Reposted by alex nguyenSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026At least a dozen fraternity and sorority pledges have died in hazing incidents since 2020—that year, given the pandemic’s social distancing requirements, only one young woman died in a hazing ritual. That was the lowest number of hazing deaths in decades. 410030
Reposted by alex nguyenNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kate Manne wrote another brilliant essay about the Cornell case. This time, it's about her own experiences interacting with Cornell's police department.katemanne.substack.comWhose Side Are the Cornell University Police On?Sharing my story of a disturbing encounter with CUPD in 2018 413145
Reposted by alex nguyenAlison Veneto @vermilionpearlgirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“We would really like to see this contract extended throughout the video game industry and for other studios to look at what Blizzard has done and follow suit" 053
Reposted by alex nguyenFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend. 20543511113
Reposted by alex nguyenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026International politics and sports collide once again.motherjones.comIrish soccer fans call for boycotting matches with IsraelInternational politics and sports collide once again. 617143
Reposted by alex nguyenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026The video game industry is brutal. Now it's unionizing.motherjones.comThe video game industry is brutal. Now it's unionizing.Workers at Microsoft's flagship game studio have won a landmark contract after years of fighting. 010326
Reposted by alex nguyenEliel Cruz @elielcruz.com · 18/09/2026They keep dropping these on Friday afternoon for a news dump. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-s...justice.govDOJ Secures Agreements with NYU and UPMC to End Pediatric “Gender-Affirming Care”Today, the Department of Justice announced agreements with two of the nation’s largest health care systems—New York University Langone Hospitals (“NYU”) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“U... 14318132
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You can also just listen to Chat Pile like one of The Cut's "most eligible singles in New York City," Patti Harrison. www.thecut.com/article/the-... 100
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This interview is personal: Music, movies, television, and other art forms opened a door for me to engage with the outside world—something counter to my family from Vietnam, where ideas of that world often meant death, famine, and oppression. Chat Pile's music is one of those pieces of art. 1166
Reposted by alex nguyensarah macdonald @sarahsmacdonald.bsky.social · 18/09/2026i interviewed THEE carly rae jepsen! we talked about her new double album, finding joy again in making music, and my break-up, which if you can’t tell that stuff to the artists who’ve soundtracked some of your most emotional moments then who can you tell? www.socanmagazine.ca/features/car...socanmagazine.caCarly Rae Jepsen feels it all - SOCAN Words and MusicI don’t mean to talk to Carly Rae Jepsen about my break-up but I do it anyway. It’s late August and we’re on a Zoom call, with Jepsen at home, her cantaloupe-coloured hair radiant in the sunshine, and... 53210
Reposted by alex nguyenSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On the victims of AI-assisted American warmaking and their absence from the “AI safety” discourse. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comKiller AI is already here—we’re using it in IranDespite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres. 27537
Reposted by alex nguyenJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For @motherjones.com, I looked into how Meta could be using disabled people to promote its Meta glasses to the masses. As one expert told me, “companies have used accessibility...as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comIs Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance. 10579283
Reposted by alex nguyenZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What he doesn't realize is if the yuri writers get replaced, their backup plan is to finish their papers on probabilistic approaches to nonlinear dynamics. So, it should all even out. 61057143
Reposted by alex nguyenCenter for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 11/09/2026“The system has expanded to new uses, new targets, new opportunities to vilify, to punish, to create division,” said CVT's Yumna Rizvi to @hurwitz.bsky.social at @motherjones.com on how natl security strategies took on new meanings and new uses after 9/11. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe religion of national securityAfter 9/11 national security meant everything. Today it means nothing at all. 04916
Reposted by alex nguyenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026The Senate investigation into OpenAI’s breach of Hugging Face looks more like a mild concession to growing opposition toward the AI industry and its conduct, rather than a path toward meaningful safety and regulation.motherjones.comDon't be fooled—Congress isn't cracking down on OpenAIThe tech giant is crying to be regulated while dodging investigation after investigation. 20244104
Reposted by alex nguyenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026The Mount Sinai hospital system in New York announced that it had reached a settlement with the DOJ, agreeing to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans patients under 18. This leaves families like Angelica Jadunandan's, who moved to New York with her two daughters, to fend for themselves.motherjones.comBlue-state hospitals fold on trans youth care as families ask why they movedIn New York and other progressive states, providers are leaving transgender kids to fend for themselves. 812458
Reposted by alex nguyenRachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“After what happened, I was afraid of everything on the ground. Any piece of metal, any strange object—I did not know what could kill me and what could not.” My latest for @motherjones.com with @hurwitz.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe impossible struggle to demine GazaIsrael isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip. 12615
Reposted by alex nguyenMadison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Former Levi's exec Jennifer Sey fanned a culture war over trans athletes in a league that has none—to the benefit of her clothing brand, XX-XY Athletics. "I know my mom isn’t that invested" in the WNBA, her son told me. "But...I guess the vultures will circle." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe woman profiting off the WNBA's trans panicSophie Cunningham set off a firestorm. Jennifer Sey was ready to capitalize. 18699263
Reposted by alex nguyenSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hi! If you’re a currency expert of some kind and you want to explain to me - why we have so many commemorative dollar coins in the US (many of which, it seems cost more than a dollar) - who buys them - what’s the history of all that, anyway… please help a reporter out, and dm me! Thank you 🪙 115821
Reposted by alex nguyenFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 23/08/2026This article from @alexjn.bsky.social is one of the better pieces I’ve seen about the anti-trans demonstrations & the resistance to them. This is how you frame the issue:motherjones.comIn New York, rallygoers met the trans athlete culture wars with celebration“This new generation of kids understands gender and sexuality in a way that has not been seen before," said Danielle, a public high school teacher. "They’re going to lead the way.” 16221
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026And this extends to the basketball game itself: While the result has little explicit weight on trans rights in sports, "it's a beautiful opportunity for a tangible moment of catharsis where there is a winner and a loser. So much of this shit happens it back rooms with people of billions of dollars." 190
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026At its peak, the rally appeared to have a few hundred attendees. 1100
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Given that they see most discussion about trans athletes in women's sports online, they found the various reactions to the rally from fans entering the arena interesting: "It's so rare with the circumstances around trans rights that we get to see a real thing in real life in front of our eyes." 1112
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Another attendee, who describes themselves as a non-binary lifelong New Yorker, said the rally was "one of my first times joining a joyous trans action." 1141
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Kristen, a Liberty season-ticket holder, ordered a "Trans kids belong" t-shirt a couple weeks ago and was planning to go to the game with it—even if alone. Kristen then heard online there would be a gathering for trans rights and said it was "really meaningful" that so many had a similar idea. 1354
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Danielle: "We make it a celebration of trans life and trans joy. I saw people kissing and I saw bubbles—people dancing, singing, and chanting. That's what our movement is about...And I think we're going to win." 1576
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Danielle, a public high school teacher and parent of a transgender kid, said her students "don't care" for anti-trans attacks: "This new generation of kids understand gender and sexuality in a way that has not been seen before. They're going to lead the way." 28810
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Folks cheer people walking into the arena, as many applaud them back, about an hour before the game. 1636
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026At the rally outside Barclays Center hosted by Trans Safety Alliance NYC before the NY Liberty vs. Indiana Fever game tonight. About 100 folks are here as anti-trans attacks targets women's basketball—a league with no openly trans women players. 15509110
Reposted by alex nguyenJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/08/2026An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comHow Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanityAn extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people. 101079668
Reposted by alex nguyenInae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026wrote this back in March! but with all this egg freezing + Karoline Leavitt (allegedly) ditching the white house bc the boss kept interrupting her maternity leave, it's back on the BRAIN www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comMAGA's baby boom and meI've been wracked with indecision over having a second child. Then came a series of public pregnancy announcements. 1275
Reposted by alex nguyenSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This story’s got everything: Spiderman-villain weaponry, Black Hawk Down, vaccine conspiracy theories, weird YouTube videos www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue. 34520205
Reposted by alex nguyenSchuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026“If my brother hadn’t been deported, he might still be alive.” @hurwitz.bsky.social has a beautiful & important piece on Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz & Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz—the St. Louis couple murdered in Guatemala last month after being deported www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comShe followed ICE’s advice to self-deport. Five weeks later, she was dead.A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field. 114078
Reposted by alex nguyenMothership @mothership.blog · 31/07/2026We don't define the feminist games canon — nobody does! So we asked our contributors to share the games that have shaped their feminism. By @exalclaw.com @amandatien.bsky.social @applecider.bsky.social @nicoleclark.bsky.social @candemald.bsky.social and @saoirsestone.bsky.social!mothership.blogWhat's in the feminist games canon?It's complicated! But here are some recs from our regular contributors 110129
Reposted by alex nguyenMaanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026New: The Trump admin subjected at least one person on hunger strike in immigrant detention to forcible medical treatment. A document from the ICE Health Service Corps confirms the first case of forced treatment since Trump's second term. w/ José Olivarestheguardian.comTrump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention, document revealsICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torture 22219
Reposted by alex nguyenJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New: Spotify's AI problem has got so bad that random people are stepping in to track all the slop. There are now multiple sites/leaderboards that people can use to identify “AI artists hiding on Spotify. No bands, no studios, no soul, just machines and melody.” www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-...404media.coSpotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the SlopSpotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead. 625290
Reposted by alex nguyenJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 27/07/2026For Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary, sharing this interview I did with ADA's primary author Tony Coelho last year at @motherjones.com. He shared the importance of bipartisanship in getting it across the line. Something that seems impossible now. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe ADA is turning 35—and it's in Trump's crosshairsTony Coelho, the Americans With Disabilities Act's main author, sees a new wave of threats looming for disability rights. 114373
Reposted by alex nguyenMother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/07/2026On Monday night, Senate candidate Troy Jackson, Maine Democrats’ likely replacement for Graham Platner, was the subject of reports from colleagues accusing him of bullying. Jackson reportedly has a history of cursing at co-workers and allegedly threw a water bottle toward another lawmaker.motherjones.comIt's fine to criticize Graham Platner's replacementColleagues allege that Troy Jackson's bullying kept Maine Democrats from getting more done. 277023
Reposted by alex nguyenSamantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 21/07/2026You know the ICE officer who killed someone in Maine and was then accused by two ex-wives of abuse? Turns out he was likely eligible to skip a significant portion of training after ICE hired him, due to a policy change under this administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comWhat ICE should have known when it hired David BrouilletteThe officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia. 9350132
Reposted by alex nguyenRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 20/07/2026"With no savings, she had to decide between paying her rent to keep her baby and her 5-year-old housed, or paying the application fee — $555 — plus nearly $800 in attorneys fees she usually pays to ensure the application is done correctly. She chose rent." 118589
Reposted by alex nguyenLaura Morel @lauracmorel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This week, TPS for Haitians is expected to end. No state will feel the impact more than Florida, home to roughly 350,000 -- many of them healthcare workers. “The workers are suffering, but the patients are going to suffer more.” My latest for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comFlorida's nursing homes are bracing for life without Haitian TPS workersThe Supreme Court ended its legal status. Their patients will pay the price. 31758382
Reposted by alex nguyenSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A cop in Wisconsin used Flock to search his ex’s license plate information 200 times. Months later, the officer assigned to investigate him was criminally charged for doing the same thing. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comPolice keep losing their jobs for using Flock cameras to stalk peopleAdvocates say it's too easy to abuse automated license plate reader technology. 14541268
alex nguyen @alexjn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Also, Adams County Health Department said earlier this month that GEO Group blocked its investigation into a possible tuberculosis outbreak at the same ICE facility in Aurora. As of Tuesday, at least 12 detainees have reportedly tested positive and they are under quarantine without air conditioning.coloradosun.comInvestigation into possible tuberculosis spread at Aurora ICE facility blocked by private company, health officials sayGEO Group, which operates the Aurora immigration detention facility, is blocking a tuberculosis investigation, county health officials say. 043
Reposted by alex nguyenSophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026ICE agents keep killing people. Now, they aren’t even trying to explain it away. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comWhat ICE didn't say about its latest killingThe agency is no longer even claiming its officers feared for their lives. 310542
Reposted by alex nguyenI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026“The data indicates that 74.2% of North Carolina’s 143,998 private school students received an Opportunity Scholarship during the 2025-26 school year.” We’re living through the resegregation of US education. Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...newsobserver.comMost NC private school students now get a taxpayer-funded voucher to pay costsNorth Carolina now provides vouchers to nearly 75% of private school students, up from a quarter of pupils two years ago. 10507237
Reposted by alex nguyenpriscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026mandatory reading 70163133588