From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Ye, fka Kanye West, takes out a full-page in the Wall Street Journal to apologize to the Black community, and for antisemitism: “I lost touch with reality”

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest

THE TIMES IS UNION-MADE: Today we began bargaining our new contract, and in our first session, we not only told management we were united, we showed them. Our bargaining committee presented a pledge signed by 80% of our union, supporting five core priorities…..

“ ‘The Pitt’ did what good art often does: it allowed me to see my reality more clearly.” Dhruv Khullar, a physician, writes about binge-watching the show during an especially busy stretch in his hospital—and what he learned about being a doctor from it. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/AhiRHH

Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean. Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone." Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Teenage me who decided to become an oil reporter in '03 because of the Iraq war 🤝 this moment Here's NPR's explainer about Venezuela's oil industry🇻🇪 🛢️ (and Guyana's too 🇬🇾 🛢️) Featuring @paashamahdavi.com @fmonaldi.bsky.social and more

Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

How to land a job in 2026 www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-h...

"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief

Gaza City's landscape was once packed with concrete residential blocks. In the weeks before a ceasefire in October, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found reut.rs/49fw0cd

“It’s only ever been about class, about America deciding who gets to have what and how much.” www.wired.com/story/dei-di...

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

Without health care, private-sector job growth would be near zero.

Over 90% of Series Streaming in 2024 Were From White Creators, UCLA Diversity Study Finds www.thewrap.com/streaming-se...

RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom. Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5. newsguild.org/release-stan...

Nearly 4,000 immigrants from Myanmar will lose Temporary Protected Status in January, the Department of Homeland Security said today.

KC and the Sunshine Band’s hits #1 with “That’s the Way (I Like It)” — 50 years ago today. “People always thought [the track] was some kind of crazy accident, like we just stumbled onto a hook,” said Harry Wayne Casey. “But we worked that groove over and over until it felt like a living thing.”

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

Nearly a 1,000 people have signed the @condeunion.bsky.social and @newyorkerunion.bsky.social petition to reinstate the Fired Four and reverse the suspensions. JOIN US in standing up for workers' rights and tell Conde Nast that union-busting is DISGUSTING actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

In New York City, two million voters have now cast ballots in the mayor’s race, the most voters since 1969, according to the city’s Board of Elections.

ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw

Halloween voting is the best voting

Tip-or-treat 🎃 This Halloween, a reminder that a great way to scare those abusing their power is to reach out to us on Signal: 917-512-0201. *You, too, can shine a light on injustice by making your own ProPublica pumpkin: https://propub.li/43AXneD

Time for debate night bingo ✅ We're co-hosting the final NYC mayoral debate tonight with NY1 and WNYC. Let's play. (Psst, stream the debate for free here, no paywall or sign-in: www.thecity.nyc)

Experts say that some effects of starvation in Gaza can be permanent. And for the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza

This past weekend, I went to the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, which celebrated 50 years of gay rodeo. I grew up doing rodeo as a teen and felt like I'd never be able to go back because I came out as trans. This story felt like a homecoming. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Jennifer Gonnerman investigates the unfolding crisis in New York state prisons, speaking to incarcerated people, formerly incarcerated activists, and striking corrections officers.

Inside a tumultuous summer at xAI, in which Elon Musk's demands to make Grok less "woke" and more viral led to chaos: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...

The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack. Read more from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

If New Orleans don’t make a bounce version of it, your song is not a hit.

Read the full article on #NYC #ICE arrests at @thecity.nyc: www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/14/i... Thanks to the Deportation Data Project (deportationdata.org) for filing the FOIA requests and doing the work to compile the data for news media.

"We just watched a watershed moment in New York City history." @michaellangenyc.bsky.social on our livestream just now

Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

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on this day in 1892: white Memphians destroyed the printing press and offices of the newspaper owned and operated by Ida B. Wells, a threat meant to stop her from reporting on lynching. They failed.

Hi, I think you should read THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson.

young men would attract more women if they wore the right type of shorts

Tonight’s Zohran Mamdani rally isn’t a fundraiser, but a way to energize the base and get supporters volunteering, the campaign says. They’re handing out bandanas with a print of NY icons (pigeons, Metrocards, etc.) that are already all over Brooklyn Steel in East Williamsburg.

i don't rise and grind. i wake and spiral

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.