JCJB
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Represented by Jas Perry of Looking Glass literary| Black graphic novelist/illustrator/fantast| Highlights Diversity fellow| VONA 2017| cat enthusiast
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The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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By the way, that happened in Indiana. Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country, and it’s really bad for Black women. In 2021, Black women in Indiana had a maternal mortality rate that was 73% higher than white women.
A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labour. This is after a video circulated of a Black woman who was dismissed from a hospital, only to give birth in her truck minutes later on the side of the road.
A woman gave birth 8 minutes after a hospital turned her away. A bill aims to stop that from happening again.
The legislation seeks to stop Black women from suffering during and after childbirth and hold hospitals accountable, according to bill language obtained exclusively by NBC News.
nbcnews.to
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
By the way, that happened in Indiana. Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country, and it’s really bad for Black women. In 2021, Black women in Indiana had a maternal mortality rate that was 73% higher than white women.
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Blambot's Cyber Week sale is coming! Are you ready for the biggest sale of the year? From December 1st to 8th, 2025, save 25% off your orders! Stay tuned!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Blambot's Cyber Week sale is coming! Are you ready for the biggest sale of the year? From December 1st to 8th, 2025, save 25% off your orders! Stay tuned!!
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Cool, cool, so what about —
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Cool, cool, so what about —
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Hello, I’m from Gaza.
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hello, I’m from Gaza.
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
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Some writers have support from a spouse or a parent. Or have zero debt. So they can afford to do more. This is important to remember when we compare ourselves to others.
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Some writers have support from a spouse or a parent. Or have zero debt. So they can afford to do more. This is important to remember when we compare ourselves to others.
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
I hosted a party and someone said, "Everyone here is a writer but me." I said, "Every writer here has a real job."
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Muhammad. Muhammad was an accountant prior to this but his workplace was destroyed and his home severely damaged. He’s hoping to leave Gaza with his family including his daughters Iman, 5 and Lian, 6 so that they can get a better education.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Muhammad. Muhammad was an accountant prior to this but his workplace was destroyed and his home severely damaged. He’s hoping to leave Gaza with his family including his daughters Iman, 5 and Lian, 6 so that they can get a better education.
Why should anyone buy anything made in the US atp?
The FDA has suddenly dropped a proposed rule to require asbestos testing in cosmetics.
The rule would've set up testing to identify cancer-causing asbestos in talc-containing products.
Contamination has repeatedly been found in talc-based cosmetics before.
www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
The rule would've set up testing to identify cancer-causing asbestos in talc-containing products.
Contamination has repeatedly been found in talc-based cosmetics before.
www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
FDA drops proposed rule on asbestos testing in cosmetics
• Agency abruptly withdraws plan to require standardized asbestos testing
• Move contradicts congressional mandate in 2022 cosmetics reform law
• Health
www.consumeraffairs.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Why should anyone buy anything made in the US atp?
Thinking about the Kenma pov from the Haikyuu movie again...
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thinking about the Kenma pov from the Haikyuu movie again...
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PFAS exposure has been shown to decrease fertility; increase high blood pressure during pregnancy, increase the rate of prostate, kidney, and testicular cancers; increase cholesterol levels; disrupt hormones; reduce immune response; and cause developmental effects or delays in children. Fun times!
"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
PFAS exposure has been shown to decrease fertility; increase high blood pressure during pregnancy, increase the rate of prostate, kidney, and testicular cancers; increase cholesterol levels; disrupt hormones; reduce immune response; and cause developmental effects or delays in children. Fun times!
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Annie Cacciato of Newark, Ohio never smoked, yet died of lung cancer in 2021.
The cause was elevated radon. Newark has the highest concentration of radon nationwide.
Scroll for your radon level by zip code, city or county.
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The cause was elevated radon. Newark has the highest concentration of radon nationwide.
Scroll for your radon level by zip code, city or county.
@maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com: bit.ly/4iuZN4Z
@wtap.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Annie Cacciato of Newark, Ohio never smoked, yet died of lung cancer in 2021.
The cause was elevated radon. Newark has the highest concentration of radon nationwide.
Scroll for your radon level by zip code, city or county.
@maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com: bit.ly/4iuZN4Z
@wtap.com
The cause was elevated radon. Newark has the highest concentration of radon nationwide.
Scroll for your radon level by zip code, city or county.
@maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com: bit.ly/4iuZN4Z
@wtap.com
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one Luigi special!
order up!
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United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage
Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
one Luigi special!
order up!
order up!
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It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
Please, please do our reader survey
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Capitalism requires that we (working class people) "earn a living", which implies that we actually don't deserve to live unless we "earn" it by letting our surplus values be exploited by the capitalist ruling class. And this is all while having more than enough food, housing, etc., for everyone!
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Capitalism requires that we (working class people) "earn a living", which implies that we actually don't deserve to live unless we "earn" it by letting our surplus values be exploited by the capitalist ruling class. And this is all while having more than enough food, housing, etc., for everyone!
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A Palestinian documented the condition of his tent before and after the rainfall today, highlighting how already difficult living conditions worsened afterward.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A Palestinian documented the condition of his tent before and after the rainfall today, highlighting how already difficult living conditions worsened afterward.
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Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share
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April 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share
gofund.me/a5ee0064
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Settler colonialist states are all the same
"Oct. 15 action in Calgary saw workers lined up outside the construction."
"The action came as reports of [ICE's] raids on workplaces dominated the news."
"Canada has been removing record numbers of people from the country."
#Alberta #Canada #Labour #Policing #Immigration #Deportation
"The action came as reports of [ICE's] raids on workplaces dominated the news."
"Canada has been removing record numbers of people from the country."
#Alberta #Canada #Labour #Policing #Immigration #Deportation
Is Canada Adopting ICE Anti-Migrant Tactics?
A raid on a major Calgary construction site has raised serious questions about the government's approach.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Settler colonialist states are all the same
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
"A reminder that the representation conversation can be a trap and that attempting to define Black characters in cinema as either materially positive or negative is a failure of imagination. Black revolutionaries, on screen and off, can not be irrefutable monuments to what Blackness should be."
Finally. My big 2800 word essay about One Battle After Another and its black women characters is live. www.vulture.com/article/blac...
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"A reminder that the representation conversation can be a trap and that attempting to define Black characters in cinema as either materially positive or negative is a failure of imagination. Black revolutionaries, on screen and off, can not be irrefutable monuments to what Blackness should be."
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if anyone else wants to watch, you can stream it here 🫶🏽
Soundtrack To A Coup DEtat (2024)
YouTube video by Roguemango
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November 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
if anyone else wants to watch, you can stream it here 🫶🏽
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For scale: I spent eleven days in the maximum security wing of a local county lockup before a judge heard my case and moved me to min. I had one hour out of the cell a day. The cell was small. There was a speaker in the ceiling. By the end I was talking to the speaker and spending hours each day
Rejon Taylor was one of 37 people on federal death row whose death sentence was commuted by then-President Biden. This year, he learned the Trump administration was sending him to a supermax prison once called a “clean version of hell.”
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For scale: I spent eleven days in the maximum security wing of a local county lockup before a judge heard my case and moved me to min. I had one hour out of the cell a day. The cell was small. There was a speaker in the ceiling. By the end I was talking to the speaker and spending hours each day
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Had a good chat with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for the @404media.co podcast. Got a chance to talk about how tech companies main pitch changed from “you exchange some surveillance for services” to “we get to spy on you all the time and it’s good, actually.”
Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)
Podcast Episode · The 404 Media Podcast · 11/24/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Had a good chat with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for the @404media.co podcast. Got a chance to talk about how tech companies main pitch changed from “you exchange some surveillance for services” to “we get to spy on you all the time and it’s good, actually.”