@easternbluebirds
Democrat, fervent but terrible gardener, occasional baker, apparent klutz, professional viola player. I read Michelle Obama's Becoming and took from it that hope is a moral imperative. I grapple daily to maintain hope for our world--don't give up!
Zimbabwe - Let's be clear - when religious leaders stop an abortion bill that would have saved countless women's lives, it means they believe that women should be required to die for pregnancy.
The UN's 70th Commission on the Status of Women held a historic vote on Mar 9 on a document on the rights of women, girls, and gender. 37 nations voted in favor, 6 abstained, and only the U.S. voted against. The vote was a diplomatic victory, showing strong opposition to organized misogyny.
Mark my words--- Polymarket and other predictive market schemes have the potential to become a serious threat to press freedom/journalists.
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
What fetal personhood means:
“If you had a law that said we’re going to pass an unequal amendment that makes it official that women do not have the same rights as other people, I think people would be pretty upset. This is the world we’re going to live in.” - Mary Ziegler
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage
Amazing how the Tubman $20 bill has been delayed for a decade yet a Trump violence dime is being minted right away.
I had assumed the headline was a joke. But no.
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We bust more myths about the criminal legal system in our new report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 👇
Graph showing that in jails, the most effective treatment options are the least accessible for people with opioid use disorder
MYTH: Some people need to go to jail to get treatment
REALITY: Most people in local jails have substance use disorders, yet only a tiny fraction of jails provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder.
Jails are designed for punishment, not care.
NEW: They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care.
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It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.
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And as a fun related legal fact, the failure of a commander to punish war crimes by his subordinates is also a war crime under the doctrine of command responsibility.
Published by the Naval War College in 2021:
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"Declaring that no quarter will be given" is specifically prohibited by Art 23 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, which means it is a war crime under US domestic law by virtue of the War Crimes Act (18 U.S. Code § 2441).
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."
No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.
Amanda Ameer twice duped the @nytimes.com!
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Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp: "This technology disrupts humanity's train, largely Democratic voters, and makes their economic power less, and increases the economic power of vocationally trained, working class, often male voters. These disruptions are going to disrupt every aspect of our society."
This scoping review synthesizes recently published research on news media coverage of gun violence in the United States. Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a systematic search of Web of Science and Google Scholar databases identified 76 peer-reviewed empirical studies published since 2000. Analysis reveals several recurring themes. First, news media coverage tends to be greater for incidents involving numerous victims, particularly women and/or children; occurring in schools, religious sites, or government buildings; or carried out by perpetrators who are young, ideologically driven, and/or show signs of severe mental illness. Second, race plays a significant role in shaping narrative frames, with media portrayals often depicting white individuals more sympathetically compared to racially minoritized individuals, regardless of whether they are victim or perpetrator. Third, media narratives display dynamic evolution over decades, transitioning from framing gun violence as isolated and episodic to addressing it as a part of broader social contexts and societal concerns. Finally, news coverage of gun violence is associated with negative audience emotions, especially fear, as well as with increased gun background checks suggestive of accelerated gun purchasing. Regarding media coverage's role in inciting further violence, however, studies present mixed findings. Limitations include the exclusion of social media discourse, which warrants study in future research. Future studies should also examine how news media coverage represents individuals across diverse gender identities, LGBTQIA+ communities, and disability statuses, while adopting intersectional perspectives. Three interrelated conclusions emerge from this analysis: the different types of gun violence that occur, the level of news media attention each receives, and the academic research that has investigated these media portrayals to date.
Personal academic news: the paper that I submitted 520 days ago has been accepted! It's on a topic that is meaningful to me bc of gun violence in this country and bc of the shooting that happened in my town when I was a kid.
Forthcoming: "News Media Coverage of Gun Violence: A Scoping Review"
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."
Just saying it right out loud now.
newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
Vance Bostic is a decent human being running against Hakeem Jeffries.
NYC, vote Jeffries OUT!
Still no censure of Tommy Tuberville, Randy Fine, or Andy Ogles, who are openly promoting hate against Muslims while the US is bombing Iran, killing the Ayatollah, and people like Lindsey Graham are calling it a "religious war" DURING RAMADAN.
How do you think this all ends, folks?
I was reading an article about how workers keep waiting for AI to reduce their workloads and wonder why it's not happening and in fact they are now expected to do MORE work.
I feel we have fundamentally failed to communicate what capitalism is to a lot of people.
Some of the attacks on the state of Israel are rooted in antisemitism. Some are based on policies the state is pursuing or military campaigns it is waging in the region. It is offensive to compare attacks on the state of Israel to attacks on synagogues, which are always rooted in antisemitism.
