sighing into the void ✨

Health(care). Human Rights. (Im)migration. Feminism. Foreign Policy. Progressive Politics. Public Policy. Podcasts. Puppies. Etc.

[Rayane Moussallem @RioMoussallem]

Dina Darwiche, a UNHCR employee, has been killed alongside her son Jad in an Israeli strike that hit their residential building in Bekaa, Lebanon😞

[MSF International @MSF]

The scale and intensity of Israel's four-day incursion in Jenin is very alarming. Israeli forces keep obstructing access to health facilities blocking and even targeting ambulances, delaying people’s access to care.

[Rice University @RiceUniversity]

RICE ALERT: Rice has activated a call center to support the Rice community in a time of need. https://t.co/7bOGTO8ZKq

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

@joeywags83 @HoustonChron Boycott them how, exactly? They are the public utility provider. Even if you get your electricity plan from a different company, Centerpoint is still the one operating the infrastructure and selling the electricity to the other entities.

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

@kuhl_blitz @HoustonChron Also, there was massive wind damage and widespread power outages where Harvey made landfall (Rockport, Port Aransas, Corpus), but that area doesn’t have anywhere near the population size/density of Houston. Harvey is just not a good point of comparison for this storm.

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

@kuhl_blitz @HoustonChron Harvey made landfall about 150 miles further south than Beryl, then went back out into the Gulf. By the time it swung up toward Houston, it was a much weaker, wetter, and slower-moving tropical storm, which led to the devastating flooding.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

I mean, at a core level, listening to us lawyers is of no more use here. We are beyond "law." We are beyond principles we studied or researched.

We can only tell you what they've done. Experts on fascism and authoritarianism can tell you how to stop the Court.

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

@saracress It’s a lemon lime maranta! :)

[Allyn West @allynwest]

Today in @ChronOpinion I take the controversial position that more trees and fewer cars in time is better than fewer trees and more cars for now

Free link:

https://t.co/4zIAXh5qnm

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

I started listening to @karaswisher’s ‘Burn Book’ yesterday and only have ~30 min left. I’ve laughed. I’ve cried. I’ve been plagued by a persistent, gnawing unease/anxiety about mortality and loss. I’ve been inspired and picked up new nuggets of wisdom… I don’t want it to end.

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

!!!!

[WIRED @WIRED]

EXCLUSIVE: A WIRED analysis of data leaked from the surveillance company formerly known as Shotspotter reveals the secret locations of 25,580 gunshot detection microphones.

Check our interactive map to see if there's a sensor mounted near you. https://t.co/lfKLPgXjDu

[Christopher Ingraham🦗 @_cingraham]

Reports say LA Times is losing $40 million a year. Its owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, has an estimated net worth of about $5 billion. Even if he never makes another penny he could cover those losses every year for a century and still have more than $1 billion left over in the bank.

[Jeremy Wallace @JeremySWallace]

I can't believe I'm saying this. But, Uvalde was even worse than we've been told.

We knew about the 376 cops on the scene who did not go into the class for 77 mins.

Assoc Attorney Gen Gupta today said the "pain, failures & missteps" did not end when they finally went in.

[sighing into the void ✨ @ladaw89]

@saracress What….

[Michael Hardy @mkerrhardy]

Lordy, there are tapes. The @Hou_Landing story gets even worse. Kudos to @willsommer and @washingtonpost

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

Of the more than 2,200 sexual assaults reported to Harris County's largest law enforcement agencies over the course of nearly two years, 60 led to convictions while hundreds more remain unresolved, a new report shows. https://t.co/yXL4Q97ERS

[Michael Barajas @michaelsbarajas]

in 2019, this kind of rhetoric demonizing immigrants inspired a white supremacist to drive 10 hours from a Dallas suburb to the border city of El Paso to carry out the deadliest attack on Latinos in recent US history

[Zach Despart @zachdespart]

Shame on @Hou_Landing leadership for firing Alex, one of the best reporters in Texas. A disservice to Houston readers and the rest of the newsroom, which has punched above its weight since launching.

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

Texas tops list as worst state to seek mental health care https://t.co/FINdUwUvpG

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

Those defending ambiguous medical exceptions in abortion bans regularly suggest that the problem is not the ambiguities, but doctors narrowly construing them.

And yet, here’s Texas AG Ken Paxton threatening doctors with civil and criminal liability for FOLLOWING A COURT ORDER.