Mary Stuart

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly…

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From a young age, Diane Keaton, who died Saturday at 79, seemed to understand that actual beauty, the timeless kind, required a degree of depth, even darkness, @AdrienneLaF writes.

S.F. man who captained a Gaza aid vessel is now being held in an Israeli prison A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian...

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Where to go to find out the truth as Trump censors everything www.climate.us

Judge William Young's ruling against Rubio and Noem is a lesson for all in the Trump era Young lays bare the unconstitutionality of the Trump administration's student deportation efforts — and issues a challenge to America. Also: More court pushback.

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California woman sues Catholic hospitals alleging emergency abortion denials A California woman says Dignity Health twice denied emergency abortions at 17 weeks due to religious restrictions. A lawsuit was filed in S.F. Superior Court.

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How the right spread ‘brutal and cruel’ misinformation after Minnesota lawmaker killings The rightwing media ecosystem spins up narratives to serve their agendas after tragic events, regardless of accuracy

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The Trump Administration Says IUDs and the Pill Are Abortions 9.12.25

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How Do You Prove Your Citizenship? ICE won’t say.

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Dying to Be Men: American Masculinity as Death Cult How white supremacist, misogynist and homophobic ideals of manhood fuel violence in America—and put men like Charlie Kirk at risk.

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My undergrad in theater and literature and history translated very nicely into a law degree as a trial lawyer. Gotta win the judges over with your compelling written and oral arguments. Gotta get juries to listen to your client’s story.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he is in prison.
- Dostoevsky

The Mass Shooters Are Performing for One Another The goal of these attacks is to join a lineage of infamous killers.

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Kentucky Coroner: When We Say 'Infant', It Could Mean 'Fetus' Lexington law enforcement knows whether Laken Snelling's pregnancy was full-term—they just won't say

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Vaccine misinformation led to an officer’s murder at the CDC – politicians’ silence is deafening

Young San Franciscans aren’t going to bars. They’re hanging at the library Is it any surprise that young people like me are forgoing moody bars for free books when a glass of wine can set you back $20?

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Over a Million Women Are at Risk of a Pay Cut Under a New Trump Rule Care workers were deemed 'essential' during COVID-19. The Trump Department of Labor wants to strip away their most basic wage protections.

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SugarRhi~ (@sugarrhi) Governor Bob Ferguson of Washington state responds to Bondi’s fascist demands.

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Abortion Funds See Dwindling Donations as Demand and Cost Rise A flood of cash following Roe’s fall has dried up, leaving Texas nonprofits struggling to keep pace with the state’s abortion access crisis.

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Trump’s Army? by Timothy Snyder Timothy Snyder sees growing signs that America’s president seeks to turn the US military into a palace guard.

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I think it’s OK to ask: do you want advice or just sympathy?

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Tennessee Demands Records of Abortion 'Exception' Patients 8.6.25

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Virginia Giuffre’s Family Was Shocked That Trump Described Her as ‘Stolen’ The siblings of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers wonder what the president knows.

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Pregnant and Unmarried? In Tennessee, That’s Now Grounds for Denial of Care. Tennessee's anti-abortion law allows doctors to deny treatment based on 'conscience.' Now an unmarried woman has been denied prenatal care.

Pregnant and Unmarried? In Tennessee, That’s Now Grounds for Denial of Care. msmagazine.com/2025/07/24/p...

The Revolution Will Be Card Cataloged: Dispatches From The Law Librarian Frontlines - Above the Law At AALL's annual meeting, the research profession searches for its war footing.

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Companies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide

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You Must Have Your Baby, But Sorry, You Have No Insurance Medicaid is a cornerstone of maternal healthcare, providing coverage for nearly two-thirds of women of reproductive age and financing 42 percent of all births in the United States, according to an ana...

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