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Stacy Kess, dissident editor
@stacykess.bsky.social
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Editor of @equalaccesspublicmedia.org.
Woman on a mission to make news accessible.
#Journalist with 25-plus yrs experience and handful of awards.
Former #RN.
View from #Boston.
No filter.
Cuss too much.
Typos on social media.
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Ooof. People don't trust the news, according the Economist/YouGov poll.

Doesn't change by age, race, party affiliation, politics, or who you voted for in 2024.

@trustingnews.bsky.social @the-word.news

(Pages 16 and 18.)

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1677 U.S. Adult Citizens Trust in Television news A great deal: 5% overall, 7% male, 3% female, 3% White, 9% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% 18-29 years old, 6% 30-44 years old, 4% 45-64 years old. Quite a lot: 12% overall, 13% m, 11% f, 11% W, 23% B, 8% H, 15% 18-29 y, 9% 30-44 y, 9% 45-64 y. Some: 35% overall, 32% m, 38% f, 33% W, 38% B, 37% H, 36% 18-29 y, 36% 30-44 y, 31% 45-64 y. Very little: 48% overall; 48% m, 48% f, 52% W, 29% B, 44% H, 40% 18-29 y, 49% 30-44 y, 56% 45-64 y. Trust in Newspapers A great deal: 5% overall, 6% male, 3% female, 3% White, 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% 19-29 years old, 6% 30-44 years old, 5% 45-64 years old. Quite a lot: 18% overall, 18% m, 18% f, 17% W, 24% B, 18% H, 22% 17-29 y, 20% 30-44 y, 16% 45-64 y. Some 39% overall, 37% m, 41% f, 39% W, 42% B, 41% H, 48% 17-29 y, 44% 30-44 y, 34% 45-64 y. Very little 38% overall, 39% m, 38% f, 41% W, 26% B, 34% H, 24% 17-29 y, 31% -44 y, 45% 45-64 y.
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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People… I just got to inbox zero!
An empty wooden file inbox on a bookshelf
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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They started me on public media early.
Polaroid on red construction paper. Me, head stuck through a cutout of a Sesame Street scene with Big Bird Oscar, Inspector Grover and Ernie, circa 1982.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Who wants more embarrassing baby photos?

You do!

It’s a great distraction from the thing that makes you want to pluck your eyes out.
Me, age 1, on my mom’s lap in a blurry black-and-white photo on a porch that I think was where we lived when I was born
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Ok, because this morning’s Bluesky is full of terrible things, I’m going to post embarrassing photos. My mom sent me all my childhood photos (I don’t know why) and here’s me at 20 and 24 months. With some serious hair.
Me, age 20-months-old on the left in a white dress and leggings, and at 24-months-old on the right. In a very 1981 red corduroy shirt, hugging a Snoopy doll. In both pics, I have about inch- or-two-inch-long wild curls.
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Timeline cleanse. Doggies in the doggy spot under my desk.

And if you want any more cute pics like this donate to www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org
Two small dogs, one tiny brown pup curled up in a ball, and one old black dog looking up at the camera, lying on the dog bed under my desk.
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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How I realized strange things were afoot at the Circle K.
Internal server error screen (from CloudFare) when visiting site Green check mark: You (me), Browser, Working. Dark cloud and red x: Boston, Cloudfare, Error Green check: www.neimanlab.org, Host, Working
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I made a few jokes at our robot overlord's expense yesterday, and now... this.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to?

(All I'm trying to do is check some links for accuracy while I post an article. Can't check 'em because, womp womp, Cloudfare.)

www.cloudflarestatus.com
Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue. Nov 18, 2025 - 12:37 UTC Update - We are seeing services recover, but customers may continue to observe higher-than-normal error rates as we continue remediation efforts. Nov 18, 2025 - 12:21 UTC Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue. Nov 18, 2025 - 12:03 UTC Investigating - Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which impacts multiple customers: Widespread 500 errors, Cloudflare Dashboard and API also failing. We are working to understand the full impact and mitigate this problem. More updates to follow shortly. Nov 18, 2025 - 11:48 UTC
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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And here they are. The new (used) AP Stylebook and my old one. Aren’t they lovely?

