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also laid off at The Post today include the two wonderful people behind the organization's inclusion networks (groups they let employees setup and run for folks to interact more with folks like them around the org).

man, today was just horrid

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i spent a dozen years at the post and i loved it, mostly for the people i got to work alongside. great reporters, sure, but truly wonderful people. it’s just heartbreaking.

just gut punch after gut punch

just absolutely sick to my stomach this morning :(

this afternoon was wedding food tasting and my goodness did we choose correctly

i don't have much to add that hasn't already been said but if you think going after journalists will convince other journalists to slow down or stop their reporting, you don't know journalists

The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:

From @freedom.press' @seth-stern.bsky.social: The "arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are naked attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected" prosecuting them for reporting, and "instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down"

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

found this note in my email account from 2023 and i genuinely have no idea what it’s about

gonna start posting more woodworking again on here but if you wanna follow along with more granular updates, i post more on insta: www.instagram.com/_databae_

i’m back, baby

got back in the woodshop for the first time in too long. felt real good.

getting some FOIAs in on a Saturday night aka my kind of partying

a reminder that most fatal police shootings are not captured on the camera of third party

the @startribune.com is so good for a lot of reasons but one big one is that they’ve invested in growing their newsroom in recent years instead of shrinking it like so many others

I watched every video of a fatal shooting by police for a decade as part of my job. I will let others watch/describe but I simply cannot do it anymore. It’s too much.

Gene is one of the best people I know. Please help if you can.

hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it. my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...

Breaking news: Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from Post reporter Hannah Natanson until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge ruled.

depression pretty well in check, my brain has been like oh now i can show you all that anxiety it was masking

i am immensely grateful for therapy and wish it was far more accessible to everyone who could use it

Indiana went from 3 wins to 16 wins in two seasons.

GO FOR 2

i cannot stand that social media sites do autoplay of video by default.

bring it, 2026

2025 was a complicated year for me. It had some high highs and some low lows, some of which were accidentally caused by those highs. I learned a lot about myself, good and bad, and am ending the year with high hopes for 2026 to be a better year. I hope it is for you all, too.

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

sometimes and randomly i miss developing film. now is one of those times.

i am decidedly obsessed with this game I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 27th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

based on my experience, lawyers wouldn’t sign off on a piece if they didn’t think you did enough to try to get a comment from the subject of a story

snagged two new tats during my week in Europe (one in the UK, the other in Germany) and I am really happy to add them to the collection

gahhhh just seeing the Tom Stoppard news. damn. i got a tattoo with a R&G are dead quote a few years back and it’s one of my faves, still.

went on a long ride, chilled with my cat, made some delicious corn casserole and ate sooooo much pie. feeling quite thankful.

some folks in my neighborhood are not happy that the construction on the Wendy’s appears to have stalled (for months at this point)

unless there’s a big shift, Mamdani’s vote margin in the general over Cuomo is going to be bigger than in the primary (after ranked choice)

with turnout so high, Mamdani is going to be the first NYC mayoral candidate to break a million votes since the 60s

i have way less fomo on buying new electronics because it seems like most of the “improvements” revolve around ai and tbh i do not care

the clock on the oven is finally right again, thank goodness

truly if I had to eat only one meal the rest of my life it would be shakshuka

poppy seed bagel, whitefish salad, red onion, capers, lox.

Phillies outscoring the Dodgers in this series and losing 3-1 is kind of a microcosm of the offense this season.

Parlays have become incredibly popular, with many betting apps encouraging these high-stakes multi-leg bets. But as legs are added, the chance of winning drops faster than the growth of the potential payout - which means sportsbooks have the advantage. Explore the math and and try your own bets:

Schuylkill

GO BIRDS

happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate