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Dawn Grenier

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Mira @thefreeradical.org · 21/09/2026
yall, ICE shot *someone else* in austin, TX today. the guy in question is still alive but has serious wounds do not let this go silent or ignored. people already stopped talking about lorenzo araujo's murder, do not forget what ICE is doing as it murders and assaults innocent people
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
Local authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, where anti-ICE protesters gathered at the scene.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/09/2026
Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.
nextgov.com
GSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineer
The U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A perfect example of what AI is really for: removing consent, removing the social safeguards that used to keep the worst ideas at bay, and doing racism at scale. theplaylist.net/paul-schrade...
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Paul Schrader Says He Turned To AI Because “No Black Actors Wanted To Play In A Movie Where There Are No Good Black People”
Paul Schrader explains why he turned to AI actors for ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ after Black actors rejected the original roles.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Historian: The cup can teach you a lot of things that you do not want to know
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isaac @sevier.io · 24/07/2026
I have tried to build a habit and openness to giving to organizations and people i support, and part of that is talking about it with others. For a lot of these pledges, my minimum gift is usually $15/mo. I figure if i don't notice the Netflix debit, i can afford it for good stuff too.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22/07/2026
BREAKING: The House voted 216-214 to pass a budget reconciliation bill that includes $10 billion worth of election-related grants for coaxing states into adopting anti-voting measures like those in the SAVE America Act. The vote takes Trump closer to enacting his anti-democratic pet proposal.
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House passes SAVE America Act anti-voting measures in budget reconciliation, stock trading bills
"This bill is a Trojan horse," one Democratic Representative said.
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NPR @npr.org · 16/07/2026
The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives. n.pr/4yoz3dD
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Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures
The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.
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Andrew Cassidy @andrewcassidy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
What will it take to build a better T? I had the chance to ask @jimaloisi.bsky.social that question on the latest episode of the @mbta.com podcast, Spilling the T. We talked about regional rail, the Red-Blue Connector, funding, trust, & why public transportation matters beyond the ride itself.
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What Will it Take to Build a Better T?
YouTube video by Spilling the T
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation
Power to the People, Y’all, a documentary about the Black Panther Party in North Carolina, explores what that means in practice
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I talked to Chris Begley and Amy Edelman about their book, The Emergency Playbook: A Bunker-Free Guide to Disaster Preparation. I believe disaster preparedness can help our movements become larger, stronger & more capable of facing not only climate disasters, but fascist threats as well. Here’s how.
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No Abandonment, No Bunkers: Preparing for Disaster Together
“Preparedness isn’t just about having stuff,” says Kelly Hayes.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 05/06/2026
Here are the quotes Trump's NPS is trying to erase at the Bunker Hill Monument. Congress must not fund Trump's campaign of censorship.
Poster that reads "Colored Americans were here that day fighting with other patriots, our own ancestors, of whom we are justly proud and on whom we base our claim for full liberty and equality as citizens." - William Monroe Trotter, Activist and Editor of the Guardian, Bunker Hill Day Address, June 17, 1925.

"We find, upon reflection, that our duty to our country has not ended...We as Vietnam Veterans, strongly feel that the United States should cease to build memorials to death and begin to glorify life" - Arthur Johnson & Bestor Cram, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Letter in the Boston Globe, May 23, 1971.Poster that reads, "Now that a public orator has declared that foreign-born men have no association with the men of the Revolution, it is our duty to show that in love of freedom and loyalty to the Republic, the citizens of foreign birth take no second place..." - "To Our Irish Societies," The Pilot, May 8, 1875.

"The battle is celebrated for the justice of the cause, which, because it was just, was triumphant. The woman suffrage battle is like that of Bunker Hill-not won today, but sure to be later. Meantime, Bunker Hill Monument is our Monument." - Lucy Stone, Suffragist and Newspaper Editor, Woman's Journal, June 22, 1889.Poster that reads, "The Bunker Hill Monument is finished. Here it stands...it rises over the land, and over the sea...it stands a memorial of the last, and a monitor to the present, and to all succeeding generations." - Daniel Webster, Bunker Hill Monument Dedication Oration, June 17, 1843.

"As we drew near Boston, there stood Bunker Hill Monument, towering up towards the heavens, as if in silent, bitter mockery of the millions of slaves guarded by the professed lovers of Liberty, who reared its lofty column." - G.B. Stebbins to William Lloyd Garrison, Letter in the Liberator, May 22, 1846.
