Adam Schweigert

*and* they are apparently meant to...

we really just can't have nice things, huh?

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Once more with feeling

2020 TRUMP: “We have laws… we can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor.”

(H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )

AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”

whoa whoa whoa, she left him for...him? jfc

big(ot) if true amirite

probably saved his life tbh

Fancy Butter Taste Test - Walter Green Butter reviews for the Fine Dining issue of Lucky Peach, reproduced here entirely without permission. Design and illustration by the team at Lucky Peach/Devin Washburn and Rob Engvall. Photographs by ...

literally one of the best/funniest things Lucky Peach did in their entire run (RIP), thankfully someone preserved it: cargocollective.com/waltergreens...

please send me the prospectus

just trump being trump!

Wall Street journal front page with a top story headline reading "the smart money's on journalism to win"

Finally some good news!

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DOJ cuts grants to survivor-advocacy groups in New Orleans Two nonprofits in New Orleans are worried about their futures after the U.S. DOJ abruptly canceled a federal grant that would have helped them offer support to survivors of violence.

The Trump DOJ pulled millions in funding for groups throughout Louisiana that support survivors of domestic, sexual + intimate violence.

Now groups fear they'll have to lay off staff, cut back services for survivors.

@arierob17.bsky.social has more @veritenews.org.

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cool.

The interview was likely some agreed length of time, so the interviewer could have simply not moved on to another question until the question was actually answered or the interview ended. Hope that helps.

honest answer? the rest of the interview. hold him there as long as it takes.

“If you’re leaking a document, take pictures of it with the camera within Signal, which doesn’t save photos to your camera roll, and then send them to the reporter. If the document is on a screen, take pictures of the screen with the Signal app; don’t print anything out.”

You should go work with @aschweig.bsky.social if you’re looking for work in newsrooms in a part of the country that desperately needs it.

Director of Technology - Deep South Today Deep South Today is seeking a Director of Technology to lead technology strategy and implementation for our rapidly growing organization.

Director of Technology: deepsouthtoday.org/careers/dire...

More or less what it sounds like. Work with me to craft technology strategy for the network, build and maintain the websites, select and manage technology vendors + some work on editorial projects.

Director of Marketing and Growth - Deep South Today Deep South Today is seeking a Director of Marketing and Growth to lead the development and execution of strategies to drive audience acquisition, enhance the visibility of our organization, and expand...

Director of Marketing and Growth: deepsouthtoday.org/careers/dire...

This role will work closely with and complement the Director of Audience Engagement, focusing specifically on digital marketing, audience research, paid media, and partnerships.

Director of Audience Engagement - Deep South Today Deep South Today is seeking a Director of Audience Engagement to lead our audience strategy and craft and execute initiatives aimed at building lasting relationships with the communities we serve.

Director of Audience Engagement: deepsouthtoday.org/careers/dire...

This is a role that will lead audience strategy for the network and work with audience editors at our local newsrooms to build lasting relationships with the communities we serve.

Adding some key roles to the team @deepsouthtoday.org. All remote, all reporting to me, all a great way to make a real difference by being part of a growing network of newsrooms rebuilding and re-energizing local news throughout the Deep South. Here's a 🧵 with the individual postings. 👇

Trump and Musk are attacking the humanities. Mississippians must fight back. - Mississippi Today Column: The humanities are under attack by the Trump administration. To defund them is to erase the roots of American identity, and no state has more to lose, or more reason to fight back, than Mississippi....

Column: The humanities are under attack by the Trump administration. To defund them is to erase the roots of American identity, and no state has more to lose, or more reason to fight back, than Mississippi. Here's how we can.

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15 years after Deepwater Horizon, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete BP paid billions of dollars in damages over the Deepwater Horizon spill. Yet those who say they've suffered health problems have struggled to receive compensation.

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt.

I have my problems with any Pope, by definition

But you gotta hand it to Papa Francisco for coining the phrase "theirs is the construction site of hell" in a description of American fascism and then dying almost immediately afterward

Deconstruction.

On this day in 1939, Billie Holiday recorded 'Strange Fruit' On this day in 1939, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday recorded “Strange Fruit" about the lynchings of Black Americans.

#OnThisDay in 1939, Billie Holiday recorded “Strange Fruit” about the lynchings of Black Americans — 6,400+ between 1865 & 1950. The song reminded her of her father, who died when a hospital refused to treat him because of his color. The song sold 1M+. #History
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RFK Jr calls autism a tragedy. As an autistic journalist, I have thoughts ANALYSIS: Health Secretary wilfully misreads data that should be celebrated, not feared, writes Eric Garcia

RFK Jr. paints autism in a apocalyptic colors. As an #ActuallyAutistic journalist who has spent the last decade writing about autism, I had to confront him about it.
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