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Lia Russell

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Gavin Newsom reporter @sacbee.com. Priors: The Baltimore Sun, Bangor Daily News. β€œShockingly good at ferreting out detailed personal info.” (they/them/πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ) https://linktr.ee/liaruss

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I agree and I hate showing my face in this vulnerable time of my life (transition) but FWIW I think he’s speaking to a subset of reporters who are both in legacy media and need to stay competitive w/ new media, not necessarily applicable to *all* reporters

26.02.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Duty (editors) called

24.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reactionary crank with an axe to grind who gained air time for bungling a study years ago is now writing op eds for the most powerful newspaper in the western world because media literacy is in her flop era and faith in legacy institutions is collapsing?

Fork found in kitchen

24.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gavin Newsom goes back to his moderate roots in new memoir The governor, now seen as a progressive crusader, first entered local politics as a moderate businessman.

I read Newsom’s memoir
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

24.02.2026 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

22.02.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3815    πŸ” 882    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 29

i’m very proud of @theverge.com’s ongoing minneapolis coverage. i’m insanely lucky to work somewhere that takes immigration reporting seriously and did so even before trump’s reelection. we took many different approaches to DHS’s operation in MN, maybe they’re not all to your taste. that’s okay!

20.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Gaby del Valle is one of the best reporters I know and the attacks against her on here are not only shocking in their violence and bigotry but also incredibly bad-faith and utterly without merit.

22.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 64

Surest way to get your email deleted or catch a block is to start with β€œMs. Russell, why didn’t you do xyzβ€”β€œ

22.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons β€œLooksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.

β€œLooksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.

19.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1350    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 37

it's really not fun to have people who get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year debate your humanity and how "far" your rights went when all you wanted to do was build a better life for yourself.

18.02.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

"The Shadow President," @andykroll.bsky.social's deep dive into Russell Vought, has just won a George Polk award for political reporting.

The piece chronicles Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to his position as one of the most influential players in the Trump administration.

Read it here:

18.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1167    πŸ” 598    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 43

You people will learn to ego lift with hunched turtleback form and you will like it

18.02.2026 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
esquire theater, sacramento, california, 1980

esquire theater, sacramento, california, 1980

esquire theater, sacramento, california, 1980

15.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

You selling that hat as merch? πŸ‘€

14.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This post just made me reconsider going to pick up my prescription

13.02.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeff Bezos Could’ve Saved The Post But He Didn’t I thought my time in local newspapers and digital media had desensitized me to layoffs. But it always hurts to lose something you love.

Jeff Bezos Could’ve Saved The Post But He Didn’t open.substack.com/pub/samaha/p...

11.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
jenna maroney

jenna maroney

sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young

10.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7799    πŸ” 1815    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 38
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Is the Cis Literary World Okay? - Public Books Contemporary trans literature is thriving in a highly freewheeling manner… How revealing, then, that David Brooks recently suggested that literary fiction has been declining in quality.

New at PB: Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia.bsky.social) reviews Davey Davisβ€˜s β€œCasanova 20” (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) and Grace Byron’s β€œHerculine,” two novels thatβ€”however differentβ€”both β€œquietly exalt real friends above other conceptualizations of love.”

10.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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at risk of sounding annoying, it was very, very cool to be asked to contribute to the BP Annual. kinda pinching myself at having my writing included alongside a stacked list of writers that I admire an insane amount. big thank you to @baseballprospectus.com, go buy the book folks.

09.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Me 🀝 Jimmy Butler
successfully undergoing surgery

10.02.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œim not familiar with bad bunny but..” i mourn for the lack of baddies in your life brother

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A PBS kids post of buster from Arthur with sunglasses on waving with the caption β€œwe always loved a bad bunny”

A PBS kids post of buster from Arthur with sunglasses on waving with the caption β€œwe always loved a bad bunny”

PBS kids is sending me

09.02.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4514    πŸ” 991    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 31

first touchdown lmao

09.02.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Having such a good Sunday morning I’m ready to do a TikTok dance in public w a zoomer influencer

08.02.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Count me as one of the other 6

08.02.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Will Lewis’s exit is long overdue. His legacy will be the attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution. But it's not too late to save The Post. Jeff Bezos must immediately rescind these layoffs or sell the paper to someone willing to invest in its future.

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HOME ESPN FOX NBC MORE E Pat McAfee blown away to learn San Francisco is not what conservative media makes it out to be "This place has been gorgeous. It has been incredible." F 2.6.26 #PMSLIV PAT MCAFEE SHOW ** UNE FROM SAN FRANCISCO ** SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS TIGHT END GEORGE KITTLE Credit: The Pat McAfee Show By Sean Keeley on 02/06/2026

tfw you leave Plato’s cave

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How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.

Spread this one far and wide.

03.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1413    πŸ” 662    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 91

He started a rumor that he’d leave the bucks, then people spent millions betting on it. Suddenly he comes out as a Kalshi owner. Honestly the NBA should sanction him, this is so corrupt

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