If I was management of one of the top investigative outlets in the country I’d just simply give them what they want.

Sorry, I meant multiple cards was discontinued on Kobo (I was already a big Libby user on my old Kindle) but I guess a better phrase would’ve been “no longer compatible with Kobo.” Appreciate your work on this!

piling on to say I just bought a kobo to get out of the kindle ecosystem + I was sold by the integration w Libby and expected to be able to access multiple library cards, was super disappointed when I found out that was discontinued. also, didn’t realize magazines aren’t integrated!!

Column | The lonely photographs of Bryon Noem We’re all noticing the wrong thing in the photographs published by the Daily Mail.

as a trans person, while i appreciate the individual empathy shown to byron noem in this article, it fails to contend w/ the material harm that trans ppl have time and time again said is caused directly by the complacency of people adjacent to power like him.
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Why millions of Americans could lose birth control access under Trump The Trump administration delayed Title X funding for reproductive care clinics that serve uninsured and low-income Americans.

for @snopes.com: trump administration quietly delays title x funding for reproductive care clinics that serve low-income and uninsured patients, potentially affecting birth control access for millions of americans.

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Breast Surgery in Adolescents: Cisgender Breast Reduction Versus Transgender and Nonbinary Chest Masculinization - PubMed Cisgender female adolescents undergo breast surgery at a 7-fold rate compared with TGNB adolescents and do so at significantly younger ages. Given the favorable effects of BRS and CMS on psychosocial well-being and their comparable surgical risk of complications, our data help recontextualize the co …

sources on cis kids getting more gender-affirming surgeries than trans kids:

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Republicans propose adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act that Trump claimed it already had The president referred to the proposed ban on trans women in women's sports and gender-affirming surgeries for minors as the "best of Trump."

the amdt banning "bodily and genital mutilation" for minors bans surgeries that "no longer correspond with an individual's sex." it doesn't ban chest reductions or breast enhancements for cis kids (which happen more than gender-affirming surgeries for trans kids)

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Who couldn't verify their citizenship and identity if the SAVE America Act passed? The Senate is debating a package of voting proposals. Three surveys we conducted with VoteRiders shed light on which U.S. citizens over 18-years-old might face barriers to voting if it passed.

oops I forgot the link (research papers linked in substack): cdce.substack.com/p/who-couldn...

"Men - especially young men - are particularly likely to lack easy access to documentary proof of citizenship." Graph shows 15% of men aged 18-29 don't have access to DPOC as opposed to 11% of women in same age group.

in the inbox: men, especially young men, are actually more likely to not have access to the documentary proof of citizenship required by the SAVE america act. the act would also impact americans across political spectrum. from UMD's center for democracy and civic engagement

Posts claim ICE killed 9 people in 2026. We broke down the cases ICE detention centers have a reported history of poor conditions, abuse and medical neglect, which may have contributed to detainee deaths.

i started working on this story for @snopes.com in mid/late january. it was scheduled to run next week but we pushed it up in the schedule... because people kept dying in ICE facilities and i kept having to update the story with more deaths.

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Contextualizing claims school photo company Lifetouch is in Epstein files Nothing in the Epstein files directly links Lifetouch to the late sex offender's criminal activity.

claims like these rely on legit anxieties, but without actual evidence spreading them results in panic and takes away attention from the actual evidence of wrongdoing by those connected to epstein. full story here. 3/3

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leon black, ex-ceo of the org that acquired lifetouch's parent company, has faced allegations of rape tied to epstein for years now — but suggesting he handed over school pics to epstein is a huge leap, esp when there's no evidence any lifetouch execs ever spoke with epstein. 2/3

flowchart showing that epstein was connected to execs at apollo management group, which acquired shutterfly and lifetouch, but leadership at shutterfly/lifetouch had no connections to epstein.

for @snopes.com, i looked into rumors that lifetouch, the school photo company, is in the epstein files. what i found: a single debit card transaction from a redacted account and no mention of any lifetouch execs. here's what their 'ties' to epstein look like. 1/3

This is the correct take.

ALSO: The ex-gf has spoken & she does not seem to want to take him back: "I did not choose to be put in this position, and it hurts to have to be in it." people.com/sturla-holm-...

I just tested this out with a selfie, asking Gemini to add a digital watermark and then starting a new chat to ask.

Gemini said it had the SynthID watermark so it's AI. Gemini also falsely claimed the "Hiroshima USA" magazine behind me was AI generated because of tiny distortions it added.

Was Alex Pretti fired from nursing job for misconduct? Here's the truth After Pretti was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents, his family and friends said he became the target of a smear campaign.

absolutely horrendous that in our current online environment false claims like this one about alex pretti — the result of ai-generated slop on a half-formed wordpress blog — can spread so quickly. for @snopes.com:
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ICE shooting of Renee Good was 1st recorded Minneapolis homicide of 2026 The city had recorded no other homicides or shootings from Jan. 1, 2026, to Jan. 7, 2026.

raises questions about how we define violence and crime.

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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good, has released her first public statement since the shooting

“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day.”

Have Santa's bones been leaking liquid for 1,700 years? God rest ye leaky gentleman.

merry christmas from me and @snopes.com

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Fake raccoon liquor store break-in video spreads online. Watch the real footage Real pictures and videos exist of this trash panda getting sloppy — don't fall for the AI-slop version.

a writer's dream is to one day publish a story that allows them to use as many different descriptors of "drunken raccoon rampage" as possible

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Democrats don't want $3.6M for 'Haitian male prostitutes' to reopen government The rumor, popularized by Sen. John Kennedy, appeared to be connected to an HIV/AIDS prevention program started under U.S. President George W. Bush.

used my very expensive journalism degree to prove that democrats aren't shutting the government down to stand in solidarity with "haitian male prostitutes." literally made a data visualization of state dept data on an hiv/aids treatment program for this

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Contextualizing claim Pope Leo XIV is replacing Cardinal Dolan, who compared Charlie Kirk to saint Here's what's true — and what's false — about rumors that Leo is replacing New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who called Kirk a "modern-day St. Paul."

some in the american left like to lionize pope leo — and in this case, spread a claim that he's replacing NY's pro-charlie kirk archbishop with a 'pro-immigration, anti-gun bishop.' the thing is, most bishops are pro-immigration and anti-gun...bc they're catholic.

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A dark day for Northwest journalism: @cascadepbs.bsky.social is axing the @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social, laying off 17 people, per internal memo obtained by @kuow.org.

Cascade PBS got ~10% of its budget from Corp. for Public Broadcasting. Unclear why its whole newsroom had to be axed.

Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, station President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.

Devastating news for local journalism.

Black cowgirls are a real part of American history. This image isn't Authentic photos of real Black cowgirls are rare, but they exist.

got to do a lil dive into americana with this one. fun fact: you don't need to ai generate images of black cowgirls in the old west because they already exist!!

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I'll be on a panel "identifying anti-trans and anti-queer bias" at @aajaofficial.bsky.social this year with these amazing journalists @gracesdeng.bsky.social, @shaanthx.bsky.social, and Hannah Chinn.

Don't miss it! Saturday, 9 am at the Redwood. See you there. 😤

Also, as of today my email is now rae@snopes.com -- if your son is interested please have him email me there! Thanks

Thanks Tom! (I'm guessing the middle part of your reply here about places is an accidental voice-to-text? Am I missing anything there?)

Hi Tom, I'm a fact-checker with Snopes.com. Would you mind confirming that your son, Michael Rocchio, spoke with the Houston Chronicle and that the photo was taken at about 6 p.m. Athens time? I'm also at grace@snopes.com if your son is willing to chat. Thank you!