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Rachel Haimowitz

@rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social

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Restorative market farmer & genre novelist. Owner of @riptidepublishing.bsky.social and Healthy Plantet Homestead. Jersey gal transplant to WNC. Proudly Jewish (free Palestine!), queer, & AudDHD. She/her.

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Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · Jun 22

A long thread of #lgbtq romance novels I love across genres and pairings :)

Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · Jun 22

Ok so all of these are @riptidepublishing.bsky.social books because that's where I work and so what I've widely read, and also the quality there is just *chef's kiss*

Fluff: Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. F/F contemp: Night Life by @sjhartsfield.bsky.social.

Cover art for Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. Two young men lying beneath a white blanket with pastel pawprints on it, the top halves of their faces peeking out. Between them is an orange cat, also with the top half of its face peeking out.

Cover art for Night Life by SJ Hartsfield, featuring a drawing of a city skyline against a starry night. The windows in the skyscrapers are in the colors of the bisexual flag (pink, purple, blue), and one set of windows forms a heart.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 18h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 17h

This butch Chicana lesbian helped end LA’s ‘anti-masquerading’ law.

Arrested dozens of times in the 1940s and ’50s for wearing pants, Nancy Valverde fought back and opened a barbershop that became a queer safe haven.

This butch Chicana lesbian helped end LA's 'anti-masquerading' law

Arrested dozens of times in the 1940s and '50s for wearing pants, Nancy Valverde fought back and opened a barbershop that became a queer safe haven.

lapublicpress.org

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · 2h

There was a period fairly early on in the Covid pandemic when our local hospital system, owned by HCA Healthcare, literally *would not let* their workers wear masks b/c they didn't want to create panic.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 16h

when work makes people sick and insists on making them sicker by denying the right of protection and there is no safety net --- consider other people.
via @thesicktimes.org

Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking - The Sick Times

While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workpla...

thesicktimes.org

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 15h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban, marking a major win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who argue the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting.

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 13h

So glad we’re burning down rainforests and drying up lakes to help total losers masturbate in an entirely new way

The Verge @theverge.com · 17h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 13h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 11h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10h

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.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 9h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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"All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff
should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement.
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student newspaper's content

The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 9h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 8h

Venezuela is 3,000 miles away and this boat had a range of 250 these were likely fisherman or a family killed to appease our Pedophile dictator who is mad that a Venezuelan got a prize he is way too stupid and evil to ever be qualified for. Pedophiles are always pathetic.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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the well bitch 🔞 @thewellbitch.bsky.social · 6h

And what do Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and all the other payment processors say about this? Or is adult content just not allowed to be commercialized by independent artists and sex workers?

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 9h

OpenAI CEO announces they will soon allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1d

Who needs a billion dollars? Much less hundreds of billions…?

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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 1d

Apparently, the Coast Guard is getting paid.

- Do we know where the money is coming from?
- Apparently, R&D funds.

- Is this legal?
- Probably not, but that doesn't mean anything.

-Is this only for this paycheck, if the shutdown lasts?
- No clue.

www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas...

www.news.uscg.mil

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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 1d

Resisting arrest has long been used as a “cover charge” by police (in Chicago and elsewhere) after they use force against someone, as I reported back in 2018: www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-poli...

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