Chanel
@mindyoursnotmine.bsky.social
Abolitionist | Advocate for my people | NCBF DoA
I'm not nice, but I AM kind.
I'm not nice, but I AM kind.
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There is no “safety and security” interest in denying people the basic sanitary products they need to manage normal bodily functions.
Our latest briefing examines what it's like to have a period behind bars, where menstruation is treated like misconduct – more here 👇
Our latest briefing examines what it's like to have a period behind bars, where menstruation is treated like misconduct – more here 👇
Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods
Our analysis of prison rules and sanctions across all fifty states and the federal system — as well as accounts of incarcerated people — reveal ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There is no “safety and security” interest in denying people the basic sanitary products they need to manage normal bodily functions.
Our latest briefing examines what it's like to have a period behind bars, where menstruation is treated like misconduct – more here 👇
Our latest briefing examines what it's like to have a period behind bars, where menstruation is treated like misconduct – more here 👇
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And when they try to band together to cope, such as sharing pads or tampons, they often fall prey to prison disciplinary systems used to target them for punishment.
Yes – that means someone can get punished for giving another incarcerated person a tampon.
Yes – that means someone can get punished for giving another incarcerated person a tampon.
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
And when they try to band together to cope, such as sharing pads or tampons, they often fall prey to prison disciplinary systems used to target them for punishment.
Yes – that means someone can get punished for giving another incarcerated person a tampon.
Yes – that means someone can get punished for giving another incarcerated person a tampon.
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"Officials allowed her only a small ration of menstrual products... On her worst days, she tore up her own T-shirts and used them as makeshift pads"
Behind bars, managing menstruation is difficult, uncomfortable, and often downright dangerous:
Behind bars, managing menstruation is difficult, uncomfortable, and often downright dangerous:
Not enough tampons. Not enough pads.
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it.
Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org
stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it.
Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org
stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products • Stateline
Many incarcerated women face challenges accessing menstrual products, even in facilities that provide them for free.
stateline.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Officials allowed her only a small ration of menstrual products... On her worst days, she tore up her own T-shirts and used them as makeshift pads"
Behind bars, managing menstruation is difficult, uncomfortable, and often downright dangerous:
Behind bars, managing menstruation is difficult, uncomfortable, and often downright dangerous:
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Not enough tampons. Not enough pads.
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it.
Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org
stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it.
Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org
stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products • Stateline
Many incarcerated women face challenges accessing menstrual products, even in facilities that provide them for free.
stateline.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Not enough tampons. Not enough pads.
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it.
Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org
stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...
Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it.
Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org
stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...
One more hour and then I'm done for the year!!! 🥳 #pto #useitorloseit
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One more hour and then I'm done for the year!!! 🥳 #pto #useitorloseit
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
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Food for thought: As families across the U.S. sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, it's hard not to think about the nutritionally inadequate slop that incarcerated people are fed every single day (including holidays).
It doesn’t just taste bad – it’s a public health concern 🧵
It doesn’t just taste bad – it’s a public health concern 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Food for thought: As families across the U.S. sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, it's hard not to think about the nutritionally inadequate slop that incarcerated people are fed every single day (including holidays).
It doesn’t just taste bad – it’s a public health concern 🧵
It doesn’t just taste bad – it’s a public health concern 🧵
Dutch is a classic
Top 10 most rewatched movies over Thanksgiving, according to JustWatch:
1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2. Knives Out
3. Wicked
4. The Hunger Games
5. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
8. Dutch
9. The Last Waltz
10. Addams Family Values
1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2. Knives Out
3. Wicked
4. The Hunger Games
5. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
8. Dutch
9. The Last Waltz
10. Addams Family Values
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dutch is a classic
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Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
Mom Who Was Turned Away While in Active Labor Back in Hospital with Post-Birth Health Issues, Family Says
The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues.
