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Bought a new computer and spent the past week disabling AI features. Here's what I've figured out so far. I am not a tech person, so feel free to add -- and I'd love to see a guide for the #WritingCommunity all in one place! Here goes: 1/

Five Questions for... Becca Grady — Elsewhere: A Journal of Place We continue our series of occasional short interviews with contributors and friends of Elsewhere with Becca Grady, whose writing featured in our Twilight issue.  What does home mean to you? ...

5 questions with @elsewherejournal.bsky.social

www.elsewhere-journal.com/blog/2026/1/...

A Theology of Smuggling In the early 1980s, in Tucson, activists and religious leaders joined forces to protect refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Their collaboration galvanized the Sanctuary Movement.

Great piece on the history of the sanctuary movement in Tucson! by @cetracey.bsky.social in @placesjournal.bsky.social
placesjournal.org/article/a-th...

A Year of California Part 2 in beaches and reading...

beccagrady.substack.com/p/a-year-of-...
California part two, a year in beaches and books:

California Part 1 A year in a few lists

A year of California in a few lists: open.substack.com/pub/beccagra...

Just another reason I subscribe to @propublica.org.

Here's my first Starter Pack.

This Starter Pack contains writers who completed Granta writing courses in memoir, nature writing, short fiction, and longform journalism. There's some amazing writers in here for you to follow and get to know.

If you're not sure how to phrase your comment - @aclu.org has written a great comment!

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport for Eligible Individuals: Correction, Name Change to Passport Issued 1 Year Ago or Less, and Limited Passport Replacem... The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we a...

And the third - here is the link for public comments against the discriminatory policy changes for US Passport Corrections.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: U.S. Passport Renewal Application for Eligible Individuals The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we a...

And the link to comment directly on the hateful and discriminatory policy changes to the US Passport renewal process: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we a...

Here is the direct links to comment on the discriminatory policy changes to the US Passport application process:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Hands Off Our Passports: Stop Attacking Transgender Americans The Trump administration is denying accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people – so I’m joining the ACLU to fight back. Urge the State Department to reject this dangerous attack on ou...

The Public Comment period for Trump's State Department policy change to deny accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people is open - please submit a comment! @aclu.org has put together all the links below:

action.aclu.org/reg-action/h...

"My favorite shade of blue is the sky at 6:15pm on March 1"
Since yesterday was that day, I released a video I made for "Black and White Cookie," the last song on my album Two Wires and a Spark. Full video is on my website! Marianrunk.com

#musiciansky #folkmusic #indiemusic

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.

You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.

My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.

www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

DHS Scraps Ban on Surveillance Based on Sexual Orientation (1) A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.

DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.

news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

so exciting! looking forward to reading this! 💙📚💙📚💙

I don’t know who the showrunner is on 2025 and I know we’re not that far into the season, but the writing feels really heavy-handed and honestly barely plausible so far

As you may have heard, most (not all) of the people who produce Outside magazine (and the website) were laid off on Thursday. The ex-ME has a complete archive of issues going all the way back to the 1970s. If anybody knows of a library that might want to house these, lemme know.

Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.

Big counter salvo!

Opinion | Let’s Hear It for the Coyote in Chicago Hiding in the Produce Aisle (Gift Article) The wild creatures who have adapted to our ways are adept at remaining out of sight. But they are here, and they will always be with us.

If we won’t make room for the wildness we live within, how can we possibly hope to save the wilderness? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...

after the rain at the San Diego creek, zoom in for flight and foam
#runviews

Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier

It's Zillow Toilet Day yes, it is.

In case you need Zillow humor today courtesy of @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/its-zillow...

A computer screen with a display showing output from an xray diffraction spectrometer.

Close up view showing fraction of metals. Fun stuff.

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

If you’re in the US, what’s your plan for maintaining your sanity through the incoming administration?

My favorite ideas so far: novels and poetry instead of doomscrolling, daily exercise (even 15 minutes is better than nothing), and maybe we don’t need to check the news more than 1x/day

congrats @sypgrant.bsky.social on your great piece in @antipodeonline.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉

Stuffed bird labelled SPLENDID WREN

Stuffed bird labelled LOVELY WREN

Stuffed bird labelled SUPERB BLUE WREN

tfw you love your job at the Bird Naming Factory

Camping ban enforcement in Maine highlights patchwork of solutions to homelessness • Source New Mexico Police across the U.S. are enforcing ordinances that advocates say will worsen homelessness and further deplete limited resources to help.

Local government policies to make the experience of living on the streets a crime are worsening the problem and depleting the limited resources to help homeless people said advocates and experts.

The third and final installment in the Camping Out series: https://buff.ly/409HpGX

LiLo 🎄 x @sabs.bsky.social @defector.bsky.social = 💫💫💫

targets, the District Court reasonably concluded that the balance of the equities tips toward preliminary relief pending full consideration of the merits. Its analysis of the last two preliminary injunction factors was not arbitrary or unreasonable. The court did not manifestly abuse its discretion, and its injunction was not overbroad. 156 Finally, both parties have submitted notices of supplemental authority, citing recent cases considering challenges to various laws regarding gender-affirming care. Without exception, the additional authority pertains to claims grounded in the equal protection clause or otherwise based on alleged unlawful discrimination. Some of the authorities also reference new developments in research and evidence that was not part of the record presented to the District Court in the preliminary injunction proceedings. Because, on the record here, the District Court's conclusions on Montana's express privacy protections are sufficient to uphold its preliminary injunction, we affirm on that basis. The parties will have the opportunity during the merits proceeding for full development of the record, where their experts may offer insight on any new research, and for briefing on the current case law relative to their claims. CONCLUSION 157 The District Court made no error of law and did not manifestly abuse its discretion. We affirm its grant of a preliminary injunction on the basis of Plaintiffs' right to privacy claim. The case will proceed to trial, at which point the District Court will finally resolve the disputed facts and issue a final determination on the constitutional issues presented. /S/ BETH BAKER 32 We Concur: /S/ MIKE McGRATH /S/ LAURIE MCKINNON /S/ INGRID GUSTAFSON /S/ DIRK M. SANDEFUR /S/ JAMES JEREMIAH SHEA

Incredible news! Montana’s Supreme Court just affirmed that the state’s gender affirming care ban is likely unconstitutional.

This makes the state the first state Supreme Court to rule that trans medical care is protected.

This applies REGARDLESS of what the US Supreme Court does.