Megan McShea
@meganmcshea.bsky.social
Lead Archivist, https://www.afrocharities.org/
Sunday poet
Baltimorean
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https://megan-mcshea.github.io
Sunday poet
Baltimorean
she/her
Shea rhymes with day
https://megan-mcshea.github.io
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9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
styleguide.transjournalists.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
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if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
80 percent!
An astonishing 80 percent of the Louisiana's death sentences between 1976 and 2015 were later reversed.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
He’s Been On Louisiana’s Death Row for Decades. A Judge Just Vacated His Conviction.
Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now under threat from the state’s Republican leadership.
boltsmag.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
80 percent!
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Big news today: Chris Duncan, who spent decades on Louisiana's death row on 'junk science' until his conviction was overturned this spring, is being released today.
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Big news today: Chris Duncan, who spent decades on Louisiana's death row on 'junk science' until his conviction was overturned this spring, is being released today.
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
I haven't seen it reported this way, but my theory is that Trump fired Carla Hayden so he could have his hand-picked replacement at LOC fire Perlmutter, and that she was the real target all along bc of work to reign in IP violations of AI
JUST IN: #SCOTUS will permit US copyright chief Shira Perlmutter to remain in post for several months more despite Trump's effort to oust her. Thomas dissents as court punts admin's emergency appeal 'til after rulings on FTC/Slaughter & Fed/Cook Earlier: www.politico.com/live-updates...
Appeals court, weighing Trump’s Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief
Shira Perlmutter sued the Trump administration following her May dismissal.
www.politico.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I haven't seen it reported this way, but my theory is that Trump fired Carla Hayden so he could have his hand-picked replacement at LOC fire Perlmutter, and that she was the real target all along bc of work to reign in IP violations of AI
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Baltimore, MD: PT Archives & Records Management Technician (short-term contract), Baltimore City Archives
Baltimore, MD: PT Archives & Records Management Technician (short-term contract), Baltimore City Archives
archivesgig.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Baltimore, MD: PT Archives & Records Management Technician (short-term contract), Baltimore City Archives
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Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Recently I was eating at a sushi bar and a guy delivering for grubhub came in and sat down to wait for his order - listening to something very chaotic on his phone at full volume in this tiny restaurant
Currently the social penalties for playing content on your phone in airports without headphones on are not nearly harsh enough
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Recently I was eating at a sushi bar and a guy delivering for grubhub came in and sat down to wait for his order - listening to something very chaotic on his phone at full volume in this tiny restaurant
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Statement From ALA: Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #libraries
Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
www.ala.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Statement From ALA: Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #libraries
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The reason 300,000 Mississippians do not have health care through Medicaid expansion today is because the Supreme Court interfered with a president's signature policy.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The reason 300,000 Mississippians do not have health care through Medicaid expansion today is because the Supreme Court interfered with a president's signature policy.
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Come through @redemmas.org 11/28 and hang w/ @baltimoredsa.org for a screening of WTO/99 and discussion with @prophetkotto.bsky.social, @jessdouglas.bsky.social, and @bsoderberg.bsky.social!
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Come through @redemmas.org 11/28 and hang w/ @baltimoredsa.org for a screening of WTO/99 and discussion with @prophetkotto.bsky.social, @jessdouglas.bsky.social, and @bsoderberg.bsky.social!
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
$10-$15 suggested donation to @baltlegal.bsky.social: bit.ly/WTOBALT
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/wto-99
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
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Baltimore, MD: 2026 Spring Intern – Records Shelf Survey Assistant, Baltimore City Archives & Records Management Center
Baltimore, MD: 2026 Spring Intern – Records Shelf Survey Assistant, Baltimore City Archives & Records Management Center
archivesgig.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Baltimore, MD: 2026 Spring Intern – Records Shelf Survey Assistant, Baltimore City Archives & Records Management Center
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
For a second I thought they were gonna share Prince's library card data, like stuff he checked out of the library, and I was very excited
Let’s Go Crazy (at the Library): Hennepin County Reveals Prince Library Card (via @mspmag.bsky.social) mspmag.com/arts-and-cul... #libraries #librarycards #music
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For a second I thought they were gonna share Prince's library card data, like stuff he checked out of the library, and I was very excited
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BREAKING: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt stops the scheduled execution of Tremane Wood today, commuting his sentence to life without parole.
