Chris Morran

This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

These are all the same thing. 1. When ProPublica emailed questions for a profile of the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, they received a response from the communications director of the state Republican Party. He...

Three different things that are actually all the same thing. www.pbump.net/o/these-are-...

NCGOP spokesman appears to be threatening @propublica.org's @dougbockclark.bsky.social with retaliation by the Trump administration for reporting on a state Supreme Court justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.

The Trump administration is rolling them back

By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social

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“Dude. Get vaccinated!” Heidi Lucas texted her sister Ashley in May from her home in Jefferson City, Missouri. “Nope lol,” Ashley Lucas texted back from Orbisonia, Pennsylvania. “Don’t you work with old people?” “Yeah”

This exchange from a 2021 article about two sisters -- both nursing professionals, but only one of whom was willing to get the COVID vax -- is something i think about when i hear people discarding logic and common sense because it discomfits them.
www.propublica.org/article/dont...

32 years ago, i had no TV and had to watch the Phillies lose to Toronto by myself in the lounge of a UVA graduate student dorm that I had no right being in.

it's a heartbreaking evening I'll carry forever, but i say now, with no reservation: fuck the Dodgers.
Go Blue Jays!

Photo of the criterion collection's Wes Anderson Archive - ten films, 25 years

Happy early birthday to myself

Once again, rules aimed at blocking healthcare for trans people also blocks healthcare for cisgender people.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Sir Frederic Krueger von Elmstreet

When i was laid off back in 2017 (along with the entire Consumerist staff), it was a gut punch that took years to recover from. I'd worked 7 days a week for nearly a decade and took maybe 4 vacation days, and it was all taken away over a zoom call by some functionary in Yonkers I'd met twice.

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished

Calling Jan. 6 “mob of rioters” a “mob of rioters” gets two federal prosecutors placed on leave…

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Plans for Market East in 2026 The Sixers said last week that the vacant lots created by the demolition could be used for a pop-up events space next summer when Philadelphia will host World Cup games and celebrations for the United States' 250th anniversary of independence. "Our hope is these sites will be available for community programming to support increased visitation and drive foot traffic in Market East, aligning with the city's broader revitalization efforts in this corridor," said Rhoads. Councilmember Mark Squilla, who represents the area, last week suggested the vacant lots created by the demolition could be used as a mini soccer pitch or a beer garden. But there are no specific plans yet. "Comcast and the Sixers have offered to cooperate with the city and the greater Market East community to make their property available for activation in 2026," said Karen Guss, a city spokesperson. "Discussion of what that might look like is in very early stages."

I do not want a “programmable space” that can be “activated” I want HOUSING

Can't say I disagree

EPA flush with cash for ‘priority’ staff The agency is taking an unprecedented approach to furloughs during this latest government shutdown.

The EPA is picking and choosing who gets to work during the shutdown: "virtually everyone who is working to undo marquee Biden-era regulations for air pollution, climate change and
water quality is still on the job."

This is, to put it mildly, not normal.

www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

But then you'd miss out on the thrill of spending hours on hold waiting to be hung up on, finding a fax machine to file your appeals, and the crushing sensation of futility in the face of an unaccountable system 🥳

Did you know that rape within a marriage was not a crime until relatively recently?

@sarahweinman.com has written a stunning exploration of this hidden history and the landmark case that changed everything.

Is the chain covered by your insurance or is that an out-of-pocket expense?

5 weeks left in my 40s... Should probably do something interesting.

ProPublica Event - The Shadow President A conversation about ProPublica’s yearlong investigation into Russell Vought, the Project 2025 architect and Trump budget guru.

We take you behind the scenes of the reporting that exposed how Russell Vought quietly rewrote the playbook for the federal government.

Join our virtual discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. ET and submit a question:

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.

NEW: Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

"Male breast cancer cases were more prevalent among Veterans, accounting for 11% in the VA compared to 1% in SEER...

The incidence of male breast cancer is notably higher among Veterans."

"Male breast cancer cases were more prevalent among Veterans, accounting for 11% in the VA compared to 1% in SEER."

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

NEW: “As of Sept. 30, the department no longer presumes service connection for male breast cancer,” a Veterans Affairs rep confirmed to @propublica.org, meaning newly diagnosed veterans will have to show that their cancer is linked to their military service.

By @ericumansky.bsky.social

5 weeks left in my 40s... Should probably do something interesting.

My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ...

I’m a journalist. I’m also an Idahoan. A couple weeks ago, I stood outside my child’s school, chatting with the school nurse. As we talked, my phone buzzed. It was a call from the person behind Idaho's new law — one that limits how a school nurse can respond if measles arrives.

Do these cases ever result in investigation and discipline? Did this one?

The NYT has a relationship with Zohran Mamdani that’s like the relationship Rush Limbaugh had with the Clintons: ostensibly disapproving to an unhinged degree, but secretly delighted at a wellspring of endless rube-grifting. /1