jasmine mithani 🧿
@jazzmyth.bsky.social
gender, violence, tech & data @19thnews.org, reporting fellow @techpolicypress.bsky.social • queer, mixed race, disabled • reads a lot • she/her
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This story is based on a report by @prisonpolicy.org in partnership with @prisonflowproject.bsky.social.
Researchers identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish, including rules concerning damage of prison property, personal hygiene requirements and contraband restrictions.
Researchers identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish, including rules concerning damage of prison property, personal hygiene requirements and contraband restrictions.
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This story is based on a report by @prisonpolicy.org in partnership with @prisonflowproject.bsky.social.
Researchers identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish, including rules concerning damage of prison property, personal hygiene requirements and contraband restrictions.
Researchers identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish, including rules concerning damage of prison property, personal hygiene requirements and contraband restrictions.
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Incarcerated women and trans people in the U.S. are punished for their periods. They describe:
🟣 making their own tampons out of unsanitary items
🟣 facing penalties for having more tampons or pads than allowed
🟣 being humiliated by prison staff — yes, even women
My latest for @19thnews.org:
🟣 making their own tampons out of unsanitary items
🟣 facing penalties for having more tampons or pads than allowed
🟣 being humiliated by prison staff — yes, even women
My latest for @19thnews.org:
Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
Many incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.
19thnews.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Incarcerated women and trans people in the U.S. are punished for their periods. They describe:
🟣 making their own tampons out of unsanitary items
🟣 facing penalties for having more tampons or pads than allowed
🟣 being humiliated by prison staff — yes, even women
My latest for @19thnews.org:
🟣 making their own tampons out of unsanitary items
🟣 facing penalties for having more tampons or pads than allowed
🟣 being humiliated by prison staff — yes, even women
My latest for @19thnews.org:
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Who are your favorite academic experts on Gen Z?
I’m having a hard time finding people whose entire thesis isn’t that Gen Z just needs to look at their phones less and buck up. #JournoRequest
I’m having a hard time finding people whose entire thesis isn’t that Gen Z just needs to look at their phones less and buck up. #JournoRequest
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Who are your favorite academic experts on Gen Z?
I’m having a hard time finding people whose entire thesis isn’t that Gen Z just needs to look at their phones less and buck up. #JournoRequest
I’m having a hard time finding people whose entire thesis isn’t that Gen Z just needs to look at their phones less and buck up. #JournoRequest
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I love this guide to #alttext for charts by @jazzmyth.bsky.social. It goes *far* beyond the basics to cover #dataviz accessibility in depth: jazzmyth.beehiiv.com/p/an-opinion... If you like it, you can sign up for the data & feelings newsletter here: jazzmyth.beehiiv.com/subscribe
An Opinionated Guide To Alt-text
Personal preferences on one aspect of data visualization accessibility, plus updates from the past few months.
jazzmyth.beehiiv.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I love this guide to #alttext for charts by @jazzmyth.bsky.social. It goes *far* beyond the basics to cover #dataviz accessibility in depth: jazzmyth.beehiiv.com/p/an-opinion... If you like it, you can sign up for the data & feelings newsletter here: jazzmyth.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
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Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
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Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
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Are there any disability influencers you think would be especially good to talk to about gen Z and disability identity?
I just do not know this space. I am Too Offline.
I just do not know this space. I am Too Offline.
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Are there any disability influencers you think would be especially good to talk to about gen Z and disability identity?
I just do not know this space. I am Too Offline.
I just do not know this space. I am Too Offline.
Big companies can afford to implement age verification technology or tackle million-dollar liability lawsuits. Indie producers and individual performers can't. How these laws blocking adult content online are hurting queer workers in the adult industry: 19thnews.org/2025/09/age-...
Age verification on porn sites is putting queer adult industry workers at risk
The laws requiring digital age checks — sold as child protection — are tanking the income of adult industry workers, risking their safety and even forcing them out of business.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Big companies can afford to implement age verification technology or tackle million-dollar liability lawsuits. Indie producers and individual performers can't. How these laws blocking adult content online are hurting queer workers in the adult industry: 19thnews.org/2025/09/age-...
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was recently reminded of this, and now I pass it on: life's too short not to use your mute list
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
was recently reminded of this, and now I pass it on: life's too short not to use your mute list
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In her statement announcing her resignation, Marjorie Taylor Greene says "I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes and gets better." via @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/11/marj...
19thnews.org/2025/11/marj...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she'll resign in January
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who campaigned as a Trump loyalist, says she's disillusioned by him and the party.
19thnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
In her statement announcing her resignation, Marjorie Taylor Greene says "I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes and gets better." via @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/11/marj...
19thnews.org/2025/11/marj...
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Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away:
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
It *is* possible to get cross-jurisdictional and multi-police department Slack chats out of departments via public records requests. Here's a glimpse at the Chicago-area police Slack chat with people responding with the 👀 emoji to the news that there's been an ICE-involved shooting.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away:
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
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Over the years IRMS has become a trusted source for ground-breaking research on male supremacism. We offer five recommendations for scholars, journalists, and organizations on addressing male supremacist violence.
Read more at our latest impact report:
Read more at our latest impact report:
Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
IRMS is pleased to release it’s first-ever impact report, covering our founding in fall 2019 to summer 2025. Read here to learn about our work and our journey through the years.
www.theirms.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Over the years IRMS has become a trusted source for ground-breaking research on male supremacism. We offer five recommendations for scholars, journalists, and organizations on addressing male supremacist violence.
Read more at our latest impact report:
Read more at our latest impact report:
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There's a new bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, and it uses a tactic that's very similar to KOSA in hopes of holding social media platforms responsible for their recommendation algorithms. www.theverge.com/policy/82405...
Lawmakers want to let users sue over harmful social media algorithms
Section 230 is facing a new kind of attack.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There's a new bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, and it uses a tactic that's very similar to KOSA in hopes of holding social media platforms responsible for their recommendation algorithms. www.theverge.com/policy/82405...
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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!
But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!
The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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!
But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!
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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...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
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November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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...
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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...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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fairy tale astrology: cinderella
part 1 of a brand new series
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November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"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."
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D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in "Mar‑a‑Lago face" requests from Trump insiders
"[They] want to look like they had something done."
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"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."
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"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.
It’s women who are predominantly leading the movement.
Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
19thnews.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"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.
It’s women who are predominantly leading the movement.
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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!)
(Asking for teaching, TIA!)
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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!)
(Asking for teaching, TIA!)
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