Henry Carnell
@hencarnell.bsky.social
journalism, digital archives, climate, gender, science
information-science @ischool.uw.edu
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· Sep 18
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
journalism means finding facts and sharing them to inform the public.
finding facts often means consulting those with specialized knowledge on a topic, like academics and advocates.
if you are just sharing what a random guy thinks you are not informing the public with facts, hence not journalism
finding facts often means consulting those with specialized knowledge on a topic, like academics and advocates.
if you are just sharing what a random guy thinks you are not informing the public with facts, hence not journalism
I truly cannot wait for these incredibly stupid people to find out what happens when you try to wave the flag harder than Fox News
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
journalism means finding facts and sharing them to inform the public.
finding facts often means consulting those with specialized knowledge on a topic, like academics and advocates.
if you are just sharing what a random guy thinks you are not informing the public with facts, hence not journalism
finding facts often means consulting those with specialized knowledge on a topic, like academics and advocates.
if you are just sharing what a random guy thinks you are not informing the public with facts, hence not journalism
My poet partner @talkinghyphae.bsky.social is participating in @tupelopress.bsky.social 's 30/30 Project this month! Follow along as they write their way through a "poetry marathon" -- first poem is here: tupelopress.org/the-3030-pro...
The 30/30 Project | Join the Poetry Marathon Today — Tupelo Press
Explore The 30/30 Project, a poetry challenge supporting Tupelo Press. Sponsor poets writing 30 poems in 30 days and embrace the power of poetry.
tupelopress.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:56 AM
My poet partner @talkinghyphae.bsky.social is participating in @tupelopress.bsky.social 's 30/30 Project this month! Follow along as they write their way through a "poetry marathon" -- first poem is here: tupelopress.org/the-3030-pro...
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I have four eligible poems! First is Aurora Autofills, originally published by Spellbinder! It’s eligible in the standard category and will be in my upcoming chapbook, Aurora Comes Online (out in February from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social )
Nominate here: sfpoetry.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Nominate here: sfpoetry.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I have four eligible poems! First is Aurora Autofills, originally published by Spellbinder! It’s eligible in the standard category and will be in my upcoming chapbook, Aurora Comes Online (out in February from @gameoverbooks.bsky.social )
Nominate here: sfpoetry.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Nominate here: sfpoetry.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
& that is a wrap on fellowship no.2 with @motherjones.com !! I am so grateful for the now 2+ years I got to contribute to MoJo!
This round I produced and edited videos that garnered millions of views, grew our socials, helped launched @climatedesk.org 's weekly newsletter, and reported a lot.
This round I produced and edited videos that garnered millions of views, grew our socials, helped launched @climatedesk.org 's weekly newsletter, and reported a lot.
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
& that is a wrap on fellowship no.2 with @motherjones.com !! I am so grateful for the now 2+ years I got to contribute to MoJo!
This round I produced and edited videos that garnered millions of views, grew our socials, helped launched @climatedesk.org 's weekly newsletter, and reported a lot.
This round I produced and edited videos that garnered millions of views, grew our socials, helped launched @climatedesk.org 's weekly newsletter, and reported a lot.
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This year felt like a decade. I wanted to highlight some of the immigration reporting I've done over the past 12 months:
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
The big-money right-wing push to upend the Constitution—and kill birthright citizenship
“We’re in totally uncharted territory.”
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This year felt like a decade. I wanted to highlight some of the immigration reporting I've done over the past 12 months:
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
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Grazing on public lands seems like a win for everyone, but is it? @highcountrynews.org and @propublica.org investigated and found that not everything is what it seems...
link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Grazing on public lands seems like a win for everyone, but is it? @highcountrynews.org and @propublica.org investigated and found that not everything is what it seems...
link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
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Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
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Is sanitation woke? We dig in in the latest newsletter. Read the whole thing here: link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Is sanitation woke? We dig in in the latest newsletter. Read the whole thing here: link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...
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The big climate news of the week is the Trump administration's moves to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. Here are our partner's takes on the loss of what has been described as "a crown jewel of our weather and climate research infrastructure." ⬇️
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The big climate news of the week is the Trump administration's moves to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. Here are our partner's takes on the loss of what has been described as "a crown jewel of our weather and climate research infrastructure." ⬇️
There has been lots said about the evidence quality underpinning trans healthcare today, in both popular press and by politicians.
Here is a story where I parsed those details through reporting on a failed research partnership--and it's fallout.
Here is a story where I parsed those details through reporting on a failed research partnership--and it's fallout.
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There has been lots said about the evidence quality underpinning trans healthcare today, in both popular press and by politicians.
Here is a story where I parsed those details through reporting on a failed research partnership--and it's fallout.
Here is a story where I parsed those details through reporting on a failed research partnership--and it's fallout.
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That’s right, I said it!
Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons
It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That’s right, I said it!
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This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
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w/ passage of Marjorie Taylor Greene bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, re-upping story I wrote couple yrs ago abt Renton Sinclair, trans dude in KC who survived horrific, non-affirming childhood w/ a mom who later became a MAGA anti-trans influencer www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-...
