Reposted by LaunchTommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756... 203669884
Reposted by LaunchVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 11/08/2026The situation in Gaza is bad enough that the Sameer Project are trying to prioritize their Food and Water campaign over even the medical campaign. Your support should go here: chuffed.org/project/help...chuffed.orgFood & Water x The Sameer ProjectTranslating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water... 15787
Reposted by LaunchPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I really appreciate Project Avary's work and have been a donor and supporter: prismreports.org/2026/07/20/p...prismreports.orgChildren of incarcerated parents find community at summer campProject Avary’s summer camp in California has brought together hundreds of children of incarcerated parents to feel less alone 09029
Reposted by LaunchJM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Portugal 1 -1 DR Congo Yoane Wissa - 45'+5' 151
Reposted by LaunchChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“On Wednesday morning, the Justice Department went to court to advance an argument that, if accepted, would all but erase the existence of transgender people in the law.” Read my report at Law Dork:lawdork.comDOJ's fight against trans medical care in prison is a fight to erase trans people in the law"The pendulum has swung," DOJ's Jared Littman said in a court hearing Wednesday, arguing that all transgender people — at all ages — can be denied needed medical care. 7582277
Reposted by LaunchRine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This is a really well-done piece that explains the barriers for refugee healthcare. As to the cuts themselves, refugees in Canada on federal healthcare now have a 30% copay on many things, $4 copay for prescriptions, and therapy is capped at 10 appointments/year (which some may be over already!). 0129
Reposted by LaunchDiana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I’m running for City Council in Parkdale—High Park. I’m running because our neighbours deserve a councillor who has walked alongside them, fought for them, and knows how to turn community demands into real wins at City Hall. Join me at www.dianachanmcnally.ca.youtube.comDiana Chan McNally for Parkdale—High ParkYouTube video by Diana Chan McNally 2220059
Reposted by LaunchSweden Spurs @swedenspurs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Yes!!! Spurs knockout London City Lionesses in the FA Cup after a marathon penalty shootout! We travel to Chelsea for the Quarter Final on April 5th. COYS ! @spurswomen.bsky.social @spurswomenblog.bsky.social 0312
Reposted by LaunchOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026this, to me, is art 3133835
Reposted by LaunchPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.truthout.orgFascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper. 013275
Reposted by LaunchAnna Maria Barry-Jester @annamaria.bsky.social · 15/12/2025This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug. We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...propublica.orgTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re... 4269158
Reposted by LaunchHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Some of the same churches that are part of the Undocumented Underground in New York played key roles in the fight against slavery. They are springing back into action to defend migrants. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...talkingpointsmemo.comInside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE OnslaughtThey call them the “forgotten migrants.” Of the approximately 11 million undocumented... 217345
Reposted by LaunchMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 19/11/2025Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so. These often dangerous facilities operate virtually free of any state oversight.buff.lyWhy No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s JailsMississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so. 117591
Reposted by Launchdr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.” 1035171151
Reposted by LaunchAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/11/2025There are so many people who've had a hand in this historic moment, but one person I'm so grateful for is @lindseyboylan.bsky.social. Your courage and your conviction opened a door for so many people and so many futures, and this is one amazing reality you had such a vital role in making possible. 131111173
Reposted by LaunchNew York Focus @nysfocus.com · 03/10/2025New York state helped hundreds of asylum-seeker families leave crowded New York City shelters to find housing and jobs upstate. Now, some of them have been swept up in Trump’s immigration dragnet. nysfocus.com/2025/09/29/m...nysfocus.comNew York Spent Millions to Resettle Them. Trump Is Deporting Them.The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that. 03738
Reposted by LaunchDoctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 26/09/2025As tanks closed in and relentless airstrikes occurred within a kilometre of our clinics, it was impossible to continue our vital work. Thousands of people still remain in Gaza city, now stripped of critical medical support. Read more here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...doctorswithoutborders.caPalestine: MSF forced to suspend activities amid intensified Israeli offensive in Gaza City | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...MSF halts operations in Gaza City as Israeli offensive intensifies, hospitals overflow and civilians face dire shortages of care, shelter and essentials. 18335
Reposted by LaunchLisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"Caught in this culling were projects to curb stillbirths, child suicides and infant brain damage." -->the damage is unfathomable. Such important work by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @asiafields.bsky.social @ashleyclarkejourno.bsky.social @zisiga.bsky.social and photographer Bethany Mollenkof 524597
Reposted by LaunchMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 21/05/2025For the June issue of TNR: I went long on the problems with the recent wave of abortion rights ballot initiatives, focusing on Missouri, which “won” back their rights in November, but for most Missourians, abortions are still nearly impossible to get.newrepublic.comMissouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion AccessThe state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one? 514160
Reposted by LaunchProPublica @propublica.org · 28/04/2025HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.propublica.orgThe Trump Administration’s War on ChildrenThe administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more. 601403745
Reposted by LaunchPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention— "Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence." 2136831265
