It's time for week 2 of Ryan's news roundup! @wsj.com reporters @drewhinshaw.bsky.social and Joe Parkinson (both for @politico.com) recount in a book excerpt Sunday the inside story of Russia's capture of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, and the aggressive policy decisions that drove it.

once again kinda low on food money for the end of the month, at least my kitchen isnt fully empty this time though but if you wanna help me this month u can do so via paypal paypal.me/nyancrimew and to help me out of the red for longer you can support me monthly on kofi ko-fi.com/nyancrimew

bluesky image downscaler bug? feed_thumbnail (800x1000, left) vs. feed_fullsize (1080x1350, right)

my signal is rhinozz.1337, and @crimew.gay's is nyancrimew.01. tip to us!

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

#FreeMarioGuevara bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

student journo remains the best

BREAKING: Federal judge tosses out Trump's lawsuit against the New York Times, Penguin Random House, & journalists, finding that the complaint violated court pleading rules due to its expansive, over-the-top, "tedious" use of language. An amended complaint can be filed without all of the BS in it.

i'm gonna write a feature in the CMS just to feel something

you should be fighting but you shouldn't be panicking

a second — G8524415 (Army) down the coastline from MKE, 900 feet

i yelped

FOIAball also takes a look this week at head coaches' calendars. Most keep busy schedules, but not all. On the left, a compendium of coaches' typical days. On the right, Dabo Swinney. Read the full newsletter here: foiaball.beehiiv.com/p/underpaid-...

if i go into one more bluesky comment section and see someone passionately arguing that the US is built on democratic principles then I am going to lose it

short, sweet, and unspeakably apt

THEY PULLED JIMMY KIMMEL LMFAO

it's a great piece (@ evanstonians, chicagolanders, and anyone who cares at all about universities and the trump admin) and i'll link it below, but oooof

saw a typo above the fold today and winced so hard my cheekbones sunk into my face

ridiculously irresponsible conduct from Indivisible: asking for folks to "RSVP" for the protests they're attending. (what in the world?)

reading Sara Ahmed's excellent "Living a Feminist Life" today and this passage in the intro about what a 'woman' is resonated with me for how simple and digestible it can be:

ridiculously damning

BREAKING - Israel is now arresting and abusing anti-Zionists for putting up anti-Israel stickers around their neighborhoods, according to an exclusive interview Free Radical did with an Israeli anti-Zionist who was arrested earlier this year. Thanks to @ryan.staticnoi.se for editing this 🧵

CBP helicopter (TROY210) flying up the Chicago coastline, very low (850 feet). fucking christ

If a working journalist cannot say that something true happened solely because it reflects badly on the subject, their publication has no interest in truth.

hopefully the last update on this saga: Aesthetica and Mekhloufi are beefing through my reporting (lol). Aesthetica writes:

lmfao

It's time for the inaugural issue of Ryan's news roundup for this week! @swin24.bsky.social, @nikkimcr.bsky.social, and @andrewperez.bsky.social (@rollingstone.com) revealed the extent Sunday of Stephen Miller's heavy hand in the White House. (Congrats on the move to @zeteo.com, Asawin and Andrew!)

something major happening in #evanston right now. saw at least two fire engines, 12 law enforcement vehicles (some unmarked), and two ambulances going north. radio telling of divers and the coast guard

think tomorrow i'm gonna start a series that highlights news you should have read this week — one piece published each day that impacted me. been a busy week. always a busy week lol

harrowing, difficult to digest story. what a horrific sequence excellently reported @maxblau.bsky.social

fucking horrific. shame on the University of California system

oomfs out here cooking the social media site in the qrts. so proud

I take no pleasure in this, but

did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...

WSJ has now appended this lengthy editor's note to its original report. It notably contains zero contrition for the initial decision to spread such incendiary misinformation. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

CORRECTION AND UPDATE: Mekhloufi texted me on Signal yesterday. among contesting the "defamatory" claim that he is a nazi and the indication that he may be with the DOJ, he earnestly corrected me that he did not create the site — an anonymous person sent it to him. so who did? 🧵

it did what kirk couldn't

Well, fxck. @crimew.gay has been suspended over Charlie Kirk's death

OK, but you do know you're eulogizing Charlie Kirk, right? aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...

Big Bals sentenced. the brazilian one

just want to note David Covucci's newsletter, FOIABall, which looks at college (American) football through the lens of public information requests! super super interesting application of FOIAs, and a pleasure to read, even as someone who doesn't follow sports much

and simultaneously, every trans person in the United States holds their breath

why does trump... sound like that right now

this is a site ran by Othman Mekhloufi of Vancouver, a neo-nazi. he claims affiliation with the DoJ, though that's difficult to confirm (gov't folks, my signal is rhinozz.1337). he's in the age range of others in that sphere, like WIRED's 'DOGE boys' — he was in high school in 2021.

this is a real image taken and published by the Chicago Department of Public Health for their free naloxone campaign. someone had this idea and (imho) nailed the execution. it's glorious

NEW: "War is here" With no suspect in custody and no known motive, far-right influencers, right-wing commentators, extremists, militia leaders, conspiracists, and Republican lawmakers all responded to the assassination of #CharlieKirk by blaming the left. www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

Highly recommend you don't go looking for the video of this, he's shot in the neck and it look like it hit his jugular vein.

lmao

what a story www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

NEW: There's a second Epstein birthday book. Hacked emails show efforts to compile a “booklet” for Epstein's 63rd birthday in 2016, more than a decade after President Donald Trump allegedly contributed to a similar gift. san.com/cc/epstein-a...