🧵 We went over to watch the Bears/Packers at our neighbors house last night. He's a Lions fan, doesn't give a shit about any other team. His wife is a 49ers fan, has more interest in watching other teams play. Bears are down 21-6 in the 3rd and this dude TURNS OFF the game.

remember to breathe, hang out with your pet, drink some tea, things of that nature

A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

These images are every bit as shocking, infuriating and heartbreaking five years later.

just figured out why i’m currently experiencing a debilitating bout of déjà vu

Can a reporter at this press conference ask which oil companies Trump’s been in contact with

ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means

In lieu of a 2026 prediction, my 5-10ish year prediction is that contemporary art will see a dramatic snap towards intricate, highly technical work. A dual response to the AI slop era and deskilled conceptual work that's proliferated in the past few decades

I SAW WHAT I SAW

Northern Michigan currently

made panettone for the first time. the effort was well worth it, the boxed version from the store does NOT compare

Many people are saying Weiss was sent to Australia in 2019 to learn something about said place. Very telling the only person she directly quotes is the head of a think tank lmao 🎁 link:

A must read, and a highly cautionary tale about resource strapped schools starting football teams! And threatening journalists is bad!!

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

I read this book in undergrad! Highly recommend to anyone interested in Things That Shaped America

I took a deep dive into Meta’s “Hyperion” data center in Richland Parish, LA. The story of a tech behemoth coming bearing billions to a poor community like Richland Parish is complex and worthy of scrutiny. 🧵 1/7 sherwood.news/tech/hyperion/

Googling 'truth social' yields Trump's account as the first result lol

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

Here's what living through the Trump 2.0 admin taught me about B2B SaaS Sales etc etc

Have you ever wondered how the NCAA tracks team academic progress? Or if their metrics make sense in the transfer portal era? I wrote about it for @mattbrown.bsky.social's Extra Points newsletter

What an interesting coincidence.

Does anyone know who the sculptor behind the FIFA Peace Prize is? I have some questions

Is your head coach's girlfriend filing FOIA requests on your school's top comms official a good look? Asking for a friend

is this real life

look at my bread

really taking the public out of public records here!!

Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.

will the real bad art friend please stand up??

the nuzzi stuff reminds me of the bad art friend but i can't quite put my finger on it

Homan claims "the Catholic Church is wrong" on immigration, but the position of the bishops is right there in the Catechism, which also establishes the right to emigrate and the duty of civil disobedience in the face of immoral acts by authorities.

This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here. bsky.app/profile/mand...

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Across the country, Americans are stepping up to feed their neighbors in the wake of lapsed SNAP benefits. In some states, recipients received SNAP benefits today, but millions are still without benefits New words from me for Barn Raiser

"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees." Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:

From September: the USDA cancelled their annual Household Food Security Report, claiming that the study "failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder"

If you work at a rural food bank and are struggling to keep up with demand due to the lapse in SNAP funding, I'd like to talk for a Barn Raiser story drop me a line at: email: [email protected] signal: milesm.65

breathing exercises is definitely a trending search rn

THE FOOT

Ernesto Jerez on ESPN Latin America:

If an undergrad wrote this in a research grant proposal the application would be rejected lol

DHS still can’t or won’t say what they did with the two U.S. citizens they detained on 9/30 and called CPD to request a vehicle for. They first sent a statement about the South Shore raid—an entirely different incident—and when I asked again they sent this deeply unserious response.

13 innings is cool but I’d like to go to bed

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper? Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.

Some schools are turning back to prepackaged and processed foods because they can't afford fresh, local produce after the Trump admin slashed funding for a popular program in the spring New from me for @barnraiser.bsky.social

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

pretty insane this is on an official government website

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

One thing I've wondered: is Trump consciously lying when he says antifa is receiving mystery funding? Or does he truly believe that antifa (famously a singular, coherent organization) is receiving large sums of money?

Here's the court document Tyreek Hill didn't want anyone to see: defector.com/heres-the-co...