Reposted by LaunchMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025“There isn’t a single person in this entire country whose life isn’t impacted by the essential functions of HHS, and soon we’ll see what happens when those functions are destroyed.”thehandbasket.coTracking the HHS April Fools’ MassacreThe Handbasket has created a document to capture the destruction. 271909574
Reposted by LaunchRebecca Rauber @defeatthefascists.bsky.social · 01/04/2025“That was the normal briefing…If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’” “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other. 12423193
Reposted by LaunchFrederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 30/03/2025A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.” 7323281070
Reposted by LaunchTruthout @truthout.org · 26/03/2025The federal Bureau of Prisons directed staff about a month ago to require all participants in medication-assisted opioid addiction treatment programs to switch from monthly injections to daily strips. The changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.buff.lyChanges to Opioid Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Threaten Peoples’ LivesIncarcerated people are reporting that the abrupt changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being. 13919
Reposted by LaunchCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Raising Abolitionists. A new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons. inquest.org/raising-abol...inquest.orgRaising Abolitionists | Kim Wilson, Maya Schenwar & Bill Ayers | INQUESTA new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons. 0115
Reposted by LaunchBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Arguably the most essential ingredient in Finland's "miracle cure" for homelessness: "The municipality of Helsinki owns 60,000 social housing units. It also owns 70% of land within city limits, runs its own construction company, and has a target of building 7,000 new homes a year." 214950
Reposted by LaunchTottenham Hotspur @spursunofficial.bsky.social · 20/12/2024No words, just Sonny 🤌 2249
Reposted by LaunchDjamé 🟥 @zehavoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Fucking hell... Seriously, there's no going back from this. If it were not from Haaretz, nobody would believe it. Worse part? Nobody fucking cares. archive.ph/NVG4p#select... 251777818
Reposted by Launchpdx law grrrl @pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Several people incarcerated in Virginia’s Red Onion prison have intentionally burned themselves in protest against inhumane conditions including racial and physical abuse, medical neglect, excessive solitary, food covered in maggots, and dog attacks.theguardian.comInmates burn themselves in protest at ‘inhumane’ Virginia prison conditionsOfficials acknowledge prisoners have harmed themselves but say they did not set themselves on fire or self-immolate 5237155
Reposted by LaunchJason Nickerson @jwnickerson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024The Canadian government built and owns a fully licensed, biologics manufacturing site that is sitting idle and has produced nothing for years. @healthlawadamh.bsky.social and I think this is a solid opportunity for Canada to close gaps in access to medicines for which there is a market failure. 🩺🧪montrealgazette.comOpinion: Let's put Montreal's idle pharmaceutical plant to good useFor a fraction of the amount already spent on a factory that produces nothing, Canada could use the BMC facility to help fill a crucial gap. 820767
Reposted by LaunchFirestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 17/11/2024Missed other conversations in this incredible series? You can find the full run of "Rattling the Cages" talks streaming at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comRattling the Cages - YouTubeAn event series in collaboration with Josh Davidson and Eric King, editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," wit... 094
Reposted by LaunchMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 23/11/2024‘I can’t feel anything anymore’: women in a West Bank refugee camp reflect on a year of Israeli military raids on their homesmondoweiss.net‘I can’t feel anything anymore’: women in a West Bank refugee camp reflect on a year of Israeli military raids on their homesAfter a year of near-constant Israeli military raids on their homes and private spaces, women are some of the most affected among the Palestinian residents of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem. 5285128
Reposted by LaunchDiana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 14/11/2024My latest op-ed today in @torontostar-rss.bsky.social. The issue of invoking the notwithstanding clause to clear encampments is bigger than just homelessness: this is about protecting the integrity of the Charter and the foundations of Canadian society. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comWhat you need to know about people sleeping in tents in parks — they have nowhere else to goFor those of us on the front-lines, we truly have nowhere to refer people. We’ve given up on searching for shelter beds because they’re full. Same with voluntary detox and 02512
Reposted by LaunchLPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 24/10/2024Today, Matthew Glover and Joshua Ingram offer a historical perspective on the fascism that centers the experiences of Afrikans, both on the continent and of the diaspora. lpeproject.org/blog/on-fasc...lpeproject.orgOn Fascism: An Afrikan PerspectiveWhile current analyses of fascism tend to focus on interwar Europe, for George Jackson and other political prisoners, fascism represented the general tendency of the capitalist class to destroy… 033
Reposted by Launch5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 10/10/2024When Han Kang was censored for being critical of the Sewol Ferry disaster, she was blacklisted. The politics of this all is so recent and/or present tense!!! www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/a... 03810
Reposted by LaunchGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 30/09/2024This is good. Please call your US reps and ask them to co-sponsor/support. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comIlhan Omar to introduce major Long Covid billThe Long Covid Research Moonshot Act would fund $10 billion to fight the illness. 111599707
Reposted by LaunchSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/07/2024“The Israeli military is destroying medical facilities in Gaza and debilitating the health care system there, 14 doctors and two nurses told NBC News, a campaign they all said includes detaining and killing medical staff in their workplaces and in their homes.”apple.newsIsraeli military is destroying hospitals and targeting medical staff in Gaza, doctors and nurses there say“That is a generational loss that will take us a long time to replace,” one doctor told NBC News. 18438
Reposted by Launchhilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 29/05/2024It should be literally unthinkable: the sort of thing you just can't imagine happening. But apparently it is not only thinkable but actual. 1269