TRULY not doing the "this story about one thing isn't also about MY experience" dance. This is really interesting & necessary & I'm glad for reporting on the overuse of dubious spinal fusions (my grandma had one the surgeon claimed would make her walk. It didn't.) But... nymag.com/intelligence...

Wow. My University of Washington colleague Amy Hagopian was expelled from APHA for her pro-Palestinan advocacy. 🧵 academeblog.org/2025/10/07/w...

You know what they say: if you want to win a war, just give up on every battle, let the enemy dictate terms, and let your people die and surely you'll take it in the long game!

In unrelated news, here's @juliesulabor.bsky.social writing for @msnbc.com about how Amazon mistreats its package handlers and delivery drivers: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

Journalist Mario Guevara is reporting that he will be deported to El Salvador today, after spending more than 100 days in detention after he was arrested on June 14 while covering a "No Kings" protest near Atlanta, GA. The charges against him were dropped, but DHS pursued deportation anyways.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

happy 1500th bat to all who celebrate!

For @motherjones.com, I wrote about the political pressure & coercion faced by teachers & staff at Success Academy. "They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."

YES! THIS on GenAI! Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins: "An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

Let this be your reminder that NYC charter schools’ loyalties lie with the state’s millionaires, billionaires, and most profitable corporations rather than the Black, brown, disabled, and lower-income communities they claim to represent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Early this month, Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of Success Academy—New York City’s largest charter school network— had an urgent message for her employees that had nothing to do with pedagogy or classroom management: You need to help push the charter school agenda.

The @telliotter.bsky.social network state story is here. This is a really important concept driving a lot of the thinking coming out of Silicon Valley and influencing the GOP. The characters themselves are also something to behold. Trust me, you gotta check it out: www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

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The Brookings Institute found that Charlie Kirk was the 2nd largest misinformation spreader among podcasts they analysed. "Mr. Kirk, a conservative activist and the founder of Turning Point USA, ranked second, with 17 percent of his episodes containing an unsubstantiated or false claim." Gifted:

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color Every queer press org should be picking up this story

The White House is telling Medicaid users to get jobs—while attacking everything that makes that possible.

DHS says the ICE officer who shoved the woman in New York yesterday has been relieved of his duties and his conduct unacceptable. Bit surprised as I’ve seen a lot of not too dissimilar videos of ice actions DHS has stood by.

My lord.

This is how they act ... with cameras all around. Imagine how they act when there are no cameras.

This article is absolutely BUCK WILD and you should read it today

"Casey...says the pressure has never been so intense. 'This year, in training, they explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story.'" "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Brilliant reporting by @lindsayleewallace.bsky.social about a really heinous situation for Success Academy teachers. A must read!!

Early this month, Eva Moskowitz, the CEO of Success Academy—New York City’s largest charter school network— had an urgent message for her employees that had nothing to do with pedagogy or classroom management: You need to help push the charter school agenda.

For @motherjones.com, I wrote about the political pressure & coercion faced by teachers & staff at Success Academy. "They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."

Quite the headline on this @annamerlan.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Words mean things, and dating is something that happens between people. It is WAY closer to plausible to say someone is dating their pet than that they are dating a chatbot, but journalists would not use that frame. "People are deciding to date their dogs." Nobody would write that.

as a cisgender woman can i just say how much safer i feel now that a bunch of men are comparing women to metals

Absolute cowards. They are still bound by Massachusetts State Law. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

i swear one day pop crave is gonna post my parents are getting back together

It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.

once again asking what the value is of holding office at all if you got there by abandoning your principles and your people. genuinely asking.

More public funding for basic science is a sound investment that makes us more prosperous.

bro just one more billionaire funded group arguing for milquetoast centrism. bro please just one more, we'll throw gay people to the wolves this time too bro, not just trans ones. bro im begging you

Meet Vivian, an 11-year-old who is already advocating for herself and fellow medically complex children. Thanks to #Medicaid coverage, she is able to live a full and active life in her community.

From mocking Serge Kovaleski to ASL cuts to “let them die” sentiments shared without shame to firing dedicated civil servants—slowly, but surely, Trump's dangerous #disability rhetoric has become public policy. Essential reading from E.Tammy Kim in @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/deep-st...

cannot BELIEVE the mta could've made my childhood dream of having a lil tv in my main mode of transportation like all the soccer kids come true but instead of playing the lion king 2 on all the screens in the new subway cars they just waste them hawking ketamine & correction officer jobs

Amid these ICE raids, something folks should understand about the Chicago suburbs is that a lot of stereotypes about the era of white flight from the city do not apply. A lot of these folks were priced out of Chicago and many commute to work here. They are part of the same social fabric.

BREAKING: Justice Gregory Carro has dismissed the first degree murder charge against Luigi Mangione in his state case, finding the DA put legally insufficient evidence before the grand jury. More TK.

live your life such that when you die, everyone mentions how good looking you were

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said conservative activist Charlie Kirk was the “primary architect” behind folding him into President Trump’s political movement — and advocated for his position in the administration.

these policies are not only ruining careers -- they are stealing futures from poor, first gen, and desperate young people who just want to do some good in the world. this country needs americorps to keep these agencies running.

i was just talking about the future of americorps, FEMA corps, and NCCC with a group of americorps alums and it's bleak. i really wish more reporters were looking into the future of disaster relief, emergency management, and environmental stewardship without americorps programming.

We all know ‘tragedy’ comes from Greek. ‘tragos’ = goat ‘aeidein’ = to sing So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.” Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

NEW: Take a moment with me to enjoy some light comedy and read about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently planning to speak at a fringe health conference in Estonia, and then pulling out because local politicians called him "a quack" and "cuckoo in the head." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

cApItALism BReeDS inNovATIOn

Three months after - asking us to delay a deadline for comment - using the extra time to contact other members of the media to sow doubt in our reporting - calling our reporting "lies" without directly refuting it - PPPFA confirms our reporting was correct on a press call we were not invited to

A threat to authoritarianism anywhere is a threat to authoritarianism everywhere