NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care.
By @amyyurkanin.bsky.social
we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Arrest quotas
Palantir selected “targets”
No warrants
Random detainments
Despicable
Reflecting on the attack at Temple Israel.
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.
This is just astonishingly great reporting.
All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.
And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.
The Lancet spells out the case against RFK Jr so clearly.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (1/4🧵)
This French man’s International Women’s Day message is better than any I heard yesterday (in English).
Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.
"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.
The White House reportedly offered jobs to Massie’s staffers weeks before the Epstein files vote.
One aide was offered double his salary. This is what obstruction looks like!
3 million documents are still withheld. Ask yourself why.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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“Many of their commanders are especially delighted with how graphic this battle will be zeroing in on how bloody all of this must become in order to fulfill and be in 100% accordance with fundamentalist Christian end of the world eschatology.”
That's right. Worse than Pointless
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
1/9. In 2020 Iran did try to interfere with the presidential election.
There's been a 30% drop in Canadian visits to southeast Michigan and it's taking a toll on local businesses, per a great new report in the Detroit News. This comes amid Trump's tariffs and threats, including his unhinged vow to block the Windsor-Ontario bridge. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2071...
I’m starting to think they might not be honest guys…
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
Update: I'm working on legislation to ban corrupt and destabilizing prediction markets, where insiders who know the outcome (especially in government) can rig the game to favor certain bets.
And the global reverberations: the US is asking allies to choose the American AI stack. But this episode sends a clear message-if you build on American AI, DC can reshape its terms at any moment. This will accelerate the digital sovereignty concerns voiced last week at the AI Impact Summit in India.
What's missing? The public. Decisions about whether AI can surveil American citizens or autonomously deploy lethal force are being settled in a contract dispute. No Congress. No democratic deliberation. No accountability. We've outsourced questions about the use of force to a corporate negotiation.
Please keep your eye on this development. I'm glad more outlets are writing about it. Democrats are accepting money from Silicon Valley bros spending MILLIONS to advance AI, Crypto, de-regulation and "pro-growth" policies
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
NYU is hiring two postdocs at the Center for Social Media, AI & Politics:
csmapnyu.org/jobs
And a grant manager in Sociology with the Social Science Research Hub:
uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/15327/g...
I'm part of both groups--please share with anyone who is interested!
Sorry for not keeping up...that has to be a devastating loss. I'm glad the NYT featured your case in this series...any luck on the philanthropy front?
Thanks for the support @monicamedhist.bsky.social that's so nice of you.
If you are Tribal Nation or Tribal Leader, please watch this. It has never been a more important time to know about National & International law/policy over data and intellectual property. Listen to this Spotify about the International IEEE Indigenous Data Standard. open.spotify.com/episode/0ugg...
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
MURRAY: You called birth control pills 'a disrespect of life.' You also claimed it has 'horrifying health risks.' But there decades of evidence showing it's safe and effective. Should women trust the FDA or you?
CASEY MEANS: Are you aware of what the side effects of what hormonal contraception are?
