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Christopher Mathias

@letsgomathias.bsky.social

Holy fuck they actually did it

January 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈

@jaspar.bsky.social

Please stop reposting that BNO News account. All they’re doing is reposting information from Minnesota journalists but without any credit or sourcing.

January 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

The six percent are members of newspaper editorial boards and some magazine writers.

Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 5d

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM

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Karen Attiah

@karenattiah.bsky.social

@51st.news for DC

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Instead check out @zeteo.com @propublica.org @flaminghydra.com @404media.co @wired.com @marisakabas.bsky.social and the like.

If you've got an independent site or individual journalist you love, add them to the replies here.

January 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

The only network brave enough to tell you like it is: we love America and think it's the last best hope for Earth.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d

Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.

One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”

January 2, 2026 at 11:56 PM

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Phillip Maciak

@pjmaciak.bsky.social

Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union could do HEAT, but Pacino and De Niro couldn't do BRING IT ON.

December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM

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Amplify Palestine

@amplifypalestine.bsky.social

Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities.

lithub.com/you-can-help...

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

Two Palestinians are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza, after Israel’s war and genocide destroyed nearly all existing libraries, schools, and universities. The two men, Omar Ha…

lithub.com

December 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM

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Jim Grayson

@jimgrayson.bsky.social

I named my fists Strunk and White because if we're doing this, there will be elements of style.

Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Dec 1

i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner

studdwardo.bsky.social @studdwardo.bsky.social · Nov 30

I named my fists Gilbert and Sullivan because they are slaves to duty

December 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM

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Sipho

@comradesipho.bsky.social

Interesting to think how Zohran Mamdani might be a lawyer in Johannesburg or doctor in Cape Town right now had it not been for the University of Cape Town's incredible racism.

mg.co.za/article/2018...

20 years after the ‘Mamdani affair’, the old adversary rejoins UCT

The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’

mg.co.za

November 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

Don't mess with someone not sure of how many large dogs they have.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Nov 18

You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:

November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

This is a lot more fun if you imagine Shelby Foote reading it in Ken Burns' Civil War

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · Nov 4

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد

@hebagowayed.bsky.social

I am so upset.

Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · Nov 2

To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.

November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

Who robbed the Louvre right answers only

October 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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Lydia Polgreen

@polgreen.bsky.social

Worth remembering that a female journalist at WaPo was punished for posting a link to a story about Kobe Bryant, who had just died in a helicopter crash, being credibly accused of sexual assault.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Sep 15

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

karenattiah.substack.com

September 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM

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Aftermath

@aftermath.site

Everyone was right, The Studio is pretty good
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September 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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Karen Attiah

@karenattiah.bsky.social

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM

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Adam Bonica

@adambonica.bsky.social

The reason why fundraising text read like scams is because they are. The political fundraising system has imported the tactics of elder financial fraud. These tactics are designed to filter out skeptics and specifically target and exploit seniors.

95% of scam PAC donors are 65+, costing > $500m.

Spam PACs Raise Money by Deceiving Seniors

One 89-year-old woman made 7,532 donations totaling $68,666

data4democracy.substack.com

August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM

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Marshall Project Guild

@marshallprojectguild.org

Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org‬ leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.

Dear Katrice and Geraldine,

We are deeply concerned about the manner in which The Marshall Project has been treating our members and approaching the bargaining process. Recently, The Marshall Project leadership has betrayed our organization’s values and compromised our position in the industry and the journalism we pursue. It’s time for that to change.

The guild has worked tirelessly and in good faith on proposals that would keep high-quality health care affordable for Marshallers. We have also been steadfast in asserting that all recognized members deserve due process and fair treatment required under the law.

The organization, in turn, has increasingly taken anti-worker stances that have eroded trust and created a culture that makes it difficult to do the work that makes us proud. Since the organization has taken such a hardline stance, refusing to work with the guild on the items listed below, we will be filing unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board and stepping up our public efforts to make it clear that we demand fair treatment.

The following recent actions by the organization have taken an immense toll on the workers of The Marshall Project:

1. The organization has repeatedly denied steward representation to a member facing a Performance Improvement Plan and possible termination, as well as denying another member representation in their termination meeting last week. This denial is illegal, egregious, and completely out of line with standards across our industry and the labor movement going back decades. We are shocked that the organization would take such a hypocritical and prohibitive stance on this, given our mission. The union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice about this illegal violation of members’ Weingarten rights and demands that members be allowed steward representation in any meeting they feel is appropriate.

2. The organization has caused a retaliatory ripple effect with its actions against one employee that has touched an entire newsroom in Cleveland with negative effects that go against the stated purpose of collaboration with local media and our ability to make good on promises we made to readers. When the organization recognized members it had a duty to follow the law and not proceed with layoffs without bargaining. We have filed an Unfair Labor Practice for the illegal layoff of employees and management retaliation.

3. The organization made a unilateral change to our outside employment policy without bargaining, changing expectations to require managerial approval. We have always maintained a workplace where outside work is permitted and the organization’s sudden termination of Chris Vazquez without a steward, without an opportunity to stop the freelancing project, and without severance is unjust and defies our values.

4. The organization is employing a strategic erosion of status quo through small changes to past practice while we bargain our first contract, including erasure of our cost-of-living adjustment, a significant change to our health insurance, and modifying the evaluation process. The organization has inconsistently complied with requests for information, which does not reflect good faith in bargaining.

The Marshall Project, in retaining union-busting law firm Kauff McGuire & Margolis, is willingly participating in the erosion of worker protections across our industry, a project that takes advantage of the current anti-worker political environment. When The Marshall Project voluntarily recognized our union last year, it touted a “longstanding commitment to a fair, equitable and inclusive workplace, with generous benefits.” We are demanding a return to these values.

August 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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Jason Wilson

@jasonaw.bsky.social

You can also read it here www.ap.org/the-definiti...

July 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM

Lexapro Luther

@kenichiserino.bsky.social

For it will not do to grant that goodness must be weak as rain must be wet. It takes courage to say that the good were defeated not because they were good, but because they were weak.

July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM