There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

We ❤️ @ire.org! @propublica.org employees wore buttons & flyered at the IRE gala to rally support for our fight for a fair contract. The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible. You can help by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are all firing any dissenting voice, and anyone who dares to ask these corporations stop fuelling genocide www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Some wildlife on the trail tonight

"Researchers are using satellite imagery to estimate the scale of destruction across Gaza. Their latest assessment, as of August 19, suggests that nearly 60% of buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the war began in October 2023." www.datawrapper.de/blog/mapping...

Japanese street racing models

Here's the latest report: podcasts.whro.org/whroReports/...

Cool aquatic animal of the week - the magnificent bryozoan! It's actually a colony of individual filter-feeders working together to clean freshwater. Apparently has the consistency of Jell-O. Mmmmm grab me a scoop 👅

hi how are ya www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

Most of the time I think "Breaking News" is overused but in this case it is entirely warranted. Drop everything - variety.com/2025/tv/news...

WHO want lasagna

"An analysis of this data by VCIJ at WHRO shows that arrests in Virginia mirrored national patterns — climbing sharply to a daily average of about 34 at the height of the surge in June and declining through July."

"Virginia ranks among the top ten for immigration arrests per capita, with roughly 490 arrests for every 100,000 documented and undocumented immigrants from January through July." vcij.org/stories/by-t...

"The [Red Flag] measure allows law enforcement to stop someone from having, buying or even transporting guns if they believe someone is a risk to themselves or others." www.13newsnow.com/article/news...

"In 2020, only 7% of abortion patients in Virginia came from out of state. By 2023, that figure reached 15%, and in 2024 it climbed to 23%." Great report on the Hampton Roads Reproductive Justice League! www.whro.org/health/2025-...

Enjoyed participating in this discussion! www.swmsmarinescience.com/swms-blog/a-...

194 people died in custody in VA last year, and 16% of law enforcement agencies didn't even provide full data! Between 2020-2023, VA didn't report deaths in custody data TWICE! Almost half of reported deaths last year were in state prisons of unclear causes virginiapublicradio.com/2025/08/26/v...

GMU President's Attorney - "If the Board entertains OCR’s demand that Dr. Washington personally apologize for promoting unlawful discriminatory practices in hiring, promotion, and tenure processes, it will undermine GMU’s record of compliance.” virginiamercury.com/2025/08/27/f...

I got to see this big boy for myself!

“The VIMS team is preparing to publish a scientific paper about the discovery of the stone crab. The researchers also hope to get the word out so other crabbers can report sightings.” www.whro.org/environment/...

“Your simulation doesn’t have any rights” youtu.be/ldhHkVjLe7A?...

NEW: Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social‬

Some Williamsburg nature pics from this week

Septerra Core (1999) character models

To explain this photo a bit more: back then, most programming was done on paper (sometimes on special coding sheets), then punched onto cards/tape, then fed into a mainframe to be tested (& if necessary debugged). Counterintuitively, needing LESS computer time was the mark of a better programmer!

“No other country has this kind of access to the American tech sector. We obsess over Chinese involvement in the tech industry and worry about corporate espionage, but Israeli penetration rarely gets mentioned.” open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

"Several historically Black neighborhoods near the proposed site say they’re bearing a disproportionate burden of local gas infrastructure." www.whro.org/environment/...

Executive Koala (2005)

Baddies Marylou Badeaux and Celeste Dolan, co-editors of Computer Entertainer, one of the only magazines covering video games after 1983 crash. You can now read and download issues here - archive.gamehistory.org/folder/519c0...

Road trip lesson in problem-solving: Stuff on the passenger seat kept setting off the seatbelt alarm. At first thought I needed to clear stuff off seat, but I couldn’t move anything because rest of car was packed. Then I realized the real problem: seatbelt wasn’t buckled. So I buckled it. Doy!

Some absolute bangers from the Winamp Skin Museum

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

Great story. Give Sereen her degree! www.vpm.org/news/2025-07...

Let's go www.whro.org/business-gro...

“My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them.” www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...

Me AF

We've got another #Aquaculture episode coming this week! Join us as we learn all about a new online community for people involved with aquaculture: the Aquaculture Information Exchange. @jwcat757.bsky.social is community manager at the AIE, and he'll fill us in on all the details!

BBS user aesthetic

Gangster

"Some younger gay residents took a major step toward visibility in those years by organizing community athletic leagues, pushing the boundaries of what the gay community had traditionally done." www.whro.org/arts-culture...

I'll be presenting at this next Thursday! Hope to see you there

This month, WJCC’s school board chose to not change the name of James Blair MS. That decision echoes 1954, when the past school board named a whites-only school after Blair just weeks after segregation was declared unconstitutional. www.roundthetriangle.com/p/the-naming...

New from me: 2 responses to the JBMS renaming survey used the n‑word in expressions of hate speech targeting Black people. These comments weren’t included in public reports of the survey results and only came to light when I pressed for unredacted records. www.roundthetriangle.com/p/racial-slu...

Thursday

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

Posted up in Billy Burg

Great Blue Heron with catch on the James River, Richmond, VA. #birds #discover #wildlife