Megan Greenwell

oh god yes. Reading this now, but will also plug Bad Company by @greenwell.bsky.social which does a great job of walking through the real world impacts on People's Lives of the PE takeover of American institutions.

www.megangreenwell.com/book

PROUD OF U 💜 (awards are stupid except when they're OUR awards remains the truest adage)

awards are good again??

10. Newsletters • Bloomberg News for three issues of "FOIA Files," by Jason Leopold: "How Trump's Presidency Is Impacting the FOIA" February 21, "FBI Agents, FOIA Staff Pulling All Nighters Reviewing Jeffrey. Epstein Files," March 28, and "Trump Ordered a Mountain Name Change. It Could Be an Uphill Battle," July 25 • Harper's Bazaar for three issues of "A Closer Read," by Kaitlyn Greenidge: "September 16 [Arundhati Roy]," "October 21 [Jen Percy]" and "October 28 [Jamaica Kincaid]" • New York Magazine for three issues of "Secret Strategist," by Simone Kitchens, Winnie Yang, Lauren Ro, Erin Schwartz and Michael Zhao: "Mushroom-Brown Cargos and Havaianas Alternatives," August 14, "The Susan Orlean Closet Tour," October 16, and "The Zwirner Curator's Old Navy. Jeans and Target Tees," November 6, on Substack • The Spread for "Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt," January 8, "Pinups on Parade" February 6, and "You're Never Too Old to Get Even," June 18, by Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock, on Substack • Today in Tabs for "Hot Whales in Your Area," March 7, "Billionaires Destroyed American News Media on Purpose," July 18, and "ZZ Flop" November 20, by Rusty Foster, on beehiv

Hell yes, National Magazine Award nominee @rusty.todayintabs.com, for the only good newsletter Today in Tabs. asme.memberclicks.net/national-mag...

JOHN what happened to spec loyalty

DHS agents detain Columbia student after entering University-owned residence, Shipman reports <i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates. </i>

fyi the Columbia student newspaper has far more details on the ICE raid on a Columbia residence hall (including the likely name of the student in question) than any of the journalists y'all are reposting who aren't on campus. 🙂 support student journalism!

yes hello I slept with my arm under my head and now can't move my (already surgically repaired) wrist.

dad books (generally big meaty popular histories, most recently the Edmund Fitzgerald one that became a bestseller)

it's genuinely very cool to me to see the world's richest newspaper swoop in immediately after a competitor's mass layoffs to hire some generational talents just because they can.

Miriam Berger was one of 300–plus journalists laid off this month by the Washington Post, all but eliminating the publication’s international desk. On The Kicker, she and host @greenwell.bsky.social discuss how she reported stories from Gaza. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

not too late!

wow and yet you ignore my text about it

highlight of my day is that I got connected to this guy and am sending him a copy of my book to thank him for the piece of perfect cinema.

Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream By @greenwell.bsky.social

I love service journalism, Damon

Your muted words Twitter in text & tags "going viral" in text & tags following me in text & tags follower count in text & tags "bluesky elder" in text & tags followers in text & tags engagement in text & tags "went viral" in text & tags

seems like a good night to promote my strategy for avoiding the most annoying discourses on this website. when I figure out how to mute all instances of failure to understand jokes and all explanations of subjects I know about, I’ll be unstoppable.

Something that is very interesting about Bluesky is that often people reply to me as though I have never before considered the thing about which I am posting when in fact I probably have a great deal and that is why I am posting about it. Just one of life’s little jokes I suppose.

an even worse forecast from the national weather service fml

hey siri how do I make a coat out of groundhog pelt

NWS forecast that shows Brooklyn getting an unholy amount of snow on Sunday and Monday.

I am going to hunt down Punxsutawney Phil. I will find him and then I will grind his bones to make my bread.

new professional goal unlocked

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

I assume the only reason to repair the fridge was to benefit Sir’s perishables.

I truly hate cats but I love Sir, the cat that benevolently lets you sleep in his home.

Am currently reading Bad Company by @greenwell.bsky.social and based on what I have read so far I am sure that everything at Walgreens is very fine and very normal and that there is no need for concern, alarm or OH MY GOD WTF

In “Bad Company,” @greenwell.bsky.social brings people who are harmed by private equity squarely into focus through real stories of people whose local newspapers got gutted, whose nursing homes changed overnight, or whose jobs suddenly disappeared after a buyout.

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having my journalism backed by live markets

Rockwell guy meme saying I don't think journalism is better when it's backed by live markets.

tweet from Polymarket: Polymarket & Substack We are excited to announce our exclusive partnership with Substack. Starting today Substack authors can natively integrate data from the world's largest prediction market. Journalism is better when it's backed by live markets.

Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
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The internet was a huge mistake.

a 9.82 on the demonic color matching game holly introduced me to and for which i will never forgive her

good morning.

oh no holly.