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
Got a 5th 🥃 and an 8th 🥬 Good to go for the 5 day weekend 😜
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Got a 5th 🥃 and an 8th 🥬 Good to go for the 5 day weekend 😜
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WA orders insurance company for law enforcement to stop operating
WA orders insurance company for law enforcement to stop operating
According to the state insurance commissioner, Thin Blue Line Benefits has been illegally operating in Washington and has not processed health insurance claims.
www.seattletimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
WA orders insurance company for law enforcement to stop operating
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WA Cares Fund: What WA workers need to know about 2026 rollout
WA Cares Fund: What WA workers need to know about 2026 rollout
The long-delayed WA Cares Fund is moving into operation with a pilot beginning January, benefits to open statewide in July and new authority to invest the fund more broadly.
www.seattletimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
WA Cares Fund: What WA workers need to know about 2026 rollout
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A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's cases against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor who led them was unlawfully appointed. Here's what to know about her. n.pr/4pw4Kwo
The case against Comey failed because of Trump's prosecutor. Who is she?
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's cases against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor who led them was unlawfully appointed. Here's what to know about her.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's cases against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor who led them was unlawfully appointed. Here's what to know about her. n.pr/4pw4Kwo
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
Gorgeous 😍
Megan Thee Stallion walks into the federal courthouse in Miami this morning for day four of trial in her defamation lawsuit against online commentator Milagro Gramz.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Gorgeous 😍
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Yo @appam.bsky.social wassup with the presenters/host for the #2025APPAM BIPOC in Public Policy session being MIA?
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yo @appam.bsky.social wassup with the presenters/host for the #2025APPAM BIPOC in Public Policy session being MIA?
First time at #2025APPAM fall research conference and I'm loving it 🖊️📃⚖️📰
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
First time at #2025APPAM fall research conference and I'm loving it 🖊️📃⚖️📰
Been rocking with DOTS for 30+ yrs and ain't gonna stop. At the movies that sweet and salty combo of DOTS and popcorn is 👩🏾🍳💋
May 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Been rocking with DOTS for 30+ yrs and ain't gonna stop. At the movies that sweet and salty combo of DOTS and popcorn is 👩🏾🍳💋
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"Sinners: A Black Conversation Between Ryan Coogler and Jordan Peele" by DiasporaUnitedStates
April 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Sinners: A Black Conversation Between Ryan Coogler and Jordan Peele" by DiasporaUnitedStates
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I keep my head down and turn out good work and I just barely made rent this month, but a lady calls a kid the n-word at a playground and she raises a half-million dollars in a week. I don't get the world, and I don't like it. We are surrounded by rotten dogshit assholes and they're thriving.
May 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I keep my head down and turn out good work and I just barely made rent this month, but a lady calls a kid the n-word at a playground and she raises a half-million dollars in a week. I don't get the world, and I don't like it. We are surrounded by rotten dogshit assholes and they're thriving.
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So look, I’m a 1/2-white Black man who (like all Black men) have had more police encounters than I can count. Please hear this:
IF you’re white and are NOT fully confident you’d be ready, willing, and lowkey eager to jump between police and—not me, but ✨any✨ Black stranger
THEN you’re NOT my ally.
IF you’re white and are NOT fully confident you’d be ready, willing, and lowkey eager to jump between police and—not me, but ✨any✨ Black stranger
THEN you’re NOT my ally.
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So look, I’m a 1/2-white Black man who (like all Black men) have had more police encounters than I can count. Please hear this:
IF you’re white and are NOT fully confident you’d be ready, willing, and lowkey eager to jump between police and—not me, but ✨any✨ Black stranger
THEN you’re NOT my ally.
IF you’re white and are NOT fully confident you’d be ready, willing, and lowkey eager to jump between police and—not me, but ✨any✨ Black stranger
THEN you’re NOT my ally.
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Square root days happen only a few times in a century, and the man who brought the day fame is celebrating his sixth one.
Be square and get to the root of it! Celebrate Square Root Day today!
Square root days happen only a few times in a century, and the man who brought the day fame is celebrating his sixth one.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Square root days happen only a few times in a century, and the man who brought the day fame is celebrating his sixth one.