I am part of the mass layoffs at the Washington Post. I am sad and angry. We all want to keep doing the work. But for now I want to document a reality of being in journalism today.

Washington Post —the paper of the nation's capital — cutting its sports section right before America hosts the World Cup is... just...

I don't even know what to say anymore. What is happening to @washingtonpost.com is equal parts heartbreaking and infuriating.

The Sunday paper was the BEST- so many sections, a good cup of coffee…chef’s kiss

Said the same thing earlier- it’s heartbreaking…

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

This is awful. Joe did real reporting on disinfo and the privacy beat.

If the plan was just to put WaPo to work for Bezos's other business interests, I'm pretty sure they could have done that in a less shambolic fashion. So while Bezos's attempts to cozy up to the regime are for sure part of the problem, don't discount his hubris, myopia, and petulance.

This right here is theeeee thing preventing me and so many others from reporting out … oh, at least a dozen stories that I can think of offhand. Even folks who have managed to make a good living as solo outfits can’t afford to get lawyered at scale

Among everything else stupid about Bezos running the Washington Post into the ground, a publication he could sustain and expand without ever feeling the cost, is that he's killing sports coverage right before the Olympics. Being a billionaire is an impairment on normal human thinking.

As someone who has subscribed, consumed, competed against, admired, and interned at the Washington Post sports section, I’m still in shock that the powers that be are *walking away* from a known, rabid, paying audience. Thinking foremost of all those affected today, even those who survived. But also

My position at The Post was eliminated, along with many other journalists of color hired after the 2020 racial reckoning.

The Washington City Paper lives! It's one of the only places in the DC area where you can find local news and arts coverage that The Post just decimated. Follow @wcp.bsky.social nerds.

Simply crushed today for so many amazing and talented people at @postsports.bsky.social. Felt really fortunate to even be a part-time/occasional teammate there for the last decade.

Exactly- the stupidity of this is unreal. DC is a major sports town- we literally have EVERYTHING and most teams are heavily supported. It’s not all politicians and transients- there are a bunch of us for whom this is home.

It’s unreal to see DC institutions like the Kennedy Center and WaPo gutted-part of the fabric of the city but more importantly the people that held these places up are MY people.

NBA trades are like Game of Thrones deaths. It can happen to anyone and you're not really surprised when it does.

Dang how many teams does this make???

Tress Way making the pro bowl cool. Yes @southerndandy.bsky.social I will turn away and watch meaningful basketball in just a sec- wanted to watch the intros, lol

WOW. Like WOW.

Castro was like I am taking them back MYSELF. 🙌🏾

Liam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...

Both of the agents responsible for killing Alex Pretti were hired long before the current surge where “training” could be a culprit. The rot in Border Patrol and DHS at large runs very deep. There has to be a reckoning soon where we look at what we’ve created and how we got here /

One minute….my nerves are on edge #ManchesterUnited

SESKOOOOOOOOOOOO

Manchester United SHUT THE FRONT DOOR we still in this @laquanjonesnfl.bsky.social!!! Sorry to bug you but not a lot of Premium League folks on here yet…🤣

I’m surprised it took this long…

I know all of the new information released in the Epstein documents is overwhelming. However, please consider that you don’t need to respond to everything people say right now with a picture or story or reference to it. Rape and child molestation and beatings and drugs are sensitive concepts

Whew…

How Fulham leveled it that quick…😭😭😭😭😭

Vaccinate your kids, you friggin nuts.

JD Vance in 2021:

RIP Dummy

TSA in this airport must be taking revenge for DHS not getting funded…😭😭

If you get pepper-sprayed, avoid rubbing your eyes. Instead, irrigate them with lots of water, says Dr. Trisha Pasricha, our Ask a Doctor columnist.

People that believed there was an underground pedophile ring in the basement of a pizza parlor when the Epstein files drop

I can’t believe this group of people, who are literally only one degree away from leaders of a global child sex trafficking ring, have spent the better part of a decade complaining about how wokeism has elevated unworthy outsiders as if it was a capital offense.

When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it. I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America” Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.

This is a whole word.

I’m so glad to be off that train, my God.

Leaving the house is a gamble for the safety of your limbs these days.

Flying through ATL and transferring from/to the B Gates when you have at least an hour layover so you can go to Paschal’s is elite living.

More proof that Dr Tressie is a better person than me.

Rubio just quoted Coolio in his opening statement in front if SFRC

🙌🏾

Awesome because I LOVE Yahya

"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota Via DonHarris4/X

Highly interested in both of these topics.

Ok- trying to hype myself up for one last big shovel to get the driveway fully clear. It’s only getting colder this week so this won’t get easier. Already 2 thick ice layers to contend with. God help me.