Read Bad Company by @greenwell.bsky.social. It's one story you probably know (Toys r us) and three that you might not know all on the extent of private greed and shortsightedness. Could be a huge bummer but she finds great stories of people banding together to reclaim the mission from the business.

“In a world where you can choose to be so many things, he chose to be kind. For the rest of our lives, we will be trying to be more like him.” Yes.

goddammit Dan's mom made me weepy all over again about how good my pal was and how stupid it is that he's gone.

What we loved about Dan McQuade:

Having worked with and learned from Marty Weil, it seems to me that if you're laying him off, you're functionally getting out of covering local news entirely. He was the beating heart of the Metro section. Interns used to try to get night cops duty just so they could hang out with him.

I *love* freelancing. I have done the best work of my career as a freelancer. But the idea that several hundred new freelancers, newsletter writers, and worker-owned co-ops is remotely feasible, much less a replacement for The Washington Fucking Post, is insane.

I started my career at the Washington Post, first on Metro and then on International. I’m just heartbroken that this essay is relevant to yet another of my former employers.

Tapping the @greenwell.bsky.social sign www.megangreenwell.com/the-adults-i...

Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

Interviewing @bobbatzjr.bsky.social, who spent three years on strike from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after 30 years at the paper, was a real joy. Hearing how he and his colleagues went from strike mode to employee mode and now to "save the paper" mode is a ride. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

You can feel Dan's giddiness in every story, a sense of "I can't believe I get to do this for a living." His writing was great because it was so much fun to read; it was fun to read because he so clearly had fun writing it. A good lesson for everyone who makes stuff for public consumption, I think.

Dan was maybe the smartest, funniest, weirdest, most joyful person I’ve ever worked with or counted as a friend. I already miss him so much. Just a heartbreaking loss.

Never been more proud to be an Episcopal priest's kid.

Going after the guy who attacked her, shoving away her bodyguard who's twice her size, and then "We'll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us"? Is that... someone in the Democratic party with a backbone??

BAD COMPANY by @greenwell.bsky.social really impressively done and infuriating

This was a good essay www.megangreenwell.com/the-adults-i...

attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.

when you’ve been betrayed.

They’ll kill you for coming too close to them. They’ll kill you for trying to leave the scene. They’ll kill you for helping someone else. They’ll kill you for having a gun with a permit. They’ll kill you for holding your phone. They’ll kill you for putting your hands up. They’ll kill you for

Sometimes I find myself thinking about who is in that 11% and how they got there, and even reminding myself how much bigger 61 is doesn’t make the despair go away.

My former student Sofia wrote this story for @startribune.com. She’s less than a year out of college and helping cover the biggest story in the country. I am very proud of her.

My mom is a priest who’s been showing up at the courthouse in her city every week for months in a clerical collar to help immigrants and confront ICE. I’m not religious, but I find the moral leadership she and other faith leaders are showing exceptionally moving.

Sometimes I find myself thinking about who is in that 11% and how they got there, and even reminding myself how much bigger 61 is doesn’t make the despair go away.

Okay sorry one more shot:

My mom is a priest who’s been showing up at the courthouse in her city every week for months in a clerical collar to help immigrants and confront ICE. I’m not religious, but I find the moral leadership she and other faith leaders are showing exceptionally moving.

I’m reading @greenwell.bsky.social’s book and saw something relevant to the Greenland stuff happening right now, as well as today’s conversation about the shittiness of US history

it's time.

Defector's @jaspercwang.bsky.social on why it's ok for business owners to choose integrity over survival. With host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

obsessed with this list of preferred skills from Otessa Moshfegh’s listing seeking an assistant, especially combined with the Frans van Mieris the Elder painting. (Working knowledge of gardening, however, is NOT optional.) substack.com/@ottessa/not...

TOO LONG HAVE I BEEN FORCED TO SPEAK A VARNISHED TRUTH. (Thank you to @greenwell.bsky.social for having me on, and for the @columjournreview.bsky.social audio editor for helping me sound not insane.)

Worker ownership is exciting, says Defector’s Jasper Wang. It’s also not, he says, a “panacea.” On this week's Kicker, with host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I knew immediately that I wanted to talk to @jaspercwang.bsky.social for my first episode of The Kicker — no one is smarter about the promises *or* the challenges of worker-owned media. I'm really excited to start my era of the podcast here!

stunned and thrilled that this class sold out in under a week! we got a truly incredible group of all kinds of writers, I feel very grateful. if you want to be the first to hear about future sessions, you can sign up right here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

did u know it’s legally required to skip work on your birthday even if you work for yourself, and instead go visit your favorite artworks and then take yourself out to Fancy Solo Bar Lunch™?

freelance journalists! learn how to build a career that's sustainable, interesting, and fun from @greenwell.bsky.social and me in our six-week intensive. the class is almost sold out! flyingsolofreelancing.com

this is my general beef with posting anything here lately. you post something where it’s like clear that you are an expert or at least generally know about a topic and many many many of the replies are like “did you know this very basic thing everyone knows about”

To be clear, when we talk about "making freelancing sustainable," we mean making enough money to cover all living expenses, health insurance included. It wouldn't be very sustainable otherwise! 🙂

I hear from a lot of people who think there's no way to make freelancing work, but it's easily the most sustainable and stable job I've ever had. If you're freelance-curious, consider signing up for the class @charleylocke.bsky.social and I are teaching on how to pull it off.

I was on Facebook for reporting purposes, and what’s going on over there appears to be Soup Binders.

"There's a feeling of this being sort of a lab, and we're all trying to figure out which rules to get rid of, which to keep." The Kicker's new host @greenwell.bsky.social, with @joshuahersh.bsky.social, discusses the silver lining of this moment in journalism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

The Kicker returns with our former host, @joshuahersh.bsky.social, and our new one, @greenwell.bsky.social, in conversation. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

My god, this is the most tedious website on earth. I promise I know what I'm talking about, you really, really, REALLY don't have to explain basic concepts related to private equity/housing/Trump/America's political system to me.

Genuinely surprised by Trump saying that he wants to ban private equity firms and other institutional investors from owning single-family homes. Stephen Schwarzman, one of his biggest donors, runs Blackstone, the biggest landlord in the U.S. But Trump has suggested anti-PE regulations before (1/2)

Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain

Thanks to a generous donation, we have added another scholarship slot for the class! (Details about how to apply in the link below.) We’re about half-full, so get in now if you want to participate.

Why do so many goods feel pricier and more exploitative than they used to? In “Bad Company,” @greenwell.bsky.social brings people who are harmed by private equity into focus through real stories of people whose local newspapers got gutted, whose nursing homes changed overnight, and more.

I often hear from burnt-out journalists considering freelancing. as I tell them: come on in, the water is fine! if you're also freelance-curious, @greenwell.bsky.social and I designed a class to help you figure out how to do it. flyingsolofreelancing.com

As Charley said, freelancing is easily the best job I've ever had. We designed a class to help other freelancers create their own interesting, stable, lucrative jobs — everything from writing for big magazines to underwriting your passion projects with easy, high-paying consulting work.