@sirosenbaum.bsky.social
The atlas-eater with a jaw for news :: journalism, art and comics :: Formerly: Providence Journal, Tampa Bay Times, Boston Phoenix, Boston magazine, Bloomberg, Flaming Hydra :: married to @josie.zone :: EMAIL ME: si AT arrr DOT net
Pinned
the rules of journalistic ethics and the rules of Faerie ethics are eerily similar
Don't break bread. Don't accept gifts. Make sure you spell their name right. If you're INSIDE the salt circle you're ON the record.
Beautiful
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Beautiful
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 2025
two men are talking in front of a window with the words " you know what it is theo " on the bottom
Alt: two men are talking in front of a window with a floating pig the words " you know what it is theo, I just don't think about " on the bottom. From Children of Men
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 2025
For thankgiving we were going to visit a cousin who also lives in Europe, but I got a shitty cold. So it's just another day. But Josie got me green curry and a pineapple tart, because she's the actual best
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
For thankgiving we were going to visit a cousin who also lives in Europe, but I got a shitty cold. So it's just another day. But Josie got me green curry and a pineapple tart, because she's the actual best
only half? who's bogarting the weed?
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
only half? who's bogarting the weed?
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Every year Thanksgiving devolves into a huge argument between the family members that think Tom Bombadil is a superfluous tangent and those shouting he’s essential LOTR worldbuilding
November 25, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Every year Thanksgiving devolves into a huge argument between the family members that think Tom Bombadil is a superfluous tangent and those shouting he’s essential LOTR worldbuilding
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56th annual National Day of Mourning
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
56th annual National Day of Mourning
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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I enjoyed reading this – a fascinating look at Pope Leo’s Creole ancestry from Louisiana and his ancestors’ connection to Haiti theconversation.com/pope-leo-xiv... 🗃️
Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration
Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.
theconversation.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I enjoyed reading this – a fascinating look at Pope Leo’s Creole ancestry from Louisiana and his ancestors’ connection to Haiti theconversation.com/pope-leo-xiv... 🗃️
thred
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
thred
THIS IS NOT A DRILL, QUEER RETELLING OF BISCLAVRET IS LIVE
A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL, QUEER RETELLING OF BISCLAVRET IS LIVE
any one of these angry persons can be inside me whenever he wants, damn
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
any one of these angry persons can be inside me whenever he wants, damn
This movie had not come out yet when I was a kid, but a cousin of mine tells me their earliest memory of me is a thankgiving when I must have been <7 and apparently showed up in a homemade headband and told them I was there to represent the interests of Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This movie had not come out yet when I was a kid, but a cousin of mine tells me their earliest memory of me is a thankgiving when I must have been <7 and apparently showed up in a homemade headband and told them I was there to represent the interests of Native Americans
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For those who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
For those who celebrate
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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Chotiner: You've said soup cures measles
RFK: Well,
Chotiner: And I agree
RFK: Oh?
Chotiner: No. Wait....I forgot my question
RFK: Take your time
Chotiner: I mean, uh, wow your eyes are blue. You smell like bleach and I love it?
RFK: That's your question?
Chotiner: What the fuck is happening to me
RFK: Well,
Chotiner: And I agree
RFK: Oh?
Chotiner: No. Wait....I forgot my question
RFK: Take your time
Chotiner: I mean, uh, wow your eyes are blue. You smell like bleach and I love it?
RFK: That's your question?
Chotiner: What the fuck is happening to me
Okay it's officially time for a Chotiner/RFK interview
“The entire purpose of science is to search for existential truths,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told me. “It’s not subjective. It should be objective. I believe science is a place where you can find unity if you can get a conversation going.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Chotiner: You've said soup cures measles
RFK: Well,
Chotiner: And I agree
RFK: Oh?
Chotiner: No. Wait....I forgot my question
RFK: Take your time
Chotiner: I mean, uh, wow your eyes are blue. You smell like bleach and I love it?
RFK: That's your question?
Chotiner: What the fuck is happening to me
RFK: Well,
Chotiner: And I agree
RFK: Oh?
Chotiner: No. Wait....I forgot my question
RFK: Take your time
Chotiner: I mean, uh, wow your eyes are blue. You smell like bleach and I love it?
RFK: That's your question?
Chotiner: What the fuck is happening to me
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from Dec 5, 1955, to Dec 20, 1956.
It ended after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
So, 381 days. One week should be doable.
FYI - The page that was on National Park Service site is now gone.
It ended after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
So, 381 days. One week should be doable.
FYI - The page that was on National Park Service site is now gone.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from Dec 5, 1955, to Dec 20, 1956.
It ended after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
So, 381 days. One week should be doable.
FYI - The page that was on National Park Service site is now gone.
It ended after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
So, 381 days. One week should be doable.
FYI - The page that was on National Park Service site is now gone.
CRIM-IN-AL-MEN-TE
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
CRIM-IN-AL-MEN-TE
I've followed @melissagiragrant.com's work for over a decade and she's been doing vital trans coverage in these dark days. Honored to be quoted in this piece for TNR.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I've followed @melissagiragrant.com's work for over a decade and she's been doing vital trans coverage in these dark days. Honored to be quoted in this piece for TNR.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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I just replaced my 2017 ipad pro 2d gen with another 2017 ipad pro 2d gen
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I just replaced my 2017 ipad pro 2d gen with another 2017 ipad pro 2d gen
I'm rereading Count Zero
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm rereading Count Zero
Next ask if he got a haircut
Gregory Bovino’s deposition is out. Check here and @chicagotribune.com for highlights. Throughout, Bovino was evasive and combative. In this, while being asked about a photo showing him throwing tear gas, Bovino said: “You said canister. I threw two. That’s plural.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Next ask if he got a haircut
so ... the union ... which is supposed to be pro-worker ... and played a central role in breaking the communist regime .... which was supposed to be pro-worker ... just won a lawsuit ... taking a worker's IP away from him
The Solidarity trade union, which played a central role in bringing down Poland's communist regime, has won a long-running legal battle for control over its famous logo against the man who designed it, Jerzy Janiszewski.
Poland's Solidarity trade union wins legal battle for control of iconic logo
notesfrompoland.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
so ... the union ... which is supposed to be pro-worker ... and played a central role in breaking the communist regime .... which was supposed to be pro-worker ... just won a lawsuit ... taking a worker's IP away from him
We gave Timmy salmon paté like, a few times, and then we didn't have any anymore, and he went on TOTAL STRIKE. Would not eat kibble, knocked objects off things, *left a shredded-up paper towel roll outside our door,* refused all pets.
Tonight, we gave him more paté.
You've never seen a smugger cat
Tonight, we gave him more paté.
You've never seen a smugger cat
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We gave Timmy salmon paté like, a few times, and then we didn't have any anymore, and he went on TOTAL STRIKE. Would not eat kibble, knocked objects off things, *left a shredded-up paper towel roll outside our door,* refused all pets.
Tonight, we gave him more paté.
You've never seen a smugger cat
Tonight, we gave him more paté.
You've never seen a smugger cat
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Making this the 🧵 for publicity appearances for POPCORN DISABILITIES. Be sure to bookmark to find out where I'm going to be in promoting the book and the various great people who have allowed me to talk about the movie this month.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Making this the 🧵 for publicity appearances for POPCORN DISABILITIES. Be sure to bookmark to find out where I'm going to be in promoting the book and the various great people who have allowed me to talk about the movie this month.