Laura
@takeithandy.bsky.social
Exasperated but hopeful feelings for Dublin.
Irish music. Co-Producer on TILT on 103.2 DCFM. Monday nights 8-10pm
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Actually watched the last 20 mins of the Leeds game and although I was lamenting the fact that he'd gotten rid of quality players because they didn't suit his system, I figured well maybe he'll kick on now with the team he's assembled.
Not even 48 hours later and the plans have been torn up again.
Not even 48 hours later and the plans have been torn up again.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Actually watched the last 20 mins of the Leeds game and although I was lamenting the fact that he'd gotten rid of quality players because they didn't suit his system, I figured well maybe he'll kick on now with the team he's assembled.
Not even 48 hours later and the plans have been torn up again.
Not even 48 hours later and the plans have been torn up again.
Where's the outright alarm, the urgency, the red line?
And it's all of them - Starmer, von der Leyen, I'm sure Carney will follow if he hasn't already. There is no liberal democracy left that is taking a stand against this stuff.
No one is shouting FIRE
And it's all of them - Starmer, von der Leyen, I'm sure Carney will follow if he hasn't already. There is no liberal democracy left that is taking a stand against this stuff.
No one is shouting FIRE
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Where's the outright alarm, the urgency, the red line?
And it's all of them - Starmer, von der Leyen, I'm sure Carney will follow if he hasn't already. There is no liberal democracy left that is taking a stand against this stuff.
No one is shouting FIRE
And it's all of them - Starmer, von der Leyen, I'm sure Carney will follow if he hasn't already. There is no liberal democracy left that is taking a stand against this stuff.
No one is shouting FIRE
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Trans communities warned for years about the NYT's transphobia, but the specifics of how this was ordered were often shrouded behind corporate hierarchy.
No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
![You've talked about the paper's treatment of the pretty infamous Cass report, especially from your spot at the international desk. What happened in that case?
It wasn't on my radar as much as it ought to have been. I was starting to wind down my time. I left the Times at the end of May of that year. There was an awareness that [Hilary] Cass was coming out with a report. The day before it officially came out, there was a lot of coverage in the BBC and UK media. Cass was already talking about it before its official release.
The day editor's counterparts are in Seoul and London. My counterpart in London — who was actually filling in that day, but did so on a regular basis — assigned a UK reporter to do a story.
That was standard practice, to be clear.
[Chuckling] There’s so many examples of how standard it was. She assigned it to a UK correspondent, who wrote it in the context of UK politics, talked about it being very contentious, talked about the criticisms of its findings. Cass was talking about them herself, this isn't jumping to any conclusions at that point. It really put it in the context of being this very contentious, very political sort of document.
When I saw it, because we're a few hours behind, there were 600, 700 words written. I had a pretty good sense of how the story was going to turn out. But within a few hours the story was to the top New York editors, and I don't know who exactly it was who did that. I assume it was Carolyn or her intermediary. They said ‘oh no, we want the science desk to do that,’ specifically that was Azeen [Ghorayshi], who had been a key reporter in a lot of the other anti-trans coverage.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gm2gj4v7isgrlsww3ya7hpy2/bafkreiauimpnoaneahu2xoujps44cnvpgrbuuweyq764hwvswkize3jr7a@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trans communities warned for years about the NYT's transphobia, but the specifics of how this was ordered were often shrouded behind corporate hierarchy.
No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
No more. Sweeney lays out specifically how the highest ranks of the NYT rigged coverage in favor of anti-trans bigots.
That place has been vacant since 2011 apparently. Ten years ago housing activists occupied it and demanded the city use it to house the homeless (which it has been used for before being vacated).
www.thejournal.ie/bolt-hostel-...
www.thejournal.ie/bolt-hostel-...
A vacant hostel has been reclaimed by housing activists
Dublin City Council says the building is “not fit for purpose”.
www.thejournal.ie
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
That place has been vacant since 2011 apparently. Ten years ago housing activists occupied it and demanded the city use it to house the homeless (which it has been used for before being vacated).
www.thejournal.ie/bolt-hostel-...
www.thejournal.ie/bolt-hostel-...