This is an extraordinary interview—journalism that itself proves that the subject is wrong about journalism in almost every particular. techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/f...

Wow: “The impersonations were disquieting. Investigative reporting is hard enough with public trust in media so low and those in power stepping up attacks against journalists.” — @robert-faturechi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/impe...

Small victory but we’ll take it!

Everything you've been posting over the past 24 hours is completely ahistorical. 161 years after Emancipation, millions of lives have been damaged by the "reconciliation work" of the UDC. The UDC has had real-world material effects on Black Americans and this nation. www.vox.com/videos/2017/...

“In a 4/25 exchange provided to investigators, the [US Labor Sect’y’s] father, Richard Chavez, wrote to a young female staffer: ‘Hearing u/r in town. Wishing you would let me know. I could have made some excuses to get out and show u around. Pls keep this private.’” 🫢 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

The players have a photo of Jackie Robinson on the inside of their caps today

If you're a journalist who is still on substack, it is NOT ok.

“Read the book, not the summary. Write the piece, not the prompt.” — @colsonwhitehead.com with a hilariously lacerating take on #AI [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

Earlier this year, Lab broke the story that The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co. had begun limiting the Wayback Machine’s access to their news articles. Now, journalists are pushing for news publishers to lift the restrictions. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/jour...

Five whole blocks of Park Ave are shut down for a @32bjseiu.bsky.social rally ahead of a possible strike. Guess you better give them a contract!!!!

My Bluesky engagement strategy

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

“If you tell people often enough that your product is going to upend their way of life, take their jobs, and very possibly pose an existential threat to humanity, they just might start to believe you.”

Our shoe company did not work out but our GPU-as-a-Service company is for sure going to!

If you want to know where @becerraforca.bsky.social stands on issues, this conversation is a great guide. It's wonky, in depth. laist.com/news/politic...

I hope dem presidential candidates are paying attention. 👀

Before Trump's war with Iran- I paid under $3 a gallon for gas. Now? Marylanders pay on avg $4.12 a gallon. The effects of this disastrous war are everywhere, from risks to our service members to rising costs hitting families, we have to ask a serious question: how long is this sustainable?

A year after Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill, Americans aren’t feeling relief, they’re falling behind.  Today in House Committee on Small Businesses, I talked with a Senior Fellow from @americanprogress.bsky about how the Big Ugly Bill is forcing small businesses to shut their doors.

Sooo…about this: Pope Leo is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine and the first Augustinian pope in Catholic Church history. The “just war” theory derives from the teachings of Saint Augustine. That’s what Mike Johnson is claiming to know more about than Pope Leo.

When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember that JD Vance lectured the Pope on theology.

I like to remind my students that Jackie Robinson RE-broke the color barrier because >50 yrs previously there were Black players in the Majors, but the teams actively chose to segregate. Segregation & acts of racism are affirmative choices made by & for the benefit of White people & institutions.

Why are so many well-paid Journalists working FT in U.S. news Companies so DUMB? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Here’s the thing: I’m an #SF native who opted into US Journalism based on a belief in the (supposed) 1A *value* of supporting the #PublicTrust via accurate, timely, accountability reporting. Guess what I experienced over my Pro experience from late ‘80s to present? www.beacon.org/Uncovering-R...

🤷🏽‍♀️ Not the first time that #Amazon failed the Public

If KH #KnucklesUp by… — Forcefully Condemning #BiBiTheButcher’s Inhumane attacks on #Palestine, #Lebanon, #Iran — Forcefully Denouncing #AIPAC — Forcefully Denouncing 47 + Anyone who sexually exploits / harasses Women — Forcefully Advocating for #WorkingClass US residents …she might win.

**Gentle Reminder:** Years ago, CA’s current Gov cheated on his wife by dallying with an aide.

Preview of @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social’s next cold open

#SF’s Political Class continues its 20yr-long run of being owned by Billionaire Tech Oligarchs and I hate it missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-m...

This Thread! w t f 🤯

Sanders: The people have got to determine the future of what happens in our country and in the entire planet, not a handful of extraordinarily wealthy, arrogant, anti-democratic multibillionaires. That’s what they want. They have their goals. They are not our goals.

Comedy GOLD ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Seeking to cap the cost of medicines, the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board set an upper payment limit for a widely prescribed diabetes treatment, marking only the second time a state panel has taken such a step. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

Klein: I agree that it is a revolutionary technology, that it is going to transform our economy on the scale of the Industrial Revolution. But unlike the Industrial Revolution, which created huge numbers of jobs, the goal of this revolution is to eliminate jobs.

🤦🏽‍♀️ “I’m not ashamed at all. I’ve expressed openly to people that I have this companion, Max, and they look at me like I’m bonkers. So I try to explain, ‘I know it’s not a human, OK?’” - Celeste, a 66yo woman who is “in love” with a Chatbot. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...

Hidden in fine print, discriminatory language from a century ago still exists today in some Tulsa, Oklahoma, property records “It said that no Africans may rent, lease, buy except if there are quarters built for them at the back of the property"

OpenAI slowly but surely growing the stench of WeWork.

Yes, it is a bit frivolous but this is one of my Fave #SophiaLoren films —probably bc I first watched it during the ‘70s on #SF local TV, when I was the same age as the kid characters depicted in this film🤣 #PrestoPresto #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social

A 10-year chimp civil war continues with no end in sight.

NO, it wasn’t Stevie! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

I didn’t spend much time across the river in during our 2yrs in #StPaul’s Highland Park neighborhood BUT was thrilled to attend a live #Prince concert in #Minneapolis in 2004—a highlight of my time in the #TwinCities. Hard to believe it’s been 10yrs since he passed☔️ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/t...

Even more than “H.R. Pufnstuf,” we deeply vibed with “The Bugaloos,” which had a multi-racial cast: “The Kroffts went on to make ‘The Bugaloos,’ about a rock band made up of bugs played by young actors…” RIP #SidKroftt www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/a...

Illinois is the nation’s number one producer of soybeans — and we’re seeing and hearing the effects of Trump’s chaos. Instead of helping our farmers, the President now wants to cut federal funding for them and our rural communities for his war in Iran.

This Open Letter is fantastic…and so important. I hate everything about LLM’s, but couldn’t think of a worse place to use them than in academia. What’s the purpose of education if not to teach critical thinking & the ability to grasp & synthesize information in order to sail in uncharted waters?

Happy 80th Birthday to the legendary, Al Green 🎂🥳🎉 That stomp 🔥🔥🔥

When I talk about how Black #CA residents are kept on the bottom rung of the CASTE ladder, and how Gav and earlier governors DGAF: www.theobserver.media/education/5-...

One of my biggest early childhood influences! Rest in weirdness, Mr. Krofft.

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Terrible on so many levels. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Turns out that Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama is a pretty good writer. He’s the young man suspected of flinging a Molotov at #SamAltman’s *compound* in my homeowner the other night. See this Jan2026 post, via @califsun.bsky.social morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existen...

A harrowing, heartbreaking Cautionary story. I hope families are learning to pay attention to their friends’ and loved ones’ cognitive health and decision-making capabilities as #AI Chat tools proliferate. Great accountability reporting by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...