Assata Shakur Dies at 78 in Cuba; Listen to Her 1998 Message to Pope www.democracynow.org/2025/9/29/de...

Tampa Bay's best restaurants, food and drink of 2025, according to the real experts, Creative Loafing readers via @rayroa.bsky.social @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/food-drink/t...

An AI fail as I was trying to get alt text for a photo of myself. The response is creepy, I think. And yes, I used the AI again to create alt text for these screenshots

Appreciate the @cltampabay.bsky.social hat tip from Kristen Hare at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/cx9k...

NBA Reporter Fired After Accurately Describing Charlie Kirk’s Beliefs - defector.com/nba-reporter...

Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones talks Charlie Kirk, taxes, and more www.wmnf.org/florida-sen-...

New from Noah Bookstein. Barbara Petersen, Executive Director of Florida Center for Government Accountability (FLCGA), told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “I think it’s unenforceable because it’s unconstitutional.”

Scott and Young headed for runoff in Tampa City Council race www.cltampa.com/news/scott-a...

“It’s shaping up to be our biggest event yet, and it’s rooted in everything we believe in—community, creativity, connection (and great beer, obviously),” Vergnaud-McKinnon told @cltampabay.bsky.social . www.cltampa.com/food-drink/s...

Tampa rap superstar Doechii plays hometown concert this fall. The Yuengling Center concert is the only Florida show on Doechii’s “Live From the Swamp Tour.” www.cltampa.com/music-2/doec...

Leon Bedore, aka Tes One, wants to know if he’s doing the ‘art for tourism’ thing right. www.cltampa.com/arts/tes-one...

New Sponatola mixtape today tidal.com/browse/album...

How The Wall Street Journal is strategizing for ‘Google zero’ digiday.com/media/how-th...

With public media under siege, High Plains Public Radio builds a blueprint to cover more rural news with fewer resources www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...

Orlando folk singer Aoife O’Donovan gets intimate at Judson's Live this week. AND I HAD NO CLUE SHE LIVED HERE NOW www.orlandoweekly.com/music/orland...

Daaaaang, it's that Palm Avenue Sandwich Shop mojo (and not mojo pork!)

Last Friday on @wmnf.org we had a two-hour special featuring 12 of the 14 candidates in Tampa's special election for City Council District 5 www.wmnf.org/listen-to-ca...

“Hopefully there’ll be something very interesting on the other side of whatever this life is.”—Rob Lorei He really did pave the way and create opportunities for so many on both sides of the news. We are really lucky to have his example to follow. www.cltampa.com/news/legenda...

I think I am gonna start sharing all the new local music I'm listening to. Tampa Bay area artists, please drop me links to stuff you've put out this year. Thank you!

I did not expect a baker's dozen to qualify for the special city council election coming up in Tampa's District 5. We listed 'em out by their fundraising hauls so far on @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/tampa/tampa-...

Nicklaus’s position as an FWC commissioner drew scrutiny for his ties to golf course development companies with a history of projects on public land. www.cltampa.com/news/report-...

"What Downtown Honolulu feels like to me is Brooklyn 20 years ago,” says Ben Dookchitra, Chief Financial Officer of Avalon Development Company. // I have not been in three years, but is this true? Is that a good thing?? www-khon2-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.khon...

Today on @wmnf.org, U.S Rep @kathycastorfl.bsky.social joined Mitch and I to talk about the popularity of Democrats, a potential ‘backlash election,’ and more www.wmnf.org/us-rep-kathy...

Denis Phillips is the Bay Area’s go-to guy for hurricane coverage, and has no plans to slow down. “I never have plans on retiring,” Phillips told @cltampabay.bsky.social. “I would not be shocked if the day I dropped dead, I worked that day.” www.cltampa.com/news/shootin...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed by Congress and signed by President Trump earlier this month, rescinded $300 million in Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act funding for National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management conservation projects and staffing. www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environ...

