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K Petrin

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Data & graphics 🧙 @chalkbeat.org. 2026 @jskstanford.bsky.social fellow. Cofounder @transjournalists.org. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈. petrinkae.github.io email if you need to reach me

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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Chicago City Council just approved a $261 million settlement with 17 people who alleged disgraced Det. Guevara framed them for murder. One of those 17 men is Tyrece Williams. I detailed his battle to finally clear his name in the @injusticewatch.org & @boltsmag.org story below.
injusticewatch.org
Cook County prosecutor fights to block exonerated people from clearing their names
Certificates of innocence can help exonerated people get jobs and housing. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is making them harder to get.
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
sorry, it was, "Paddington Bear, I love your work!" I was wearing a yellow rain coat
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 15/10/2026
For six months of her pregnancy, Maria was held in an immigrant camp in Texas, where conditions made it impossible for her to care for herself or her baby. Her story is but one example of the troubling conditions for pregnant people in ICE custody.
19thnews.org
Raw chicken, malnutrition and fear: The ‘nightmare’ of being pregnant in an ICE detention camp
For six months of her pregnancy, Maria was held in an immigrant camp in Texas, where conditions made it impossible for her to care for herself or her baby.
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
still thinking about the woman who yelled "I see you, Paddington Bear" at me across the punk event
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2026
Women trust AI less than men—but no one’s asking them. Men are disproportionately likely to be approached as AI experts, Harvard researchers found.
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Women trust AI less—but no one's asking them
Men are disproportionately likely to be approached as AI experts, Harvard researchers found.
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
When I'm staying in SF proper next, let's grab a coffee!
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I was in Palo Alto with no car most of the time, so I did a very bad job at getting in touch with East Bay people 😂
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This was one of the coolest things I got to see while I was on fellowship
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
6. lisa frankenstein (film) expected to really enjoy this but found the pacing off and the script a bit too clever
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
5. grief eater by emma osborne why does the flashback persist as a form spent the entire book thinking about Delany's essay on why flashbacks suck really interesting concept that had all possible dramatic uncertainty or discovery sucked out of it by dire and upsetting flashbacks
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
4. skin grows over by lucy elizabeth allen This one surprised me -- I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. A moody queer book about hauntings, literal and metaphorical.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2026
Most data centers are being built in red, rural areas. A new survey suggests they’re pushing voters to the left.
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Voters near data centers are ditching the GOP in droves
Most data centers are being built in red, rural areas. They're pushing voters to the left.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Grand Prairie ISD told Ana Mota she could not play the lead male part in Little Shop of Horrors, citing a 2023 Texas law that bans some drag performances. Ana declined to accept a different role. The district decided to cancel the show. via @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...
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Grand Prairie ISD cancels 'Little Shop of Horrors' after girl lands lead male role
Ana Mota was thrilled when she landed the lead role in her high school’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. Then she learned the district was taking away her part.
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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
missed National Coming Out Day. but came across this screenshot of the mass email i sent 12 years ago!
mass email from me when i transitioned. the body of the email reads-
"about 15 years ago i sent out a mass email stating that i had used the Troy Aikman quarterback rating system to decide that the right choice was to switch email providers from Aol to Comcast. using the same system i'm pleased to announce that the Troy Aikman quarterback ratings system has given me the clarity to go ahead and switch genders.
i'm available to anyone by phone that would like to crunch the numbers. thanks eveyrbody and sorry for the mass email! and thanks Troy Aikman!"
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
How a botched execution and proposed livestream of a firing squad fit in to the US’ death penalty history story via @theconversation.com
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How a botched execution and proposed livestream of a firing squad fit in to the US’ death penalty history
Two death penality cases in the US have shocked the world: one for being botched and the other for possibly being made public.
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Christopher Julian @chrisajulian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I reanalyzed the CDC data behind the LGB “free fall” headline. It rests on a change in bisexual identification among one grade, in one wave, of one survey. Gay or lesbian identification did not change significantly. Calling it a "free fall" is sensational and just gives bad actors talking points.
