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“Can you name three nice things about Nicki Minaj?” Mariah called it. 🔥

Condolences @danyelsmith.bsky.social + fam on the passing of Betty Reid Soskin. 🙏🏽🫡 open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...

The Christmas movie I would watch

This is some real “war is peace, freedom is slavery” stuff. Except she’s not bright enough to see that’s what she’s doing.

One CEO shouldn’t control the entire entertainment industry — 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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As if I needed more encouragement to not patronize this company. #UberFail www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

It’s rich to see someone who is only known and promoted at all because he’s 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.

Sounds legit

Nope.

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The N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson can’t be separated from white supremacy.

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

Have you ever watched the film “White Heat,” starring Jimmy Cagney? Highly recommend. It’s Protagonists’ final line (delivered as he commits suicide amid a fiery explosion) is especially relevant / applicable to #BariWeiss’ incineration of #CBS www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

Update: Biz owners small and large are furious that #PG&E’s catastrophic power outage — now in Day 3 — 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 🌁 www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Good reporting + writing here on White people in #Appalachia now contending with third-generation kids + youth impacted by #OpioidAddiction. “WVirginia has the highest rate in the country of children not living with a parent, at 8 percent.” #GenerationOpioid www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Put it up on YouTube as well.

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/

This presumes that “opinion journalists” 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.

A sad “writ large” metaphor for what’s 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

Sigh. Returning to the Escapism / Comfort Food I opened earlier this weekend, “Mad Men” redux currently available on #HBOMax. Btw, it’s Creator / Showrunner totally nailed the Unholy Alliance btwn US Corps, Politicians and the MassComm Industrial Complex—especially re Us *CultureWar* issues.

Couple observations: 1) If it’s real (including the package content, which I won’t spoil), the Dude is a King and this Lady is a Queen. 2) There’s abundant data from news orgs, including the Chron of Philanthropy + research orgs PROVING that Working-Class people are MORE generous than RICH people 👇🏾

Update: as predicted, this is an #Authoritarian Takeover of @60minutes.bsky.social via Fake Journo #BariWeiss 🥺 bsky.app/profile/bgru...

May her memory forever be a blessing. #RIP Ms. Reid Soskin, a national treasure. 💙🫡🇺🇸

In record time: From the Tiffany Network to the Toilet Network. Great job, #BariWeiss. 🫠

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 “apologized for being white.”

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."

Terrific reporting by @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social on a long-dormant student mag, #Salient, that revived in ‘21 as a “contrarian” voice (aka, RW). Its team was led by students who appeared to be Baby Peter Thiels. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Re the ongoing #PG&E outage in my hometown, a reminder: SuperRich #BigTech people in #SF get a ton of news coverage….but it is #WorkingClass #Latino / #Black and #AAPI people who Power the City’s infrastructure systems. www.patreon.com/posts/145943...

Periodic Reminder to my fellow #NorCal residents: PG&E is Trash.

Charles Conyers, on MAGA's delusion of white supremacy. FWIW, the world saw this exact same delusion in 1930s Nazi Germany. 😳👇

This entire concept / premise and its NYT staffer leading it are absurd. My answer to all? Absolutely not.

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...

Watch this #FunnyNotFunny take on #ChatGPT by Adam Conover. Btw: he’s doing several stand-ups in #SF in February 2026 — where #OpenAI is HQ’d. 😂

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 “Bulk Smuggling” is painfully vivid. apple.news/A99KZZL_IR0-...

“Trillions 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 don’t really need all that computing after the deals are over, the smaller companies and their lenders will be stuck with the consequences.”👇🏾

Been revisiting “Mad Men.” I had forgotten how acerbic it is (was) about race relations in the U.S. during the early ‘60s. Showrunner/Creator Matt Weiner had a LOT to say about Hypocritical white people! #HHBOMax

Wow. 🫡

Oh, dear. Apparently the RW ‘bots are now *Coming for Me.* Sigh. Will fire up my #Block muscle tmw morning. For now: 🙄

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omg, thank Goodness my 25yo and 22yo *kids* were raised by me and my former Husband—experienced Journos who knew in the late ‘90s thru mid-2000s that *digital media* was destroying Media / Historic literacy 🙌🏾✨🙏🏾

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 🤷🏽‍♀️

LoL whatever Dude🙄

Sigh. Historical References matter: tbc — #Nixon was indeed Held Accountable in the early 1970s….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.

Are U.S. Journos in current major outlets still claiming they’re not aware of/beholden to this nation’s long history of White folks’ biased news coverage? And how antiBlack racism continues infusing the U.S. News Biz…even as PoC become the nation’s majority? 🧐 www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-...

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...

The Mean #MAGA White Supremacist Girls are fighting 😂

lol, pls feel free to Report this Scam account to the Authority of Your Choice bsky.app/profile/mike...

We appreciate former USAG Eric Holder — but also know that this won’t happen due to Feckless Dems in both House chambers AND in the DemParty leadership.