I got a tip a few months ago that ICE was planning to use tribal airports for ICE flights. I spent a few hours scouring flight data, found no evidence of this, and let it go. But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!

It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

surprise!

if you need a palate-cleansing, joyful read: jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/fairy-tale...

"Speaking of the men, they’re looking for procedures to appear 'younger' and 'more virile and masculine,' says Pittman, in line with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rhetoric surrounding military fitness and appearances." www.axios.com/local/washin...

"My hope is that it’s a ripple effect... It’s important that forgiveness is how we move forward,” said a tribal rep. It’s women who are predominantly leading the movement.

Does anyone remember an MIT Media Lab(?) project called Immersion(?), which let you input your email account and showed you your network of contacts via the to/from metadata? It's gone--but does something like it still exist? (Asking for teaching, TIA!)

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BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

Migrated my newsletter [data & feelings] to beehiiv. This is my low-volume personal newsletter. As I wrote in my last post, I've been in a writing funk this year. But moving forward. Subscribe here: jazzmyth.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Gentle intro to some of the difficulties with content moderation for people very new to the realities of the concept

Hi! Are you doomscrolling? You still deserve time to rest and recover. Max loves you.

Interesting to see the Latter-day Saints position on AI: >"We are teaching church members that we will not grow spiritually if we allow AI to write our sacrament talks or do our seminary homework. AI cannot replace our individual effort and spiritual preparation as we prepare lessons, prayers...”

The New York City mayor’s race was also a high-profile repudiation of a powerful man accused of sexual misconduct. 19thnews.org/2025/11/zohr...

musing more on the loss of Teen Vogue's award-winning politics coverage and I think it was a place where a lot of adults turned for youth perspectives — not sure what is going to replace that (suggestions open)

Los Angeles, all of Metro is freeeeeee today so you can get to your polling place 🗳 Includes: - 30m free on the bikes - Metro Micro, use the app instead of lyft/uber

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

Teen Vogue evolved into an incredible source of politics coverage under Lex, and is one of the founding members of the @19thnews.org Network. We frequently republish each other's work. This is a devastating loss.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! Today is the last day of our Flytrap subscription drive. The goal for today is 159 subscriptions! THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR THE 15% OFF DISCOUNT: the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp

First shared w/Reuters: The NAACP has sued Virginia state election officials, accusing them of disenfranchising students by rejecting voter registration forms from students that do not include details like dormitory names, room numbers and campus mailbox information. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Remember: Tech & Religion have *Always* influenced each other. In the West, they used to be explicitly the same thing; elsewhere in the world, they still are. Accepting & learning to parse those motivating values better equips us to understand— & counter— their resulting sociotechnical developments.

Reposting supportjamaica.gov.jm

Immigration can be used as leverage in abusive relationships: Weaponizing a lack of legal status, a threat to jeopardize proceedings or used to coerce someone to stay. This story illustrates how abusers are more empowered by anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions. www.thecut.com/article/husb...

"...the RSF appears intent on pursuing a scorched earth policy in el-Fasher, with the real extent of the atrocities likely only to become clear in the weeks ahead."

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We’re interested in hearing from folks who’ve been subject to this DNA collection, and in exploring ways to help people defend their rights. To help us learn more about the federal government's growing genetic surveillance powers, email us at [email protected].

"We certainly weren’t reliant on federal contracts to stay afloat. But after Trump’s second term began, the corporate anxiety about rocking the boat with our coverage became a constant." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

NEW EPISODE! This News is So Gay (10/22/25): Covering New LGBTQ+ Data & Uncovering Anti-Trans Consequences. Featuring: @jazzmyth.bsky.social (@19thnews.org), Hope Pisoni (@unclosetedmedia.bsky.social) & Ellen Knoppow (Freelance Journalist). thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/10/22/t...

ICE is detaining pregnant immigrants, against federal policy. "But the number is impossible to measure since Congress let lapse a requirement that ICE report how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants are in custody." 19thnews.org/2025/10/ice-...

did we ddos lawfare lol

A year ago I cofounded @theflytrapmedia.com w a bunch of extremely talented feminist writers/artists. We're celebrating our first year with a 15% sale for new subscribers, as we need 950 new + recurring readers to be able to pay ourselves this year + set us up for another year of feminist badassery.

i am sick but have to record a podcast so have been trying everything i can think of: sudafed, hot liquids, cold liquids, trampoline???

The EO attempting to restrict gender-affirming care also directed states and the DOJ to prioritize enforcing bans on female genital mutilation and cutting. Since then, anti-FGM/C advocates have found their urgent work to protect kids derailed by anti-trans policies. 19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...

The fight against female genital mutilation is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed. And as the White House and Republicans falsely conflate FGM with gender-affirming care, it’s only getting worse. New reporting from @jazzmyth.bsky.social and myself

There’s a lot to be upset about, and I don’t advise putting your head in the sand, but it is really bad for your brain to be mad all the time on a purely physiological level. If you possibly can, take time to put down the mad. It will help you think more clearly and remember why you’re doing this.

Think about how much time and money is spent on existential risk and potential AI harms like if it becomes sentient and gains access to the nuclear codes versus addressing real, well-documented and 100% predictable harms like abusing women

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

Miss Major was known as many things in her community — a caretaker for other Black trans women, a defender of the homeless and the incarcerated, and a Stonewall veteran who did not want the past to be used as an excuse for inaction. Read our full obituary here:

Doe v. Grindr was denied SCOTUS cert this morning. It concerned Section 230, invluding around harms stemming from a lack of age verification. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...

just putting it out into the universe that if you are trans and have had issues with any of the age verification implemented in the US or the UK, i'd love to hear about your experience. DM or signal me at jsmn.01

mr newsom pls, i'm holding my breath

“Women-led papers were more likely to be featured in local outlets than in national, international, or science-specialty media. They appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone” www.science.org/content/arti...

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

bluesky decentralization in action: - bluesky the corp bans a user - user’s data is alive on their blacksky PDS, an indie server - blacksky will deploy their own API server which will bring back the user to everyone else - user keeps their data, identity, followers. nothing is lost