Michaël Jarjour

When Michael First approached me about his idea for @trustfnd.com, I immediately saw the potential. This is the platform we've all been looking for to collaborate with other independent journalists.

Thank you for this shoutout!

Katelyn Burns Independent journalist covering trans issues and how the internet is terrible

You can sign up to Katelyn's newsletter and the newsletter of one of her collaborators here, it's a trans + feminist indie bundle 😍

You should meet more of the amazing journalists already collaborating on @trustfnd.com, so let me introduce you.

Starting with one of my favorite people: @katelynburns.com

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

Ok I'm no longer counting and sharing donos, but by my count, we raised $45,044.39 yesterday for red state queer organizations.

Thank you everybody!

"Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+ after hours"

I hope Mark Thompson quits if this deal happens. This would absolutely destroy his legacy.

Carlos Dada, editor of El Faro: “The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth” The Salvadoran journalist will deliver the 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture. In this interview, he discusses his work and the challenges of reporting from exile.

“The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth,” says Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada in this interview with @eduardosuarez.bsky.social ahead of his Reuters Memorial Lecture on 9 March

Full interview below
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This is from @status.news, and it is gross.

FCC chairman Brendan Carr sat down with Ben Smith of Semafor so he could "shower praise" upon David Ellison and Bari Weiss, and then hint around at who he might sue next.

www.status.news/p/politico-e...

"Five of the UK’s leading news organisations, including the BBC, the FT and Sky News, have drawn up plans for a coalition aimed at preventing AI tools from exploiting their journalism without permission."

FT, BBC, and more outlets are banding together so journalism doesn't get stolen by AI companies.

This is a great initiative [GIFT ARTICLE]:

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The start of this trailer couldn't be more perfect

god forbid an elite be subject to unsparing criticism

Man muss ihr sofort einen Preis verleihen!

So ein guter Moment, wir müssen unbedingt die Zuschauern kennenlernen!

I'm glad 😍

A few good things came out of it, these human moments sometimes help people open up and reply more freely. It's good to have users who know the drill :)

Only time will tell 🙈

Gaaaaa people are opening it! I hate real time analytics

I just sent an email blast to exactly the incorrect segment.

That very specific feeling of shock / despair of making a big error in a send, realizing it, not being able to stop it, is such a throwback to my newsletter writing days.

I'm sorry if you received it, but if it helps: I feel so alive!

Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times The New York Times spreads misinformation about transgender people yet again.

Glad there are independent journalists like @erininthemorning.com who dissect the shoddy opinion journalism published in prestige outlets.

Fund them.

Also thank you for your support, that's really lovely to hear!

Yes! In my experience, they hold themselves to very high standards. On @trustfnd.com they can showcase them with what we call "Trust Promises."

Ooops! Thanks for telling me, corrected now!

If you're a journalist thinking about bundling, hop in my DMs and if you're one of the curious people who'd like to support more of the sources they trust, I'm interested to hearing from you, too!

We're currently bootstrapping with a small team, so we're taking it step by step.

So what we have now is a demo of how to bundle subscription *trials,* hopefully making it easier to get people to try more paid subscriptions and fund more of the sources they trust.

4️⃣ No revenue cuts: If we bundle subscriptions, we don't want to introduce another middle man that takes a cut.

3️⃣ Creator control: Even in a bundle, we want to establish multiple payment relationships in one go rather than creating a layered single one.

2️⃣ Bundling subscriptions, not brands: Audiences already follow multiple journalists they trust — we're just bundling the way they pay them.

1️⃣ Creators should bundle themselves: Lots of platforms already bundle journalism, we want creators to choose who they want to be in a bundle with.

On journalism bundles...

The question I got most often since launching @trustfnd.com two weeks ago: You make it easy to bundle newsletters, but what about paid subscriptions?

It's what we're currently building. We've set ourselves a few guardrails and I'm curious to hear what you think.

How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland Internal documents show how the country finally rejected pitches by tech company Palantir.

Finally available in english and paywall-free

We are sued for this article.

Palantir doesn't want policymakers and decisionmakers or anyone to read this article...

Streisand, Galore! 😉

www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/h...

YouTube video by WhenInRomeVEVO When In Rome - The Promise (Official Music Video)

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