Lauren Barton

the box in question

i think everyone should keep a memories and achievements box

it has arrived and it is beautiful

Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.

jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...

i’m sick. again. what the hell.

my boyfriend lowkey worships the ground i walk on and i think everyone else’s boyfriends should do the same

absolutely insane

Trump posts racist image of Obamas, White House defends it and slams 'fake outrage' The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.

President Donald Trump shared a racist image showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama portrayed as apes. The White House immediately defended Trump’s post: “Please stop the fake outrage,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said… www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/t...

winter when it snows is actually the best time to eat ice cream in case any of you didn’t know that

poured my heart and soul into this valentine’s day gift i hope my boyfriend likes it

what if instead of going to grad school i join the circus instead

like this but significantly less cool

working on goody bags for my 21st birthday party that isn’t happening until april… each bag has a lip balm, face mask, nail polish, a pocket journal with a bookmark, AND as soon as i get the stuff for it i’ll be making pierced flower keychains

what if instead of going to grad school i join the circus instead

should i or should i not get a horse tattoo as my first tattoo

Journalism is a great industry to go into if you want to become speedrun becoming a Marxist.

Freelance rates are also abysmal and haven't changed much in 20+ years, which means they're even worse today. Not only are you not being paid enough, but you don't have the support of an organization behind you. In-depth reporting is much harder as a freelancer.

and she literally embodies aphrodite

@aweinspired.bsky.social never misses

just bought my friend a $125 necklace for valentine’s day because even though we aren’t dating i love her and she deserves nice things

speak it shakira

So many people doing great work here; many of us were caught in layoffs repeatedly or squeezed out of traditional staff jobs. I value the indie media ecosystem so much but there's also a critical need for newsrooms and their resources: Some stories need a lot of support, especially investigations.

flame me for this take if you must

journalists absolutely deserve to be paid for their hard work and i love seeing my journalist friends/mutuals with successful newsletters of their own, but i 100% agree with this. journalism needs to be accessible, and paywalled newsletters are another way to take accessibility away from readers.

i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.

individual newsletters also don’t have the infrastructure for the more investigative journalism that risks lawsuits so we lose that when we tell people essentially to start a blog instead of having a robust newsroom with resources!!!

the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.

rip washington post and condolences to all of the amazing journalists who still work there and to the seemingly hundreds of staff they’ve laid off

as a young journalist who is still building their portfolio, i have absolutely no desire to be published in (or to work for) news outlets like the washington post. i used to dream about having bylines in wapo, but there’s nothing to dream about anymore. additionally, there’s no sense in it.

The Murder of The Washington Post Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

"Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...