Cory McCoy
@corymccoy.bsky.social
Newspaper editor writing about social accountability, but this is not a work account
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This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)
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I'm putting together a piece about how much investigative journalism actually costs. If you are an investigative journalist and you're willing to share (not for attribution) what you make and how many hours (years!) you put in, my DMs are open. Estimates fine, just want to get a sense of it.
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I'm putting together a piece about how much investigative journalism actually costs. If you are an investigative journalist and you're willing to share (not for attribution) what you make and how many hours (years!) you put in, my DMs are open. Estimates fine, just want to get a sense of it.
Our failure as an industry to grasp how little people understood the difference between commentary and news is one of the biggest reasons trust in the industry has eroded. A network head seemingly not understanding this distinction is troubling.
News is not a “daily conversation.”
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
News is news.
If you want a daily conversation, go to your local coffee shop.
January 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Our failure as an industry to grasp how little people understood the difference between commentary and news is one of the biggest reasons trust in the industry has eroded. A network head seemingly not understanding this distinction is troubling.
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I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
spitfirenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
If she sewed her own clothes, they would complain she wasn’t using cheap burlap
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
If she sewed her own clothes, they would complain she wasn’t using cheap burlap
Day 3: They did not put my bag on its flight last night. Or at least American Airline’s absolutely awful customer service can’t tell if they did.
Update: It did indeed go to the wrong airport lololol
Day 2: My bag is in limbo after an airline swap and 3 flight changes. They think it will probably go to the right destination. This airport is a prison.
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Day 3: They did not put my bag on its flight last night. Or at least American Airline’s absolutely awful customer service can’t tell if they did.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the YEAR!
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the YEAR!
Mecha-hitler is allowing randos to essentially make softcore porn of other user’s pictures now, if you were wondering how things were going over there.
Super cool having a deepfake machine with the guardrails intentionally being stripped away.
Super cool having a deepfake machine with the guardrails intentionally being stripped away.
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Mecha-hitler is allowing randos to essentially make softcore porn of other user’s pictures now, if you were wondering how things were going over there.
Super cool having a deepfake machine with the guardrails intentionally being stripped away.
Super cool having a deepfake machine with the guardrails intentionally being stripped away.
Update: It did indeed go to the wrong airport lololol
Day 2: My bag is in limbo after an airline swap and 3 flight changes. They think it will probably go to the right destination. This airport is a prison.
Love paying $1k for plane tickets just to have to swap destination airports and rent a car to get home
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Update: It did indeed go to the wrong airport lololol
That is not a sentence I expected to read today
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
That is not a sentence I expected to read today
Day 2: My bag is in limbo after an airline swap and 3 flight changes. They think it will probably go to the right destination. This airport is a prison.
Love paying $1k for plane tickets just to have to swap destination airports and rent a car to get home
December 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Day 2: My bag is in limbo after an airline swap and 3 flight changes. They think it will probably go to the right destination. This airport is a prison.
Tfw it’s your first day on the planet and you have to navigate DFW on one of the busiest travel days of the year
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Tfw it’s your first day on the planet and you have to navigate DFW on one of the busiest travel days of the year
Love paying $1k for plane tickets just to have to swap destination airports and rent a car to get home
December 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Love paying $1k for plane tickets just to have to swap destination airports and rent a car to get home
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
Instead of all this filler content, Stranger Things should have just filmed the play full of important backstory that they still haven’t addressed in the show.
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Instead of all this filler content, Stranger Things should have just filmed the play full of important backstory that they still haven’t addressed in the show.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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My 3 year old great niece is now in a full on melt down because we told her not to draw on the porch of the cabin we rented for crimmas 😂
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
My 3 year old great niece is now in a full on melt down because we told her not to draw on the porch of the cabin we rented for crimmas 😂
Thr boomers (who aren’t in the first groups based on their convos) have formed dueling lines at the gate for my connecting flight and each are loudly complaining about the other
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thr boomers (who aren’t in the first groups based on their convos) have formed dueling lines at the gate for my connecting flight and each are loudly complaining about the other
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A new federal rule would ban gender affirming care at virtually every hospital system in the country.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
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Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Youth Emergency Project Offers Families Guidance To Help Keep Getting Care After New Trump Anti-Trans Rule
The organization tells EITM that they are prepared to scale up for further shutdown of care, and can offer most families places to continue getting care.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A new federal rule would ban gender affirming care at virtually every hospital system in the country.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
FB is utterly flooded with misinformation, AI junk and nonsense. On top of that its algorithm encourages argumentative behavior over positive engagement. Accounts sharing real information are already at a huge disadvantage. This would further disconnect, largely boomers, from access to reliable info
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FB is utterly flooded with misinformation, AI junk and nonsense. On top of that its algorithm encourages argumentative behavior over positive engagement. Accounts sharing real information are already at a huge disadvantage. This would further disconnect, largely boomers, from access to reliable info
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
Did we really just skip straight to Hunger Games?
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Did we really just skip straight to Hunger Games?