Jenée Desmond-Harris

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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Seriously, like bro there are military troops in Washington DC RIGHT NOW cracking down on “crime“ that doesn’t even fucking exist. They don’t need an excuse, they will do it ANYWAY.

I was extremely offline today and the out of context texts from people who reasonably assumed I was keeping up with the news were a wild ride

And to whoever is getting off on sending multiple letters about seeing a neighbor naked/having sex/watching porn: Go write terrible erotica or tell it to ChatGPT or something. Give us a little break.

To the person sending multiple fake letters to Slate Advice: I am begging you to vary the voice, length, and sentence structure and take the drama down a notch to make the stories more realistic. I’m not against using the ones that are suspicious but actually good. Please just put some effort in

He currently mostly likes asmr videos of trucks crushing things and marble runs but he got really into something animated about robots in the doctor’s office waiting room yesterday so I think there’s room for growth

@joelanderson.bsky.social and I are both people who never got into anything related to superheroes but we don’t want the same fate for our three year old. What should we show him and when?

I just realized friends and family never ask me for help with writing stuff (cover letters, emails, applications, texts, etc.) anymore and I think it’s because of ChatGPT! I guess it’s fine but what do I have to offer now? 🥲

it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season

A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun The ruling makes clear, however, that cops can still stop and frisk a person for existing while Black.

There's a terrible 5th Circuit opinion I'd like you all to see. Lots of people say we should "use conservative arguments against them," but you have to understand, FedSoc judges do not care about their own hypocrisy. They just write their way through it.

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Please! Or I’ll be reading your bio instead of the thing I’m supposed to be reading and then going to look up your former employer because ????

If an influencer posts my ideal outfit, too bad for me. It takes way too many clicks to find it where they’ve hidden it.

And if you want me to watch a video with an ad before it? Sorry, please just summarize it because I’m not sitting through that

I know social media makes everything an adhd symptom but one I haven’t heard about is never being able to make it to the “link in bio.” I will just have to wonder what the article says because I’m going to get bored on the way there

Of course that’s not the whole goal, as I was recently reminded by @ahmadinsais https://substack.com/@ahmadibsais?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadXGP8gRrHtHOkIrWmcvkmNBBb_IBmCbP3PaxL9juh6a9YVRFtbPD2eEKBgsQ_aem_VXUoEhXmD68an13unpV5YQ

Could be I’m just not as online and not really in as many conversations about assigning pieces.

And I know there’s always been stuff to be upset about!

For some reason I just wish I heard more about other people being in despair these days

Personally I’m doing so much worse than I was then. Seeing children being bombed and starved to death, knowing families are being ripped apart and people being tortured in massive numbers, thinking about all the increased suffering from so many different political decisions …

I remember in 2020 the idea that we (not just people who lost someone to Covid or had it, but everyone) were all upset and down and struggling because of the pandemic and “racial tension” was kind of a media/ social media consensus.

And I’m not really seeing that now? I’ve been wondering why

I keep checking for an updated Harper’s letter with all the same signatories but I’m sure they’re just taking their time to make sure it captures how alarmed they are in this moment

Lots of talks about air purifiers and fans but no outside air coming in?? A breeze coming through is part of a home. (Add to the list of reasons California was so expensive I guess)

I thought I was done with the culture shock of moving from CA to MD but I just asked a bunch of people how they air out their homes in the summer when it’s always hot and humid and the answer was mostly “we wait until fall”!!! I used to open windows every day of my life so this is a lot to digest

I don’t know why I’m annoyed by every headline about the Epstein letter repeating the word “bawdy”

So much going on in this text, which was written — we could also say "lived" — by NPR's media reporter. The most important in my view are these words from a former CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller.

"Any evidence-based news organization that reports critically is going to be accused of left-wing bias."

I got the idea that pulling an all (or very late) nighter once a week or so would be the secret to having enough time to do everything I need to. Did it and I’ve felt like I’m hungover and in a coma for 2 full days. Follow me for more life hacks

I didn’t realize PBS did this but I agree with the idea as it applies to media in general. If you’re not going to go all the way to lying and wholeheartedly endorsing white supremacy you’re not gonna win this game so stop trying

… So he confronts him with it and cancels the job of course. But why did I hear him saying “Sorry it didn’t work out, my brother” 😅 And then he spent significant time fretting that “we took up a lot of his day”

Life being married to the nicest person in the word: We hired a handyman, he doubled the estimate, he went to buy stuff at Home Depot and asked for money to cover it, @joelanderson.bsky.social got a weird feeling and checked next door and saw the warning below about him ….

Facing this Court A Sober Look at What to Expect in Trump v. Casa And What We Do About It

NEW PIECE IS UP.
I don’t enjoy facing the truth about this court, but it must be done.
Yesterday’s decision in McMahon has me convinced.

Hope you’ll sign up for the September webinars. We need the people - not just lawyers - to understand what’s at stake. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

I watch a lot of old music videos, 90s/early 2000s R&Bb mostly, and lately they make me kinda sad. I realized it’s because even if the songs aren’t about anything special, they just remind me of a time when we (I?) assumed the world was getting better, little by little

You may not think they sound alike but the first two syllables of each word have very similar mouth movements!