Six small line charts showing the percent of U.S. high school students choosing each sexual identity response option by grade (9th to 12th), 2015 to 2025, with 95% confidence intervals. Heterosexual falls from about 85 to 90 percent before 2021 to about 73 percent in 2021 and 2023, then rises to about 78 to 80 percent in 2025. Gay or lesbian stays between about 2 and 5 percent throughout. Bisexual rises to about 12 percent in 2021 in every grade, then among 9th graders falls to about 7 percent in 2025, its 2019 level, while other grades stay near 10 percent. “Some other way,” added in 2021, falls from about 4 percent to about 2.5 percent. “Not sure” stays near 3 to 5 percent. A dotted line marks 2021, when CDC changed the response options.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New: an AI company now lets cops identify specific houses, using data from Zillow and Airbnb, based on a single photo. It's part of Raven, previously called Geospy. Company previously demoed its tools to catch people vandalizing Flock cameras or protesters www.404media.co/ai-company-l...
404media.co
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 12/10/2026
The image of dominance is not the same as dominance. @jamellebouie.net explains how authoritarian spectacle works—and why puncturing the image matters.
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Brett LoGiurato @brettlogiurato.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NEW: Inside ABC's deleted-story debacle, with new details about the chain of events that led to the publication of its error-riddled Donald Trump Jr. story. From @nataliekorach.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/abc-news-d...
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ABC’s Deletion Debacle
Status has learned new details about the chain of events that led to ABC News’ publication of its error-riddled Donald Trump Jr. story, which casts doubt on claims it was published prematurely, as fru...
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Sandi Villarreal @sandivillarreal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Excellent reporting from Nicholas Gutteridge on how Paxton and Abbott used state agencies to target a Muslim community, turning “online Islamophobic campaign against EPIC into official government action,” despite investigators’ insistence there was no case. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
texasmonthly.com
Inside Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton’s Campaign to Manufacture a Fraud Case Against a Mosque
Bureaucrats found legal holes in the governor and attorney general’s crusade against a North Texas mosque. The state proceeded anyway.
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 09/10/2026
Wired (@wired.com) is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. H/T @freedom.press.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
After 34 years taking their collection from 1,000 to over 150,000 movies, Scarecrow Video’s beloved longtime buyer Mark Steiner is calling it a career after having helped shape Seattle’s (and the world’s) largest physical media store📽️ My story @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Mark Steiner, longtime Scarecrow Video employee, is shown in the Seattle store Sept. 10, with shelves upon shelves of movies expanding out behind him that he helped to bring to the location over 34 years.
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Them @them.us · 09/10/2026
A Washington Post headline about a “free fall” in LGBTQ+ identification has the conservative internet rejoicing.
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Is LGBTQ+ Identification Really in “Free Fall” Among Teenagers? The Data, Explained
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 09/10/2026
As residents protest a proposed natural gas pipeline, public health fears spread: “I’m stressed and I can’t sleep at night,” one resident says. “I have been pushed as far as I can be pushed.”
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‘We Are Seen as Disposable': Rural Residents Fight a Proposed Gas Pipeline - KFF Health News
Research shows natural gas pipelines -- and the public health risks they carry -- are concentrated in low-income and minority areas where people suffer higher rates of poverty and physical disabilities and have fewer means to respond to crises.
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 09/10/2026
Right-wing Christian nationalist podcasters are using the tragic Massachusetts case of Lindsay Clancy to make a radical argument: women should lose the right to vote, end no-fault divorce, and live under strict male supervision. Here is a breakdown of what they are saying on video 🧵👇
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Ann Marie Awad @anntastic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
click thru to listen to the trailer for Hate State, a three part miniseries about how Colorado became a testing ground for far-right policies targeting LGBTQ+ people, co-produced and co-hosted by yours truly. First episode drops Oct 20.
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The 51st @51st.news · 08/10/2026
The Sun’s publisher, billionaire Robert Albritton, has had his sights set on building a true competitor to the Post for decades. Now the advertising blitz has begun. 51st.news/washington-s...
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The Washington Sun launches an aggressive local ad blitz
The outlet is pitching its newly robust metro section with ads and activations around town
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I love when people post "but we're not ready for that conversation" about things that queer people were writing personal essays about in the 80s. what if we've been having that conversation and u just don't read or talk to anyone
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've just updated the ATF Gun Traces page on the Gun Violence Data Hub with newly-released 2025 numbers. Lots of interesting stuff in there, give it a whirl datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/atf-...
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ATF Gun Traces (U.S.)
Data about the gun tracing the ATF does on behalf of law enforcement.
