Amanda Unvarnished

This is exactly the kind of society the reactionary majority on the Supreme Court wants: Every business in the country gets to claim they are engaging in expressive behavior and then discriminate against whatever protected group they don’t like – because “free speech.”

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article277196783.html

—@tzimmer_history

The intersection of data-hungry private social media networks and misogynist government policy that criminalizes ethical conduct.

Nebraska Mom Pleads Guilty to Giving Abortion Pills to Her Teen Daughter

Both the mother and the now-adult daughter face prison time; the latter could face up to two years in prison.

Evidence came from private FB messages turned over by Meta in response to a warrant.

https://jezebel.com/nebraska-mom-pleads-guilty-to-giving-abortion-pills-to-1850621217

—@jbe

I was lucky during the flooding yesterday and other people were not as lucky. If you are in Vermont and need help, if you are in Vermont and can offer help, or if you want to help from a distance, this crowdsourced document is a pretty good place to start. #VermontFlooding #MutualAid #VTflood23

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqJUO2ThkSebFryKL1UXuefQQM2LNs4A-NQ73go2KFw/edit

—@jessamyn

New Post: Blindness Briefs – Edition 80 https://www.worldblindherald.com/blindness-briefs-edition-80

—@worldblindherald

How to eject an SMB share from the iOS files app: press eject from the rotor. Then try from the context menu. Kill the app, restart the app, restart the phone because the app won’t come up, try again. Repeat 3 times. Turn on airplane mode. Go back into the ejected folder and hit the more button. It’s finally gone.

—@tspivey

A teen died in a sawmill accident as Republicans push to roll back child labor laws

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2023/07/teen-sawmill-accident-republicans-child-labor-laws/

>Department of Labor statistics show a steady uptick in child labor violations in recent years.

#VoteOutTheGOP
#votebluetoendthisnightmare
#VoteBlueExceptRFKandCornelWest

—@pivoinebleue