Laura Rueckert

How a Group of Michigan Parents Defeated Anti-Trans MAGA Activists The right has swept into school boards and made bigoted policy the norm. Fighting back may be easier than it looks.

How a group of Michigan parents fought back against right-wing activists in their school district | The New Republic

1. This would not only prevent expats like me from voting, but everyone in the US military who is sent overseas.

2. Other countries DO have mail-in voting. I live in Germany, where it's completely normal. UK citizens, Austrlians, Canadians, and more can also vote by mail.

Ouch! It's so hard at that stage, but it definitely sounds like progress!

Disney’s Marvel Abandons Georgia, Taking Livelihoods With It Tax incentives lured studios to help build the ‘Hollywood of the South,’ but now Marvel and others are going overseas for cheaper labor costs.

Disney's Marvel studios is abandoning the state of Georgia to film in the UK, mainly bc of the difference in labor costs from not having to pay for employees' health insurance bc of the National Health Service.

Universal health care makes businesses more competitive in the global marketplace.

That’s about one quarter of the entire population of Israel, including children. The equivalent in the US would be almost 90 million people taking to the streets.

Turn off AI in search results. I just did this in Chrome and it works.
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so the thing about all this is: yes, it’s unjust that a pink polo white guy gets ROR in a situation when a black person would have likely been brutalized or worse, WHICH IS WHY PINK POLO WHITE GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO SHOULD RISK THIS STUFF

This is a beautiful story.

Important for writers whose books have been used without permission for AI training--this is the class action lawsuit against Anthropic. Find your books in the LibGen database, and fill out the form on the law firm's website.

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Changing platforms one minute before it's supposed to arrive. Typical.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 2025! Children’s Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown – to the library, to the dentist, even to he…

There are some excellent-looking trans books coming up in the fall, and if you're preparing your shopping list now, here's a good post for finding them! lgbtqreads.com/2025/03/31/h...

I just wanted to suggest Strange New Worlds too!

Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators

Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators

DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover

So this is happening now and I have no idea how long it will last so snap it upppppppppppp IT’S ABOUT A GIRL WHO GOES MISSING IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS AND IF YOU DON’T CRY WHILE READING THIS IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU

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A cat walks into a saloon...

BARTENDER: what will you have?
CAT: shot of whisky
BARTENDER, AFTER POURING THE SHOT: there you go
CAT, AFTER PUSHING THE SHOT OFF THE TABLE: give me another

Friendly reminder that school administrators tend to take complaints from parents much more seriously than the same complaints from teachers. So if your kids’ school district is using PragerU stuff, please speak up.

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

Thank you. 🤞

Thank you! I certainly hope so!

After what feels like a million years of my writing mojo being MIA, I'm finally working on a revision again. Please cross your fingers for me that I can stick with it. My mental health is better when I'm writing. #authorsky

Nothing hits quite like spam emails that use the name of someone who passed away. 😞

Al Overview Willem Dafoe is not in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but he has appeared in other Star Wars films, including The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary

Relatable.

Opening Sentences Hook Your Reader from the First Line

Trouble captivating readers from the start? In today’s newsletter, take a look at some great first lines from a range of novels, and pick up some tactics for how to make your own opening stand out. nepheletempest.substack.com/p/opening-se...

I feel the same about notes in the signature, saying although an email may be sent outside their working hours, a response isn't expected outside their working hours. There are so many time zones & working models. It's sad that some people think they must respond to every message immediately.

Nope, never tried it

How to go into a bakery and order a hot drink just to dry off? 😆

I've done that before!