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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Good news, Bluesky: We’re almost there! We’re now less than $2,000 away from reaching our year-end fundraising goal! Every donation matters. Your support: 1️⃣ Provides incarcerated writers with access to training and resources to develop their skills.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

2️⃣ Amplifies their voices beyond the walls through our platform, reaching audiences nationwide. 3️⃣ Drives momentum for systemic change, shifting narratives and perspectives.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Last year, an incarcerated writer shared his daily prison routine. It's one of the top stories on our website. Take a look ⤵️

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My Daily Prison Routine

Keeping a regular schedule helps you stay level behind bars. Here’s a breakdown of my routine at an Arizona prison.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Amid surging enrollment in college courses offered at Green Haven Correctional Facility, one of the newest programs celebrates its first graduating class.

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In a NY Prison, a First of Its Kind College Graduation

The ceremony at Green Haven Correctional Facility handed out degrees — and hope.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

This year, Prison Journalism Project and Tulsa, Oklahoma-based nonprofit Poetic Justice ran an 11-week Summer of Journalism program to train writers at two facilities for incarcerated women. The women in the program launched 2 newspapers.

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Newspaper project amplifies voices of female inmates at Eddie Warrior, Mabel Basset

Female inmates from Eddie Warrior and Mable Basset Correctional Center to publish a newspaper with the help of Poetic Justice and Prison Journalism Project.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

"What I have to say matters and is important, and I believe people would want to know." --an incarcerated writer

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

As you all know: Whether it's $10, $100, $1,000, or $10,000, every donation makes a difference. Your support amplifies voices that need to be heard. Every dollar you contribute helps bring these powerful stories to life.

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Donate | Prison Journalism Project

Prison Journalism Project is supported by people like you. Support Prison Journalism Project today.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Cleveland Clinic: “New research unravels connection between rheumatoid arthritis, long COVID and bone pain to bone loss” “SARS-CoV-2 triggers bone inflammation and breakdown, especially in individuals with autoimmune diseases” www.lerner.ccf.org/news/article...

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New research unravels connection between rheumatoid arthritis, long COVID and bone pain to bone loss

Long COVID causes bone pain and bone loss in 25% of cases by triggering inflammation and immune responses, especially in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

@prisonculture.bsky.social is helping to run a New Year's Eve abortion funds 'online telethon'. Volunteers will be sharing their favorite songs and explaining why they love them, inviting people to donate. More in the post below. Our usual activism hashtag: #DoSomething!

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Sounds like some kind of Socialism!

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Dr. Tiffany A. Flowers @drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I want to challenge everyone in 2025. Consider only posting news stories about local concerns, international news stories, nature, charities, education, healthcare, travel, safety, and human rights. Stop posting political news grabbing headlines for 30 days. Your entire outlook will change.

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

This is probably going to be a critical tactic for recognizing and resisting the incoming administration’s attacks on protestors and human rights/Civil Rights leaders:

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Erykah Badu said spelling is a spell. Write it down on real paper with a real pencil with real intent and watch it get real. Spelling is a Spell. - eb "The act of actually writing the thought with intent IS the first act that triggers the next movement. The strength is in the BELIEF" #BlackSky

ErykahBadoula @fatbellybella

Write it down on real paper with a real
pencil with real intent and watch it get
real. Spelling is a Spell. - eb

2:14 AM . Jan 26, 2019

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

“Other struggling people aren’t the enemy.” ~ Nathan Monk

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Why I am fine with Eat the Rich: Jeff Bezos announcing that he's marrying his next wife, Lauren Sanchez, in a lavish $600m ceremony. They live in Florida. $600m would cover 2 years of FL k-12 free lunch programs. Last year the state discontinued the office that helped schools file for free lunches.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/12/2024

when you have anti-DEI proponents openly going after black military officers for recruiting from HBCUs and suing schools for their black and Hispanic enrollment *even after the schools ended any racial preferences* then the only honest label for these people is "segregationist"

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Please do not reply with a solicitation to the people making #MutualAid requests. You won’t reach them, you will reach me, and i’ll be hiding those replies. People are allowed to ask for help without being targeted by anyone else’s business. If you really want to help, just boost and/or donate 🫶

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Jeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Have you ever noticed that a person who has nothing, will help you faster than a person who has everything.

