Reposted by CBErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.erininthemorning.comKilling of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court RulesThe case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.” 952033722
Reposted by CBArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026Norway plans to introduce a law to parliament that would temporarily ban the tech at places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens, while also setting up an expert group to propose permanent national rules: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5Agx05arstechnica.visitlink.meAI glasses face their first major government crackdownNorway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders. 351629512
Reposted by CBProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026In Wisconsin alone, there were 39 private schools where every student used tuition vouchers during the most recent school year. Together, these schools educated 7,923 children and took in roughly $87 million from the voucher program. (Published August)propublica.orgAt “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve... 561062610
Reposted by CBDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/10/2026The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats, falling debris and more.democracynow.orgFrench High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality; Thousands ArrestedNearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed today amid massive student-led protests over school funding and inequality. The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the eco... 518979
Reposted by CBMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 06/10/2026It's absolutely wild to kick people off ACA because they haven't filed medical claims 23811
Reposted by CBGil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...simonandschuster.comThe Nerd ReichNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ... 7969240
Reposted by CBLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/10/2026whether or not it stayed in the headlines, ICE's on-the-ground presence “shocked the whole system” (in one advocate's words), changing life for Maine communities. many immigrants have been effectively sheltering in place since Jan, relying on grocery drop-offs and volunteers to take kids to school.theguardian.comICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics tooICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach 18727
Reposted by CBCarter Lowe @whitesoxx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They are cooking up food in the #WhiteSox stadium that you cannot possibly comprehend 2963887
Reposted by CBChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:lawdork.comBreaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prisonSolicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. 18517302
Reposted by CBJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sometimes I think about how the admin. wants to cut people from their ACA coverage because they don’t use their health insurance, treating that as evidence of fraud, while touting high-deductible, low-coverage, risky plans for people who don’t use their insurance & treating them as savvy consumers. 14714
Reposted by CBAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 20/09/2026📣📣 Protect vaccines: Make a public comment DEADLINE: Sun Sept 20 📝 www.regulations.gov/document/HHS... Lots of anti-vaxxers have already commented 😨 - now it’s up to all of us to add some common-sense points. Confused about what’s going on? Let’s dive in (🧵)regulations.govRegulations.gov 23317199
Reposted by CBReuters @reuters.com · 16/09/2026US energy producer to unveil Venezuela investment, energy secretary says reut.rs/4AdBeSkreut.rsUS energy producer to unveil Venezuela investment, energy secretary saysA U.S. oil and gas producer will announce a major investment into Venezuela on Wednesday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News. 255
Reposted by CBJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A tightly fit mask (that, I hate to tell you, you keep on the whole time you’re around people) can reduce your chances of an infection by more than 80%. And when a sick person wears one, it almost completely blocks escape of airborne viral particles. 313319
Reposted by CBJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Vaccines are a great idea! Everyone should be getting Covid boosters at least twice a year (because protection wanes after about 3-4 months). But if you are next to hacking person at work, on public transportation, or at school, and you are actively breathing in a ton of Covid, it’s not magic. 413323
Reposted by CBJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is genuinely disinformation. Vaccines are great are reducing severity, they do not greatly reduce your risk of getting sick, and even that effect wanes within a few months. Masking with n95s or kn95s and cleaning the air are the best protections against getting sick. 6395126
Reposted by CB404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full investigation by @josephcox.bsky.social and @wired.com’s @dmehro.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/hackers-stol... 7628561316
Reposted by CBMatthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this was a very visceral and horrifying police report to read through.404media.coFlorida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi SaluteThe deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse. 311086349
Reposted by CBmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Ya the media went along with it because they wanted Biden to fail and they don't make a big deal out of Gary because they want Trump to win 11753148
Reposted by CBs. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/08/2026It's really hard to find coverage of what's happening in Sudan outside of internationally-focused publications like Equator. This is a fantastic, incredibly detailed, two-part piece.equator.orgKhartoum After the Storm • EQUATORHow Sudan’s revolutionary generation was dragged into total war 09948
Reposted by CBDean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced his opposition to Medicare for All on the same day a CBS News poll found 90 percent of Democratic voters support the idea—and 72 hours after a Yale University study showed the program would save 114,000 American lives and $1 trillion every year.”levernews.comHakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So EnragedHouse Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it. 75787236
