Elliot Kirschner
@elliotkirschner.bsky.social
Filmmaker, writer, and optimist.
Executive Producer at @scicommlab.bsky.social
Director of https://www.thelastclassfilm.com
Writer of "Through the Fog" newsletter— https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/
Executive Producer at @scicommlab.bsky.social
Director of https://www.thelastclassfilm.com
Writer of "Through the Fog" newsletter— https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/
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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
virulent idiocy
The Trump administration just ordered another retiring coal plant to stay open. It could cost ratepayers millions | CNN
The Trump administration ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Colorado to stay open on Tuesday, a day before it was set to retire.
www.cnn.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
virulent idiocy
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A Human on a Bicycle is Among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom
(best aligned to upper-secondary courses like AP physics, AP bio, precalculus, stats)
(best aligned to upper-secondary courses like AP physics, AP bio, precalculus, stats)
A Human on a Bicycle is Among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel
A Human on a Bicycle is Among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom (update on a classic 'Scientific American' graph)
slowrevealgraphs.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A Human on a Bicycle is Among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom
(best aligned to upper-secondary courses like AP physics, AP bio, precalculus, stats)
(best aligned to upper-secondary courses like AP physics, AP bio, precalculus, stats)
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Ex-CBS News producer @elliotkirschner.bsky.social on "the spiked 60 Minutes story:"
"In the whirl of the holidays & the approaching year's end, the lasting imprint of this chilling episode for press freedom will likely dissipate into yet another distant data point in our dangerous age of autocracy"
"In the whirl of the holidays & the approaching year's end, the lasting imprint of this chilling episode for press freedom will likely dissipate into yet another distant data point in our dangerous age of autocracy"
Out of Frame
Lessons from the shameful events at CBS News
elliotkirschner.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ex-CBS News producer @elliotkirschner.bsky.social on "the spiked 60 Minutes story:"
"In the whirl of the holidays & the approaching year's end, the lasting imprint of this chilling episode for press freedom will likely dissipate into yet another distant data point in our dangerous age of autocracy"
"In the whirl of the holidays & the approaching year's end, the lasting imprint of this chilling episode for press freedom will likely dissipate into yet another distant data point in our dangerous age of autocracy"
The Hague www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Hague www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Not a bipartisan problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Not a bipartisan problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
Who writes this crap???? Let me help you @nytimes.com with a rewrite: “It is the latest attack by a corrupt regime using lies, mafia tactics, and the fascist playbook to target intellectual freedom.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Who writes this crap???? Let me help you @nytimes.com with a rewrite: “It is the latest attack by a corrupt regime using lies, mafia tactics, and the fascist playbook to target intellectual freedom.”
This con was obvious from the beginning. Thank you for this analysis. But if you have to ask this question now @nytimes.com you were part of the original problem in framing this historic disaster.
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This con was obvious from the beginning. Thank you for this analysis. But if you have to ask this question now @nytimes.com you were part of the original problem in framing this historic disaster.
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Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
Trump's briliant military strategy
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump's briliant military strategy
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Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?
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Echo this!
If you followed immigration news this year, please support the many, many local journalists who made it possible. Nonprofit media needs support!
I kept returning to @lataco.bsky.social @calmatters.org @wbez.org @blockclubchi.bsky.social @documentedny.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com & so many more
I kept returning to @lataco.bsky.social @calmatters.org @wbez.org @blockclubchi.bsky.social @documentedny.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com & so many more
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Echo this!
It’s going to feel very good tearing this name off these buildings. They should melt down all the metal and make a monument to American diversity. I hope he can watch from his prison cell.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It’s going to feel very good tearing this name off these buildings. They should melt down all the metal and make a monument to American diversity. I hope he can watch from his prison cell.
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Wash Post, CBS News, next CNN?, etc are not money makers. The owners give the Trumpists what they want and get favorable treatment for their other businesses in exchange. Owners make money that way. The regime wants quiescence. No one in this exchange cares if the outlets have audience or profits.
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Wash Post, CBS News, next CNN?, etc are not money makers. The owners give the Trumpists what they want and get favorable treatment for their other businesses in exchange. Owners make money that way. The regime wants quiescence. No one in this exchange cares if the outlets have audience or profits.
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Last minute Christmas shopping? A $15 ticket to our screening of the documentary film "The Last Class with Robert Reich" on January 10th would make the perfect gift.
More info and buy tickets now:
yakima-indivisible.org/event/last-c...
#yakimaindivisible #unitingfordemocracy
More info and buy tickets now:
yakima-indivisible.org/event/last-c...
#yakimaindivisible #unitingfordemocracy
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Last minute Christmas shopping? A $15 ticket to our screening of the documentary film "The Last Class with Robert Reich" on January 10th would make the perfect gift.
More info and buy tickets now:
yakima-indivisible.org/event/last-c...
#yakimaindivisible #unitingfordemocracy
More info and buy tickets now:
yakima-indivisible.org/event/last-c...
#yakimaindivisible #unitingfordemocracy
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Wish law firms, the press, and establishment politicians had as much backbone.
ABC News and MS NOW reports that a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Wish law firms, the press, and establishment politicians had as much backbone.
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I just saw 'The Last Class' & met @rbreich.bsky.social & Director @elliotkirschner.bsky.social at the screening.
You can see it for free next Monday, December 8th 2025, 5:30 pm PT live on YouTube where Prof. Reich will also do some live Q&A. Click the WATCHALONG link on the website to register. 👇
You can see it for free next Monday, December 8th 2025, 5:30 pm PT live on YouTube where Prof. Reich will also do some live Q&A. Click the WATCHALONG link on the website to register. 👇
The Last Class Film
www.thelastclassfilm.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I just saw 'The Last Class' & met @rbreich.bsky.social & Director @elliotkirschner.bsky.social at the screening.
You can see it for free next Monday, December 8th 2025, 5:30 pm PT live on YouTube where Prof. Reich will also do some live Q&A. Click the WATCHALONG link on the website to register. 👇
You can see it for free next Monday, December 8th 2025, 5:30 pm PT live on YouTube where Prof. Reich will also do some live Q&A. Click the WATCHALONG link on the website to register. 👇
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“That sounds illegal”
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“That sounds illegal”
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Dear Senator Cassidy,
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear Senator Cassidy,
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
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Please join us on 12/8 for a live watchalong of our film, The Last Class, with the subject himself — Robert Reich!
If you haven’t been able to see the movie in person, this is the perfect chance. Sign up below:
If you haven’t been able to see the movie in person, this is the perfect chance. Sign up below:
Join Robert Reich for a free live watchalong of The Last Class
Coming December 8
thelastclass.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Please join us on 12/8 for a live watchalong of our film, The Last Class, with the subject himself — Robert Reich!
If you haven’t been able to see the movie in person, this is the perfect chance. Sign up below:
If you haven’t been able to see the movie in person, this is the perfect chance. Sign up below: