Luann Gibbs
@luanngibbs.bsky.social
📝 Retired from Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com.
🎶 Former: DJ @ Inhailer Radio & WOXY.
📚History nerd.
⚽️❤️Southampton FC.
😻Can often be found petting kittehs.
🎶 Former: DJ @ Inhailer Radio & WOXY.
📚History nerd.
⚽️❤️Southampton FC.
😻Can often be found petting kittehs.
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Cartoonist @claytoonz.bsky.social suffered a stroke a few days ago. His friends and colleagues have set up a GoFundMe to help Clay through his recovery. Please consider donating:
www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones
www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones
Donate to Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke, organized by Kevin Necessary
Clay Jones is probably the hardest working cartoonist in the biz, if … Kevin Necessary needs your support for Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke
www.gofundme.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cartoonist @claytoonz.bsky.social suffered a stroke a few days ago. His friends and colleagues have set up a GoFundMe to help Clay through his recovery. Please consider donating:
www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones
www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones
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Always try to be kind.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Always try to be kind.
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Project seeks to document every Revolutionary War grave in Ohio — and you can help www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Project seeks to document every Revolutionary War grave in Ohio — and you can help
There are an estimated 7,000 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in in the Buckeye State.
www.wvxu.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Project seeks to document every Revolutionary War grave in Ohio — and you can help www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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My colleague Elie Mystal's powerful piece on the insane dangers of militarizing the court hearings for immigrants. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Military Has Officially Entered the Deportation Business
The administration’s decision to deploy military lawyers as immigration judges is terrible and illegal, but when has that ever stopped Trump?
www.thenation.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My colleague Elie Mystal's powerful piece on the insane dangers of militarizing the court hearings for immigrants. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/b... right wing media financed by Russia … no surprise
Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/b... right wing media financed by Russia … no surprise
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Trump: "They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor."
Europe:
Europe:
August 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Trump: "They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor."
Europe:
Europe:
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When journalists are targeted it’s because those doing the targeting have something to hide. It’s appalling. Despicable. But it won’t work.
"All our staff got out safely. But that group probably lost more than 50 family members. Every single one of them had their house destroyed and some would appear to have been targeted strikes"
AFP's Phil Chetwynd on AFP's staff journalists in Gaza
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/starved...
AFP's Phil Chetwynd on AFP's staff journalists in Gaza
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/starved...
Starved, displaced and exhausted: Inside AFP’s fight to protect its Gaza reporters
“Some of our freelancers have lost 20 or 30 kilos. Their daily battle to find food and to feed their family is immense,” says Global News Director Phil Chetwynd.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When journalists are targeted it’s because those doing the targeting have something to hide. It’s appalling. Despicable. But it won’t work.
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I talked to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker about Secret Service agents reading through my reporter's notebook:
Secret Service agents searched and read through Cincinnati Enquirer reporter @eringlynn.bsky.social’s notebook, which included unpublished work product, during a security screening ahead of an event with Vice President @jd-vance-1.bsky.social in Lima, Ohio, on June 24.
Ohio reporter’s notebook searched by Secret Service at Vance fundraiser
Erin Glynn, a reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer, had her reporting notebook searched by Secret Service agents during a security …
pressfreedomtracker.us
August 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I talked to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker about Secret Service agents reading through my reporter's notebook:
My dad, who died in the 1990s, went to his grave worrying that Earth’s water supply would dry up in my lifetime.
This new study proves it.
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers www.propublica.org/article/wate...
This new study proves it.
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers www.propublica.org/article/wate...
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My dad, who died in the 1990s, went to his grave worrying that Earth’s water supply would dry up in my lifetime.
This new study proves it.
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers www.propublica.org/article/wate...
This new study proves it.
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers www.propublica.org/article/wate...
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Trump and his allies want to defund NPR and PBS not because they’re irrelevant—but because they still tell the truth Public broadcasting isn’t corporate propaganda. It educates, investigates and elevates voices that authoritarians fear most the people’s. Full Article www.facebook.com/share/p/16oV...
July 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump and his allies want to defund NPR and PBS not because they’re irrelevant—but because they still tell the truth Public broadcasting isn’t corporate propaganda. It educates, investigates and elevates voices that authoritarians fear most the people’s. Full Article www.facebook.com/share/p/16oV...
‼️Heads up, Dayton fam.
