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Lauren Kirchner

@lkirchner.bsky.social

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Investigative reporter at Consumer Reports covering product safety & env. health; previously covered tech & criminal justice at The Markup and ProPublica. Signal: @Lkirchner.44

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 19m

All respect for NY1’s Bernadette Hogan who somehow keeps it cool with substantive insights while 1) the HQ is freaking out behind her and 2) she herself is being broadcast behind her back? What a total pro, I could never

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5h

There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.

That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.

www.cato.org/commentary/q...

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5h

Damn... this one is rough.

Some news: McClatchy is shutting down their D.C. bureau and laying off some staffers, including a few reporters who cover Congress and the White House.

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 3h

Totally agree - I have no idea if these claims are true but very interesting

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7h

We live in NYC, my family is in VA, and my husband's family is in NJ, so you just KNOW the Fam text chains are going to be LIT tonight

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7h

I have no idea!

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7h

This post cites no sources and also has no byline, soooo

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7h

Oh disclaimer I have *no* idea if this is possible or accurate

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7h

"What we call 'the firefighters’ oil change'" good lord

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7h

Extremely 2025 coded - Firefighters are donating their plasma to reduce the forever chemicals in their blood. "If a firefighter donates plasma six times a year, the PFAS in their blood could be reduced by up to 60%." (The plasma is "cleaned" before being used.) www.yourvalley.net/glendale-ind...

Glendale firefighters donate plasma to change out PFAS - Glendale Independent

Across Arizona and the United States, firefighters are facing a cancer epidemic. One cause of this spike in cancer is the record high amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also …

www.yourvalley.net

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 10h

Have you checked out @coyotemedia.org recently? We've done some good shit in the last two weeks!
〰️ An essay by @emmaruthless.bsky.social on why all our options seem to suck right now
〰️ A guide to places offering free food to SNAP recipients: www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

In Which We Deserve Options Other Than Rapists and Robots

I don’t want to be assaulted by a driver, nor surveilled by cat-killing robot cars. Is this really the best we can do?

www.coyotemedia.org

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 1d

HELL YEAH

Daily News Union @nydnunion.bsky.social · 1d

WE HAVE A DEAL: We are happy to share that all of our hard work - and with the support of the people of New York - we have a tentative agreement on our first contract with Alden Global Capital

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 2d

Just going to re-up this question I asked at 2:46 am game 3, I haven’t yet gotten a good answer

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 7d

wait what do you mean it’s not usually like this

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 4d

I think I'll probably start with Blick and see how that goes

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 4d

THANK you

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 4d

I think I've been there before - it's beautiful but also v v expensive

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 4d

Jordan!!! Hi! and thanks for the rec

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 4d

I want the experience of going to a craft store. That is most of the fun of doing crafts. I'm not having a craft supply emergency; I don't need craft supply room-service

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 4d

Does anyone else find this user experience odd

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 5d

there is a lot that is funny about this, but i think the very funniest part is "stories about bras"

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Eliza Barclay @elizabarclay.bsky.social · 5d

Incredible epsiode of The Daily featuring @hannahdreier.bsky.social and her revelatory reporting on unmasked firefighters and the health consequences they face www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/p...

The Hidden Victims of America’s Wildfires

www.nytimes.com

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Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 5d

Another detail I really enjoyed: the Bill DeBlasio who wrote the email was real, but his email was written by ChatGPT 🙃

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 5d

Ok THANK you Semafor for doing the dang door-knock that finally made this story make sense! (Like, wdym "Bill DeBlasio impersonator," NYT?) Side note, this is the most actual LOL funniest article ever www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 6d

I was like Aaaahhghghgh I have accidentally become extremely invested in a Sport I guess I’ll just never sleep again

Lauren Kirchner @lkirchner.bsky.social · 6d

DEFEND THE DAILY NEWS

Daily News Union @nydnunion.bsky.social · 6d

New Yorkers all over the five boroughs are standing with the Daily News. Join them as New York's hometown paper fights for a fair contract from our private equity owner, Heath Freeman head of Alden Global Capital.

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