A non-journalist friend asked me — is losing 300 people from a newsroom a lot? I pointed out there are about 200 journalists at the Philadelphia Inquirer and about 100 at the Baltimore Banner. Imagine losing both those publications in a day.

Nitasha is the best, a complete genius and one of the funniest people I've ever worked with, scoop her up immediately

“I don’t know. Don’t you think it’s kind of soap boxy? Tom Morello: “Nuance is wonderful. But sometimes you have to kick them in the teeth.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMex...

On the one hand, this is pretty cringey. But mainstream political opposition doesn't have to be cool. It really doesn't. It's the showing up that matters. pitchfork.com/news/bruce-s...

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

I feel like I am losing my mind when I see clever politics people discussing polling on eg how Americans think the administration is "handling immigration" and none of the polls ask what their respondents actually *believe the administration is doing on immigration*.

Today, I told my students: We're working under pressures and constraints that aren't of our own making and that we have limited power to control. So, let’s not pretend that social forces stop at the classroom door. Instead, let’s take care of each other with empathy and support.

Well said as usual. More of this from everybody. If you have a platform, use it.

A very nice write-up from @filip.start-track.com

Kansas City-based singer-songwriter Chris Canipe delivers a satiating rock sound on new single “Barely Stitched,” the opener to his excellent new album 'Monuments.' www.obscuresound.com/2026/01/chri...

I sewed this patch onto my backpack, because, well, it’s a core value. Buy a hat! Dan is rad.

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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

Agreed. This is what finally got me over the hump on Blue Sky as a non-power user.

Good luck to all of my election newsroom people out there! I’m sitting this one out for the first time since 2008, and it feels weird. Good weird. I’m making a big pot of chicken noodle soup and baking bread. Drinking wine. Listening to Miles Davis. Grinding my teeth. Hang in there everybody.

@andrewvandam.bsky.social with another absolute banger www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I put out a new record this year. I wrote and recorded it at home, in the evenings, at my desk, where I work all day making charts. chriscanipe.bandcamp.com/album/trick-...