Pretty amazing to see @gothamist.com, a New York based newspaper, running the feed that’s in the trending section of the Bluesky explore tab for the NYC mayoral election. A @graze.social feed, too! This is the sort of democratized social media we need more of.

Another day and more cuts as we hit peak journalism layoff season. Join Project C on Nov. 24th at 1 p.m. ET for a live session with real working indie journos to explore whether the creator economy path is right for you. luma.com/lcbckl7j

I think it’s a big part of the mix. And it feels like the surest path back to greater media/civic literacy too. Great full 🧵⬇️

Excellent deficit chart from our pals Hyunsoo Rim and David Crowther for Chartr. sherwood.news/markets/amer...

“It’s really important to have stability, to have people’s expertise be treated with the level of respect it ought to be and to have people not be wondering from one day to the next whether they’re going to be employed.”

Another important scoop from @dinograndoni.bsky.social

What a great big sweepy piece with multiple scoops within …

The most popular story on @washingtonpost.com is currently a reported narrative + interactive that enables people to see which cities have the most trees, including our own. 🎁: wapo.st/3GyBzHL It reminded me that great (data) journalism empowers us to learn about ourselves & our communties. 🌲🌳 #ddj

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Great read from @tarykuh.bsky.social and @restofworld.org: "These satellite dishes .... symbolize a technological coup in Africa’s most populous nation." restofworld.org/2025/starlin...

Thankful to see this study on Long Covid published over the weekend:

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Thankful to live in a state with a senator who represents (and advocates) for his constituents like this …

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New: DOGE sought access to a sensitive database kept by federal child-support office Powerful system contains income info, Social Security numbers for *nearly all U.S. workers* DOGE initially rebuffed by a career civil servant who questioned legal authority More TK w @jeffstein.bsky.social

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

A very enjoyable rumination by @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social On the joys of watching baseball come back to life through the steady drip of spring training informal iPhone video snippets blogs.fangraphs.com/seeing-baseb...

I spoke to AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber, now based in Saudi Arabia, about his vision for AI tech, what is missing from the AI debate in the West, and how the kingdom’s AI ambitions align with his life's work. restofworld.org/2025/juergen...

Trump’s first month: How the administration’s actions affect Minnesota (BTW this article is free for all readers) www.startribune.com/trumps-first...

“You can build all the dick rockets you want to go to Mars while you try to leave the rest of us on the burning Earth. We’re gonna take control. This is our world, and it’s our government, and it’s our money.” — Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president

Journalism working ….

The sub-Reddit /FedNews is filled with stories from folks sharing what they’re experiencing. Heartbreaking. But also inspiring. They almost always mention the public and their colleagues, first.

A very helpful (audience-centric!), visual guide to what news looks like as we go through this moment of transformation

A helpful bit of aggregation ….

My new reporting focus for a bit is on the restructuring of the federal government. Wanna talk securely about DOGE + changes in federal workforce/spending/policy? Is there important context about how government does/doesn't work well that I should know more about? Let's chat:

Today, we honor Frederick Douglass on his chosen birthday. 🎂 His 1855 autobiography MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM is a powerful account of his journey from enslavement to freedom. Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/mybondagemyfreed6062doug/ #Blackhistorymonth #LetReadersRead #InternetArchive

While "it's happening on X," as @brianstelter.bsky.social accurately says, I've found that I can get what is happening here on @bsky.app, filtered through commenters in the know and without the racist/ignorant trolling. Insular? Yes. Smarter? Yes. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/173...

Following the money and documenting ACTUAL receipts from public Treasury data. 👏👏 @stphnfwlr.com and @npr.org

I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

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A jarring example of how one industrious operator used AI to scale up a flimsy local news network. Backed by some very thorough, human-powered reporting that doubles as a nice commentary/counter-point on the power of real journalism. Hell of a pull quote from @rodneygibbs.com, too!

Typos and formatting errors get repeated across EOs, revealing extensive use of copy-paste. The rhetoric sounds like a ChatGPT imitation of the 5th Circuit’s laziest rulings. And the legal arguments are frequently fringe in the extreme, in a way that will likely piss off Roberts and Barrett.

I mentioned the other day that I’ve been very impressed by @wired.com’s recent reporting. This is a great hire. I discovered Zoe’s work during Elon’s takeover of Twitter.

What a Wednesday. Here’s what to know: - Donald Trump was charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss. - Two Michigan Republicans were charged over alleged voting machine tampering. - Lizzo’s former tour dancers accused her of sexual harassment. More: https://wapo.st/44R9AKS

Somehow, a lot of Republicans have recently become more convinced that a majority of SCOTUS was appointed by Democratic presidents. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/05/americans-polling-supreme-court/