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Carrie Brown

@brizzyc.bsky.social

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Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃‍♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · Aug 15

I don’t know why I post this stuff but just trying to occasionally lighten the timeline slightly or something.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 4h

Air conditioner off. Windows open. Nor’easter slowly building outside 🎐🌬️🎐🪟

Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 4h

It’s sooo good (bad)

Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 6h

Rewatching this is a great idea *grabs remote*

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10h

I totally forgot there’s a whole plot involving Nazi werewolves. #TrueBlood

Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 8h

Open house at Montclair State today

Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 8h

Why aren’t we better than this omg #GoPackgo

Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 9h

Thankful for all of my #Packers fans who are on Bluesky. Y’all are great.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 10h

This Golden kid has the juice #packers

Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 10h

My feeds are saturated with Brewers content and I’m not mad about it

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ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is pointing at another man in a suit in a movie clip from movieclips.com

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 10h

I have some respect for Joe Flacco. man, I like to see a tough old guy out here grinding but not getting into weird shit like aging Packer quarterbacks do

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 12h

If a school paid me $50 million to not coach I would devote at least $1 million of that to various petty stunts like having a plane fly over the stadium and dump fake dollar bills with a picture of my face on the crowd

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 12h

A thing I have learned from being online since 1995:

If you're a writer, editor, journalist, academic, you have to be ready to go contrarian when you feel it. And if you're feeling it all the time, such that it's become your idenitity, that's a signal. You broke your mind.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Alastair Coote @alastair.is · 12h

It’s a weird phenomenon that if one person criticises you it’s legitimate but once a lot of people air the exact same criticism you get to call it “thought police” and dismiss it without reply

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 13h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 13h

Here more than 5,000 people answered the question below (more than 4,200 via quote replies & >800 comments). Lots of interesting stories!

On X, 15 people replied to the same query.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

About a week ago, the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast portrayed Russell Vought as a devout Christian, a true “small government” conservative who loves the free market, and a man with a great work ethic. A remarkable combination of credulousness and deliberate whitewashing.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 16h

The first day of wearing hard pants of the season….always a tough day

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

In 2025 Indiana is a virtual lock for the Big Ten title game and College Football Playoff

In 2021 the most exciting thing about Indiana football was the prospect that everybody would take their shirts off and jump around the completely empty upper deck while losing by 3 scores to Rutgers

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 17h

"I was on my way to work when ICE agents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face. They dragged me out, threw me to the ground, and even while I was complying, one agent kneeled on my neck and another kneeled on my back as others stood by and watched"

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 19h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 18h

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't seen anything like this...any pattern behind what sorts of posts got them banned?

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 1d

So frustrating and complicated. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... (June)

The Catch in Catching Cancer Early

New blood tests promise to detect malignancies before they’ve spread. But proving that these tests actually improve outcomes remains a stubborn challenge.

www.newyorker.com

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