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Michaël Jarjour
@jarjour.bsky.social
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Founder @trustfnd.com • past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ • he/him • 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇭🇪🇺🇱🇧 • London
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · Sep 11
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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 21h
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 1d
This is a journalist getting arrested in broad daylight in Chicago.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
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Cameron Clark @cameronclark.bsky.social · 1d
Ah, so the Elon Musk approach at DOGE

This is typically a move an exec makes when they want to *look* proactive, rather than actually problem-solving

If you wanted useful insights, you'd do this with department heads, then narrow down to specific team members in problem areas
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d
New: In a note to staff this morning, New CBS EIC Bari Weiss asked everyone across CBS News to send her a memo by next Tuesday explaining how they spend their workday and what’s working/not working…
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 1d
Elon is such a dickwad for making people think this is good leadership.

It's bratty leadership of entitled people with zero humility. Look where it's gotten Twitter.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 1d
Oh no, another.

This is very good from Diabolical Lies:
BONUS: Taylor Swift's Rumspringa, Reviewed
Much like the oft-defended purpose of The Life of a Showgirl, this bonus conversation was mostly just for us.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 1d
It's the perfect post
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Very rletable
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 2d
All of this work has been inspired by journalists and academics who are unhappy with the state of journalism and took matters into their own hands.

Together, they are powerful and important for democracies.

To help, forward this to a journalist you trust.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 2d
It's become too hard to support independent journalism. But amidst an exploding number of subscriptions, we don't need consolidation. We need partnership.

@trustfnd.com makes it easy and risk-free to partner and bundle. One-off, forever, and anything in between.

Grab your username: trustfnd.com
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 2d
Some unambiguous language in this @espiers.bsky.social article that just landed in my feed days late:

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/03/b...
Corporate outlets aren’t resisting fascism. They’re enabling it. All the president’s men aren’t breaking into the Watergate; they’re buying up the media and firing anyone who won’t toe the line. While corporate media consolidates and collaborates, the right has built a self-sustaining propaganda machine. Fox News is only the tip of the iceberg. The real engine is online: Breitbart, The Federalist, PragerU, The Daily Caller, journalist-turned-plagiarist-turned-unwitting-Russian-asset Benny Johnson, influencers like Ben Shapiro and Megyn Kelly, and thousands of podcasters, YouTubers, TikTokers, and meme factories.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 2d
I apologize for adding to this thread.

But here's @noraprinciotti.bsky.social putting this so well. "I'll be honest it gives me the ick. And this is someone who has asked us to see her as political before. I think it's OK to say that in [...] 2025 there are additional layers to any kind of art."
A Post–'The Life of a Showgirl' Mailbag | Every Single Album: Taylor Swift
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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d
And he made it! Welcome to the land of the free! 💃🏻
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d
Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d
My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move
Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 2d
Three headlines that tell a very disturbing story
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d
Any university that agrees to this outrageous “compact” is a full participant in Trump’s assault on democracy. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d
This all feels like it's creeping towards something that could get very dark indeed.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d
Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d
when i saw marsha fucking blackburn was being honored by journalists i thought i was having a neurological episode
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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 3d
June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
Just because I don’t have a Soundcloud
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
I’m getting more likes than usual, so if any journalists see this, I’m probably in your DMs. If not, check out

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
I’m getting more likes than usual, so if any journalists see this, I’m probably in your DMs. If not, check out

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
I believe it is. It’s just not all it is. On @trustfnd.com we’re trying to create a network to support trustworthy creators. Share it with journalists you love.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
But there’s lots of hopeful stuff in there. Including this bit about Bluesky.
. It's no exaggeration to say that without Bluesky, The Handbasket would not exist in its current form. I was able to cultivate a supportive community there and use my account to publish even more news when I didn't have time to write an entire post. It's a main artery of what I do, and many of the people who pay for a subscription understand that it's part of the product I'm providing.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
An incredible speech by @marisakabas.bsky.social, and a tale of failed leadership that has shaped the situation journalism finds itself in today.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/grennell-c...
That's why I was taken aback when the Executive Editor asked me, "How do you think we can monetize our website?" I really wanted to say "how the fuck should I know?" and also "why are you asking me?" In retrospect it should've been a glaring red flag that the adults in charge had no idea what they were doing and that it would be up to me and my peers to figure it out. But that's something I wouldn't realize until much later on, after years of expecting someone else to fix it. Until I realized I was the adult.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
Leave it to a conservative Swiftie to note it
Unpacking Taylor Swift's New Album That Signals A Vibe Shift Back to Normality After She Finds Love
YouTube video by After Party with Emily Jashinsky
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 3d
I'm so sad that I was too slow to get this variant. It's by FAR the most beautiful!
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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 3d
If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d
The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...
GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience
The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024
www.business-live.co.uk
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