Ethan Harfenist
@harfenist.bsky.social
NY-based editor and sometimes reporter | Pursuing MLIS @ CUNY Queens College
Work in SPLC, LA Times, Newsweek, Bloomberg, CJR, VICE News, Quartz, NowThis, Mongabay, DNAinfo, Phnom Penh Post, BOMB Magazine, The Diplomat, East Side Feed, more
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Work in SPLC, LA Times, Newsweek, Bloomberg, CJR, VICE News, Quartz, NowThis, Mongabay, DNAinfo, Phnom Penh Post, BOMB Magazine, The Diplomat, East Side Feed, more
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
this is why I watch things with subtitles on
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
this is why I watch things with subtitles on
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
I love watching this TZ episode once it gets cold; I also find it so funny that viewers are meant to accept that a Martian doesn't understand the word for/concept of “wet,” but earlier in the episode calls a police officer “Gestapo.” youtu.be/msKubf4fE8E?...
The Twilight Zone (Classic): Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? - Just An Illusion
YouTube video by The Twilight Zone
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I love watching this TZ episode once it gets cold; I also find it so funny that viewers are meant to accept that a Martian doesn't understand the word for/concept of “wet,” but earlier in the episode calls a police officer “Gestapo.” youtu.be/msKubf4fE8E?...
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The intellect is strained by emotional investment in a struggle for which losing was always guaranteed as that investment requires the suspension of critical thinking. Boom, suddenly you're doing blood libel.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The intellect is strained by emotional investment in a struggle for which losing was always guaranteed as that investment requires the suspension of critical thinking. Boom, suddenly you're doing blood libel.
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This dude’s influence on weirdo “blog era” “cloud” rap, along with Odd Future and Lil B and Spaceghost Purrp and Main Attrakionz and Black Kray, cannot be understated
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This dude’s influence on weirdo “blog era” “cloud” rap, along with Odd Future and Lil B and Spaceghost Purrp and Main Attrakionz and Black Kray, cannot be understated
The most spineless motherfuckers imaginable.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The most spineless motherfuckers imaginable.
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Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Had no idea Yung Lean had a Jewish grandfather, rad
Yung Lean Explains Why He ‘Can’t Defend’ Ye: ‘I Can’t Really Be Around It’
Yung Lean explains why he "can't defend" Kanye West in a new interview.
www.billboard.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Had no idea Yung Lean had a Jewish grandfather, rad
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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FLAG: The Trump admin has told states to "immediately undo" any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families for the month of November — threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
FLAG: The Trump admin has told states to "immediately undo" any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families for the month of November — threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
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Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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Dude who preaches against "toxic empathy" is whining about someone being mean to him.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dude who preaches against "toxic empathy" is whining about someone being mean to him.
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The site is literally called the “Dunning-Krueger Times”. Folks, you cannot make this up.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The site is literally called the “Dunning-Krueger Times”. Folks, you cannot make this up.
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
Possibly my favorite photo of MF DOOM
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Possibly my favorite photo of MF DOOM
I’m taking it upon myself to finally TRULY learn the final boss in the non-imperial system: Celsius. What the fuck does this mean
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I’m taking it upon myself to finally TRULY learn the final boss in the non-imperial system: Celsius. What the fuck does this mean
Would lol if this wasn’t such a harbinger of other bad shit
NYT Page One:
At the Kennedy Center, “where the name Donald J. Trump is now etched into the marble, .. ticket sales [were] down by about 50 percent from the same period last year ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
At the Kennedy Center, “where the name Donald J. Trump is now etched into the marble, .. ticket sales [were] down by about 50 percent from the same period last year ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Would lol if this wasn’t such a harbinger of other bad shit
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.