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On Feb. 2, a group of women incarcerated at the Perryville state prison in Arizona went on a hunger strike following an alleged assault by a prison guard. A young woman in the Santa Cruz Unit, Sherry Shadle-Fryer, reported being violently held down on her bed during a cell search by the officer. The alleged […]

The post We Organized a Hunger Strike at an Arizona Women’s Prison. Here’s What We Gained. appeared first on Prison Journalism Project.

Early in the morning, on July 4, I was jolted awake by steaming coffee. I needed the caffeine to begin my intense exercise routine, which I complete six days a week.

The post What My Intense Daily Prison Workout Looks Like appeared first on Prison Journalism Project.

“Imagination works both ways in time. So let’s take a ten-year trip in the opposite direction. Let’s go to the past and visit ten-years-ago you. To imagine dramatic change in the future, it can help to remind yourself just how much has already changed in your life. When you’re ready, I want you to picture […]

NEW: Citation Oil & Gas is named more often than any other company in Oklahoma’s database of oil field pollution incidents and violations — listed more than 1,000 times over the past decade.

The state’s oil regulator has never punished the company.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-pollution-citation-violations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Pollution #Data #Regulation #Environment

A: Hey, I just saw all the Halloween decorations you put up in the front yard. B: Pretty cool, huh? A: No. It’s not pretty cool. Why did you get only child-sized skeletons? And why so many of them? B: I thought our decorations should tell a story this year. A: Okay, well now...

Jess Asato’s public campaigning for victims of online abuse put her in the crosshairs of Grok’s deepfake scandal. Then the UK member of parliament became a victim of the abuse herself.

Charles Kelley admits he didn't expect the side effects of treatment to be so brutal. Continue reading…

Ford wants to make powering your home with an EV a lot cheaper. Its upcoming sub-$30,000 Fathom electric truck will feature a new bidirectional charging system that ditches the need for an expensive external inverter.

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Lectric eBikes, the largest electric bike company in the US by just about any metric you can measure, has just unveiled its latest model: the Lectric XP Lite3. And with a starting price of just $799, the new lightweight folding electric bike is continuing the company’s tradition of packing surprisingly impressive features into remarkably affordable e-bikes.

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Road closures are coming to Beacon, NY, this week, and it's not because of construction! Find out which section of Main Street will be impacted and when traffic will return to normal. Continue reading…

Live sports piracy service Streamed, which offered streams to many pirate sites, has surprisingly shut down. Its operators posted a brief farewell message without further detail, pointing visitors to five alternative sites. Earlier this month, the MPA marked the service as a growing threat in its submission to the U.S. Trade Representative.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Live sports piracy service Streamed, which offered streams to many pirate sites, has surprisingly shut down. Its operators posted a brief farewell message without further detail, pointing visitors to five alternative sites. Earlier this month, the MPA marked the service as a growing threat in its submission to the U.S. Trade Representative.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Former FBI Director James Comey declared himself “still innocent” after President Donald Trump’s Justice Department charged him again, but warned that the “next couple years are gonna be hard.”

Comey made the remarks Monday in a video on his Substack, titled “Yet another case in DC.”

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden unsealed the case in Washington the same day, according to his order.

“This case is the government’s third attempt to prosecute Mr. Comey within the last 13 months,” his lawyers wrote in an Oct. 16 motion to dismiss the new charges.

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It's pretty safe to say that old Ronny Jackson has been through the wringer when it comes to scandals and disgrace. Still, he has remained devoutly and especially financially loyal to his favorite president ever, even though Donald Trump doesn't always return the admiration...

President Donald Trump lashed out at former President Barack Obama for overlooking “filth” after Obama mocked Trump’s White House renovations as a Cheesecake Factory opened by a dictator. Trump made the remarks Monday when a reporter traveling with him asked whether he...

Michigan senatorial candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed showed that he can dish it out as good as he can take it when he took on Trump's blatant bigotry and Islamophobia head-on during a speech at a rally: I get that the President of the United States takes personal offense to my...

Above, Ben E. King performs, Stand By Me. King recorded it on this day in 1960. Today we are asking everyone to stand by each other. We got a week to go, we can do this!

I Fucking Love Australia wants us to finish the eff'ing job, mates.

Blue Virginia is doing some Get-Out-The-Vote work 8 days before the election.

Max's Dad shows us the 2026 election view from Nebraska.

The Present Age notes that the Patriot Act turned 25 on Monday.

Bonus Track: Colossal wishes we were here; I wish someone would send these postcards to me!

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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