NYPD to fully encrypt police radio scanner as press, NY pols push back at total blackout

The NYPD is set to fully encrypt its radio broadcasts by the end of next year as part of a nearly $400 million planned system upgrade.

Kingdom of Days: September 22 | E Street Shuffle

Indiana, South Carolina Abortion Bans Take Effect, Further Decimating Access

Plus: Political reporters are letting anti-abortion candidates off the hook again and again on this one essential question

Ken Paxton's Impeachment Exposes a Patriarchy in Crisis

The good ole' boys were supposed to be better at doing crimes, and now they don't know what to do about it.

Paxton Trial (Finally) Trots Out the Ladies for the Salacious Mistress Gossip

If an asshole tree cheats on his asshole tree wife in the asshole woods, does it make a sound?

When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalism - Dame Magazine

It’s heartbreaking what ten years and a Nazi-enabling takeover can do to one of the most important tech utilities of the modern era. I speak, of course, of Twitter. Ten years ago this summer, I built the bulk of my core Twitter following while live-blogging a landmark legislative session for abortio..

While We Wait: Will the Texas Senate Capitulate to Paxton's Threats?

It's a watershed moment for the Texas GOP, but not the way you think.

EU lets Ukrainian grain ban expire as countries threaten to pass their own | PBS NewsHour

The European Union has decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food imports heading to nearby countries.

Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself

Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen from plastic waste using a low-emissions method that could more than pay for it..

Kansassholes Are Next Level - Feminist Buzzkills Podcast Ep. 77 #shorts - YouTube

BUZZWORTHY! Kansas - the same Kansas that voted to protect abortion access - still has anti-abortion hellhounds pushing FOUR DIFFERENT abortion restrictions ...

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Uvalde victims’ families wait hours to testify at Capitol on HB 2744 | The Texas Tribune

The families of Uvalde shooting victims waited hours to testify at a House committee hearing in support of House Bill 2744, which would raise the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic guns from 18 to 21.

Engineering student run over by Seattle police remembered as 'brilliant' and 'full of hope'

Indian American leaders are calling for justice after a Seattle police officer said 23-year-old Jaanhavi Kandula, a student at Northeastern University, had "limited value." After footage was relea...

Ex-lawyer placed under house arrest for incendiary comments about government

Former lawyer and blogger Serhii Kryzhanivsky was placed under round-the-clock house arrest on Sept. 15 for allegedly advocating a violent change of government, Hromadske reported.

Trump targeted prosecutors in D.C. election case with threats, harassment, according to district judge | PBS NewsHour

Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are alleging that the former president has targeted individuals with threats, harassment and inflammatory statements, a judge says.

World's Largest Dinner Party -- Dîner en Blanc -- Makes History & Takes Over City Streets

I write about what's on the plate; and dive into what's behind it too. Dîner en Blanc is like no other dinner party, and the September 14 New York City event was not only the thrill it always prom...