This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

You should have killed me when you had the chance, Charlie Brown.

Me, listening to Jeff Lynne's new remix of Real Love from the #Beatles Anthology rerelease:

Me, when stores have Christmas decorations up before Halloween:

How do you like our new profile pic, @condeunion.bsky.social ?

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

Got the food

Went on the National Press Club's podcast to discuss the Pentagon press situation and explain some more about why every major news outlet refused to sign. www.press.org/newsroom/def...

What, was Benoit Blanc not available?

BBC: “Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre” www.bbc.com/news/live/c6... The police:

Defense One reporters will turn in their Pentagon passes today rather than sign a Defense Department agreement that threatens to punish them for routine but vital journalism. This morning, we joined seven other defense-oriented publications in a statement: www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Cry havoc, and let slip the frogs of war

...only when pressed returned to the table, with no responses to our proposals. This is not what good faith negotiations look like. We demand Sightline Media Group respond to our significant compromises by Friday, or we will escalate our actions further. 3/3

We met Monday morning with the intent to have collaborative discussions on our modest pay raise and 401k proposals (which would cost just $64,000) and move bargaining forward. Unfortunately, after a short brief meeting, management chose to caucus for several hours and… 2/3

On Monday our union came to the table ready to bargain with management, six weeks after they last gave us a meeting. We sent them a counterproposal last week in which we compromised considerably on our very reasonable demands, expecting them to find some middle ground with us. 1/3

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses." Cpl Klinger: "Victory is mine"

I think the Pentagon press corps needs to consult with noted First Amendment scholar Walter Sobchak. [pounds table] "Oh, please dear? For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-k...

War News Breaking War War One Inside War War Daily Defense on the Rocks

Defense News and Military Times journalists past and present came together yesterday to stand up for our union and fight for a fair contract! We made sure people at these events heard us and what we want. Thanks so so much to everyone who helped out and provided moral support to us. #UnionStrong

At the company’s Defense News Conference, the journalists of @defensenews.bsky.social and @militarytimes.bsky.social stood up for their rights. 📸 Sightline Guild members wore red, leafleted and spoke out — showing the industry that it’s time for management to stop union busting & bargain fairly!

Solidarity for my former colleagues, some of the absolute best in a business that isn't so much dying as being actively killed

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Members of the @sightlineunion.bsky.social are wearing red and leafleting outside the #DNconf this morning to tell Sightline Media to STOP its union busting and give us a fair contract!

Media has been hollowed out from the bottom and a lot of that was beat reporting and grassroots stuff. The top is left without much to support it. There are about a fifth as many reporters per capita compared to 25 years ago.

Hard to choose but Frank Sinatra is a blast to watch in Manchurian Candidate, especially in this scene @gregorydickens.bsky.social youtu.be/EnfAVLatlmY?...

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? (I'm screwed)

What gif pops up when you type your name?

Time is a flat circle. Big boat stuck.

There’s a challenge out there to all professionals and retirees in the journalism, film, television, theater, entertainment, and arts world to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal: Flood social media with our profession.

Watching the new 4K disc of Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, and it is a truly amazing transfer. This movie has its flaws—particularly a miscast Orlando Bloom and anachronistically progressive mindsets for its good guys—but it may well be Hollywood’s last great historical epic…

RIP Ozzy. I'm remembering going to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in 2010, hearing the crowd erupt with his surprise "ALLLL ABOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD," and seeing him duel musically with Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens and backed by the Roots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW-6...

2/2

Two weeks ago, we sent our CEO Michael Reinstein this letter asking him to come to the table to negotiate directly with us. We received no response, so are releasing it publicly. We renew our call for direct negotiations with our CEO to produce a fair and equitable contract. 1/2

Dedra’s panicked clawing at her collar on Ghorman alone should have been enough to get Denise Gough a nomination

Saturday marked one year since Sightline Media Group unjustly laid off 9 reporters and editors, including 7 union members. We in the Sightline Media Union continue to support our brothers & sisters, and still fight to challenge their layoffs and get them the fair treatment they deserve. #solidarity

Same vibes @jdsimkins.bsky.social youtu.be/0NUoNnX045A?...

Just saw #Sinners and that was like Ryan Coogler said, “OK, let’s make a movie perfectly calibrated to Stephen Losey’s interests.”

SECDEF Hegseth's decision to gut the Pentagon's weapons testing office and staff was partly motivated by frustration over DOT&E's decision to conduct oversight of prized Golden Dome project. Great scoop by @calbon.bsky.social, new on @defensenews.bsky.social: www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...

New rules on Pentagon media access put in place by @SecDef further chill the free flow of information vital to the public. Our Military Reporters & Editors statement:

The Pentagon restrictions on media covering the military follow a series of moves by the Trump administration to curtail press access. The changes overhaul historic access for the press.

The Pentagon Press Corps is the most unbiased in the business. Total pros. If SECDEF was smart, he’d leverage them toward mission accomplishment.

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth just imposed major restrictions on press access and freedom of reporters' movement in the Pentagon, contrary to decades of practice that recognized the necessity of a free and open press to inform the public on what the military is doing. Pentagon Press Assoc. statement:

Found the real reason for the new press restrictions in the Pentagon

Nobody: Absolutely freaking nobody: Slate:

When Aaron Sorkin meets David Mamet

“President Trump appears to have been speculating out loud about future airplanes that, as far as I know, don’t exist,” former Air Force Sec. Frank Kendall said. @defensenews.bsky.social www.defensenews.com/air/2025/05/...

Following the masterpiece that was the #Andor finale last night, by rolling straight into Rogue One tonight. So far, the dovetailing works perfectly.

“It’s all based on an embarrassing misunderstanding of what Air Force One is meant to do,” said expert Richard Aboulafia. “If it’s a gold-plated palace in the sky and nothing more, have at it. If it’s an actual tool [to be used in a] worst-case contingency [like nuclear war], then this ain’t it.”

[sung to Star Wars fanfare] 🎶 “Sawww…Gerrera! Gonna do waaarrrrr crimes! So many waaarrrrr crimes! And huff jet fuel!” 🎵 #Andor