/4
A pair of AP Stylebooks, one new to me (a 2024 edition) and one well-used by me (a 2007 edition)
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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With alt text
The Guardian front page: Large photo looking through the front windshield of a car showing two masked federal agents with a small child in the backseat. Headline: Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father Photo caption: The child's grandmother said the family was shaken b the incident. Photo courtesy of ImmDef
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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With alt text
Front page of the Chattanooga Times. Large photo of a woman holding a bag of groceries in front of an open fridge. Caption: "Carla Sims puts away groceries she collected from the food pantry at the Bethlehem Center in Chattanooga. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which Sims receives from the government, are delayed amid the ongoing government shutdown." Full page headline: 'You've got to survive' Subhead: Residents turn to food pantries as state scrambles to. restart assistance program paused amid shutdown
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Ahh yes…
A ferocious tiger striped fluffy cat with white around his neck and and head, belly, and paws, licks his paw A small brown pup with big ears sits in his mama’s desk chair claiming it as his own An elder black dog graying around his eyes and ears with white around his nose and mouth glares at the camera
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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As you all know, I’m a transit nerd. And I’m a huge fan of the MBTA. Yesterday, husband took me to an MBTA antique and memorabilia shop near Porter Square that I didn’t know existed. (I mostly controlled my myself.)

Also, I got this awesome new mug.
Coffee mug with map of the Boston MBTA printed on it
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Yes, yes, what a lovely ergonomic chair. But behold! My antique editor’s chair has history!
An old wooden editor’s chair that I saved from a certain closing newspaper office.
October 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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It took me a few times, and slowing down the video, but yeah. There it is.

The ICE agent on the left taking a fucking selfie as they violently arrest the women they dragged from the vehicle they crashed into just a moment earlier.
Frame at 1:07 from video in quoted post. ICE agent on left takes a self as he and ICE agent on right violently arrest woman they dragged out of vehicle they sideswiped just moments earlier.
October 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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This comment today on LinkedIn about @equalaccesspublicmedia.org and our article in our new magazine, The Word, yesterday. I'm not crying. You're crying.
Equal Access Public Media does good work on a shoestring budget (seriously, not sure how Stacy does it) and since the study on how endometriosis impacts men was making the rounds earlier this week, I thought I’d highlight…the opposite? Storytelling and representation are powerful. Good to see women still speaking up. Link to "Not a Strange word anymore" https://eapmstyleguide.org/10-8-20205-womens-health-media/
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Hubs is trying to convince me, a journalist/editor, that Tuesday is the least popular day of the week. Without evidence. Just a feeling.

Cite a source, honey. Cite a source.
Text exchange Him: Um, why? Because each and every other day of the week is more l popular than Tuesday. It's science! Me: YouGov say it's Monday at least among Americans polled Him: YouGov is patently wrong. Ha! Me: Says who? Him: The other 2.9 billion people YouGov didn't poll. Tuesday is the stupidest day of the week and everyone knows it. Me: Vibes? Me: I have data.
October 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I mean…
Absolutely the most handsome old black dog with gray around his face sleeping on the dog bed under my desk
October 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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I need you all to see the cutest thing. I put a dog bed under my desk to get it out of the way and accidentally created the most coveted piece of real estate in my office. All three boys want it. But the old man wins.
An older black dog with gray around his eyes and chin lying on a gray blanket and fuzzy black dog bed under my desk.
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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I can't work under these conditions.
A small brown dog with giant ears climbs all over me and shoves his head in front of me blocking my view of the computer screen.
September 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I love when neighbors drop useful goodies on your doorstep.
Pamphlet from LUCE: See Ice? Take pictures of what you see Call the LUCE Hotline (617) 370-5023 What do we do? Verify ICE sightings Support you in exercising your rights Share verified information to protect the community www.lucemass.org LUCE Massachusetts ICE Watch
August 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Ok, but also…
Adorable tiger-striped domestic short hair cat with a white face and white paws cleaning his paws
July 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Usually it’s the cat, but now the pup has kicked me out of my chair. Guess my work day is over.
Small brown pup looking innocent as he sits in my desk chair
July 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I needed to clear my head for a few minutes yesterday so I went to the first public beach in America and let the sound of the crashing waves soothe my soul.
Clear blue skies above blue water of Massachusetts Bay lapping the three sandy miles of Revere Beach. A few people a silhouetted where the water laps the sand.
July 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Hiding until weather goes back to normal on Thursday.
Boston, MA weather forecast for Tuesday 6/24 through Saturday 6/28 for Beacon Hill Station. Tuesday high temperature of 101 degrees F and sunny. Wednesday high temperature of 90 degrees F and partly cloudy. Temperatures return to normal on Thursday with a high temperature of 70 degrees F and cloudy. Friday high temperature of 67 degrees F and cloudy. Saturday high temperature of 71 and showers.
June 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM