Nick Wing
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Doing my best to avoid being terminally online.
Doing my best to avoid being terminally online.
Today's @theappeal.bsky.social newsletter calls out the false promise of Gavin Newsom's "California Model" of prison reform, which "nods to California’s progressive values while giving a $20 billion ransom to the correctional unions that hold so much political sway in our state."
Gavin Newsom’s Prison Reform Isn’t Progress—It’s a ‘Near Enemy’
Gavin Newsom's "California Model" of prison reform isn't the step away from mass incarceration that it purports to be.
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October 18, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Today's @theappeal.bsky.social newsletter calls out the false promise of Gavin Newsom's "California Model" of prison reform, which "nods to California’s progressive values while giving a $20 billion ransom to the correctional unions that hold so much political sway in our state."
Our experience @theappeal.bsky.social confirms a hard truth: Grant funding is great, but billionaires & foundations alone will not sustain a robust nonprofit media ecosystem. Reader support is more critical than ever. It's on all of us to show up for independent outlets. Please chip in if you can!
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theappeal.org
September 19, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Our experience @theappeal.bsky.social confirms a hard truth: Grant funding is great, but billionaires & foundations alone will not sustain a robust nonprofit media ecosystem. Reader support is more critical than ever. It's on all of us to show up for independent outlets. Please chip in if you can!
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In the face of a warming future, advocates are fighting against political and bureaucratic resistance to provide relief to incarcerated people who are now among the earliest and most vulnerable victims of this crisis. Read more from @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @nickwing.bsky.social.
Extreme Heat is Killing People in Prison. What’s Being Done About It?
As advocates fight to provide relief to incarcerated people, officials are resisting many measures that could help prisoners combat the heat.
theappeal.org
August 29, 2023 at 3:12 PM
In the face of a warming future, advocates are fighting against political and bureaucratic resistance to provide relief to incarcerated people who are now among the earliest and most vulnerable victims of this crisis. Read more from @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @nickwing.bsky.social.
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New from @nickwing.bsky.social and me for @theappeal.bsky.social: Incarcerated people are some of the most vulnerable victims of climate change. They're trapped in concrete and steel buildings with no say over what they wear, the temperatures of their showers, or how much cold water they can access.
Extreme Heat is Killing People in Prison. What’s Being Done About It?
As advocates fight to provide relief to incarcerated people, officials are resisting many measures that could help prisoners combat the heat.
theappeal.org
August 29, 2023 at 5:31 PM
New from @nickwing.bsky.social and me for @theappeal.bsky.social: Incarcerated people are some of the most vulnerable victims of climate change. They're trapped in concrete and steel buildings with no say over what they wear, the temperatures of their showers, or how much cold water they can access.
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man that is fuckin bleak https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/us/politics/woman-arrested-death-threat-judge-chutkan.html
August 17, 2023 at 2:31 PM
man that is fuckin bleak https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/us/politics/woman-arrested-death-threat-judge-chutkan.html
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"Having this personal connection to nature felt special," Christopher Blackwell writes of his chance encounter with a family of nesting barn swallows. "For a few minutes, I could feel like a part of something much bigger than the closed world of this penitentiary."
Prison Can Be A Hostile Place. Then the Birds Came.
The birds quickly became the talk of the unit. Suddenly, everyone an ornithologist, claiming to know whether barn swallows were endangered.
theappeal.org
August 10, 2023 at 2:33 PM
"Having this personal connection to nature felt special," Christopher Blackwell writes of his chance encounter with a family of nesting barn swallows. "For a few minutes, I could feel like a part of something much bigger than the closed world of this penitentiary."