The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

It is such a financially precariously time for many, but if you have a spare dollar or two, throw ‘em toward some laid-off journalists www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with... #WGAEstrong

Folks, before today gets too crazy: One reason I created Bolts is to help guide you thru abundance of local elections. Today is culmination of lots of work! We're a small nonprofit newsroom, hoping for more subscribers. Join us if you see our value: boltsmag.org/donate

I NEED @nytimes to give @NYTGuildTech EVERYTHING THEY WANT BECAUSE MY HEALTHY COPING SKILL IS CROSSWORDS

In 36 hours, Kickstarter-exclusive pricing for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social membership ends FOREVER and you'll have to pay full freight for quality feminist criticism against the algorithm from a rockstar team of writers and artists. A thread on membership, who we are, and why we matter.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Google’s proposed AI and newsroom funding deal to avoid regulation in California isn’t supported in its current form by a single organization representing California’s journalists and news workers. www.mediaguildwest.org/news/journal...

WGAE plotters featuring @kimkelly.bsky.social @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social @caitlinrcruz.bsky.social @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social

Walgreens will start selling mifepristone in small number of pharmacies in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois; while CVS will start selling mifepristone in Massachusetts and R.I. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/h...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled abortion providers could challenge the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion. This overruled a decades-long precedent that stopped providers from such a challenge (and if successful, greater access to abortion) www.pacourts.us/Storage/medi...

So proud to support my former colleagues at The Onion Union in their contract battle against G/O Media. The unit is prepared to strike and I just wrote a letter in support of a fair contract. Write your own here: actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

BREAKING: A grand jury ended the case against Brittany Watts, the Ohio woman who was criminally charged after her miscarriage. The charges have been dropped.

Congrats to Guttmacher Employees United on the majority vote to ratify its first contract. The union has been negotiating since Sept 2022. www.instagram.com/p/C17PcrZgYeE

Thank you to @wbur.org and Deepa Fernandes for having me on to talk about the void left by the closure of Jezebel www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

caitlin is great and u should hire her

Jim Spanfeller is bad. Caitlin Cruz is good. Hire Caitlin!

Caitlin rules!!!!!

I got laid off from Jezebel and the site has been shuttered. If you’d like to work with me, my work can be read at www.caitlincruz.com/ My email is [email protected] If you’d like to send me little treat money, my Venmo is CaitlinRCruz

Going to buy Jezebel and just ask @caitlinrcruz.bsky.social to write about the Mavs

THE ACES/LIBERTY IS TIED

Indiana’s abortion ban is NOT in effect. State supreme court can’t certify its legal opinion as there are pending hearings https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/08/01/indianas-near-total-abortion-isnt-going-back-into-effect-yet/

NEW: Federal judge temporarily stopped enforcement of Idaho AG Raúl Labrador’s legal opinion that decided the state abortion ban also banned doctors from making referrals to out-of-state abortion care https://www.aclu.org/cases/planned-parenthood-great-northwest-hawaii-indiana-kentucky-v-labrador

Another state will vote on abortion: Missouri supreme court allows abortion ballot measure to move forward

Ohio abortion proposal that would amend the state constitution has early numbers in northeastern counties to show it’ll likely qualify for the November election https://t.co/7a4yq4ix4x

The LA Sparks/Las Vegas Aces game is painful

The slow decline of Autostraddle has been so hard to watch. Ty @defector.bsky.social for covering this! https://defector.com/autostraddle-is-spiraling-toward-a-shutdown-or-a-sale

Saturday morning cartoon villains had more empathy than these ghouls. https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335/

NEW: Iowa legislature passed a six-week abortion ban after 14 hours of debate during a special session expressly called to ban abortion. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) will sign ASAP but orgs are already planning lawsuit

Iowa State Sen. Amy Sinclair insists the six-week ban on abortion is not a ban, even though abortion can't happen after "if a fetal heartbeat was detected, an abortion is prohibited." Even if you don't use the word "ban" in the text, it still bans abortion.

@tinavasquez.bsky.social covers the #abortionrights movement by sharing the stories from people on the frontlines. As we continue to cover the post-Roe landscape, support by readers like you is what allows us to sustain our journalism. Join Prism as a founding member: prismreports.org/membership/

I just finished my iced coffee and found a fly at the bottom of it 🫠🫠🫠

“If you want to run a media company, maybe trust your editorial staff to understand what readers want.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/08/gizmodo-ai-errors-star-wars/

Fuuuuuuuuuck. This sucks. FOSTA deemed constitutional. https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/EB820C51595100D6852589E50054A365/$file/22-5105-2006738.pdf

mood

My 40-pound dog is fighting every milligram of the 100mg trazodone I gave him so he can try to fight every firework set off in Georgia

I'm high and I'm feeling anxious inside of Meta's threads when Zuck turns 'round halfway down the aisle with his blazed on quaaludes smile like he wants to wear my skin

NEW: Gerson Fuentes pleaded guilty to two counts connected to the 2022 rape of a 10-year-old girl on Wednesday in an Ohio court https://jezebel.com/man-pleads-guilty-to-rape-of-ohio-10-year-old-who-fled-1850607194

martha 💜

fingers crossed the pouring rain keeps up enough to rain out fireworks in atlanta but not so much so that the thunder keeps going

the sudden downpour means there are no fireworks but now the sky is attacking my dog so

declaring inbox bankruptcy and just going with god

a year of jax, who was returned for lack of time despite being “perfect, perfect perfect!” so we could welcome him to our lil gay fam

is it even fourth of july if aren’t cursing everyone in atlanta for setting off fireworks

i finished my weekend plans too quickly

guess where we’re complaining about it now bitch

I can’t believe they’re making Tom go back to Scandoval!!!! I only care about Stars on Mars now!!!

let’s fucking goooooo https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jennifer-lawrence-meryl-streep-actors-threaten-strike-sag-aftra-letter-exclusive-1234779586/