Megan McGibney
@meganmcgibney.bsky.social
Journalist | Writer | Editor | Photographer Beats: education, politics, reproductive health, disabilities. Opinions mine/RTs🚫endorsers. Newmark-J grad
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Megan McGibney
@meganmcgibney.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello! I’m Megan, native NYer and freelance journalist. I write about education, politics, reproductive health, disabilities/mental illnesses. I’m also a freelance proofreader and content writer. My indie journalism projects are “The Media & Us” and “Sacred Places NYC”, both on Substack.
“In October, Lithuania shut down both of its remaining border crossings with Belarus in response to a surge of balloon incidents. The checkpoints were reopened last week after the situation appeared to stabilize and no new disruptions were reported”
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Vilnius airport halts flights for 3rd time this week after balloon sightings
The incident marks the third such disruption in Lithuania this week, with Vilnius facing repeated flight interruptions over the past months.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“In October, Lithuania shut down both of its remaining border crossings with Belarus in response to a surge of balloon incidents. The checkpoints were reopened last week after the situation appeared to stabilize and no new disruptions were reported”
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I wrote about what fmr Soviet NYers think of Putin, Ukraine, and Trump in March. Here's what one said: "Watch some YouTube videos, read books. Learn about history. There’s fake news everywhere. Russia wants to become an empire again, we’re facing another Soviet empire.“
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https://www.amny.com/news/fears-emboldened-putin-rise-among-new-yorkers-from-ukraine/
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I wrote about what fmr Soviet NYers think of Putin, Ukraine, and Trump in March. Here's what one said: "Watch some YouTube videos, read books. Learn about history. There’s fake news everywhere. Russia wants to become an empire again, we’re facing another Soviet empire.“
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This NSS plays right into Putin's playbook by destroying NATO and the EU, and bullying Europe into submitting to Putin. Somewhere in Russia, Putin is smiling.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This NSS plays right into Putin's playbook by destroying NATO and the EU, and bullying Europe into submitting to Putin. Somewhere in Russia, Putin is smiling.
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Sorry, but this isn’t exactly art. It’s just downright creepy! 😬
Just feel like you should know that this guys put Zuck, Musky, and Bezos’ heads on the evil robot dogs and they poop surveillance
See robotic dogs with human heads causing a scene at Miami art fair | CNN
The artist known as Beeple has caused a stir at Art Basel in Miami with an eye-catching new installation. Titled “Regular Animals,” the piece sees Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Andy Warhol, among oth...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sorry, but this isn’t exactly art. It’s just downright creepy! 😬
My latest for BKReader probably one of the most emotional stories I've done in a long while.
A Carroll Gardens school is coming together to remember a beloved student who passed away from cancer in June 2024.
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A Carroll Gardens school is coming together to remember a beloved student who passed away from cancer in June 2024.
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A Brooklyn School Comes Together After Losing One of Its Own
Students, families and staff at P.S. 58 in Carroll Gardens are creating a reading garden to honor Eliana Zakhnini-Messineo, who passed away from cancer in 2024.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My latest for BKReader probably one of the most emotional stories I've done in a long while.
A Carroll Gardens school is coming together to remember a beloved student who passed away from cancer in June 2024.
www.bkreader.com/non-profit-c...
A Carroll Gardens school is coming together to remember a beloved student who passed away from cancer in June 2024.
www.bkreader.com/non-profit-c...
Here’s my very first article with Parents! It’s about dyscalculia, what it is, what states are doing, and what parents need to know about their the DOE’s dismantling.
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What Is Dyscalculia and How Do I Know if My Child Has It?
When Victoria Beckham revealed she suffers from dyscalculia, she brought attention to an often undiagnosed math learning disability.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Here’s my very first article with Parents! It’s about dyscalculia, what it is, what states are doing, and what parents need to know about their the DOE’s dismantling.
www.parents.com/what-is-dysc...
www.parents.com/what-is-dysc...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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New Yorkers are getting to know the City Council member who is claiming she has enough support to become the next council speaker.
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Who is the woman poised to become the next council speaker?
Julie Menin would bring to the role decades of service to Manhattan communities.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
New Yorkers are getting to know the City Council member who is claiming she has enough support to become the next council speaker.
Read more: http://specne.ws/s8EF8m
Read more: http://specne.ws/s8EF8m
The UAE is ruthless in supporting both sides in Sudan's war in pursuit of more gold.
Meanwhile, other countries are benefitting from this trade. One of them is Russia, because it needs gold to fund its war with Ukraine. Syria may transfering the gold from UAE to Moscow.
youtu.be/AMlxNddGy9Y?si
Meanwhile, other countries are benefitting from this trade. One of them is Russia, because it needs gold to fund its war with Ukraine. Syria may transfering the gold from UAE to Moscow.
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Russia, the UAE and Sudan's stolen gold | The Big Picture
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The UAE is ruthless in supporting both sides in Sudan's war in pursuit of more gold.
Meanwhile, other countries are benefitting from this trade. One of them is Russia, because it needs gold to fund its war with Ukraine. Syria may transfering the gold from UAE to Moscow.
youtu.be/AMlxNddGy9Y?si
Meanwhile, other countries are benefitting from this trade. One of them is Russia, because it needs gold to fund its war with Ukraine. Syria may transfering the gold from UAE to Moscow.
youtu.be/AMlxNddGy9Y?si
Last day is tomorrow! Get those gifts 🫶
Hey all! My Etsy photo shop is 20% of all products until Monday. And “all” I mean, wall decor, journals, and a 2026 calendar. Happy shopping!
