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Anti-Abortion ‘Bounty Hunter’ Laws Spread from Texas Across U.S. Analysis: Several GOP towns and states now allow residents to sue each other for getting abortion care. The reward: money. In February, Kansas passed a similarly designed trans bathroom ban.

That Kansas law invalidating trans ppl’s licenses? It also allows trans residents sue trans ppl who use public bathrooms—for money. Texas created this kind of bounty hunter law to punish abortion patients, but you can trace the origins back to “fugitive slave” laws, writes
@queenmab.bsky.social.

Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order • Brooklyn Paper Last fall, the U.S. Department of State sent cease-and-desist letters to hundreds of nonprofit libraries across the country, telling them they were no longer

Ask yourself: Who wins by making it harder for people to get a photo ID, and why.

Surprised and delighted to find Cher in the running for this week's main character

Epstein Files Debate Gets Pedophilia and Power Wrong ‘Barely legal’ isn’t a thing. Neither are ‘underage women.’

There's no such thing as 'barely legal,' explains Martha Kempner in this week's column for @rewirenewsgroup.com, and parsing the meaning of pedophilia ignores the main issue here, which is power.

How Minneapolis Fought ICE With Dildos A sex toy has become a symbol of resistance in Minnesota and beyond.

Yes, that's a dildo helmet. No, it's not the only way anti-ICE protesters used this sex toy at recent protests in Minneapolis; things got a lot spicier than that. Read @hallielieberman.bsky.social report to find out how and why one dildo distributor sees them as "kryptonite to these fascists."

Trump's Racism Carries No Consequences—And That's Scary Opinion: Trump’s attacks on the Obamas reveal what happens when open bigotry no longer disqualifies a president—and how that shift could endanger civil-rights protections.

🧵 Trump posted a video depicting the Obamas as apes. He deleted it. A handful of Republicans objected. Most said nothing. Nothing changed.

My most recent column isn’t about shock. It’s about consequences.

The ongoing snow is a bad, even cruel joke and I'm ready for this particular comedy set to end.

Quick correction here. Zurzurvae is the first pill specifically designed for PPD--not the first medication, which was a 60-hour IV injection approved in 2019 and withdrawn from the market a few years later. The dek of this story has been corrected for accuracy.

Computer screen showing slide reading 'Problems scream, solutions whisper'

Just yesterday, RNG newsroom was fortunate to get a solutions journalism training from @soljourno.bsky.social member Chibuike Alagboso, who showed us this slide. The timing is coincidence, but I think this story by @maracsantilli.bsky.social is a solid example of this important, rigorous practice.

This Pill Treats Postpartum Depression. So Why Don’t More People Take It? Some 500,000 new parents are diagnosed with PPD each year. Far fewer take Zurzurvae, the first drug specifically designed to treat the condition, three years after its approval.

Journalism tends to focus on the problems, not the solutions. If it bleeds, it leads.

Today @rewirenewsgroup.com is flipping the script. Postpartum depression is a big problem—and now there’s a treatment that seems to work. So why don’t more new moms take the PPD pill? Mara Santilli investigates.

I am on snow strike

I also got one of these in Mexico two weeks ago about an earthquake 1,000 miles away. A bit much!

Srsly! A bit much

Would also vote to abolish cartel hitmen, FWIW

I am lowkey in denial about NYC schools being closed tomorrow after they were already closed last week for Feb break.

Denial = 2nd glass of red wine

Much improved

In constitutionally and culturally secularly Uruguay, they still take Semana Santa (holy week) off—but they call it Semana de Turismo or Semana de la Cerveza 🍻

Fantastic

🧵I am co-leading the Writing for Liberation program at @empowermentave.bsky.social, an organization that supports incarcerated journalists, essayists, and poets in publishing their work. Our writers have been published everywhere from the Dallas Morning News and Prism to Rolling Stone and Cosmo.

There’s a metaphor in here

Today the members of my Buy Nothing group have requested, among other items:
-a typewriter
-VHS player
-CDs

Analog is back, baby.

I have a toddler so Ms. Rachel is already a hero in my house but my goodness the woman knows how to use her power for good.

Why I Masturbate on Valentine’s Day A guaranteed orgasm is better than waiting for a box of chocolates that may never arrive.

lololol @cuteflesh.bsky.social does it again.

"Instead of spending this Feb. 14 feeling sorry for yourself, envying the relationships of others or planning an anti-Valentine’s Day celebration with your gal pals, spend the evening doing something healthier & more obviously pleasant: masturbating!"

Sex Educators Are Self-Censoring Online to Avoid Content Bans. Does it Work? It's called 'algospeak,' and it looks like 's3x,' 'le$bian,' and 'c00chie.' Some creators swear by it, but experts say it may increase stigma.

Even if you’re not on TikTok you’ve seen this trend: “unalive” for dead; “segs” for sex. It’s cutesy and a little clever, but research shows it might also be bad for free expression—and self-censorship around sex and the body can harm girls and young women the most.

Touché

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As the parent of a young child, so young she (thankfully) doesn't know what's up, I hate that you have to have these conversations and they have to have these thoughts.

‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.

I talked with parents, teachers and kids about ICE's ongoing operation and how it has upended their day-to-day lives. One of the harder stories I've reported. For @rewirenewsgroup.com
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‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.

It's live. Get your tissues.

“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”

Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."

Since ICE got to Minneapolis, 5-year-old Vera has a new hobby: setting traps.

“All bad guys are trying to take dark skin people like my friend,” Vera said. “So I try to keep them safe.”

@setharichardson.bsky.social on how kids, parents, and schools are handling the upheaval of ICE violence.