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Them @them.us · 08/10/2026
Basic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
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A Detransitioner Stars in a New GOP Ad. Surprise! It’s Full of Lies
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Darnese Foster was one of the thousands of Black women who lost their jobs when Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency gutted the federal workforce. More than a year later, she is still looking for work to support her family. bit.ly/4y624cM
capitalbnews.org
The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After DOGE Layoffs
Part 1 of a three-part series, FIRED: The DOGE Layoffs Hit Black Women Hard, a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilil...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
NEW: A heavily redacted report obtained by ProPublica shows SpaceX used videos from Club Med tourists and Disney cruise attendees to learn more about a Starship rocket crash last year, seemingly using “the public to fill the gap,” in the view of one expert.
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Club Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling Debris
A heavily redacted report obtained from the FAA by ProPublica reveals that SpaceX used videos from tourists and travelers in the Caribbean to help track falling debris after one of its Starship rocket...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can't come back.
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Fear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can't come back.
Funding cuts have locked hundreds of thousands of patients who hesitated to renew amid ICE raids out of California's Medicaid program.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/10/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Daniela Fuentes, a trans Cuban woman deported from FL to the Central African Republic along with thousands deported to countries where they don't know the people or language, must now hide her breasts and femininity and pass as a man just to survive.
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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who’s been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 08/10/2026
Today is LOCAL LGBTQ+ MEDIA GIVING DAY, an opportunity to support 18 LGBTQ+ newsrooms across the country (including The Buckeye Flame!) doing this critical work of LGBTQ+ journalism. Help sustain LGBTQ+ news here! - givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks to @boltsmag.org for answering my Q about the American Community Survey!
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 07/10/2026
⭐ BRAND NEW SO GAY PODCAST EPISODE! ⭐ This News is So Gay (10/7/26): Diving Into the Gap Between Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws and Their Consequences Featuring: @hcomeriato.bsky.social (The Buckeye Flame) and @petrinkae.bsky.social (@transjournalists.org). thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/10/07/t...
thebuckeyeflame.com
This News is So Gay (10/7/26): Diving Into the Gap Between Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws and Their Consequences
Featuring: H.L. Comeriato (The Buckeye Flame) and Kae Petrin (Trans Journalists Association)
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jasmine mithani @jazzmyth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Absolutely horrifying. Fear of sexual violence prevents women candidates from running for office — a gendered burden that impacts representation overall. It is brave for Bernadette Greene-Placentia to share this. (NB Article contains graphic descriptions) www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Had a blast making my debut on TNISG with @kenschneck.bsky.social and @hcomeriato.bsky.social. We dug into coverage analysis, upcoming anti-LGBTQ+ ballot initiatives, and more.
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 05/10/2026
Three trans women have been held in solitary confinement for months while allegedly facing discrimination, medical neglect and physical abuse at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center. ow.ly/z3tX50ZUr1i
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Trans detainees allege abuse at Jena ICE facility
Three trans women have been held in solitary confinement for months allege that they are facing abuse at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For The 19th, I'm looking to speak with trans voters in states where Democratic candidates have adopted more conservative rhetoric (& policy positions) around trans people. How are you feeling? Has this changed how you plan to vote in November? I'd love to listen. DM or email: brooke@19thnews.org!
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Where haven't we heard from yet? Journalism professionals from... AK, CT, DE, IN, KS, ME, MD, MS, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, SC, SD, TN, WA, WV, WI, WY, VT, and UT. If you work for a news outlet or a journalism org in one of these states — or any of the other 26 states — take the survey!
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 06/10/2026
For @us.theguardian.com, I spoke to Native WNBA fans about the loss of the Connecticut Sun. “For a tribe that fought long and hard to be granted tribal sovereignty, the [sale] decision being taken out of their hands can feel like a violation of that sovereignty.”
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‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move echoes centuries of erasure and displacement
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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K Petrin @petrinkae.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I watched split seconds of gothika from behind the couch
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
chron.com
How Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay bar
At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.
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Andrea James @jokestress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the worst developments in the history of trans journalism and activism is the practice of posting screencaps or running commentary about breaking news on social media without also preserving that information on a public-facing platform you own and control. So much work is already lost.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
UPDATED: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has now resulted in more than 83,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are continuing to track the increase in these cases:
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Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
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