JUST IN: A federal appeals court allows Trump administration to end Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding reut.rs/3JZCJOn

While we were sleeping: - a book called 'Unwanted Attention' sold in a five-way auction - Poland shot down a Russian drone that crossed into its airspace.

There was a serious violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones.

It was so weird to be asked if I’ll vote for Josh Kraft before walking into a polling station today in Boston. The Mayor Wu person just asked if I was voting today.

I don’t remember ads slowing website load times down so much before? It’s almost impossible to navigate most sites running any ads with any sort of speed.

Text-based social media at least kinda sorta fits in with the skill sets of an author.

Who else watched Unknown Number this weekend? I’m still digesting this doc and wondering how soon is too soon to throw these victims in front of a camera.

Accidentally picked a perfect time to re-listen to this @youaregood.bsky.social Angels in America discussion open.spotify.com/episode/7Iwr...

Anthropic AI settled the copyright lawsuit and has agreed to pay out $1.5B. www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/b...

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This sums up a lot of how I feel we've lost "the point" of traveling, travel writing, and sharing travel experiences with our communities. www.vulture.com/article/anth...

A great event for a great cause!

"No bookstore that PW has reached out to has been as adversely impacted as @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, which specializes in diverse and intersectional literature ... Sales are down 65% since August 11." you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty

Mother Jones is looking for a fluent Hebrew/English speaker who can help us fact-check some translations -- ideally someone with research/fact check/journalism experience. It would be a few hours of paid work. DM me if interested!

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants * www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

A tale of two headlines

Has anyone else read 'Shutter' by Ramona Emerson yet? This book sucked me in from the first page in ways a book hasn't in a long time.

Anthropic class action lawsuit: What happens next? 9/5 - The parties will present a comprehensive settlement proposal with the full settlement terms. 9/8 - A hearing is scheduled where Judge Alsup will review the terms of the settlement. authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Your move, California.

The failure of U.S. & Mexican drug policy: Rather than rely on individual smugglers, cartels specializing in fentanyl and other synthetic drugs use legal ports of entry, commercial vehicles, and digital payment systems to move drugs and launder profits with less risk.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Under the Trump administration, groceries are less affordable, housing is harder to build, cures for cancer are farther away, and good news on our economy has been as hard to find as the Epstein list.”

Wonder how he came by that faulty assumption. Couldn’t be the 24/7 hype. Must be something else.

Rep. Nicole Collier files a state court application for a writ of habeas corpus concerning her detention in the Texas State Capitol. www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...

Trump to Zelenskyy: "During the war you can't have elections? So let me just see -- three and a half years from me, if we happen to be in a way with somebody, no more elections. That's good."

WILD situation in Texas right now: The House Speaker has required Dems, who just returned from their out-of-state quorum break, to have police escorts once they leave the chamber. One Dem is refusing to leave the House floor with escort, and GOP leaders have blocked press access to the chamber.

In a brazen show of disdain for the First Amendment, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a video Sunday of eight masked agents tearing down a sign protesting the agency’s presence in Washington, D.C. trib.al/ZRFokj4

Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action

Quick question — If they get rid of mail-in voting, how will deployed troops be able to vote?

Whether something is constitutional doesn’t seem to matter.

Air Canada is suspending its guidance for third-quarter and full-year operating results after the union defied back-to-work orders, which further halted the airline's plan to resume flights.

I hope we someday get a @jamieloftus.bsky.social / sixteenth minute on the Gavin Newsom social media team because it’s giving Duolingo and Wendy’s in the best ways

The volume of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—the way most Canadians visit—dropped by 37% last month compared to July 2024, according to new data from Statistics Canada, following a 33% drop in June. There was also a 26% decline in air travelers from Canada year-over-year.

Multiple Men Have Impersonated ICE Agents To Kidnap And Assault Women In a letter shared with HuffPost, the Democratic Women’s Caucus urged DHS to mandate ICE agents to “visibly and clearly identify themselves" when making arrests. www.huffpost.com/entry/multip...

President Donald Trump asserted control Monday of the District of Columbia police force and mobilized 800 National Guard troops in the nation’s capital under what he declared a “crime emergency.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/11/r...

Video shows the aftermath of the Israeli strike on a tent for media workers that assassinated five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza City.

The IDF said that it killed a man in Gaza who it claimed was posing as an Al Jazeera journalist, but the news network said that Anas al-Sharif was a journalist and that he and four other staff members were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike.

An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed six journalists, according to Al-Shifa hospital, including four from Al Jazeera.

Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.

I don't normally edit @motherjones.com's culture writing, but please pitch me a good essay that makes coherent sense of the political discourse around Caitlin Clark, Sydney Sweeney, and Taylor Swift

I’m learning that the millennial pause is because people think we’re waiting for the video to start recording. What if some of us just need a second to find the right words. I’ve never made TikTok with me speaking but I have had a hard time going from talking via text to out loud dialogue. 😅

'Silent killer' heatwave thought to have left at least 9 dead in Europe

Research says Google’s carbon emissions went up by 65% between 2019-2024, not 51% as the tech giant had claimed.

The agency said that a cybercriminal group named Scattered Spider was targeting the airline sector.

There’s a shift I’m noticing in marketing language where people are, instead of asking you to buy something or hire them, are making it feel like you’re doing them biggest favor in the world if you filled their time. They love this thing and it would be so cool if you paid them to do it.

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/c...

Trump says he would consider bombing Iran again, drops sanctions relief plan reut.rs/3Ij8scl

The authorities are investigating the death of a Canadian citizen who died Monday in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said in a statement. The man, Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.

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