I was hoping somebody was! I am greatly reassured. #arf
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Kay Whitlock
Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"; "Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture"; and "Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform."
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Such an important conversation with @silkys13.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.
Puff the Magic HaterIn my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.
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A state sales tax break for data centers, once estimated to cost $15M a year, could soon cost Kentucky billions of dollars due to much larger new hyperscale data centers. No data center in Kentucky has qualified for these breaks yet, and other states are carefully reassessing similar incentives.
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new from @jkangbrown.bsky.social www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/07...
The federal system: A patchwork of agencies rapidly expanding federal surveillance and punishmentBecause it is so fragmented, the federal system can be particularly hard to understand, which only makes it harder to change effectively through policy. We ...www.prisonpolicy.org⟳ Репост от Kay Whitlock
In 1969, the Black Panthers launched their legendary Free Breakfast Program for Children. In a 1969 Senate hearing, the federal school lunch program administrator admitted, "I don’t think [the gov't] wanted to be outdone by a community-based organization, especially the Panthers." Learn more here:
The Free Breakfast Program for ChildrenIn 1969, three years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the Panthers launched into community services, including the highly successful Free Breakfast P...millionexperiments.com
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"After disproportionate contact with law enforcement, unaccommodating courts, and unequipped jails, almost half a million people with disabilities end up locked up in state prisons on a given day — accounting for 40% of state prison populations ... and 50% of women's state prison populations."
Chronic Punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisonsNew data shows that people in prison have greater healthcare needs than most.www.prisonpolicy.orgPrison Policy InitiativeFrom hearing to vision-related disabilities, incarcerated people have much higher rates of disability compared to the general US adult population.
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You can still join co-authors @jmogul.bsky.social, @dreanyc123.bsky.social, & @kwhitlock.bsky.social for 2 more sessions of the reading group for their book Queer (In)Justice! 🕰️ 7-9 pm ET/ 6-8 pm CT/ 5-7 pm MT/ 4-6 PT 🗓️ July 30, & August 31 📍 Online Register at: bit.ly/IC-QIJ