forgot to post this here, but over the weekend for Slate: i wrote about wrote about how extreme heat caused by climate change is affecting our ability to walk outdoors.

The Best, Easiest Form of Exercise Is Under Threat

Record temperatures are making walking dangerous.

If you paid attention to the people who were inspired by #MeToo to name those who had sexually abused them, you should now pay attention to the ugly backlash that's been brewing: the accused are suing their victims to silence them https://theintercept.com/2023/07/22/metoo-defamation-lawsuits-slapp/

Years After #MeToo, Defamation Cases Increasingly Target Victims Who Can’t Afford to Speak Out

Sexual abuse victims without the resources to fight off defamation lawsuits may feel forced to recant their accusations or never speak up.

death of twitter would be so much funnier if i didn't need it to make money

I played a small part in this investigation, along with like a dozen other people, most of whom I don’t think are on here! Go read

75 years of government negligence of Manhattan Project waste in suburban St. Louis, just in time for Oppenheimer https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/12/st-louis-radioactive-waste-records/

Records reveal 75 years of government downplaying, ignoring risks of St. Louis radioactive waste •...

For decades, the federal government downplayed or failed to fully investigate the risks of nuclear waste contamination in St. Louis County.

“If you don’t have access to health care, then it’s not a right, it’s a privilege.”

Minnesota Stands Out in Midwest on Abortion

After ‘Dobbs,’ state lawmakers moved decisively to liberalize reproductive rights laws.

Good take Harry son

thinking yet again of this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye: No Explosions To enjoy fireworks you would have to have lived a different kind of life

Rewatching Nimona would probably fix me almost as much as “housing security” and “a full time job” would

@tashakaminsky.bsky.social you were uhhh skeeting about this right