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December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Last day is tomorrow! Get those gifts 🫶
Such cruelty, mocking a popular children’s book series and Americans’ fears and concerns this way. Just sickening.
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Such cruelty, mocking a popular children’s book series and Americans’ fears and concerns this way. Just sickening.
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“The piling on of one inconvenience after another made it impossible for people to stay at first in their school and then in the city,” said Naveed Hasan, a Panel for Educational Policy member.
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A wave of immigration boosted enrollment at dozens of NYC schools. Now, their numbers are falling.
At dozens of schools that took in the largest shares of migrant students in recent years, enrollment fell by 11% over the past year, wiping away years of gains.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The piling on of one inconvenience after another made it impossible for people to stay at first in their school and then in the city,” said Naveed Hasan, a Panel for Educational Policy member.
@michaelelsenroo.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social
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Northwestern reaches $75M deal with Trump administration to get federal funding reinstated
Northwestern reaches $75M deal with Trump administration to get federal funding reinstated
Northwestern expects federal funds will start flowing within days and be fully restored within 30 days.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Northwestern reaches $75M deal with Trump administration to get federal funding reinstated
Hey all! My Etsy photo shop is 20% of all products until Monday. And “all” I mean, wall decor, journals, and a 2026 calendar. Happy shopping!
urbannaturepics.etsy.com
urbannaturepics.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey all! My Etsy photo shop is 20% of all products until Monday. And “all” I mean, wall decor, journals, and a 2026 calendar. Happy shopping!
urbannaturepics.etsy.com
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Local ‘Participating Agencies’ Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions
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Local 'Participating Agencies' Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions - UNICORN RIOT
The 287(g) program links local law enforcement agencies into ICE. The program has grown incrementally in Minnesota this year; meanwhile counties are collecting millions of dollars by detaining immigra...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Local ‘Participating Agencies’ Expand ICE Links in Minnesota as Counties Profit from Immigrant Detentions
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“Staff urged her to stay, warning she was at high risk of shoulder dystocia, as the baby was “huge”. But Lopez wasn’t concerned. Fresh in her memory was a newsletter she’d received from Norris-Clark, stating fears of shoulder dystocia were “greatly exaggerated”.
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“Staff urged her to stay, warning she was at high risk of shoulder dystocia, as the baby was “huge”. But Lopez wasn’t concerned. Fresh in her memory was a newsletter she’d received from Norris-Clark, stating fears of shoulder dystocia were “greatly exaggerated”.
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It's quite possible, you can't rule it out, that this whole MTG thing is an act: she's gonna run for Senator, she'll primary him if he tries for a third term, she'll primary his successor, she wants to reap the whirlwind when Trump is history and that is a huge opportunity for any opportunist
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It's quite possible, you can't rule it out, that this whole MTG thing is an act: she's gonna run for Senator, she'll primary him if he tries for a third term, she'll primary his successor, she wants to reap the whirlwind when Trump is history and that is a huge opportunity for any opportunist
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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The View will absolutely fall for this.
Marjorie Taylor Greene will now work as a private citizen on a grass roots level to get hired as a cohost on The View.
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The View will absolutely fall for this.
It looks like the Pope’s New Year’s resolution will be to cut down on American visitors.
“I wish American visitors would stop giving me jerseys,” I said. “How about a little change of pace,” I said.
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It looks like the Pope’s New Year’s resolution will be to cut down on American visitors.
I just saw a TikTok video that mentioned the careers that are no longer being seen as “professional”, and it pointed out what many of those jobs have in common: mandated reporters.
Teachers, therapists, nursing, social workers, and so on.
They’re all mandated reporters.
Teachers, therapists, nursing, social workers, and so on.
They’re all mandated reporters.
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I just saw a TikTok video that mentioned the careers that are no longer being seen as “professional”, and it pointed out what many of those jobs have in common: mandated reporters.
Teachers, therapists, nursing, social workers, and so on.
They’re all mandated reporters.
Teachers, therapists, nursing, social workers, and so on.
They’re all mandated reporters.
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez, whose congressional district covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens, has announced she will not seek reelection and will retire at the end of her current term next year.
Read more: http://specne.ws/G53mJT
Read more: http://specne.ws/G53mJT
Rep. Nydia Velázquez will not seek reelection in 2026
Velázquez was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Rep. Nydia Velázquez, whose congressional district covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens, has announced she will not seek reelection and will retire at the end of her current term next year.
Read more: http://specne.ws/G53mJT
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NYC rats comment on this year's mayoral election. Given what their voting block could be, imagine if they could actually vote, ha ha!
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NYC Rats speak out about Mamdani, Cuomo, and Sliwa
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
NYC rats comment on this year's mayoral election. Given what their voting block could be, imagine if they could actually vote, ha ha!
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"He described the Santa scheme as “a bigger action than Breivik without getting caught” — believed to be a reference to a reference to Anders Behring Breivik, a neo-Nazi who killed 77 people in a 2011 bombing and mass shooting spree in Norway, the feds say."
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Neo-Nazi leader admits to NYC hate crime plots, including posing as Santa to poison minority kids
Michael Chkhikvishvili, 22, a citizen of Georgia, ran the Russian and Ukrainian “Maniac Murder Cult” hate group and went by the nickname “Commander Butcher.”
www.nydailynews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"He described the Santa scheme as “a bigger action than Breivik without getting caught” — believed to be a reference to a reference to Anders Behring Breivik, a neo-Nazi who killed 77 people in a 2011 bombing and mass shooting spree in Norway, the feds say."
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/n...
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