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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.bsky.social · 4h

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Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Part 2 of my French Political Crisis coverage:

We’re in La Plus Stupide Ligne de Temps (The Stupidest Timeline) .Faced with a true political crisis, Our hero, Macron, just re-appointed the same guy from last week to be PM, and then left France. Oh well! […]

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 15h

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 15h

A message from our staff on Hearing Things's first birthday. Thanks to everyone who's read and supported us over the last year. We're just getting started!

One Year of Hearing Things

Renew those subscriptions cuz we’re just getting started!

www.hearingthings.co

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 17h

Remembering all the people, including Zuck, who insisted (against the actual evidence) that the Biden admin pressured them into censorship... who are suddenly silent now that Pam Bondi is happily demanding the removal of 1st Amendment protected speech.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 17h

Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…

You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember…

Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That…

You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zuckerberg whined to Jim Jordan about how the Biden administration “repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain… content.” Or maybe you remember when he went on Joe Rogan and whined some more about Biden pressure on moderation, even though he admitted there that he rejected their requests: And they pushed us super hard to take down things that were honestly were true.

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 1d

😔😔Total darkness in Kyiv now
Many regions without power
Due to network overload.

Not a strike - just the system collapsing under pressure.
Fortunately, I still have it for now

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 1d

The one message I really want you to hear is "don't get locked into your platform" and some of you are hearing something else and end up getting married to a platform and that's a bad idea for your business.

Substack, Patreon, Squarespace, whatever. Do not trust a tech company with YOUR business.

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 2d

this week for @coyotemedia.org: I went to war-ravaged Portland to find out whether it’s still possible to get a decent macchiato there www.coyotemedia.org/portland-a-w...

Portland, a ‘war zone?’ OK, sure. So how’s the food?

COYOTE’s war correspondent grabs brunch.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 2d

I help journalists who dig way deeper than the NYT, don’t spread hate and propaganda and aren’t beholden to powerful billionaires build media businesses so the rest of us who the NYT was never for can get actual meaningful news

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

I am often told I should not read or pay for the New York Times. Just now, for example. @skyfog.bsky.social‬ said, "You shouldn’t be paying for that rag."

I consider myself a Times loyalist, and I explain what I mean by that here. pressthink.org/2019/08/bad-...

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Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · 3d

Pairs very well with the Harvard Magazine piece on John Roberts that James Fallows re-upped recently.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...

The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money

If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Corry Frydlewicz 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/they) @corry.us · 2d

“But is Portland burning? And is it still possible to get a decent breakfast there while Antifa supersoldiers are rampaging through the streets?”

*chef’s kiss*

@coyotemedia.org

Portland Is a ‘War Zone’? OK, Sure. So How’s the Food?

COYOTE’s war correspondent grabs brunch.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 2d

I have a policy against supporting Substack publishers. It's not personal. I write content about growth and monetization. If I help you make more money, I help Substack.

And I don't want to. So I'll refund any Substack user who joins my projects.

www.revenuerulebreaker.com/substack-pol...

Substack Policy

I quit tech to stop helping bad guys. As Substack gains traction, it's important to me that I have no part in the making of their monopoly.

www.revenuerulebreaker.com

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 2d

Jebus, they didn't even spell his name correctly.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.bsky.social · 3d

The Sally Jenkins who thought the full context of Charlie Kirk talking about black airline pilots was somehow not even worse?

That Sally Jenkins?

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 4d

Used Outpost to make a big 'ol promotional pop up for my blog. I even wrote some CSS to blow this button up super big. I love a giant call to action.

Outpost is a marketing and monetization tool for Ghost publishers (and my featured partner this year) -> outpost.pub

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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.bsky.social · 6d

My health provider's app rn

I mean are they saying it wasn't secure before?

I have questions

A white screen saying please wait while we secure your account

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 6d

I shared my actual blog revenue with my newsletter readers this morning. I love the blog for a lot of reasons but the newsletter is where the money is for me and I will reward people for showing up there too

Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 7d

You have 7 hours to get on my newsletter so you can receive this issue where I break down my blog revenue. Don't whine at me if you don't join my FREE newsletter in time. You shoulda been on there already!

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 7d

Very few journalists are financially independent like Marisa is. A lot more could be but it takes a shitload of courage on the reporting side and a shitload of shameless promotion on the marketing side and not many are up for the task.

We must back the ones who are with cash.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Maria Bustillos @handle.invalid · 8d

So @ftrain.bsky.social came and sorted out how to fix AI on the latest @flaminghydra.com podcast. Whew! we should have asked him on sooner

AND @sirosenbaum.bsky.social breaks down the worst anti-trans amicus brief you ever heard of in your life, you won't believe it

flaminghydra.com/issue-418/

Base meddling / Machine learning

S.I. Rosenbaum on a wretched amicus brief; Paul Ford and Maria Bustillos sort out the AI thing

flaminghydra.com

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 8d

You know what’s funny? I’m not convinced web design matters that much. I was a web and app designer for tech companies in LA and SF for 10+ yrs. I’ve tested thousands of things. Unless you really blow us away with something fresh, as long as your site is readable and has big buttons, you’re good

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404 Media @404media.co · 8d

NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.

Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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