Dear headline writers: why do you hate reporters and columnists so much? Are you jealous of their ability to write complete sentences? Is that why you anonymously twist their words into ragebait and direct all that online anger at the person in the byline?

In 2023, students at Ohio State blocked the doors to the president's office. Little did they know, live video from campus CCTVs were being fed straight to DHS. It's part of a little-known, decades-long surveillance effort built on the back of college football. www.foiaball.com/p/dhs-colleg...

cackling

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

In late September, my family and I lost our matriarch, my abuela. I've been a bit all over the place since. My abuela moved to our hometown in the 70s. She loved it even as one of the first Mexican families there. It's been targeted every day by ICE. I wrote about it. buttondown.com/camrodriguez...

go off white boy

one of his worst in recent memory

fateh's loss is, as far as i can tell, the only major loss of ED. it must be noted. fateh had a strong coalition and major support from the left; establishment endorsements didn't do as much for frey as he hoped. so what made frey win? principally: antiblackness. anti-somali racism. islamophobia.

he just... knows? lol

Dick Cheney died November 4, 2025. Zohran Mamdani elected November 4, 2025. Welcome back Dick Cheney

ddhq with the worlds earliest call

it is, and i'm not joking, the nicest day ever here in chicagoland. go outside!!!

can we wait till the polls close to do anything today. like just sit around and shit

Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):

I am so upset. Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

in re Teen Vogue: shit, what about WIRED?

sorry for not checking slack for a day. the story you assigned me fucked my mother and killed the neighborhood street cat

NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway

For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted Here are a few of them:

reposting this very violent scene following a rear-ending at Oakton and Asbury in Evanston as obtained by Matthew Eadie @ Evanston Now. it's really, really bad out there right now

all my editors send back is tktktktktktktktktktktk why don't i TK A FUCKING BREAK

How sports gambling is monitored has been an opaque world. Until now. FOIAball obtained never-before-seen integrity reports on game lines, prop bets, and sportsbook accounts. One school got 60 notices about barred individuals signing up. Read it here: www.foiaball.com/p/ncaa-gambl...

Speaking of obtaining head coaches' texts, here's the apology Brian Kelly sent a reporter after snapping at him at a press conference post-Florida win. It's way more contrite than I thought it would be!

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Full story: The self-described "founder" of Anonymous and part-time federal cooperator Kirtaner announced he would be returning to prison after violating the terms of his bail with $ANON.

horrific things have been happening to press freedom in Kyrgyzstan, and today it came to a head: three indie outlets were labeled "extremist," and further online reporting has been forbidden. standing in solidarity with Kloop, Temirov Live, and Ait Ait Dese ❤️❤️

An anonymous officer was caught on video throwing a woman to the ground during a peaceful protest outside the ICE field office in Durango. Dozens of protesters remained Tuesday after demonstrating through the night over the detainment of two children and their father on the way to school.

this was a great read for my morning lol (i cannot believe anyone accepts interviews with chotiner anymore /pos)

Kirtaner has announced to his $ANON coin Discord that there has been a warrant for his arrest for a week, and that he'll be surrendering tomorrow. Claims he'll be out soon, but under 24/7 surveillance. Seems to imply it's because he broke bail by doing the $ANON scam.

it's an eat an entire family sized pack of oreos in a public bathroom stall kinda day

scott "twink" presler wants me to sponsor a new jersey chaser. flattered

what a horrific loss

Once upon a time, @icij.org risked one of our source's lives through carelessness and obscene negligence. Now they're using data from @ddosecrets.com without acknowledgement. Never work with ICIJ if you care about source safety, journalist ethics, or want your projects to be collaborative.

Official visits are schools' best chance to impress recruits. They go even more all out than you think. We're talking water parks, go-karts, private islands, and checks at steakhouses that will make your eyes pop! Read it all here in this week's free FOIAball! www.foiaball.com/p/college-fo...

New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.

he might be the GOAT republican nyc mayoral candidate

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

great things happening in my home state

way to stand in solidarity with the news organizations currently pissed off with perplexity, wapo

man. a lot of what kayos did had a profound impact on me and those around me. thinking about him tonight. rest easy

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Wishing everyone a safe #NoKings. On behalf of @freedom.press I’m on lookout for reports of press rights violations nationwide. DMs should be open. Or tag me in a reply if you see concerning post. Most incidents are by police/DHS/ICE, but I want to hear if by protesters or counterprotesters too.

nyt breaking news emails are fucking hilarious. like yup! funniest shitty thing ever happened

everything in here is correct--it *is* counter to the rule of law to basically decide someone is a 'criminal' first and then come up with a 'crime' later--but it also is always a lil darkly funny when some of these statements are like, 'more and more people are being treated like people of color'

don’t make the tap the sign

Caught on satellite: a B-52 bomber flies above the Caribbean on October 15th, less than 150 miles from the Venezuelan coast. More on the escalating US military campaign here: www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

SCOOP: Here's a breakdown of the 982 RIF'd HHS employees by division, per an HHS guidance that was reviewed by NOTUS: CDC -- 596 employees SAMHSA -- 125 HRSA -- 99 OASH -- 55 ACF -- 47 ASPR -- 41 ASA -- 18 ASPA -- 1 Full story w/ @oriana.bsky.social: www.notus.org/health-scien...

first time ever i've heard a word in spanish i don't know even a vague equivalent to in english. anyone know a translation for 'macrojuicio'? it's a trial of a large amount of defendants. see, for instance, the May 1998 trial of 117 Bubi people for a January rebellion against the Obiang regime.

On a Saturday night I stumbled across something on the internet that made me feel like ****** my pants. A giant dataset of real surveillance operations targeting 1000s of people across nearly every country. Unraveling it and the mysterious company behind it has consumed 1.5 years of my life