He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.
Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
w/ passage of Marjorie Taylor Greene bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, re-upping story I wrote couple yrs ago abt Renton Sinclair, trans dude in KC who survived horrific, non-affirming childhood w/ a mom who later became a MAGA anti-trans influencer www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-...
Everything aside, this is not even close an accurate average estimate of a phallo or metoidioplasty cost.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Everything aside, this is not even close an accurate average estimate of a phallo or metoidioplasty cost.
Earlier this year, @msjpauly.bsky.social and I spent tens of hours speaking to trans kids and their families about their lives under Trump 2.0. Now is not a bad time to re-read it.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Earlier this year, @msjpauly.bsky.social and I spent tens of hours speaking to trans kids and their families about their lives under Trump 2.0. Now is not a bad time to re-read it.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
“This bill... creates an incredibly dangerous precedent far beyond the specific care at issue, criminalizing care based on ideology and placing Washington politicians between families and their doctors." -Mike Zamore, ACLU
Today House Republicans voted 216-211 to pass MTG’s bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors nationwide, marking the first time a national ban on care for trans youth has reached — and passed — the House floor.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Bill Punishing Doctors And Parents Clears House Floor
If passed, the bill would punish doctors and parents who provide or consent to a minor receiving gender-affirming care.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“This bill... creates an incredibly dangerous precedent far beyond the specific care at issue, criminalizing care based on ideology and placing Washington politicians between families and their doctors." -Mike Zamore, ACLU
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Republicans are “obsessed with trans people. I actually think they think more about trans people than trans people think about trans people. They are consumed with this, and they are extreme on it.” - McBride
Ask and you shall receive... MS Now literally just posted on it
Rep. Sarah McBride makes rare personal remarks in opposing anti-trans bills
“My biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain,” the congresswoman said on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday morning.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Republicans are “obsessed with trans people. I actually think they think more about trans people than trans people think about trans people. They are consumed with this, and they are extreme on it.” - McBride
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"I didn’t have the courage to come out until I was 21, and that means 21 years of pain, 21 years of unwavering homesickness that only went away when I was able to get the care that I needed. And my biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain.”
Ask and you shall receive... MS Now literally just posted on it
Rep. Sarah McBride makes rare personal remarks in opposing anti-trans bills
“My biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain,” the congresswoman said on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday morning.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"I didn’t have the courage to come out until I was 21, and that means 21 years of pain, 21 years of unwavering homesickness that only went away when I was able to get the care that I needed. And my biggest regret in life is that I never had a childhood without that pain.”
My best book of the year was Dungeon Crawler Carl by @mattdinniman.bsky.social
I respect my colleagues Literature™️ picks, but it couldn't be me. Some more SF I read this year threaded ⬇️
I respect my colleagues Literature™️ picks, but it couldn't be me. Some more SF I read this year threaded ⬇️
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My best book of the year was Dungeon Crawler Carl by @mattdinniman.bsky.social
I respect my colleagues Literature™️ picks, but it couldn't be me. Some more SF I read this year threaded ⬇️
I respect my colleagues Literature™️ picks, but it couldn't be me. Some more SF I read this year threaded ⬇️
Thank you to @evanurquhart.bsky.social and @assignedmedia.org for these really kind words.
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you to @evanurquhart.bsky.social and @assignedmedia.org for these really kind words.
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You'll probably recognize your faves in my top ten, including @joyurcaba.bsky.social, @oriion.bsky.social, @transvestigations.bsky.social (from @erininthemorning.com), and @hencarnell.bsky.social.
And in the bottom five you'll find @theatlantic.com, @nytimes.com, and @wsj.com of course.
And in the bottom five you'll find @theatlantic.com, @nytimes.com, and @wsj.com of course.
Are you a fan of trans journalism? Are you an enjoyer of ranked lists? If you are either of those things, or both, we've got the end of year feature for you.
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Ten Best (and Five Worst) Pieces of Trans Journalism of 2025 — Assigned
The trans community has been plagued with a surplus of news in 2025. Here’s Assigned Media’s list of the best and worst of journalism on this beat.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
You'll probably recognize your faves in my top ten, including @joyurcaba.bsky.social, @oriion.bsky.social, @transvestigations.bsky.social (from @erininthemorning.com), and @hencarnell.bsky.social.
And in the bottom five you'll find @theatlantic.com, @nytimes.com, and @wsj.com of course.
And in the bottom five you'll find @theatlantic.com, @nytimes.com, and @wsj.com of course.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Read @jamespwest.bsky.social reporting from Sydney on this weekend's horrific massacre
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Unfathomable.” Hanukkah massacre shatters Australia’s long-held pride in guns and safety.
Anguish, outrage, and a national reckoning over antisemitism and gun control.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Read @jamespwest.bsky.social reporting from Sydney on this weekend's horrific massacre
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
First semester of grad school done ✅ Here are a few of favorite readings for your enjoyment, in no particular order ⬇️
December 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
First semester of grad school done ✅ Here are a few of favorite readings for your enjoyment, in no particular order ⬇️