One of my boring theories is that a successful progressive movement needs way more union presidents in public life.

I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.

You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:

just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”

parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

We need to give editors arrest powers.

Here are the facts: 📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002 ⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level 🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/

Here’s last night’s story about public media, who it serves, what we can do to counteract the Trump administration’s budget cuts to it, and why the answer is “sell Russell Crowe’s jock strap.” You’ll see. youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

thinking about this disguise George C. Scott dons in Hardcore and cracking up

As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.) Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit! talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...

amazing q&a with paul krugman

I love the Chicago Pope

As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.) Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit! talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Probably an unpopular opinion but “don’t type death threats even jokingly, yes that means you” seems to be one of the few real Bluesky rules and not something I personally struggle with.

Journalism helped save an innocent man’s life. Fantastic work by @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social of @huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...

Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.

This evening, I stood with the hardworking New Yorkers of CWA District 1 and the NewsGuild of New York as they fight for fair treatment from Conde Nast. I'll always support our unions and our workers.

also: our sister publication, NIL-Wire, wrote its most important story yet. a sit down with Boise State's Goth Volleyball Player www.nil-wire.com/p/nora-hayd-...

One of my strongly held elder millennial beliefs is that my transactions of that size need to be made on Big Computer.

genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other

I may just be a simple country hooftrimming video watcher, but I think it's time we raise America's hoof, pare away the separated horn until we reach the infected area, spray it with a powerful cleansing agent, and place a salicylic acid wrap on the foot so we can begin to heal

Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You

This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here. bsky.app/profile/mand...

WALLACHIAN STATESMAN RADU GOLESCU, IN THE AFTERLIFE: finally, they've created an article about me on the english-language wikipedia, recognizing my historical importance. now to take a big sip of afterlife coffee and check out the "did you know?" section of the wikipedia front page

lol she got his ass and he knows it

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

This is an amazing, economical post by Matt Pearce, with a great Pericles quote: mattdpearce.substack.com/p/baseball-a...

I support Plur1bus’s mission of giving an X-Files writer what appears to be a billion dollars.

Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do

the lib economic buzzword of the cycle shifting from “abundance” to “affordability”

[exhausted air safety expert crushing a cig and speaking to me as if I’m a sixth grader] You ever seen Godzilla? Imagine a hundred Godzillas at all the airports. www.wsj.com/business/air...

what if California loves to vote on just one little Ballot Measure

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, trailblazing Democratic leader and former Speaker of the House, won’t seek reelection.

i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute

A word of thanks for our great election workers everywhere. Photo by my old LAT colleague Gina Ferrazi. www.latimes.com/california/l...

Folks, my team at @boltsmag.org is bringing you all the results all night... but they're not at 100K followers yet. Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

“The real Leviathan in America is our democratic society, a giant and terrifying beast that endlessly resists capture.”

Just checking the latest news on bluesky dot com…

Sort of crazy that air traffic controllers essentially volunteer/ advance the value of their labor to everyone else, with no interest, every few years