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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · Aug 20

I emailed Olivia yesterday and editor Peter Savodnik today to point out a couple of glaring errors in this piece about famine classification. No response from either of them.

Olivia Reingold @olivia-reingold.bsky.social · Aug 18

Wow! A lot of feedback here—thank you for engaging with our work at @thefp.com and for reading about this important issue.

Full story: www.thefp.com/p/they-becam...

They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All 12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.

A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments.

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 16

Under Evo Morales’s presidency the Chapare, Bolivia’s cocoa kingdom, flourished. Now public money no longer flows to the region. Drug labs have more often been busted. And the mood could worsen still after an upcoming election

Bolivia’s crazy kingdom of coca

Former leader Evo Morales is hiding out there

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Aug 15

the joining factor in the language that's everywhere is that it's about sex as denigration and subjugation (implicitly or explicitly overwhelmingly of women) and sex as something pleasant, romantic, or intriguing is considered dangerous.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Aug 15

in this week's newsletter! a rant against this weird sex culture we seem to now live in: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/everything...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · Aug 12

Protest is not terrorism
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Arresting hundreds for protesting against a ban on Palestine Action shames us all

This is supposed to be a free country – but doling out criminal records to hundreds of pensioners should serve as a rebuke to the government, whose heavy-handed approach to this ‘terror’ organisation ...

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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · Aug 9

Did a lengthy interview with BBC Brazil about my book Lost Boys.

The Machosphere's Scams to Make Boys and Men Hate Women: www.bbc.com/portuguese/a...

Os golpes da 'machosfera' para fazer garotos e homens odiarem as mulheres - BBC News Brasil

Autor britânico James Bloodworth passou meses frequentando eventos de gurus da chamada 'machosfera' para entender como funciona uma indústria voltada ao ódio às mulheres.

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Mary Novakovich @marynovakovich.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thirty years after Operation Storm, perhaps things are finally changing in Knin. Good report here.
balkaninsight.com/2023/08/04/i...

In Operation Storm’s ‘Victory City’, Croats and Serbs Share Common Hopes

The city of Knin became symbolic after the Croatian flag was raised at its fortress when rebel Serbs were defeated in Operation Storm in 1995, but most Croats and Serbs living there now are more conce...

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · Aug 6

Publishers are shifting their focus towards direct reader relationships via apps because “social traffic is close to vanishing, and with the rise of generative AI and the threat of Google zero, search appears to be heading the same way” pressgazette.co.uk/news/publish...

Publishers see apps as solution to vanishing social traffic, says Pugpig

Pugpig's survey for the second quarter of 2025 has found publishers are focusing on direct reader relationships and audio.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Aug 4

Omg it's the tote

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · Aug 4

I don't generally care to get preachy about "journalism" and what it is or isn't but I feel like a good baseline is the people a reporter interviews ought to exist

Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · Aug 4

No no no. Please let’s not go here

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Aug 4

If you ever generate a posthumous AI version of me I truly believe even dead cosplay me will lecture you about the perils

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · Aug 4

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

People keep saying Gen AI is going to replace us but surely no bot is ever going to come up with something as hilarious as this. "Spend the day in Manchester" - 10/10 shade

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

Good point, didn't even think of that

Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

Be strong 😫

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

You can wear a loose dress without getting into Amish vibes sorry!!!

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

Set them on fire

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

They upset me. Especially when paired with thick headbands and pearl necklaces, holy Christ on a bike I want to weep

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

You will never convince me that the ubiquity of the Mormon Prairie Sack Dress aesthetic of the last eight years (read: shapeless, sexless, beige / pastel, often floral) isn't enmeshed with the backlash against sex-positive feminism and the rise of the trad wife. Like, it's giving virgin

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · Jul 31

I do not understand dresses for women. These are from Toast, but everywhere I look they are enormous marquees suitable only for women over 6ft tall. I am 5'2": I couldn't wear any of these (link to these and other Toast frocks here www.toa.st/collections/...)

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Mormon Prairie Sack Dress is my actual nemesis

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

In short: the Mormon Prairie Sack Dress is an instrument of neo-conservative repression and also they invariably look like shit, I said what I said.

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

You will never convince me that the ubiquity of the Mormon Prairie Sack Dress aesthetic of the last eight years (read: shapeless, sexless, beige / pastel, often floral) isn't enmeshed with the backlash against sex-positive feminism and the rise of the trad wife. Like, it's giving virgin

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · Jul 31

I do not understand dresses for women. These are from Toast, but everywhere I look they are enormous marquees suitable only for women over 6ft tall. I am 5'2": I couldn't wear any of these (link to these and other Toast frocks here www.toa.st/collections/...)

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sound the alarm it's MORMON PRAIRIE SACK DRESS SEASON again

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · Jul 31

I do not understand dresses for women. These are from Toast, but everywhere I look they are enormous marquees suitable only for women over 6ft tall. I am 5'2": I couldn't wear any of these (link to these and other Toast frocks here www.toa.st/collections/...)

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Harriet Marsden @harriet1marsden.bsky.social · Jul 30

OMG NOT NOW RADIOACTIVE WASP NEST

CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · Jul 30

Radioactive wasp nest found at site where U.S. once made nuclear bombs

Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near tanks where liquid nuclear waste is stored.

www.cbsnews.com

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · Jul 30

It’s not unrelated that Spotify’s CEO just raised hundreds of millions for an autonomous military drones company. The digital exploitation—> surveillance as solution to moral panic —> AI war profiteer pipeline is fairly direct.

404 Media @404media.co · Jul 30

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

🔗 www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

www.404media.co

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Jul 30

Surrogacy agreements hold no weight under UK law—meaning at any moment the surrogate or intended parents can ghost the other party, writes Lorna Petty.
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The legal limbo of UK surrogacy

Surrogacy agreements hold no weight under UK law—meaning at any moment the surrogate or intended parents can withdraw

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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