AmyAlexCA
@amyalexca.bsky.social
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Fact-based Communicator and Storyteller.
https://www.amyalexanderink.com/
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Christopher Webb
about 18 hours ago
āCan you name three nice things about Nicki Minaj?ā Mariah called it. š„
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Condolences
@danyelsmith.bsky.social
+ fam on the passing of Betty Reid Soskin. šš½š«”
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my Aunt Betty Reid Soskin died on December 21
it's a lot
https://open.substack.com/pub/shinebrighthq/p/my-aunt-betty-reid-soskin-died-on?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
about 23 hours ago
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John Paul
1 day ago
The Christmas movie I would watch
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Jeff Lazarus
1 day ago
This is some real āwar is peace, freedom is slaveryā stuff. Except sheās not bright enough to see thatās what sheās doing.
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Elizabeth Warren
1 day ago
One CEO shouldnāt control the entire entertainment industry ā we have anti-monopoly laws to stop that from happening. The Trump Administration needs to follow the law, and block Netflix or Paramount from buying Warner Bros.
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EveryLibrary
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Like, follow, and share if you love libraries, literacy, and books!
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As if I needed more encouragement to not patronize this company.
#UberFail
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/uber-background-checks-sexual-assault.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Ida Bae Wells
1 day ago
Itās rich to see someone who is only known and promoted at all because heās a certain type of Black complaining in THIS of all moments that elite institutions only reward a certain type of Blackity Black. The greatest recipient of actual racial preferences once again with no self awareness.
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Aaron Rupar
1 day ago
Sounds legit
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
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Once Wall Streetās High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/business/private-equity-stock-market.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Stephen West
2 days ago
The N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school boardās āracist intentā by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson canāt be separated from white supremacy.
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The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/confederate-school-names.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-08.Ech1.5rgMhS2Kk2zR&smid=url-share
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The American Prospect
2 days ago
FBI Director Kash Patel bungled the Brown shooting investigation with irresponsible and misinformed social media posts. An FBI veteran of 27 years argues that Kash Patel has shown himself to be an empty suit. From Brian Carroll:
trib.al/HWaElXi
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The Empty Suit - The American Prospect
How FBI Director Kash Patel undermines the FBIās performance and credibility.
https://trib.al/HWaElXi
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Have you ever watched the film āWhite Heat,ā starring Jimmy Cagney? Highly recommend. Itās Protagonistsā final line (delivered as he commits suicide amid a fiery explosion) is especially relevant / applicable to
#BariWeiss
ā incineration of
#CBS
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ā60 Minutesā Segment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/media/cbs-news-bari-weiss-60-minutes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 days ago
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Update: Biz owners small and large are furious that
#PG&Eās
catastrophic power outage ā now in Day 3 ā is costing them revenue during the busy holiday season. Also: residents are Up to Here w
#Waymo
self-driving cars which dangerously Glitched during the outage š
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Good reporting + writing here on White people in
#Appalachia
now contending with third-generation kids + youth impacted by
#OpioidAddiction
. āWVirginia has the highest rate in the country of children not living with a parent, at 8 percent.ā
#GenerationOpioid
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | In Appalachia, Children Inherited the Opioid Crisis
The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/opinion/west-virginia-appalachia-opioids-children.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Lee Drake
3 days ago
Put it up on YouTube as well.
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First part of banned 60 Minutes CERCOT episode
YouTube video by Lee Drake
https://youtu.be/ATpVvTvLTXc?si=CgHyAuN9CckQXLu5
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
3 days ago
This is Sharyn Alfonsi's resume from the
@cbsnews.com
website. Read through this incredible 30+ year body of work by the 60 Minutes correspondent now being told her CECOT piece doesn't meet Bari Weiss' standards. Then scroll down to see how Weiss measures up against this. (hint: she doesn't) 1/
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This presumes that āopinion journalistsā are not actually Journalists. Please be advised: I estimate that just about every LEGIT opinion writer has previously worked as a beat reporter, aka, a practitioner who covered news by researching/interviewing and (most importantly!) VERIFYING info.
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3 days ago
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A sad āwrit largeā metaphor for whatās happened in my hometown during the past 20yrs: Working-Class residents are continually abused by big corps, while local politicians dither and/or SuckUp to private corps rather than forcing them to contribute not just EXTRACT.
#LightsOutSanFrancisco
#PG&E
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3 days ago
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Sigh. Returning to the Escapism / Comfort Food I opened earlier this weekend, āMad Menā redux currently available on
#HBOMax
. Btw, itās Creator / Showrunner totally nailed the Unholy Alliance btwn US Corps, Politicians and the MassComm Industrial Complexāespecially re Us *CultureWar* issues.
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Couple observations: 1) If itās real (including the package content, which I wonāt spoil), the Dude is a King and this Lady is a Queen. 2) Thereās abundant data from news orgs, including the Chron of Philanthropy + research orgs PROVING that Working-Class people are MORE generous than RICH people šš¾
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Update: as predicted, this is an
#Authoritarian
Takeover of
@60minutes.bsky.social
via Fake Journo
#BariWeiss
š„ŗ
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May her memory forever be a blessing.
#RIP
Ms. Reid Soskin, a national treasure. šš«”šŗšø
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In record time: From the Tiffany Network to the Toilet Network. Great job,
#BariWeiss
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SmokeyEyes just out here Gaslighting w Fake Grievances: I know a ton of white people from all across this nation and not one of them has ever āapologized for being white.ā
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Brian Goldstone
4 days ago
Thinking today about this sentence: "Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."
