sorry everyone, ten minutes ago I said if the spurs blow this lead they deserved to lose. shouldn't have put that energy out there 🧿

praying i never have to hear "my knicks in four" again after tonight

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman didn’t concede the race as of June 7, despite what social media users said. The California primary elections aren’t “rigged” either; election results change as officials count votes. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Amid efforts to restrict mifepristone access, we looked at what studies say about the medication. Decades of research on medication abortion shows serious complications are rare.

Working on a reader-requested WNBA/basketball glossary for new and learning fans, as requested by a subscriber. Are there any specific terms y'all want me to add?

The Trump administration is illegally withholding $150 million for domestic violence service providers, which has led to "layoffs, diminished services for survivors and sacrifices among advocates." A 24-hour hotline is now closed on nights and weekends. 19thnews.org/2026/05/dome...

google scholar blocking my vpn makes me foam at the mouth every time

Seen tacked to a community board on my walk

If you are coming to this site thinking that you can win a following here with porn and hating on AI, then, actually, yeah, good job, you called it

This post from @irms.bsky.social about the beliefs of the shooters who killed three people yesterday at the Islamic Center of San Diego has me thinking about @milleridriss.bsky.social calling misogyny the "connective tissue" of hateful extremism. www.theirms.org/blog/misogyn...

i feel the energy of this in my bones

‘Hatred often manifests in violence’: After San Diego mosque shooting, Muslim & anti-hate groups condemn rampant Islamophobia, Sahar Fatima reports. “[The deadly attack] is the outcome of years of fearmongering, scapegoating & dehumanization targeting an entire religious community.”

Good thread on reporting on trans stories responsibly. As a cis queer journo I'm always calibrating how much weight to give to catastrophizing or possible worst case scenarios, especially when it comes to covering tech.

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

UPDATE: ban blocked www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

"Abortion opponents have argued often that telehealth has made it easier to force people to get abortions, though research suggests that more often, reproductive coercion involves people being denied the option to terminate a pregnancy."

i woke up this morning and couldn't remember the meme or sound stuck in my head so i tried to google it. instead of helping the ai overview apologized for provoking me. and yes, it pissed me off even more.

Gov. Tim Walz signed Minnesota's nudification ban into law last week. It goes into effect August 1. 19thnews.org/2026/04/minn...

i know the mayor's race is coming bc i'm getting some WILD oppo texts

Some Indiana state lawmakers who defied the White House's redistricting push facing Trump-backed primary challengers tonight also faced death threats. I recently investigated the fragile 50-state security and safety patchwork keeping state lawmakers safe: 19thnews.org/2026/04/poli...

come work with me!!

So I tried Instagram’s AI photo enhancement tool - and the Caucasity! Hey Meta - don’t fix my face. Fix your structural racism

Wednesday: I reported on how abortion is going to show up as a bigger issue in the ‘26 midterms than the current discourse reflects Today: The 5th Circuit blocks abortion pills from being prescribed via telehealth nationwide 19thnews.org/2026/04/abor...

BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked telehealth access to mifepristone nationwide. @shefali.bsky.social is on it for @19thnews.org. 19thnews.org/2026/05/cour...

BREAKING: The Chinese government pressured Zambia to screen + exclude Taiwanese speakers attending @rightscon.org, leading to the largest international convention on digital rights being canceled a week before it takes place, the host org @accessnow.org tells WIRED. By @telliotter.bsky.social + me

Big news: The Minnesota legislature passed the nation's first ban on nudification apps, aka the generative AI apps behind the rise of nonconsensual deepfakes. The bill also allows survivors to sue for damages. Now the it heads to Gov. Tim Walz's desk. 19thnews.org/2026/04/minn...

Justin's reporting is, as always, illuminating. www.techpolicy.press/rightscon-ca...

ICYMI — read this excellent story from @gracepanetta.bsky.social on how state agencies are (not) protecting lawmakers. Political violence is one of the major barriers to a robust, representative democracy.

i've been listening to a legislative session for nearly three hours and local statehouse reporters are truly our strongest soldiers

Sounds like an excellent way to victimize dead women by inserting them into sexually explicit fantasies. Remember they immediately made deepfakes of Renée Good as a way to humiliate her and everyone who cared about her after she was killed.

practiced self care by not marathoning episodes of the pitt season two after work today

my curse has been lifted (finished slomw s4e10)

It is such an honor to be part of this remarkable group of journalists— and to be recognized with @mellbarclay.bsky.social for our reporting on the detention of pregnant immigrants. It's a privilege to work at a newsroom that prioritizes this journalism. wallacehouse.umich.edu/livingston-a...

I'm honored to get this award from the Association of Health Care Journalists for my 2025 series on detransition. I also appreciate what the judges said: That these stories call for more respect for gender identity shifts and better support from the medical community and LGBTQ+ organizations.

Exclusive: new research from the National Women’s Defense League and shared first with The 19th, has tracked 30 allegations of workplace sexual misconduct against members of Congress made since 2006 — a number the report’s authors say is likely 3-4x higher in reality 19thnews.org/2026/04/sexu...

Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers. The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits." My story:

From inside their employers’ homes, domestic workers — nannies, home cleaners and health aides — have watched attitudes on immigration shift to the right. They know some of the people who employ them may be the very people who want them out of the country. 19thnews.org/2026/04/immi...

trying to post through it rn

Domestic violence services have been asked to do more with less for years. At the same time, demand has risen. That means some people slip through the cracks. I spent a year trying to figure out why Julia wasn't able to get help. The answer is complicated. 19thnews.org/2026/04/dome...

Facial recognition used this way is often inaccurate leading to wasted time and resources. It's been shown to be biased against people of color, especially Black women, and frequently misgenders trans people. Who did this help?

why's everything coming up puppy play for jacob elordi lately

i promise you, however tame you might think the celebration is, it is tamer than that.

There's now a disability section on @motherjones.com's homepage 🥳 www.motherjones.com

Today! Join the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream to hear @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social chat with very special guest Carmen Maria Machado noon PT, twitch.tv/dair_institute

Federal grants can save the lives of abuse victims. $200 million is sitting unspent. @jazzmyth.bsky.social reports

reasons not to date a journalist: they'll text you "babe check your phone orbán just conceded" while you're taking the dog out for a sunday stroll

another day another dollop of mourning for a lost twitter connection

When survivors talk to a reporter (or reporters plural) and don’t report to the police, it’s not because they’re less trustworthy and don’t want to see systemic action. It’s because survivors have been failed so spectacularly by cops and courts that many survivors rightfully no longer trust them.

“He was so confident that I would stay silent that he wasn’t scared,” she said of Swalwell. Horrifying story from @sfchronicle.com about Rep. Swalwell, one of the leading Dem candidates in California's gubernatorial race. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...