Michaël Jarjour
@jarjour.bsky.social
@trustfnd.com founder and ceo • board @republik.ch • past: Twitter, FT, SRF, NZZ • he/him • 🏳️🌈🇨🇭🇪🇺🇱🇧 • London
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It's the most accurate way of telling the Tom Homan story. He's a bitch as in he's doing what he's told and has zero morals.
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It's the most accurate way of telling the Tom Homan story. He's a bitch as in he's doing what he's told and has zero morals.
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tom homan is a bitch
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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I have a hard time imagining how stressful and frustrating this is, but I hope you also know how much your work is appreciated by people who are actually curious about what's going on.
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I have a hard time imagining how stressful and frustrating this is, but I hope you also know how much your work is appreciated by people who are actually curious about what's going on.
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🔥🔥🔥It's official: Der Krieg der Tech-Autoritären Oligarchie gegen die Medien hat eine neue Stufe erreicht: Palantir klagt gegen uns. Sie wollen ein Recht auf Gegendarstellung.
Uns, das @republik.ch-Magazin. Ein kleines unabhängiges Schweizer Medienhaus, finanziert von Leser:innen und werbefrei.
Uns, das @republik.ch-Magazin. Ein kleines unabhängiges Schweizer Medienhaus, finanziert von Leser:innen und werbefrei.
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
🔥🔥🔥It's official: Der Krieg der Tech-Autoritären Oligarchie gegen die Medien hat eine neue Stufe erreicht: Palantir klagt gegen uns. Sie wollen ein Recht auf Gegendarstellung.
Uns, das @republik.ch-Magazin. Ein kleines unabhängiges Schweizer Medienhaus, finanziert von Leser:innen und werbefrei.
Uns, das @republik.ch-Magazin. Ein kleines unabhängiges Schweizer Medienhaus, finanziert von Leser:innen und werbefrei.
Reposted by Michaël Jarjour
Smaller journalists have exposed the way the imagined scientific controversy is all built on a foundation of activism and lies but much of the media keeps chugging out the stories as if we never did.
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Smaller journalists have exposed the way the imagined scientific controversy is all built on a foundation of activism and lies but much of the media keeps chugging out the stories as if we never did.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Eeeeeeeek... Just sent out invitations for everyone on the waitlist at @trustfnd.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Eeeeeeeek... Just sent out invitations for everyone on the waitlist at @trustfnd.com
I don't believe that counts as disclosure because you learn about it after you engage with the content.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I don't believe that counts as disclosure because you learn about it after you engage with the content.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
But yes, I love Ground News, especially how they're supporting independent journalists and news creators with ad deals. It's smart and doesn't extract money from the journalism ecosystem.
I love Ground News. I also love when brands funnel money into the ecosystem instead of adding to Zuck's and Google's pockets. But this very much looks like an undisclosed ad (unless I missed the disclosure?)
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I love Ground News. I also love when brands funnel money into the ecosystem instead of adding to Zuck's and Google's pockets. But this very much looks like an undisclosed ad (unless I missed the disclosure?)
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
"His goal seems to be to convert what Donald Trump used to call the 'Amazon Washington Post' into a harmless shell of its former self as a display of knee-bending."
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"His goal seems to be to convert what Donald Trump used to call the 'Amazon Washington Post' into a harmless shell of its former self as a display of knee-bending."
"Reviving the Post is evidently not Bezos’s objective."
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Bezos’s calculated vandalism of the Washington Post
He is just one of several pro-Trump oligarchs who now control key sections of the US media
giftarticle.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"Reviving the Post is evidently not Bezos’s objective."
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Good @edwardluce.bsky.social column on the Post stuff [GIFT link].
Support indie media
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Support indie media
What would we do without all the quality journalism
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
What would we do without all the quality journalism
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My conclusion is that the mostly male journalists writing about this so giddily just *want* it to be true so bad. Desperate for young men to agree with them that "woke has gone too far" or whatever
The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
My conclusion is that the mostly male journalists writing about this so giddily just *want* it to be true so bad. Desperate for young men to agree with them that "woke has gone too far" or whatever
Can't wait for @joannastern.bsky.social to become even more unhinged.
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Can't wait for @joannastern.bsky.social to become even more unhinged.
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
Now that she's left the Wall Street Journal all guardrails are gone 😂 Never signed up to a newsletter faster
Businesses that reward journalists with freedom, profit-sharing, and just generally agency, will be a bigger part of the future of journalism.
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
Trustfund
Collaboration tools for the world's trustworthy creators.
trustfnd.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Businesses that reward journalists with freedom, profit-sharing, and just generally agency, will be a bigger part of the future of journalism.
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
That's why I've founded @trustfnd.com. We allow journalists to keep their independence, but band together to boost each other.
Early access: trustfnd.com
With legacy newsrooms struggling creating stability and positive work cultures, most of the best will leave.
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
February 7, 2026 at 12:14 PM
With legacy newsrooms struggling creating stability and positive work cultures, most of the best will leave.
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Great write-up for one of the options that are now easier to create (still hard, but easier): journalism co-ops: www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
Obviously hyper generalizing here
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Obviously hyper generalizing here
I don’t think you have.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I don’t think you have.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
I’m glad you wrote it. But I think at this point it’s no longer a problem of knowledge but one of willingness.
There’s just not a ton of willingness to succeed in these companies and more of an effort to manage the decline.
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
So agree.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
So agree.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.
But in my experience, that’s how incentives are structured. Executives finger pointing openly instead of collaborating.
No wonder it trickles down. There’s a lot of even board members in journalism who just tune out the tech, marketing, and sales in a journalism company.