mollie bryant
@molliebryant.bsky.social
I cover housing & criminal justice for nonprofit news site StreetlightNews.org in OKC. Previously: Oklahoma Watch, JXN Clarion Ledger & Amarillo Globe News. bryant@streetlightnews.org and molliebryant.70 on signal
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· May 28
A Streetlight investigation found EPA data excluded how many Black residents live within one mile of sites under the agency's oversight. After questions from @molliebryant.bsky.social, the EPA restored the missing numbers, calling the error a coding "bug"
streetlightnews.org/epa-echo-data/
streetlightnews.org/epa-echo-data/
EPA excluded, then restored, data on Black people who live closest to toxic sites - Streetlight
The EPA said a bug caused the error, which only affected data on Black residents
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I got obsessed with data in college and have always relied on it for my work. I'd never seen a government agency exclude data about an entire racial group until last week.
This dog is so curled up
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This dog is so curled up
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I’ll say: please support people helping people rn. The nonprofit sector is not doing great this year, and almost no one talks about it publicly. If you want this kind of work to exist, you have to support it.
This is the link to the regional food bank of Oklahoma if you have a heart to give rn: secure3.convio.net/rfbo/site/Do...
Make a Donation | Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma - FY24-TSM-23-75242-01-November PSS Recruitment | Fighting Hunger Feeding Hope | Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Regional Food Bank
secure3.convio.net
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I’ll say: please support people helping people rn. The nonprofit sector is not doing great this year, and almost no one talks about it publicly. If you want this kind of work to exist, you have to support it.
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digby fell asleep on my stream
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
digby fell asleep on my stream
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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“She said he talked a lot about the 1980s pop star Paula Abdul and that he said he wanted programming that could ‘be like Paula Abdul.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“She said he talked a lot about the 1980s pop star Paula Abdul and that he said he wanted programming that could ‘be like Paula Abdul.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
This is absolutely a first amendment violation and one of the few things that still makes me furious: The hypocrisy that the Trump administration expects everyone to be a Christian yet won’t let actual Christians practice their faith where it’s needed most. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is absolutely a first amendment violation and one of the few things that still makes me furious: The hypocrisy that the Trump administration expects everyone to be a Christian yet won’t let actual Christians practice their faith where it’s needed most. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
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Sitting here editing a high schooler's piece on how the upheaval surrounding SNAP has impacted her community and she's describing how devastation from a flood in February already cut resources and now people are lining up for a church's food bags hours before they start giving them out.
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Sitting here editing a high schooler's piece on how the upheaval surrounding SNAP has impacted her community and she's describing how devastation from a flood in February already cut resources and now people are lining up for a church's food bags hours before they start giving them out.
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
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They're now discussing the newly created email. Plaintiffs' attorneys say they've tried using it and have not received a response yet. Brady asks what the judge thinks a reasonable response time is.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
They're now discussing the newly created email. Plaintiffs' attorneys say they've tried using it and have not received a response yet. Brady asks what the judge thinks a reasonable response time is.
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Plaintiffs attorney Alexa Van Brunt says they still don't have a working phone number that lets attorneys reach their clients.
She says they just received a new one from the feds, and "it still doesn't work. It is disconnected."
She says they just received a new one from the feds, and "it still doesn't work. It is disconnected."
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Plaintiffs attorney Alexa Van Brunt says they still don't have a working phone number that lets attorneys reach their clients.
She says they just received a new one from the feds, and "it still doesn't work. It is disconnected."
She says they just received a new one from the feds, and "it still doesn't work. It is disconnected."
“It’s a metaphor. I think people love what CBS used to be.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bari Weiss’s first month at CBS News unfolds in a newsroom culture clash
Bari Weiss took over as editor in chief in October, launching a new era for CBS News amid layoffs, confusion and shifting expectations.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“It’s a metaphor. I think people love what CBS used to be.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913 into one world war to live through another, on how to live whole in a broken world www.themarginalian.org/2024/06/22/a...
Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World
Born into a World War to live through another, Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) died in a car crash with an unused train ticket to the same destination in his pocket. Just thre…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913 into one world war to live through another, on how to live whole in a broken world www.themarginalian.org/2024/06/22/a...
some afternoons, reggie interrupts me while I'm working about every 10 minutes to let him out bc of the thing where he can let himself inside but not outside and letting him out by himself doesn't always work bc sometimes he needs our other dog there to watch him hunt squirrels or it doesn't count
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
some afternoons, reggie interrupts me while I'm working about every 10 minutes to let him out bc of the thing where he can let himself inside but not outside and letting him out by himself doesn't always work bc sometimes he needs our other dog there to watch him hunt squirrels or it doesn't count
e pluribus unum
Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
e pluribus unum
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BREAKING:
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
BREAKING:
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits.
Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.
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Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
We're announcing a 30-day moratorium on utility disconnections.
The federal shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits have placed an unfair and unexpected burden on households. No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.
The federal shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits have placed an unfair and unexpected burden on households. No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
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Condé Nast's actions are in direct violation of our contracts and of labor law. Solidarity with our unjustly fired colleagues across the company. This is not over.
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Condé Nast's actions are in direct violation of our contracts and of labor law. Solidarity with our unjustly fired colleagues across the company. This is not over.
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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on the eve of his big win, @katiehonan.bsky.social took a subway ride with Zohran Mamdani and asked him all the debate questions she didn't get to ask — and how his life has changed since the campaign.
15 Minutes With the Next Mayor of New York City
On the W train, we asked the questions we couldn’t get to in the debate.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
on the eve of his big win, @katiehonan.bsky.social took a subway ride with Zohran Mamdani and asked him all the debate questions she didn't get to ask — and how his life has changed since the campaign.