Steve Mullis
@stevemullis.net
Roving news editor based in Seattle; D&D DM // Former: NPR's Morning Edition & Up First, NPR digital, Minnesota Public Radio, Orlando Sentinel. Other: Big fan of dogs, TTRPGs and nerdy stuff.
Currently reading: Peripheral; How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Currently reading: Peripheral; How to Stand Up to a Dictator
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Steve Mullis
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I think plenty of it speaks to the state of the media, but an obvious one is that Vox and Vanity Fair barely investigated her and that she managed to commit an unforgivable journalistic crime before getting a book deal and walking into another prestige job, while plenty of others are being laid off
Bluesky has 40M users now. Thinking of it as a singular Borg collective or a monolithic community is a bit silly at this point.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Bluesky has 40M users now. Thinking of it as a singular Borg collective or a monolithic community is a bit silly at this point.
Oh fuck …
BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oh fuck …
I'm an indie bookstore junkie. I've long been thinking about creating and editing a local newsletter that celebrates/promotes Seattle's many indie bookstores, their contributions to the community, and highlights the people who run them (often on very thin margins). Maybe 2026 will be the year.
A note from our CEO Andy Hunter expressing our gratitude for our extended book family and stressing the importance of supporting independent bookstores this holiday season and beyond 💜
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm an indie bookstore junkie. I've long been thinking about creating and editing a local newsletter that celebrates/promotes Seattle's many indie bookstores, their contributions to the community, and highlights the people who run them (often on very thin margins). Maybe 2026 will be the year.
It really sucks that one of the most important election interference cases in the U.S. was derailed and now dropped all because Fulton County DA Fani Willis had a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she chose to lead the case, leading to her being barred from the case.
The Georgia election interference case against Trump and others has been dropped
The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It really sucks that one of the most important election interference cases in the U.S. was derailed and now dropped all because Fulton County DA Fani Willis had a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she chose to lead the case, leading to her being barred from the case.
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
An @mprnews.org photojournalist was injured and taken to the hospital today while covering protests of ICE in St. Paul today.
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
An @mprnews.org photojournalist was injured and taken to the hospital today while covering protests of ICE in St. Paul today.
The Financial Onion Times
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The Financial Onion Times
This. Also, it sucks that we live in a world where someone must make a positive argument in favor of buying books. Someone had to write that book and convince someone with deep pockets to publish and distribute it. If you are interested in a book, just buy it (and read it).
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This. Also, it sucks that we live in a world where someone must make a positive argument in favor of buying books. Someone had to write that book and convince someone with deep pockets to publish and distribute it. If you are interested in a book, just buy it (and read it).
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For Long Lead's latest feature, DOUBLE MEANING, photojournalist Sarah Rogers and filmmaker Kate Bennis attend the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, OH to find out what we can learn from a community of twins. twins.longlead.com
What do twins know that the rest of us don’t?
Amid an epidemic of loneliness and social isolation, a gathering of twins celebrates the power of connection, companionship, and community.
twins.longlead.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For Long Lead's latest feature, DOUBLE MEANING, photojournalist Sarah Rogers and filmmaker Kate Bennis attend the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, OH to find out what we can learn from a community of twins. twins.longlead.com
The presentation and art direction on this piece are fantastic, as is the excellent reporting.
In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a devastating advisory about the persistent loneliness epidemic, declaring social isolation and lack of connection to be a public health crisis. twins.longlead.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The presentation and art direction on this piece are fantastic, as is the excellent reporting.
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NEW: A @propublica.org & @frontlinepbs.bsky.social analysis found dozens of cases in recent months which officers deployed "less lethal" weapons in ways that flout the government’s own rules — like aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin and deploying chemical agents near children.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW: A @propublica.org & @frontlinepbs.bsky.social analysis found dozens of cases in recent months which officers deployed "less lethal" weapons in ways that flout the government’s own rules — like aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin and deploying chemical agents near children.
The Washington Post editorial board is now just stealing from old Andy Rooney bits
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Washington Post editorial board is now just stealing from old Andy Rooney bits
Two reporters I am working with today are leaving public media for other opportunities. It's understandable, but no less depressing. #SavePublicMedia
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Two reporters I am working with today are leaving public media for other opportunities. It's understandable, but no less depressing. #SavePublicMedia
This feels like something that'd be written in Ye Olde English and circulated in a pamphlet advertising "Dr. Snyder's Miracle Tonic"
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This feels like something that'd be written in Ye Olde English and circulated in a pamphlet advertising "Dr. Snyder's Miracle Tonic"
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X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this:
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this:
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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wrote about the "hemp ban" that Congress snuck into the government-reopening bill, the impact it's already having on angry farmers and brewers and small-biz owners across the country, the misconceptions around the plant, and the lobbies that agitated for this crackdown: slate.com/business/202...
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
wrote about the "hemp ban" that Congress snuck into the government-reopening bill, the impact it's already having on angry farmers and brewers and small-biz owners across the country, the misconceptions around the plant, and the lobbies that agitated for this crackdown: slate.com/business/202...
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We submitted a ridiculous fake ad to Facebook for a free sub-orbital trip to space. They approved it and took our money. They're making billions of dollars this way, and they know it.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We submitted a ridiculous fake ad to Facebook for a free sub-orbital trip to space. They approved it and took our money. They're making billions of dollars this way, and they know it.
In a draft memo to Congress, which sources shared with NPR but which has not yet been sent, Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being "genderless" and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In a draft memo to Congress, which sources shared with NPR but which has not yet been sent, Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being "genderless" and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Constantly making "who is the richest boy" a headline every time the stock market shuffles the deck of richest boys is one of the reasons these megalomaniacs focus so much energy on accumulating wealth. It's a game, and they want to get the highest score and win.
The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
Larry Page Becomes No. 2 Richest—Bumping Larry Ellison—As Alphabet Shares Rally
The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Constantly making "who is the richest boy" a headline every time the stock market shuffles the deck of richest boys is one of the reasons these megalomaniacs focus so much energy on accumulating wealth. It's a game, and they want to get the highest score and win.