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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 1h

Hey @propublica.org - It's time you listen to the 1,300-and-climbing who have signed the petition for a fair contract NOW for our @propublicaguild.org

ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 2h

Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.

ProPublica Guild Secretary Jeff Ernsthausen presents CEO Robin Sparkman with our petition signatures.

ProPublica Guild members gather in CEO Robin Sparkman’s office delivering petition signatures.

ProPublica Guild members gather in the hallway outside CEO Robin Sparkman’s office, delivering petition signatures.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 2h

As I reported here for CNN, military officers who liaise with the press at the Pentagon have privately expressed regret about Hegseth's clampdown. One longtime military reporter described "lots of grim, sad faces and apologies." Read on:

Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move | CNN Business

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.

www.cnn.com

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 4h

haha yeah it's definitely turned my "aw bummer" into a mildly fun "for fuck's sake"

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 4h

I finally got a rejection for something I assumed I'd been rejected from, but the auto-responder appears broken and it's just sending the rejection over and over

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 5h

Battle.net workers unionize as Microsoft neutrality agreement expires
aftermath.site/battle-net-wor...

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 6h

I really like driving sims with chores because I am a sucker for chores, even though I actually hate driving in most video games

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 7h

Look out, I'm the bus
aftermath.site/bus-bound-demo

a green bus wedged on the road in the video game "Bus Bound"

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7h

The end of Windows 10 support is going to be an environmental and security disaster, an egregious example of planned obsolescence that doesn't have to be this way:

www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making

In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

www.404media.co

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 7h

i feel like it would largely be "you know what would be a ridiculous thing to do?" and then an explanation of precisely how ridiculous it was

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 7h

as part of an activist group i was in, we bought a school bus and converted it to biodiesel and drove it to the 2008 RNC protests (it was driven there by an actual CDL driver lol)

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 19h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

OK bro
www.axios.com/2025/10/14/b...

Why it matters: A few years ago, Goldberg was focused on scaling his portfolio to take the company public or sell it. Now, he's leaning into BDG's niche brands to grow memberships around social influencers.
"We are the next generation influence company," Goldberg says.
Zoom in: Core to BDG Media's strategy has been investing in new revenue streams — notably memberships and events — while also cutting back significantly on costs.
Roughly 240 people work at the company today. At its peak, it employed 400.

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

oh no that DID freak me out

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

yeah i'm worried it's gonna be bad for my already fucked up wrists and hands but that is a problem predicated on being able to do it at all, which i currently cannot, so!

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

i was just so charmed by all these people telling me about their hobby, my problem is that people do things i don't know how to do and then i'm like "shit *I* want to know how to do that!" and that is how i am currently surrounded by badly-balled yarn and irish language books and a mandolin lol

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

i am doing something wrong in the... transfer of the stitch from one needle to another, i think i am picking it up right but something in the transition is incorrect? i am excited that so many of you knit, i am excited to master this skill and then make lots of...square things i do not need

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

I NEED SO MUCH HELP OH MY GOD i'm actually meeting someone in person today to see if THEY can help, i spent all sunday trying but even though i am doing exactly what the people in the youtube videos are doing, the thing that comes out is... not the right thing but I don't understand why not

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

DO YOU BOTH KNOW HOW TO KNIT

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

i think it's weird that i've seen all these pictures??

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 1d

As a memoir in essays, this is a big change. I'm telling my own stories..but also a broader story about changes in queer life around the Millennium: from private to public; disconnected to online; gay and lesbian to queer and trans; AIDS as death sentence to manageable condition (for some) etc.

My Bad

A powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer ’90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed The 19...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

The Killing Stone is a folk horror board game where everything is story
aftermath.site/killing-stone-...

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

Ah congrats, I'm so pumped for this!

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 1d

Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 1d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

lol CNN wants to do this too! aftermath.site/cnn-layoffs-...

Everything Old Is New Again - Aftermath

CNN is pivoting to video

aftermath.site

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