rainey reitman

@reitman.bsky.social

Board President @Freedom.press | Author | Civil liberties advocate by day, runner and thru hiker on the side.

Author of "Transaction Denied," exploring speech & financial companies. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807019119/

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Hey Tax Shelter Lovers! Match my DAF Day donation to EFF because we need some real serious support to fight the BigTechEnshittifactory-DAIta-Center-Extension problesms, and most of the people talking to the AI people about AI safety are the AI people talking to the AI people about the AI people.

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@azmatzahra.bsky.social spent 10+ years investigating U.S. airstrikes, where civilians got labeled targets on flimsy intel. She sees that doctrine in Gaza, now aimed at reporters. In these obituaries, Gaza journalist Aseel Mousa spotlights the lives of five Palestinian reporters that label erased.

@free.lawReposted by @reitman.bsky.social

Our new Litigant Portal is a tool that will support the many people who come to court without a lawyer. To guide its development, our Justice Initiatives team visited courts across the country to see firsthand the challenges these litigants face. free.law/2026/10/05/a...

@normative.bsky.socialReposted by @reitman.bsky.social

This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.

An adorable female Rottweiler named Maeve
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Statistics can be a force for good, but how?

In this profile by @amstatnews.bsky.social HRDAG's director of research Patrick Ball shares how he got into human rights work and what advice he has for students who want to use statistics to make a difference.

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@wardqnormal.bsky.socialReposted by @reitman.bsky.social

For those unclear about the reason for arresting the librarians over this book, a handy illustration:

Two pairs of stick figures holding hands. The loving couple on the left is a man and a woman (as shown by a triangle dress and long hair). This couple is labeled “Pornography.” The loving couple on the right is two men (just lines, no dress or long hair). This couple is labeled “Pornography.”
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social

The Missouri Attorney General is threatening librarians with arrest over an LGBTQ+ story hour for kids, suggesting that a picture book about gay dinosaur dads is "pornography." The Secretary of State says he'll pull funding if the event happens, citing the state's new age verification law.

Boone Regional Library in Columbia is hosting a “queer-led story time” directed to toddlers and preschoolers, with time to “meet new friends” afterwards. We’ve sent a notice to the library reminding them that providing pornography or sexual material to minors is against Missouri law.
@reitman.bsky.social

The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only.

raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...

raineyreitman.comPenlight Prize Offers $25,000 Award to FOIA Journalism Outside of PaywallsI hear a lot about what’s broken in the economics of online journalism. It’s a topic that’s always coming up at SF happy hours I go to, maybe because so many of my friends are former journalists or…