@hellokriti.bsky.social
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Rick Steves the GOAT
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Rick Steves the GOAT
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This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
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The ACLU and the EFF are suing San Jose over its Flock cameras. There are nearly 500 cameras in the city. It is essentially impossible to drive anywhere in the city without being tracked. Cameras outside of immigration law firms, abortion clinics, places of worship
www.404media.co/aclu-and-eff...
www.404media.co/aclu-and-eff...
ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras
“Most drivers are unaware that San Jose’s Police Department is tracking their locations and do not know all that their saved location data can reveal about their private lives and activities."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The ACLU and the EFF are suing San Jose over its Flock cameras. There are nearly 500 cameras in the city. It is essentially impossible to drive anywhere in the city without being tracked. Cameras outside of immigration law firms, abortion clinics, places of worship
www.404media.co/aclu-and-eff...
www.404media.co/aclu-and-eff...
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You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.
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One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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well thank god there's a great way to trace gun ownership in the U.S. wait what
www.thetrace.org/2016/08/atf-...
www.thetrace.org/2016/08/atf-...
The ATF's Nonsensical Non-Searchable Gun Databases, Explained
The trace starts with a call or fax to the National Trace Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. A police department has recovered a gun at a crime scene that was bought at a dealer that has since gone...
www.thetrace.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
well thank god there's a great way to trace gun ownership in the U.S. wait what
www.thetrace.org/2016/08/atf-...
www.thetrace.org/2016/08/atf-...
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People who weaponize this dont ask “how am i supposed to explain school lunch debt to my children?” Or “how am i supposed to explain how pregnant people are dying of sepsis from miscarriages to my children?”
‘How am I supposed to explain this to my children?’ is one of the laziest copouts that bigots have been allowed to weaponize against social progress.
“I don’t know.“ is perfectly acceptable in any situation and “Let’s find out together.” is one of the most precious ways to engage with your child.
“I don’t know.“ is perfectly acceptable in any situation and “Let’s find out together.” is one of the most precious ways to engage with your child.
August 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People who weaponize this dont ask “how am i supposed to explain school lunch debt to my children?” Or “how am i supposed to explain how pregnant people are dying of sepsis from miscarriages to my children?”
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One of the things you learned at 18F and USDS is that government isn’t like a business: it has to serve everybody and not just specific market segments that are the most convenient.
August 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
One of the things you learned at 18F and USDS is that government isn’t like a business: it has to serve everybody and not just specific market segments that are the most convenient.
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27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
August 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
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Way too many people believe that both politics and democracy is simply when you do an election.
July 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Way too many people believe that both politics and democracy is simply when you do an election.
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Here is what Zohran actually said, which is v. different from the impression the headline gives. Whether you disagree or not, what he says is careful and nuanced and demonstrates empathy for different communities. By contrast, the headline wants you to get angry and attack.
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this headline is complete fucking horseshit btw, this is what he actually said
June 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Here is what Zohran actually said, which is v. different from the impression the headline gives. Whether you disagree or not, what he says is careful and nuanced and demonstrates empathy for different communities. By contrast, the headline wants you to get angry and attack.
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bsky.app/profile/mage...
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if any technology has the capability for surveillance, you can be sure it'll be primarily used for surveillance
Who wants to bet that contracts with 👮♂️ are coming soon. What, you thought integrating face surveillance was for when you forgot a coworker’s name?
Meta announces Oakley smart glasses
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
if any technology has the capability for surveillance, you can be sure it'll be primarily used for surveillance
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“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
LA's ICE raids are impacting domestic violence shelters
These programs "should be safe sanctuaries—and we can't even guarantee that anymore."
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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It's like how every single UBI study says it only has benefits and even saves governments money, and then governments simply don't want to do it.
If you're only following this "debate" through popular media you probably have the impression that studies on youth gender medicine are roughly split between benefits and harms.
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
May 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's like how every single UBI study says it only has benefits and even saves governments money, and then governments simply don't want to do it.
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If you're only following this "debate" through popular media you probably have the impression that studies on youth gender medicine are roughly split between benefits and harms.
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
May 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you're only following this "debate" through popular media you probably have the impression that studies on youth gender medicine are roughly split between benefits and harms.
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."
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Try not to doomscroll too late tonight. You still need time to rest and recover.
May 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Try not to doomscroll too late tonight. You still need time to rest and recover.
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How did we get from "Do not use Wikipedia as a source" to "ask hallucinating chatbot everything"?
April 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
How did we get from "Do not use Wikipedia as a source" to "ask hallucinating chatbot everything"?
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If I see another article about birth rates that refuses to grapple with the way having children systematically disadvantages women I swear to god. There is no mystery. Stop pretending there is. We’ve got to do away with credulity for nonsense.
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If I see another article about birth rates that refuses to grapple with the way having children systematically disadvantages women I swear to god. There is no mystery. Stop pretending there is. We’ve got to do away with credulity for nonsense.
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Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
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the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
www.teenvogue.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
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it feels deeply weird to be promoting something right now but the government has declared war on labor and history is being erased before our eyes—young people need to know what we are capable of accomplishing when we organize
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...
Fight to Win!
The revelatory history of the American labor movement, from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly, now adapted for young ...
www.simonandschuster.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
it feels deeply weird to be promoting something right now but the government has declared war on labor and history is being erased before our eyes—young people need to know what we are capable of accomplishing when we organize
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...