Carrie Brown

Asar John braces crappy weather to join my Montclair State Students! Asar is currently working with Documented and Red Hook Star Review and launching his own newsletter, Brooklyn Grounds. He is one of my wonderful former engagement students 😊

omfg I think I knew that at some point but forgot. WHAT IS HAPPENING

The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder

That is...nonsensical! ffs "Mr. Luckey — who supports Mr. Trump but sees himself as more of a little “l” libertarian who believes in small government and does not agree with the current Libertarian Party www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/t...

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

Oooh will do!

Brooklyn's Latest News Source is Launching in 2026 Brooklyn Grounds covers all issues related to the land beneath our feet, from park grounds to subway platforms to property lots throughout Brooklyn.

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Asar John braces crappy weather to join my Montclair State Students! Asar is currently working with Documented and Red Hook Star Review and launching his own newsletter, Brooklyn Grounds. He is one of my wonderful former engagement students 😊

Nearly eight years ago, when I began reporting on the "working homeless," it was treated as an edge case, a tragedy at the margins.

That fiction has collapsed.

Housing insecurity is now an ever-widening sinkhole, swallowing not only the poor and working class but entire swaths of the middle class.

Year 2, Week 9 Feb 21-27, 2026 - ready, steady

Each Friday night, I cover what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪

Year 2, Week 9: Feb 27 - on "epistemic vigilance" and
- precipice of war
- travesties in leadership (NIH director now also CDC head)
- surgeon general confirmation hearing
- NASA warnings & more

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🤫 Hush Line An open-source whistleblowing platform for organizations and individuals.

Hey folks. A plea for help. Have you written your member of Congress about the war in Iran? Have they responded? We want to see the letters they're sending their constituents. If you have them, send it to us on our secure tipline. Here: thebulwark.com/tips

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Less than one month left to submit! We are looking for studies that "delve into how journalism continues to evolve with the active involvement of 'citizens,' 'users,' 'audiences,' 'fandoms,' 'followers' and/or other types of engaged 'participants'." www.aejmc.org/aejmc-events... @aejmc.bsky.social

Ugh, my guest speaker for today is supposed to drive from Brooklyn to NJ and looks like we are about to get an inch of sleet or slop, though it's hard to tell how bad it will be.

"Overall, the top 1 percent now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined."

Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age

"A New York Times analysis shows the stunning velocity at which the fortunes of the 1 percent have increased across the country since President Trump first took office in 2017. The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120 percent." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

"dying in America is increasingly corporatized. Today, about three-quarters of hospice agencies are for-profit"

THREE!?!?!

“unit cost of approximately $90 million to $94 million”

I guess we’re no longer the Top Guns. Our Goose has been cooked. We’re no longer Mavericks. Our pilots are on Ice, Man.

~45 minutes outside Minneapolis this afternoon, a small but spirited crowd is gathered to protest outside the gates of Sherburne County Jail.

According to organizers: the jail has held an average of 131 ICE detainees daily for nearly 20 years. As of 2023, the jail makes $110 per detainee per day.

In NYC, everyone knows, when the U.S. starts another war, people protest by marching to Times Square which has a U.S. Army recruiting station at the center.

This is today at "Stop War on Iran" march.

Video shot by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 via @scootercaster.com

Well over 1,000 students walked out and Marched at the Oregon state capitol in Salem today too.

jfc

ICE surge in western Wisconsin echoes trauma, intimidation of Twin Cities Volunteers have raised money to pay rent, coordinated rides to school for children and donated groceries and household supplies.

Community defense is different here. Scary. Lonely. There's (some) safety in numbers, and they're hard to come by in our red exurban and rural communities.

We're standing up anyway.

So, today's front page print headline seemed quite fitting:
Emotion, defiance as ICE roams western WI

FUCK ICE.

Multiple CBS News staffers who were not authorized to speak to the media resorted to curse words after reading the news. "Fuck, fuck, fuck," said one producer at the network. "Well, fuck," said another CBS News staffer.

mood

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

“In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome" LOL Sam Altman we do not take you seriously. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

haha thank you! That does not sound...good.

Haha thank you!

In Trump’s Case for War, a Series of False or Unproven Claims

"One official said some intelligence analysts were concerned that top aides have inflated the threats or that intelligence was being selectively presented or distorted as it was sent upward." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u... Just a clown show.

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.

"an ever more robust body of evidence that birds — one of the best measured families of animals on Earth, and a sentinel for the health of other species — are not OK." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c... Really a great news day.

bart simpson is sitting at a desk in a room while a man in a hat stands in the doorway ALT: bart simpson is sitting at a desk in a room while a man in a hat stands in the doorway

Wakes up on 50th birthday, sees we are at war with Iran

Haha 😆