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Bsky has made the admins’ priorities clear, and there is no surprise here. They primarily seem to use banning policies to stifle #MutualAid requesters For my money, social media without Mutual Aid is worthless So this thread will boost all MA requests made to me. I’m not here to gatekeep empathy:

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Starting a new thread for this by request. Resist #scarcity doctrine- helping one person does not have to mean taking away from another. Empathy is like love. The more you share it, the more you have to share #evergreen

A two-paneled image shows an outdoor, lettered bulletin board. The first panel shows the board’s actual message which reads: “Why is narcan free to a dope addict but my insulin is $750 a month”

The second panel shows the same sign with part scratched out to read: “Why is…my insuling $750 a month”

Beneath the image is the quote: “Other struggling people aren’t the enemy.” ~ Nathan Monk

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Listen to me - if you’re one of the oppressed or especially multiply marginalized people living here right now? Your job is to SURVIVE. There’s nothing else i need from you more. I need you to know that you are never less important than any other human being. Fight, run, hide, i don’t care. LIVE.

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

This is #DisabiltyPride It’s amazing, what people manage to accomplish, even absent necessary resources like financial support and basic respect.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20/06/2024

Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income. Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs. "It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."

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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.

Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and landed full-time jobs.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 04/06/2024

Thanks! Nothing makes me happier than getting love from New Orleans. I wrote my book for New Orleans.

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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

My husband is reading a really interesting book about activist burn out, and basically every chapter that looks at specific historical activists shows that being unable to acknowledge even minor victories leads to burn out and depression.

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Included: image of an animated turtle with its head inside of its turtle shell, rainbow colors just barely peeking out from underneath it. The image states, “It’s okay if you’re not ready” And it is!

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Love this thread. The practice of quantifying affection is, in many ways, unhealthy for all of society.

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 03/06/2024

Like I am disabled, so are most of my friends, we have various needs and also things we can’t do, including things that our friends need From that principle, it follows to me that there’s people who are going to be more or less “needy” to society, and it makes sense to have general rules of respect

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 03/06/2024

The other thing is that I want to be clear that this works for me because it works for me. Other people have different personalities. I actually think it’s legitimate to be very demanding of others, you just need to be honest about that

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 03/06/2024

The other baseline of this is that I think people in society should generally be pleasant to one another, within the bounds of reasonability snd individual diversity So like, we should be kind enough to strangers that being estranged in the literal sense isn’t entirely unpleasant

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 03/06/2024

I have friendships where I’ve very specifically had the conversation of “is it okay that I like you more than you like me” and, from the other direction, “is it okay that I like that you like me more than I like you”

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/06/2024

I go to pride every year to bring the energy of a baffled, but supportive midwestern dad. I'm smiling, a bit bewildered, and clapping a good ten milliseconds behind the beat. I just hope you're all having fun out there

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

i love reposting beautiful trans women and femmes and nb folks and oh god you're all so pretty

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Waging Empathy @wagingempathy.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

New Orleans proud! ⚜️ I recommend Chantel James’ work to anyone at all interested (and sometimes people who aren’t)

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Mx. Fee @mxfee.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

To add to this: search functions on Bluesky include alt text so when you write out a super nice description, all of those words are searchable. I am not saying stick hashtags in there - I mean actual descriptions. Be descriptive! Tell us what the picture is! Include stuff like "fanart of X from Y"!

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r @recombobulating.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

That is the root of this culture war. People who got used to considering themselves supreme becoming furious that anyone would dare to question how perfect and awesome and cool they are.

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