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Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...www.propublica.org

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

A faith group that hosted a call with Todd Blanche — who assured listeners of his commitment to make Dobbs “permanent in every single state” — insisted it was off-the-record…then posted it on YouTube 🤔

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.www.politico.com

I did not work countless hours in an ICU full of proned patients and go back to my hotel crying because we lost more patients in a day than a typical week to hear a moron with a worm in his brain say that the ICU's were empty. I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY.

If Jennings is the ally he claims to be, he would use his celebrity and privilege to get this lady her account back.

When we say that the Israeli gov is cruel at its core, and that it in fact finds joy in its cruelty, we are talking about things like wishing to surround Palestinian prisoners with literal crocodiles. There is no end to this if Israel itself never faces political and economic consequences.

you don't have shame? don't worry we'll be ashamed for you

“Weizman shows how Israel’s invasion of Gaza included an intentional, systematic plan of destroying the conditions for Palestinian life and rebuilding the land into something available for Israeli resettlement.” I review Eyal Weizman’s new book @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/g...

The Architecture of Israel’s Genocide in GazaA new book describes the destruction of Palestinian life street by street.foreignpolicy.com

Many people asked me early on: if ICE seems to just be rounding up random brown people on the street, why are they on a shopping spree for massive amounts of surveillance capabilities. The answer was always for this.

He frequently shows a strong disgust reaction which has been associated with more conservative political positions & bias towards out groups (perceiving them as lesser-than and contaminating) www.jstor.org/stable/27142...

Paramount execs bribed the FCC into giving approval for their acquisitions and megamergers? (And nobody was surprised, not even a little bit) www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From ParamountCiting a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...www.propublica.org

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

The caddie literally just tosses a fucking ball on the ground for Trump while never looking back

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As his power wanes further, he will get more and more erratic. If the midterms go as poorly for him as expected, and especially if Republicans lose the Senate, expect his irrationality to hit full tilt.

Anybody at @moderation.bsky.app want to try to explain why they suspended @matthewcort.land, ANOTHER of the most prominent people out here fighting for disabled and marginalized people? Like… are y'all planning to suspend/ban literally every disabled legal scholar/policy worker out here, orrrr…?

Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes

Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to deathExclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clotheswww.theguardian.com

What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.

"excuse me sir, have you heard about our lord and savior jesus christ?"

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

I'm curious about what my fellow U.S. historians think about this essay. For me, it makes a compelling argument and goes hand-in-hand with recent efforts to refer to the Union Army as the "U.S. Army." #skystorians www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)To face our own history, we must be honest about it.www.nytimes.com