In doing so, Stitt accepted the recommendation of the Pardon and Parole Board. This is Stitt’s second death-sentence commutation as governor.
In doing so, Stitt accepted the recommendation of the Pardon and Parole Board. This is Stitt’s second death-sentence commutation as governor.
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
BREAKING: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt stops the scheduled execution of Tremane Wood today, commuting his sentence to life without parole.
In doing so, Stitt accepted the recommendation of the Pardon and Parole Board. This is Stitt’s second death-sentence commutation as governor.
In doing so, Stitt accepted the recommendation of the Pardon and Parole Board. This is Stitt’s second death-sentence commutation as governor.
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Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's temporary restraining order governing conditions in Broadview's ICE facility is in.
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's temporary restraining order governing conditions in Broadview's ICE facility is in.
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
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WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …
"It has really become a prison."
"It has really become a prison."
DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
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Geuvara says she is testifying from Honduras. She says she has a 9-month-old baby and a 5-year-old girl — and they are living in Chicago with her brother.
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Geuvara says she is testifying from Honduras. She says she has a 9-month-old baby and a 5-year-old girl — and they are living in Chicago with her brother.
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Felipe Agustin Zamacona is now testifying in U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's courtroom about conditions in the ICE facility in west suburban Broadview.
Brady turns to the claim that there were 150 people in Gonzalez's holding cell. Gonzalez tells her the cell "was packed."
Brady: "Do you agree that you were speculating b/c you did not count them?"
Gonzalez: "Yes, but there were a lot of people."
His testimony is done.
Brady: "Do you agree that you were speculating b/c you did not count them?"
Gonzalez: "Yes, but there were a lot of people."
His testimony is done.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Felipe Agustin Zamacona is now testifying in U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's courtroom about conditions in the ICE facility in west suburban Broadview.
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Pablo Moreno Gonzalez is testifying in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman about the conditions inside the ICE facility in west suburban Broadview.
Gonzalez says he is 56 and was born in Mexico but has lived in Chicago for 35 years.
Gonzalez says he is 56 and was born in Mexico but has lived in Chicago for 35 years.
Pablo Moreno Gonzalez is on the witness stand. Will start a new thread for his testimony.
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pablo Moreno Gonzalez is testifying in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman about the conditions inside the ICE facility in west suburban Broadview.
Gonzalez says he is 56 and was born in Mexico but has lived in Chicago for 35 years.
Gonzalez says he is 56 and was born in Mexico but has lived in Chicago for 35 years.
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NEW: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is committing $62M so that SNAP participants get full benefits in November.
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Moore: Maryland will ensure full SNAP benefits in November
More than 680,000 Marylanders — nearly 40% of them children — receive SNAP benefits each month to help keep food on the table. The average benefit is $180.
www.thebanner.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
NEW: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is committing $62M so that SNAP participants get full benefits in November.
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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"Which financial products are most likely to attract predatory practices? Auto loans, payday loans, mortgages, credit repair services and a host of fintech products are prime candidates." #CFPB #SaveCFPB
www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...
www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...
Trump’s Gutting Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Leaving The Public Vulnerable To Abuses
A massive dismantling of the financial regulator created to protect consumers is underway, affecting everything from auto lending and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports.
www.forbes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Which financial products are most likely to attract predatory practices? Auto loans, payday loans, mortgages, credit repair services and a host of fintech products are prime candidates." #CFPB #SaveCFPB
www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...
www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...
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In this study of 220 #trans adolescents who received gender affirming medical care, only 4% expressed any regret about treatment, and half of those continued with treatment, suggesting the benefits outweighed the downsides.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
November 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In this study of 220 #trans adolescents who received gender affirming medical care, only 4% expressed any regret about treatment, and half of those continued with treatment, suggesting the benefits outweighed the downsides.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432272