It's been about six weeks since I launched Upbeat Nonsense, a free weekly newsletter about politics and pop culture in #Cleveland. If you're looking for stories outside of mainstream (especially locally), share and subscribe <3 Issue 7 drops tomorrow! dakotahsays.beehiiv.com

if you’re counting down in northeast Ohio, there only about 245 million gallons of crap left in 2025.

"Stopping murder would kill the hitman industry!"

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It's been over two weeks since a Cleveland woman came forward to publicly accuse a former police oversight official, Marcus Perez, of rape. So far, no outlets have covered it, at all. I don't understand why. You can watch the video and read my re-cap here: dakotahsays.beehiiv.com/p/new-allega...

Transparently, I was pretty anxious about filling the politics section. Not because there isn't plenty to choose from, but because my anxious and thought-filled mind didn't know how I was going to summarize what's been going on in Cleveland. And then I got a text message. 1/🧵

And we're live! Still working out the kinks with Beehiiv on the website end, but read Issue #1 of Upbeat Nonsense here: dakotahsays.beehiiv.com/p/upbeat-non...

Only 6 more days until Upbeat Nonsense lands in inboxes for the first time. Subscribe below for FREE and it's just once a week. #Cleveland #localnews #artsandculture

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I'm finally giving in and starting a #Cleveland newsletter about pop culture and politics. I've spent years covering local arts and culture in addition to breaking news about housing and policing. Upbeat Nonsense launches next Wed. 12/3 and you can subscribe now. Totally free <3

A man tried to create a "women's safety" app called Tea. Then, images and more than a million private conversations, including some about cheating partners and abortions, were compromised in two separate security breaches. If you want to share your story, reach out to us at [email protected].

Join us for one final meal at Hell Gate's Eric Adams Table of Success. As the Eric Adams era reaches its conclusion, we're gathering everyone who's made it to the bitter end. You can make your haters your waiters, but you can't escape…The Last Supper. tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com

Wonder if #Harvard will cut ties with #LarrySummers as fast as they ousted Claudine Gay. Not wondering that hard, unfortunately.

Haven't been able to listen to much else since #WestEndGirl came out and I'm recommending it. There aren't enough albums about women's anger and I'm here for it. Especially from #LilyAllen. It's also just hilarious to me that #StrangerThings comes out literally this month. You go girl 💪

Y'all I have to be insufferable about fundraising for @scarleteen.com because the work we are doing is too important! We're establishing a $40k fund to help with health care expenses for staff and volunteers, and a dollar-for-dollar match kicks in at $10k! www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...

I really wonder what would happen if small businesses or heck, even corporations, realized that we wouldn't need raises if the cost of #housing wasn't outpacing wages. If you "can't afford to pay me more," how about you tell my #landlord to stop raising my rent?

“It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”

According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally. Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

Bessie the Trash Monster floated down the Cuyahoga River to raise awareness of plastic pollution in Lake Erie www.clevescene.com/news/bessie-...

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I know we all have a lot of other things to worry about right now but this is your PSA to get the latest covid booster & flu shot if you haven't already. It takes a couple weeks to build immunity and holidays will be here soon. (Stickers from my shop! shop.breelundberg.com/product/get-...)

my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"

My experience has consistently been that the #ADA is more porous than any of us what to admit. I can't tell if it's just because I'm #autistic, but I'm surprised that people with disabilities get chased out and often we have no actual legal recourse. But we hear about people suing all the time. 1/🧵

I still find it hilarious that on shows like #DragRace that chestplate nipples aren't censored but "real" nipples are.

Words matter!

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We now know that the Teen Vogue fold is more than an absorption & clearly a full shift from the pub’s DNA. Laying off the entire politics team a day before the NYC election is heinous + a knife in the back to a brand that has solidified its importance for youth. Devastating.

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It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds

it's Election Day! this is my roadmap for the day and night, below! (be sure to follow me and @boltsmag.org if you want updates and results during election day & election night, and/or bookmark the form below as we'll update it with results.)

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

Heartbroken that of all publications, @teenvogue.com is joining the graveyard with Bitch, Wear Your Voice and so many others that provided not just thoughtful pop culture criticism but also meaningful politics coverage. This is a huge mistake. We need to build a better boat and fast. #TeenVogue

Today is #ElectionDay in 39 states across the country. Know your voting rights! Images: When We All Vote

#Girls5Eva was a lot of things, but this clip plays rent free in my head all the time. #NYLonelyBoy #NewYorkLonelyBoy youtu.be/n6naKHbmwgE?...

oh, i am *so* in. bitch was awesome.

Just subscribed! The partnership with #BitchMedia is 🔥🔥🔥

I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.

Did anyone else watch #ScavengersReign? It was so freakin' weird and wonderful. I'm not the biggest sci-fi/fantasy girlie, but I highly recommend it. It's another one of those shows that seems to have been buried by the algorithm. It really should have done as well as #LastOfUs imho.

Something that must be said about #TownHall's #BobbyGeorge is that the prosecutor's office CHOSE not to take the case to a grand jury for indictments on all of the charges.

Love this.

Soren Stevenson lost his left eye and most of his sense of smell, but the officer who shot him didn't face discipline. Stevenson is now running for local office and says the changes made since 2020 haven’t stopped police violence in Minneapolis.

Stories like these make me proud to have grown up in #Portland 🐸

Maybe it's just me, but this seems like a service the city should provide and -- I don't know -- pay people to do? I'd really like to talk to someone who plans on doing this unpaid. I'd also imagine that if you get hurt, you won't be entitled to worker's comp like an employee would be.

Last year, Ohio's primary #publicmedia outlet #Ideastream's CEO made $468k with an additional $104k labeled "other." Thanks to @propublica.org, nonprofit tax documents -- also known as 990s -- are pretty easy to find 🔍 projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

Do you love reading about comics? Do you love print media? If so, The Comics Courier may be for you. Make sure you get the newest issue (or catch up on the previous issues) by heading over to our Kickstarter campaign at comicscourier.com

I know there’s a lot going on right now but can I just say… I finally watched #Superman and yall… that was not a good movie 🤗

Navigating public benefits never ceases to amaze me. Got a letter from Ohio's Dept of Job and Family Services telling me to login to a portal and select an option that wasn't there. Although the chatbot got me to the right page eventually, the portal wouldn't let me upload the documents. 👉

CMSD is expected to spend $603k on this same surveillance technology. Former city council member Kerry McCormack also recently took a job there after resigning early. #Flock #Cleveland #CMSD