July's last Weekly Roundup (Patreon)

Really need to start setting a reminder for these on my phone. In my defense, this is late because I'm working on two intensive stories for my internship, have had to scramble to find emergency housing, and am also working on the VALIS essay, which I will complete as soon as I find time.

Recent reading: Iain M. Banks' Use of Weapons is a hoot so far. And here are a bunch of interesting articles:

Late murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's family is meeting with the U.S. State Department.

Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous Canadians for Catholic atrocities against them.

The Employment Tribunal helps deliver a strike against TERFs, determining that Stonewall did not discriminate against Allison Bailey.

Sex trafficking fascist Matt Gaetz helps a 19-year-old raise $115,000 for abortion rights.

An SFX artist speaks to Variety about the horrors of being a contracted worker for Marvel.

This New Yorker piece on Black Catholic hymns highlights one of the most spurned groups in the Roman rite and how they find joy in liturgy.

Abortion is on the ballot in five states. The New York TImes also has a map for it.

Sharon Zhang of Truthout gloriously fries my former senator Joe Manchin for destroying the planet.

The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma has declared its rights of rivers.

Jude Ellison S. Doyle intelligently unpacks Elizabeth Bruenig's subtle, cruel grift. 

This New York Timesstory about NYC's last movie rental clerk is fun.

Europe is on fire.