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Inflation is making homelessness worse
Rising housing costs, combined with persistent inflation for basic necessities like gas and food, have left more Americans newly homeless and millions more fearing theyāll soon lose their homes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/03/inflation-homeless-rent-housing/
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Terrific reporting by
@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
on a long-dormant student mag,
#Salient
, that revived in ā21 as a ācontrarianā voice (aka, RW). Its team was led by students who appeared to be Baby Peter Thiels.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns ā conversations that lat...
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/12/21/documents-reveal-harvard-salient-complaint/
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Re the ongoing
#PG&E
outage in my hometown, a reminder: SuperRich
#BigTech
people in
#SF
get a ton of news coverageā¦.but it is
#WorkingClass
#Latino
/
#Black
and
#AAPI
people who Power the Cityās infrastructure systems.
www.patreon.com/posts/145943...
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Periodic Reminder to my fellow
#NorCal
residents: PG&E is Trash.
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Bill Madden
5 days ago
Charles Conyers, on MAGA's delusion of white supremacy. FWIW, the world saw this exact same delusion in 1930s Nazi Germany. š³š
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This entire concept / premise and its NYT staffer leading it are absurd. My answer to all? Absolutely not.
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Excellent discussion on the corrosive impact of
#BigTechBillionaires
and how we can fight back. See
@jacobsilverman.com
#MaxChafkin
@AdamBecker at a recent
#BostonBookFest
event hosted
@wgbh.org
and moderated by
#SarayaWintersmith
www.c-span.org/program/book...
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Author Discussion on Tech Powerbrokers
Authors Adam Becker ([More Everything Forever]), Max Chafkin ([The Contrarian]), and Jacob Silverman ([Gilded Rage]) discussed the power wielded by tech titans, including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel.
https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/author-discussion-on-tech-powerbrokers/669519
5 days ago
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Watch this
#FunnyNotFunny
take on
#ChatGPT
by Adam Conover. Btw: heās doing several stand-ups in
#SF
in February 2026 ā where
#OpenAI
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Hope you can find time to read or listen to this astounding and heartbreaking
@texasmonthly.bsky.social
longform investigation by Elliot Woods on the 54 migrants who died in the back of a trailer truck in 2022. The Horrible toll of āBulk Smugglingā is painfully vivid.
apple.news/A99KZZL_IR0-...
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Inside the deadliest immigration-related disaster in American history ā Texas Monthly
He went in search of a better life for his family. His brother refused to let him go alone. Only one of them survived the journey. Inside the deadliest immigration-related disaster in American history...
https://apple.news/A99KZZL_IR0-zcyjp_Nse6g
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āTrillions of dollars are at stake as tech cos try to predict how much computing power A.I. will demand years down the line. If the big companies decide they donāt really need all that computing after the deals are over, the smaller companies and their lenders will be stuck with the consequences.āšš¾
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Been revisiting āMad Men.ā I had forgotten how acerbic it is (was) about race relations in the U.S. during the early ā60s. Showrunner/Creator Matt Weiner had a LOT to say about Hypocritical white people!
#HHBOMax
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Wow. š«”
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Oh, dear. Apparently the RW ābots are now *Coming for Me.* Sigh. Will fire up my
#Block
muscle tmw morning. For now: š
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omg, thank Goodness my 25yo and 22yo *kids* were raised by me and my former Husbandāexperienced Journos who knew in the late ā90s thru mid-2000s that *digital media* was destroying Media / Historic literacy šš¾āØšš¾
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Ummm, show where I said he was not held Accountable. Again (and for the last time), my point is this: In that Moment, the fact that
#Nixon
was forced to Resign was a BFD. If
@clconner91.bsky.social
and anyone else Chooses to misread (or be DUMB enough) to not understand historical Context š¤·š½āāļø
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LoL whatever Dudeš
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Sigh. Historical References matter: tbc ā
#Nixon
was indeed Held Accountable in the early 1970sā¦.which we all now see as a *light/lenient* outcome (he was allowed to Resign.) MY POINT: in That Moment, it was a BFD. Yeesh. Try reading Contemporary U.S. Pres History before you come at me with BS.
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Are U.S. Journos in current major outlets still claiming theyāre not aware of/beholden to this nationās long history of White folksā biased news coverage? And how antiBlack racism continues infusing the U.S. News Bizā¦even as PoC become the nationās majority? š§
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-...
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DEI dies in darkness, taking integrity with it
"If corporate, conglomerate-owned news organizations are willing to abandon their principles around diversity, equity, and inclusion, they'll happily abandon their principles around almost anything."
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/
6 days ago
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As we slide into the holiday wknd,, I hope you find time to watch our latest talk at
#WorkersInTheBay
, a Storytelling for Good project. Why? Because now more than ever, the people who POWER
#SF
,
#CA
and
#US
public infrastructure systems deserve accurate Coverage
#WITB
www.patreon.com/posts/145943...
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From Galileo High School Football Star to SF Public Works Expert: Meet Jon Gausman | Workers in the Bay
Get more from Workers in the Bay on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/145943048?utm_campaign=postshare_fan
6 days ago
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The Mean
#MAGA
White Supremacist Girls are fighting š
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lol, pls feel free to Report this Scam account to the Authority of Your Choice
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We appreciate former USAG Eric Holder ā but also know that this wonāt happen due to Feckless Dems in both House chambers AND in the DemParty leadership.
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