"abortion bans have influenced how doctors and hospitals respond to pregnancy complications. Facing risks of prison time and professional ruin, doctors have delayed key interventions until they can document that a fetus’ heart is no longer beating or that a case meets a narrow legal exception"

Someone sent me this.

Pete Hegseth gutted Pentagon oversight, calling the rules of war "stupid." He slashed the Middle East casualty team from 10 experts to one. Then came the Minab strike: 170 girls and 14 teachers dead. The Pentagon’s "inability to confirm" its role is the outcome Hegseth engineered.

Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks. Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country. That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.

A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:

I had 3 ideas for Season 3. 1. Scary cult menaces Red Camp. 2. The hybrid people get food-service jobs, which gets them involved in labor issues. 3. A Presidential election. I panicked. That’s way too much story! Unless… it’s all one story? The GIVE ME AWAY Season 3 two-part finale is live now.

Some wrapped highlights including @malevolent.ca deservedly on top, the day I listened to give me away for 8 hours straight, and 156 genres?? Also Remnants by @hangingsloth.bsky.social is only not higher because it has fewer episodes and TMA by @rustyquill.com is the one I've listened to the longest

Wow, an absolutely gripping, enthralling episode from @macrogers.bsky.social - Give Me Away 0316: Your Time Is Up - The tension I was feeling!!!💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

What a deep, awkward conversation, that proved to be very interesting listening! Do check out @macrogers.bsky.social - Give Me Away 0315 Spotlight: The Chain of Command 💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

I am so goddam proud of this episode of GIVE ME AWAY, I really think we crushed it on a bunch of levels. But fair warning: it may give you flashbacks to some… less-than-pleasant days in recent memory.

Results, a shared experience and decisions. How will they be handled and what changes will be forthcoming? Don’t miss out on this enthralling episode from @macrogers.bsky.social - Give Me Away 0314: Into The New 💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

Not watching this is my favorite thing I've done today!

Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”

The time is now but for the differing parties it has a different meaning. Time for some awesome listening from @macrogers.bsky.social - Give Me Away 0312: You Have Four Months 💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

It says "POLICIA" on the goddamn shield.

GIVE ME AWAY Season 3 Episode 8, "You Have Ten Months" (written by me), is live now wherever you get your podcasts. Our hybrid heroes face their deadliest challenge yet: working a regular job. I'm being glib, but that is part of it. The point is it rips, and you should listen to it.

Hey @macrogers.bsky.social should we fly @gideonsean.bsky.social or @natcassidy.bsky.social out and have them argue with themself for 20 minutes?

Will being forewarned mean being forearmed? What an intense, gripping episode from @macrogers.bsky.social - Give Me Away 0308: You Have Ten Months - This is such a compelling show, that doesn’t disappoint 💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

1901, photograph by Dr. Allan Warner of two 13 year old boys both infected with smallpox on the same day, one vaccinated as an infant and one not.

With all the suffering on this show, we thought our loyalty listeners deserved something a little more romantic and steamy for a change. Our GIVE ME AWAY Spotlight mini-episode "Best Practices" is live now wherever you get your podcasts.

🚨Trump drops all pretense and openly admits the mass raids in Chicago are about ICE raids and deportations (not crime), and essentially declares that he’s going to war with the city.

there are many things I love about the newest season of a show I’ve loved since ep 1 but this little side adventure for Talia + Noa/Jade has to be one of my favorite scenes I’ve ever recorded. a refreshing breath in a season that absolutely grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go (complimentary)

Why didn’t some of the Epstein survivors speak out earlier? “I thought someone was going to kill me,” one explained. As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”

one of my absolute favorite audio dramas is back! Give Me Away premiered their third season and yes, okay, I'm biased because I'm in it, but to be clear, I was all in even before I got the amazing opportunity to act in this awesome, inventive world. and you are NOT prepared for the twists coming up

I love this show! If you haven’t listened to Give Me Away yet, you’re in for a treat. And now’s a great time to start listening because Season 3 just dropped!

Would I free a Ghosthouse prisoner? Would you? Could I handle the responsibility? Could I be responsible for leaving them there? Give Me Away's premise really exercises my brain, my self-awareness, and my empathy. There's not much more I can ask of a piece of fiction.

Big sci-fi concepts and questions that make you think, explored by characters who make you facepalm, tear your hair out, bite your nails and occasionally punch the air. Jump in now if you haven't so far. Side note: Red Camp could fix Arthur Lester.

I love our show so much! It would mean the world to me if you'd listen. Thrilling sci-fi intrigue, nuanced characters, stellar acting, top-notch production and music... all free and delivered direct to your ears via the podcatcher of your choice.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Sotomayor: "What the Court once recognized as an imperative check against discrimination, it today abandons...it does irrevocable damage to the Equal Protection Clause and invites legislatures to engage in discrimination by hiding blatant sex classifications in plain sight."

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year

Reminders: "Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific. Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens. Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant. Never again is now.

This is an atrocity, to speak of human beings in this way.

me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

How do I say, "Couldn't happen to a nicer guy" in a way that doesn't sound sarcastic?!

Goddamn did we need a show of strength and resolution like this right now. He’s held the floor; let’s make this the floor we build off of.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

1. EXCLUSIVE The Veterans Administration is requiring therapists to return to the office full time, but does not have enough space for them As a result, they are forced to provide mental health counseling to veterans in open cubicles It is an unethical and likely illegal practice

And my friend @macrogers.bsky.social ‘s EXCELLENT sci-fi podcast Give Me Away snagged a nomination at #TheAmbies for his terrific writing. Funny, creepy and genuinely mind-blowing. Way to go Mac!

In case your ears were lonely for my directing: -Give Me Away & @greaterpodston.bsky.social played in each other's worlds for 2 kickass crossover eps (avail. on both feeds). -Are You Afraid of the Dark Season 2 is out on Audible (which I realized bc we got a Kidscreen Award Nom)!

I'm really excited to share this delightful collaboration with these excellent folks! @vandreasonable.bsky.social @alexanderdanner.bsky.social @bobbys-snacks.bsky.social @macrogers.bsky.social

okay, we're starting with this Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already! Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting) Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

Two shows I directed were released last week: a moving bonus Give Me Away ep about Corey/Isaiah featuring the brilliant @ashlieatkinson.bsky.social (available everywhere), and season 1 of Are You Afraid of the Dark (only on Audible). Range, I tell you!