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"A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an illegal abortion.

If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions."

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-abortion-murder-arrest-alexia-moore-ecb75e42da2af63d8000b2feb019a516

#healthcare #PublicHealth #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion

Georgia woman faces murder charge in medication abortion case

A 31-year-old Georgia woman has charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion. Alexia Moore has been jailed in Camden County since March 4. An arrest warrant obtained by a police investigator says Moore arrived at a hospital Dec. 30 complaining of abdominal pain and told medical staff she had taken a drug used in medical abortions. The warrant says the fetus survived about an hour after being delivered. A 2019 Georgia law 2019 bans abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy. The Georgia Public Defender Council, which is representing Moore, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

AP News

dhpomerantz 5h ago

Dan Gillmor 6h ago

A Georgetown University teacher to her students: Don't be part of the "AI" lemming brigade.

https://medium.com/center-on-privacy-technology/an-open-letter-to-georgetown-students-in-response-to-recent-announcements-about-generative-ai-8869dcd523ef

An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements about "Generative AI"

Image source: Bibliothèque nationale de France An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI” Dear students, As you know, in …

Medium

dhpomerantz 5h ago

Ars Technica 10h ago

FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna, creating Trump-approved broadcaster reaching 80% of US
Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fcc-lets-nexstar-buy-tegna-creating-trump-approved-broadcaster-reaching-80-of-us/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

dhpomerantz 5h ago

Charles Gaba ✡️Feb 15

Since Tattoo Boy is in the news again, a reminder that the Nazi tattoo wasn't just a "Jolly Roger" pirate flag or some obscure symbol as Platner breezily shrugged it off. It wasn't the icon used for toxic/poisonous chemicals. It wasn't the logo of Yale University's "Scull & Bones" society. 1/

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:trqqcu6a3xwkmserqrohveu5/post/3meuu5u3bhs2d

dhpomerantz 8h ago

Amy Diehl, Ph.D.1d ago

Men are more likely than women to consider divorce (28% vs. 19%), abortion (51% vs. 44%), homosexuality (43% vs. 37%), IVF & contraception morally wrong. Women are more likely to consider viewing porn, the death penalty & spanking children morally wrong.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/

What Do Americans Consider Immoral?

About this research This analysis explores whether Americans consider 15 different behaviors morally acceptable or wrong. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center conducts high-quality research to inform the…

Pew Research Center

dhpomerantz 8h ago

Heidi Li Feldman 1d ago

AG Davenport, DEP Amend Suit Against Major Scrap Metal Recycler After Additional Fires https://www.njoag.gov/ag-davenport-dep-amend-suit-against-major-scrap-metal-recycler-after-additional-fires/

dhpomerantz 8h ago

Mastodon Migration 1d ago

Bluesky Reveals Massive Hidden Investment

Today #Bluesky revealed that in April 2025 they received a whopping $100M venture capital investment lead by Bain Capital Crypto and that they KEPT IT A SECRET.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-19-2026-series-b

So the answer to the big mystery Who Owns Bluesky? (https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116025246450023071) is finally out. Crypto VCs.

Now, we should be asking why did this company that prides itself on transparency and "decentralization" decide they needed to hide who owned the company?

dhpomerantz 1d ago

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Charles Gaba ✡️1d ago

"The only way Democrats can win back young white men is to run immature dudebro edgelord shitposters!" Jon Ossoff was elected a U.S. Senator at the age of 33 in a much redder state than Maine. AFAIK the most embarrassing thing he posted was a video of himself doing Star Wars cosplay.

dhpomerantz 1d ago

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Here is the TechCruch article on the announcement:

"Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that the company raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-after-ceo-transition/

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

TechCrunch

dhpomerantz 1d ago

Ars Technica 1d ago

FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms
Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social