Michael Corey
@mikejcorey.bsky.social
Geospatial, Technology, and Data Lead, Mapping Prejudice. Previously: Star Tribune, Reveal. Racial covenants, public history, mapping, data journalism. Team St. Paul.
Wow, look at how hard they're fighting antisemitism!
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Wow, look at how hard they're fighting antisemitism!
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Reporter Andy Mannix from the @startribune.com and I have been speaking to women all over the country about allegations of child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. This is the story of how one perpetrator in Minnesota escaped consequences for years: www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reporter Andy Mannix from the @startribune.com and I have been speaking to women all over the country about allegations of child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. This is the story of how one perpetrator in Minnesota escaped consequences for years: www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
I am reminded this week that having 1 or 2 talking points or visuals that journalists can latch onto is SO IMPORTANT and NOT REALLY THAT HARD. Makes a huge difference in the coverage you can expect.
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am reminded this week that having 1 or 2 talking points or visuals that journalists can latch onto is SO IMPORTANT and NOT REALLY THAT HARD. Makes a huge difference in the coverage you can expect.
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It’s dangerous to have someone this incompetent working as a news editor
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s dangerous to have someone this incompetent working as a news editor
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It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them.
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It’s been almost 48 hours and we still don’t know with certainty how many people were detained on Tuesday, the grounds (if any) on which they’re being held, or what will happen next for these members of our community—all of whom have families and friends and people who love them.
This isn’t normal.
This isn’t normal.
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Keep an eye on Appleton MN. Almost 3 hrs from the Twin Cities, feds are looking at it for an ICE detention facility. Far from the prying eyes of the largest and densest population of people who oppose concentration camps. (Gratitude for the locals on the right side) www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
Appleton residents weigh value of potential ICE detention center
Appleton’s private prison, once the town's biggest employer, has sat unused for 15 years. The Trump administration might have plans for it.
www.minnpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Keep an eye on Appleton MN. Almost 3 hrs from the Twin Cities, feds are looking at it for an ICE detention facility. Far from the prying eyes of the largest and densest population of people who oppose concentration camps. (Gratitude for the locals on the right side) www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
Did not need to know this to shape my feelings about OpenAI but yup that sure checks out.
"Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after Epstein emails made public" www.bbc.com/news/article...
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after Epstein emails made public
The former US treasury secretary has faced a backlash over frequent messages to Epstein.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Did not need to know this to shape my feelings about OpenAI but yup that sure checks out.
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Meanwhile the President just yesterday said an assassinated journalist deserved it and celebrated his killer
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Meanwhile the President just yesterday said an assassinated journalist deserved it and celebrated his killer
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And yes, I wrote a full book about Jamal Khashoggi and his murder. Delivered edits, everything.
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
HarperCollins Halts Work on Book About Jamal Khashoggi
Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia, was murdered at the country’s consulate in Turkey.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
And yes, I wrote a full book about Jamal Khashoggi and his murder. Delivered edits, everything.
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
Until my editors at Harper Collins completely disappeared and stopped work on my manuscript, forcing me to pull it.
www.thedailybeast.com/harpercollin...
In other news, hats off to an amazing classic internet site design: wx4.org/arrivals/new...
The Wx4 Card Catalogue
wx4.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In other news, hats off to an amazing classic internet site design: wx4.org/arrivals/new...
Don't let AI do history for you, exhibit 1,000... And a perfect illustration of how these things are designed to sound much more authoritative than they should. It's not random, that's a choice!
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Don't let AI do history for you, exhibit 1,000... And a perfect illustration of how these things are designed to sound much more authoritative than they should. It's not random, that's a choice!
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Americans were fired and targeted for saying this by the way, by both Republicans and Democrats in power. ♥️
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Americans were fired and targeted for saying this by the way, by both Republicans and Democrats in power. ♥️
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we didn't lose to the Giants!!
a man with a mustache in a blue suit says tiny celebration in front of a group of people
ALT: a man with a mustache in a blue suit says tiny celebration in front of a group of people
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
we didn't lose to the Giants!!
When COVID began, we already had a stockpile of N-95s left over from living in California. We were so happy to not have to worry about smoke anymore, and now it's every year. I don't want this for anyone, but the lesson is clear: There's nowhere to run, we have to fix the only planet we've got.
I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When COVID began, we already had a stockpile of N-95s left over from living in California. We were so happy to not have to worry about smoke anymore, and now it's every year. I don't want this for anyone, but the lesson is clear: There's nowhere to run, we have to fix the only planet we've got.
I am proud that my university is now more committed than ever to the twirling forward-looking enhancements of strategi-tunities.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am proud that my university is now more committed than ever to the twirling forward-looking enhancements of strategi-tunities.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
I think I have entered my Database Index Awakening. So cringe.
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I think I have entered my Database Index Awakening. So cringe.
Shoutout to all my fellow Immaculate Conception alumni!*
*Alumni of the elementary school, not alumni of actual immaculate conception
*Alumni of the elementary school, not alumni of actual immaculate conception
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Shoutout to all my fellow Immaculate Conception alumni!*
*Alumni of the elementary school, not alumni of actual immaculate conception
*Alumni of the elementary school, not alumni of actual immaculate conception
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“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
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1000%
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
1000%
<Ahem> Someone build an ICE tracker! Would be delayed, but could establish patterns.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
<Ahem> Someone build an ICE tracker! Would be delayed, but could establish patterns.
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///BREAKING/// Federal judge says he'll order release of hundreds of 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees on bond www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/f...
Federal judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond
A federal judge in Chicago said he plans to grant bond to hundreds of immigrants whose arrests under “Operation Midway Blitz” allegedly violated a consent decree against “warrantl…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
///BREAKING/// Federal judge says he'll order release of hundreds of 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees on bond www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/f...
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What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
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WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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trade proposal: get rid of AI, bring the lemonade that kills you back
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
trade proposal: get rid of AI, bring the lemonade that kills you back