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lisareider.bsky.social
Writer, regional newspaper editor who loves comedy, open world rpgs, animals, nature, science, and weird stuff. (she/her)
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A group in San Diego is patrolling neighborhoods to identify potential ICE presence. They keep watch for vehicles that may belong to federal agencies, and use livestreams, radios, and social media to keep communities informed. boltsmag.org/how-vol...

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members

submitted 33 days ago • 15 comments

How to understand the stock market if you only watch Fox News

submitted 35 days ago • 92 comments

This is high art

submitted 38 days ago • 543 comments

DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

submitted 60 days ago • 244 comments

The AP was blocked from a White House event for not making “Gulf of America” AP style. This is where we are. www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...

submitted 92 days ago • 31 comments

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 92 days ago • 1534 comments

NEW: Days after Trump's inauguration, ICE changed the timestamp on its archive of press releases to 1/24/2025--causing a flood of stories about mass arrests to shoot to the top of Google search An immigration atty said "it was creating terror in the community” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 97 days ago • 15 comments

AG Bondi, day 1: -- disbands the Foreign Influence Task Force -- stops FARA (foreign govt lobbyist registration) enforcement except when actual espionage suspected -- Stops FCPA (bribing foreign govts) enforcement unless to further drugs or terrorism

submitted 98 days ago • 66 comments

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

submitted 103 days ago • 496 comments

This is just incredibly cruel. To target trans and nonbinary children like this.. To deny them their existence! Considering he has also said he'll eliminate the Dept. Of Ed, I wonder if schools can forgo fed funding to keep trans kids safe.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

submitted 113 days ago • 502 comments

Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.

submitted 119 days ago • 24 comments

Saying "hegemony" is the auditory equivalent to jumping on a rock to cross a river

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Democrats' backsliding on LGBTQ+ rights must stop now! here is my proposed action. Please share widely and please let me know if you plan to participate! #LGBTQNotGoingBack on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/planned-ac... or Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/planned-acti...

submitted 170 days ago • 77 comments

Seems wild that 23% of the US population gets to decide the future of the remaining 77%. What a system!

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

RFK Jr in Skyrim, more relevant than ever. youtu.be/CBboShiz6pk?...

submitted 176 days ago • 20 comments

Watching "Away" on Netflix, and, man these space people make a lot of phone calls

submitted 182 days ago • 0 comments

I joined Twitter for the comedy. Then it devolved and became a great spot to watch disinformation spread. I would see a lie form there, and then watch as it would eventually make its way to the letters to the editor I'd receive.

submitted 183 days ago • 0 comments

Just checking things out over here. Seems...nice?

submitted 189 days ago • 0 comments