Hey @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I are headed out on the road again. This time to Dayton, Ohio.
If Republicans refuse to hold public meetings to explain why they voted to throw 17 million people off their health care to give tax cuts to the rich, we will.
If Republicans refuse to hold public meetings to explain why they voted to throw 17 million people off their health care to give tax cuts to the rich, we will.
July 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
‼️Heads up, Dayton fam.
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The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
even more comprehensive, from @wsj.com: China taking advantage of the destruction of US broadcasting
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off
Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets.
www.wsj.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
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It’s ok to make mistakes as long as you admit it and never forgive yourself
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s ok to make mistakes as long as you admit it and never forgive yourself
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Was told “you seem so chill.” Babe I am clenching my jaw so hard I could crack a walnut with pure suppressed rage.
July 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Was told “you seem so chill.” Babe I am clenching my jaw so hard I could crack a walnut with pure suppressed rage.
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July 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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So Trump gets $16 mil while Paramount admits mo wrongdoing and they release interview transcripts which they already did anyway
So it’s a bribe. It’s literally just a bribe.
So it’s a bribe. It’s literally just a bribe.
Details of the Paramount settlement with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit:
- $16 million for Trump presidential library
- Release of transcripts in the future
- No apology
- $16 million for Trump presidential library
- Release of transcripts in the future
- No apology
July 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
So Trump gets $16 mil while Paramount admits mo wrongdoing and they release interview transcripts which they already did anyway
So it’s a bribe. It’s literally just a bribe.
So it’s a bribe. It’s literally just a bribe.
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It is a huge, huge problem globally that the "culture warriors" have decided fact-checking is censorship and pushed that narrative everywhere they can. Glad to see some pushback: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
The truth is still worth fighting for - Poynter
As fact-checkers gather in Rio this week, the fight for information integrity has never been more urgent.
www.poynter.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It is a huge, huge problem globally that the "culture warriors" have decided fact-checking is censorship and pushed that narrative everywhere they can. Glad to see some pushback: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US.
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
Reporter hit by rubber bullet while covering ICE protests in LA
YouTube video by ABC7
m.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US.
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
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More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, leading press freedom groups to question whether law enforcement has been deliberately targeting reporters on the story. apnews.com/article/immi...
With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets
Press advocates are questioning whether journalists covering the Los Angeles immigration protests have become targets of law enforcement.
apnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, leading press freedom groups to question whether law enforcement has been deliberately targeting reporters on the story. apnews.com/article/immi...
While I liked a few songs by The Alarm, I wouldn’t consider myself a fan. But hearing Mike Peters’ stories on the BBC podcast “Jon Holmes Says the C Word” gave me a greater appreciation of him and his music. Gutted to lose him. 😢
April 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
While I liked a few songs by The Alarm, I wouldn’t consider myself a fan. But hearing Mike Peters’ stories on the BBC podcast “Jon Holmes Says the C Word” gave me a greater appreciation of him and his music. Gutted to lose him. 😢
A Cincinnati Reds fan is making sure players aren’t forgotten. ❤️⚾️
Check out this article from Cincinnati.com:
These old Reds players had unmarked graves, but a recent project changed that
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Check out this article from Cincinnati.com:
These old Reds players had unmarked graves, but a recent project changed that
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Cincinnati.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A Cincinnati Reds fan is making sure players aren’t forgotten. ❤️⚾️
Check out this article from Cincinnati.com:
These old Reds players had unmarked graves, but a recent project changed that
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Check out this article from Cincinnati.com:
These old Reds players had unmarked graves, but a recent project changed that
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Have you called customer service at the Social Security Administration in the last few months and want to talk about the experience? Reach out through email at [email protected] or Signal at sarahdwire.71
April 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Have you called customer service at the Social Security Administration in the last few months and want to talk about the experience? Reach out through email at [email protected] or Signal at sarahdwire.71
Can’t get enough of the new album Caviar from Heavy Lungs. Especially this stonkin’ banger! 🎧🤘🏼
youtu.be/ExpTf7ow4kc
youtu.be/ExpTf7ow4kc
HEAVY LUNGS – MR FAMOUS (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Heavy Lungs
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April 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Can’t get enough of the new album Caviar from Heavy Lungs. Especially this stonkin’ banger! 🎧🤘🏼
youtu.be/ExpTf7ow4kc
youtu.be/ExpTf7ow4kc