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Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Islamic Center of San Diego has a fundraiser for the families of the three heroes who died protecting the children inside. May their courage and sacrifice be remembered. goodbricks.org/campaign/ics...
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ICSD Victim & Family Support Fund
Donate to support the victims of shooting at ICSD.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The media need to retire their lame descriptions of the many financial scams of the crook-in-chief. It’s not “a break from norms.” It’s not “highly unusual.” IT’S CORRUPT! My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Stop calling it ‘a break from norms.’ Call it Trump corruption.
It’s the media’s job to make sure everyone knows the president is a crook
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I think the reason I've been a little ambiently mad all day is because January 6th rioters are statistically the most likely group of pedophiles in the world and they clubbed a guy to death and they're going to be rich from the tax money that I give to the country I live in.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The seven circuits to resolve the issue - the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, & 11th - all agree that the First Amendment protects the right to record police in public. The 8th, which covers Minnesota, hasn't joined yet but very likely would. My piece at @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social last fall.
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DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.
Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.
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Katie @staunchcharacter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Erin Brockovich has entered the data center chat! The activist has created a website for the reporting of #DATA centers, and the map is filling up fast!
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The New Pollution Is Data, And It's Coming to a Town Near You
I've Launched A New Map To Track AI Data Centers & How They Are Impacting Our Communities.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."
washingtonpost.com
How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention
Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is going to be met with a bunch of "that will never hold up in court" responses. Ok. So do it anyway. Force this administration to make its preposterous masking arguments in front of federal judges. Make them defend secret police on the record. Go on the offensive.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Tennessee Republicans have stolen political power from the state’s 2 largest cities, Nashville and Memphis. Memphis is split in 3 districts; Nashville is split in 5. This is not democracy. This is a vandalism of democracy.
tennessean.com
How GOP's Tennessee redistricting map impacts Nashville, Memphis elections
On day two of Tennessee's special session, the GOP proposed its ambitious redraw linking Memphis and the greater Nashville area in two separate districts.
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Dawn Grenier @dmgrenier.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Wile E. Coyote's ACME Sales Rep @crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Iran war is choking off the Hormuz Strait, choking off nitrogen fertilizer. The same fertilizer that half the world's population literally exists because of. Up to 10B meals a week erased, yields down 50%, prices up 80%. Hunger isn't accidental. It's engineered. www.tbsnews.net/world/fertil...
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Fertiliser crunch from Iran war threatens global food supply, poorest nations most at risk: Yara chief
Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of Yara, says declining crop yields resulting from reduced fertiliser availability could trigger a worldwide bidding war for food.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Great article that (among other things) outlines how the modern GOP has followed through on the reactionary project that 1960s pro-segregationists launched.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 29/04/2026
Dolly Parton is great. She's probably one of the most popular people in America. But "probably" and "a poll proved it" aren't the same thing, and the difference matters when the stakes are higher than Dolly Parton's favorability rating. Some questions to help spot misleading polls🧵⤵️
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Is Dolly Parton America's Most Popular Person? (How to Mislead with Polling) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Is Dolly Parton America's Most Popular Person? (How to Mislead with Polling) by Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland on Patreon. Join Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland's c...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026
Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
People should actually be very alarmed that while AP's business model is shot to bits, Americans are still very much reliant on the news it delivers. The alternatives in some cases are inferior or non-existent. apnews.com/article/news...
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AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 08/04/2026
@gabygoldstein.bsky.social : "States are moving—aggressively, creatively, and increasingly together—to impose accountability on a detention system explicitly designed to avoid it." talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-w...
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Trump Wants to Build Massive New Detention Centers. States Are Blocking Their Construction.
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I hate the too-cool-for-school attitude of dismissing this with a "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance. The pressure should be put on them, the message should be unrelenting that this is what must be done and they're the ones refusing to do it. Don't act like they don't have agency.
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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?
