that are resisting!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s not just the frogs that are resisting!
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Time to hit the streets again, friends! ❌👑
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Time to hit the streets again, friends! ❌👑
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We’re taking to the streets today to defend:
✔️ Immigrants' rights
✔️ Free speech
✔️ Racial justice
✔️ LGBTQ rights
✔️ Trans justice
✔️ Democracy
And more. We are not backing down.
✔️ Immigrants' rights
✔️ Free speech
✔️ Racial justice
✔️ LGBTQ rights
✔️ Trans justice
✔️ Democracy
And more. We are not backing down.
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We’re taking to the streets today to defend:
✔️ Immigrants' rights
✔️ Free speech
✔️ Racial justice
✔️ LGBTQ rights
✔️ Trans justice
✔️ Democracy
And more. We are not backing down.
✔️ Immigrants' rights
✔️ Free speech
✔️ Racial justice
✔️ LGBTQ rights
✔️ Trans justice
✔️ Democracy
And more. We are not backing down.
Oh, Portland, we love you…
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Oh, Portland, we love you…
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“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
October 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
This is an elegant piece to read, an elegant concept to ponder.
"After about two weeks it hit me like a sword strike to the throat: we are all gonna die and that is a simple fact of physical existence. As for me, I’m already on Death Row which puts my death right there in my face."
Dying in the Samurai Way
I came across a passage in a book called "Hagakure, The Book of the Samurai," that states, “Meditation on inevitable death should be...
prisonjournalismproject.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is an elegant piece to read, an elegant concept to ponder.
Oof. The unnecessary indignities these women endure is staggering. Hat tip to the women who shared the vulnerable details of their lives in this story. This is the kind of stuff nobody wants to talk about, but we need to talk about.
In a recent piece, Kelsey Dodson shares what it's like to menstruate in prison. One woman says she was forced to bleed through her underwear, her pants, and finally her white blanket during an hour-long count. This piece was co-published with @theguardian.com. Please give it a read.
What It's Like to Have Your Period in Prison
Even at a women’s prison, your menstruation care needs may not be met.
prisonjournalismproject.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Oof. The unnecessary indignities these women endure is staggering. Hat tip to the women who shared the vulnerable details of their lives in this story. This is the kind of stuff nobody wants to talk about, but we need to talk about.