"Turns out Floridians have been walking and driving across rainbow crosswalks for 10 years. Our tall, sexy, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been in charge for six of them, but now, in the sitting duck days of his last term, he’s finally banning pretty much all street murals." www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-b...

David Jolly, who wants to be governor, talks about rejecting the left-right spectrum and finding ‘bold solutions’ to Florida’s problems www.wmnf.org/david-jolly-...

David Jolly joins Mitch and I on WMNF today (Friday) from 11 a.m.-noon. Got any questions?

Before opening her food truck in Tampa last summer, Mejia operated a popular brick and mortar in Ybor City. www.cltampa.com/food-drink/v...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd tells DeSantis that immigration arrests have 'overwhelmed' the system. Judd said his “biggest fear” is about what will happen when more police officers and deputies are trained to join the immigration effort. www.cltampa.com/news/polk-co...

“Anytime you have nine Democrats in a race, you are going to split up the vote,” Hart, who was first elected to Florida’s House of Representatives in 2018, told @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-r...

Last February, both bands were nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. www.cltampa.com/music/fall-t...

Yesterday during @wmnf.org's one-day drive, nearly 1,300 listeners pitched in to raise more than $280,000, www.cltampa.com/news/after-d...

Photos: Everyone we getting schooled and sloshed at 2025's Drunk Tampa History talk www.cltampa.com/tampa/photos...

@wmnf.org) will lose $130,000 if this week's U.S. Senate vote goes the president’s way—but it won’t be the first punch the Bay area’s 46-year-old community radio station has taken on the chin this summer. www.cltampa.com/news/grappli...

Crowbar owner Tom DeGeorge has filed to run for Tampa’s vacant District 5 city council seat www.cltampa.com/news/crowbar...

Former Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes talks insurance, housing, Hope Florida and more www.wmnf.org/former-flori...

Tampa Bay's best live music happening June 27-July 3 www.cltampa.com/music/tampa-...

St. Pete's LGBTQ+ liaison Eric Vaughan works to make the Sunshine City more inclusive www.cltampa.com/news/st-pete...

Councilwoman Brandi Gabbard talks St. Pete’s downtown, affordable housing, FEMA and more www.wmnf.org/councilwoman...

"But slowly, your voice started to replace my own, and I couldn’t write a paragraph without wondering how you would say it. The more I relied on you, the less I challenged myself." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/l...

27 Black-owned restaurants in Tampa Bay everyone should visit www.cltampa.com/tampa/27-bla...

Largo firefighter Brandon Stoffel—who was also seen confronting anti-Trump protesters in Tampa—allegedly showed up and started to yell and make threats at protestors in Largo, according to WFTS. www.cltampa.com/news/largo-f...

Tampa Monitor: Special election for the late Gwen Henderson's District 5 city council seat is set for September www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-m...

Stu Sternberg haters might be getting their wish. More here via @cltampabay.bsky.social www.cltampa.com/arts/tampa-b...

Ready to clog arteries at the crack of dawn, Bojangles is famous for its biscuit sandwiches, Bo rounds (aka seasoned hash browns), and Cajun-spiced fried chicken.

Yes' Jon Anderson brings The Band Geeks, and new album 'True,' back to Clearwater www.cltampa.com/music/yes-jo...

Florida Fruit Cooperative—which is working to bring locally-grown tropical fruit to its followers and subscribers—is a co-host for a seasonal concert that celebrates Indian-style mangoes grown in the Sunshine State. www.cltampa.com/food-drink/t...

Fresh off USL Super League championship, Tampa Bay Sun FC shares plans for Ybor City stadium with 15,000-seat capacity and potential to host USMNT USWNT games—shit imagine if the FIFA club world cup came here www.cltampa.com/arts/fresh-o...

Fun cover for a great Q&A with Phil Melanson who is looking forward to a Florida tour to discuss a new book about gay Leonardo da Vinci www.cltampa.com/arts/qanda-n...