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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Regular (increasingly regular) reminder that CONGRESS CAN STOP THIS AT PRECISELY ANY MOMENT OF THEIR CHOOSING They are the first branch. God forbid they act like it
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 04/04/2026
It's indeed possible to beat bad things backed by big money
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Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed
The vast majority of data centers scheduled for completion over the next few years have yet to even break ground.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
BREAKING: The White House today proposed eliminating the Title X family planning program. A few hours later, the health dept quietly released guidance that would shift the focus of the program millions of low-income people rely on away from contraception and toward "family formation."
politico.com
Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, towards conception
New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Thirty-one years ago today, the New Orleans-based alternative rock band Better than Ezra released its hit single “Good,” marking the first-ever Good Friday, which has now grown into a major holiday celebrated throughout the world.
Cover to the Better than Ezra single for “Good”
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
There was ONE ATC in the tower at LGA during last night's crash. ONE ATC, at LGA!, dealing w ALL air and ground traffic, including a plane filling w a strange smell and no gate to return to. The Pentagon wants $200B for a vanity war, but our ATC towers are empty. Budgets are moral documents.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 22/03/2026
The SAVE Act could lead to the purge of eligible Americans from voter rolls. States have the expertise and authority to run elections and keep voter lists accurate, not the federal government. Watch: bit.ly/4dfPQrx
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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Do you know people in the Boston area??? Tell them to spread the word!!! Free & open to the public! I’d love to see you there!
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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 20/03/2026
The war in Iran could trigger a global food shock • More than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs is currently stuck in the Gulf • Shortages are starting during northern hemisphere’s planting season, raising the risk of lower harvests for staples like rice www.ft.com/content/1054...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/03/2026
“Any vote to advance this bill is a vote to block millions of eligible Americans from the ballot box” — The Brennan Center’s Owen Bacskai on why the SAVE Act must be stopped
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 19/03/2026
"Black women ...comprise 6 percent of the overall U.S. labor force and 12 percent of the federal labor force. But of the almost 300,000 federal jobs slashed in 2025, Black women were a stunning 33 percent of those cuts."
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What Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force?
Over a year later, they are struggling to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This dreadful book banning bill, H.R. 7661, has made it out of committee and into the House. It's time to call your reps.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What women on the left already knew before the files came out is that men can imagine a world of class consciousness (Chomsky), a universe more expansive than ever before known (Hawking), a world where you can live forever (Attia) but not a world where women are fully human.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Remember when DOGE was destroying foreign aid because it was supposedly too expensive? The entire US foreign aid budget in 2024 was $62 billion. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.
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Julia Lurie @julialurie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Last year, we came out with investigations on @motherjones.com and @pbsnews.org about the runaway adoption industry in Utah, where agencies routinely fly in pregnant women from across the country, promising free lodging and cash. Now, lawmakers are taking action: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Utah moves to rein in its runaway private adoption industry
The adoption reform legislation follows a Mother Jones investigation in 2025.
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/03/2026
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org
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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside." Read every word.
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‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed
Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Islamophobia codified into the patriot act decades ago is now being weaponized against all Americans. The same will happen with the normalization of war crimes against Muslim nations in contravention of international laws and norms and normalization of genocidal anti Muslim rhetoric by lawmakers.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 07/03/2026
I have frequently cited a well-known study that found that adopted people are 4 times likelier to attempt suicide than are non-adoptees. Other adoptees often mention another much higher estimate: 35 times likelier. Here is recently published research that makes that claim. 🥚 www.mdpi.com/3758352
Abstract
The Preliminary Exploration into Adoption Reunions (PEAR) survey examined the mental health issues faced by adoptees and first mothers. Data were collected from 1313 adoptees, first mothers, and first fathers. Study results indicate that adoption has lasting adverse effects on both adoptees and first mothers. Adoptees and first mothers are significantly more likely to attempt suicide (35 times and 37.7 times, respectively), abuse alcohol, display hypersexual behaviors, and restrict their eating compared to their peers: While first mothers have a lower life expectancy and are more likely to die by suicide than women who did not lose their children to adoption, adoptees frequently struggle with their identity and sense of belonging. They expressed experiencing trauma from their separation from their first mothers, regardless of the quality of their adoptive parents. The findings also highlight the negative impact of the secrecy surrounding adoption. Themes of secrecy and shame were prevalent in the responses from both adoptees and first mothers. The findings highlight the importance of listening to and validating the experiences of adoptees and first mothers and that there needs to be transparency in adoption practices, which may reduce the stigma associated with adoption, and facilitate healing.
Keywords: adoption; adoptee; adopted people; first mother; birth mother; biological mother; adoption reunions; mother-child separation; adoptee experience; first mother experience
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