Reposted by CBLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 15/08/2026I have seen so many dif accounts and like paid commentators make variations on the argument that trans people need to sit down and shut up as if what’s happening to trans people isn’t literally part of the fascism they’re so worried about 221536
Reposted by CBKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Whenever someone complains about a person “faking” a disability to get accommodations, they’re generally talking about someone with invisible disability I don’t “look” disabled. I need a wheelchair often. People have accused me of faking. Accessing accommodations should be easier, not harder. 1128954
Reposted by CBJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 07/08/2026From @burness.bsky.social @boltsmag.org Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote "Maine is unusual in that it never strips people of their right to vote because of a felony conviction, including while they are incarcerated" boltsmag.org/maine-prison...boltsmag.orgMaine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - BoltsMaine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process. 04712
Reposted by CBKate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026So many people are going to perish. It has already started. We won't know the true cost of it for a long time but it will be devastating and we will feel and see it every day as it happens. Especially those of us in marginalized communities. 11816
Reposted by CBAmy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026When the US deports people with active asylum cases back to their home countries, we are often condemning them to death. "Their 14-month-old daughter, Giovanni, was found crying beside her mother’s body in southern Guatemala." 04722
Reposted by CBMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This shit is not inevitable, it could be made illegal tomorrow if our governments weren't in the pocket of Big Pervert. 263727905
Reposted by CBNick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...nytimes.comMeasles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates WaneMore measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined. 25023
Reposted by CBThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/07/2026Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firmtheguardian.comAlarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firmDoctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England * UK politics live – latest updates * Business live – latest updates A US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid concerns sensitive health data is increasingly being handed to private companies. The investment firm TPG has bought Optum UK, the healthcare technology business behind the electronic patient record system used by most GP practices in England, in a deal worth about $400m (£300m). Continue reading... 148741
Reposted by CBGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/07/2026As far as I can tell, there was a lot more media interest in the original bogus leak than there is in this coming out now. 20917225
Reposted by CBfolk tune stan account 🎻 @folktunes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026COME ON OUT YA MIGRA GOONS IN YER STUMBLING PLATOONS TELL YOUR WIFE HOW YOU ATE SHIT ON ICE FOR QUOOOTAS TELL EM HOW DESPITE YOUR GUNS ALL YA EVER DID WAS RUN FROM THE COLD AND FROZEN STREETS OF MINNESOTA 3318
Reposted by CBBradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I have awful news. Youman Wilder, the Harlem baseball coach who courageously protected his kids from an ICE raid and said he was "willing to die" for them, very tragically, passed away this week Wilder's sister started a fundraiser set up to help with his burial: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-y... 131465768
CB @kryokat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Lastly, I also have copies of most of these prints on regular old computer paper which you can cop for only $25 (plus shipping) cause I’m pleb like you ✌🏽 010
CB @kryokat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026SALE CONTINUED! 1: ¡MIRA! ¡MIRA! ¡MIRA! 2: Donde Uno Mira, Ahí Están [Wherever You Look, There They Are] 3: I Conjure You To Believe Me, Fellow Citizen 4: Ponga Ojo (Keep An Eye Out) 5: Gracias Por Nada! (2021) Risograph print on 180lb French paper 11”x17” 121
CB @kryokat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026In order: 1: Wild Cat (¡0 DAYS SINCE!) 2/3: An Eye Out (The Light of My Eyes) 4: Wild Cat (Belly Up) 5: An Eye Out (Watcher) 6/7: An Eye Out (Watch) 8/9: Wild Cat (ceques) Risograph print on 180lb French paper 11”x17” 2022 110
CB @kryokat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026These prints are $200 + $15 flat shipping (contiguous US only rn sorry!) DM me to purchase - I can take Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal. 110
CB @kryokat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Having a 💥PRINT SALE💥 to fund my time at ACRE Residency! This will be the first residency I’ve gone to since 2014 because I could never afford to take time away from a job and the associated costs, so needless to say I’m excited! 🧵 1206
Reposted by CBAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/07/2026Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence. 452204861
Reposted by CBDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14/07/2026A federal judge in Atlanta has quashed a DOJ subpoena seeking the names and personal info of Fulton County's 2020 election workers. “Georgia is just a microcosm of what they're planning to do to interfere in the midterms,” says @ariberman.bsky.social, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. 523094
Reposted by CBDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/07/2026One thing is for sure in November: we are going to have an election. “Donald Trump does not have the authority to cancel elections,” @marcelias.bsky.social says. “That said, there are a lot of things he can do that will make it harder for people to vote.” Help us fight back: bit.ly/4qskS3m 22687263
Reposted by CBjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/07/2026trump is a longtime eugenics guy! constantly talking about how his genes make him superior 1533682432
Reposted by CBDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 14/07/2026get in losers were canceling alexis ohanian for funding flock 302097235
