j. cowit
@jcowit.bsky.social
jaycowit.com
musician
https://jcowit.bandcamp.com/
audio artist/producer
(Generation Barney, Axios, The Takeaway/WNYC/Freakonomics)
consultant/voice coach
mixing engineer
composer
musician
https://jcowit.bandcamp.com/
audio artist/producer
(Generation Barney, Axios, The Takeaway/WNYC/Freakonomics)
consultant/voice coach
mixing engineer
composer
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Extremely telling that Tricia McLaughlin won’t put her name behind the defenses of like 12 different scandals here and is instead quoted as an anonymous “DHS spokeswoman.”
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Extremely telling that Tricia McLaughlin won’t put her name behind the defenses of like 12 different scandals here and is instead quoted as an anonymous “DHS spokeswoman.”
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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This man has never ridden a train.
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This man has never ridden a train.
tremendous day for early adopters of the all-Frosted Mini-wheats diet.
congrats @reverenddave.bsky.social.
congrats @reverenddave.bsky.social.
Pretty much all Americans need more fiber, and now, Big Food is ready to sell it to you.
Fibermaxxing Is a Diet Trend Even Nutritionists Can Love
Fiber-boosted sodas, mac and cheese, and even candy are showing up on supermarket shelves.
bloom.bg
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
tremendous day for early adopters of the all-Frosted Mini-wheats diet.
congrats @reverenddave.bsky.social.
congrats @reverenddave.bsky.social.
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When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
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It's kind of astounding that no one has leaked these. They're not troop movements or industrial blueprints or zero day exploits. The subject is the president's incredibly low moral character, which is already a matter of public record.
NEW: Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin tells Axios in an interview.
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It's kind of astounding that no one has leaked these. They're not troop movements or industrial blueprints or zero day exploits. The subject is the president's incredibly low moral character, which is already a matter of public record.
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New (and devastating) examination on USAID cuts gutting the lives of queer, trans & sex working Ugandans (from @thrasherxy.bsky.social & @afeefness.bsky.social )
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
New (and devastating) examination on USAID cuts gutting the lives of queer, trans & sex working Ugandans (from @thrasherxy.bsky.social & @afeefness.bsky.social )
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
Heated Rivalry has driven everyone hockey crazy.
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Heated Rivalry has driven everyone hockey crazy.
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In Uganda, about 5 percent of the population has HIV, the tenth highest prevalence rate in the world. American foreign aid programs such as USAID and PEPFAR long provided funding was key to slowing the spread of the virus and saving lives.
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
In Uganda, about 5 percent of the population has HIV, the tenth highest prevalence rate in the world. American foreign aid programs such as USAID and PEPFAR long provided funding was key to slowing the spread of the virus and saving lives.
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For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
theintercept.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
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What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Anton Chigurh here for FanDuel,
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Anton Chigurh here for FanDuel,
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The Trump ape incident will be forgotten in the press by tomorrow, without having gotten even 1% of the scrutiny of “cling to their guns or religion” www.theguardian.com/world/2008/a...
Obama angers midwest voters with guns and religion remark
Comments seized on by Hillary Clinton, who hopes to turn voters against what she classes as Obama’s revealed ‘elitism’
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The Trump ape incident will be forgotten in the press by tomorrow, without having gotten even 1% of the scrutiny of “cling to their guns or religion” www.theguardian.com/world/2008/a...
a fire....in a sea parks?
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
a fire....in a sea parks?
A lot of executives and especially CEO’s in public media never grasp this point, even as they are often making 2-7x what everyone else in the building is making.
They always seemed surprised when they are called out. And they always seem worried when smart people figure them out easily.
They always seemed surprised when they are called out. And they always seem worried when smart people figure them out easily.
If you are in charge of a large organization of any kind that cuts jobs, but particularly one that employs journalists, part of what you get paid so much money for is looking angry and disappointed people in the eye while they yell at you.
If you don’t want to do that, don’t be the big boss.
If you don’t want to do that, don’t be the big boss.
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A lot of executives and especially CEO’s in public media never grasp this point, even as they are often making 2-7x what everyone else in the building is making.
They always seemed surprised when they are called out. And they always seem worried when smart people figure them out easily.
They always seemed surprised when they are called out. And they always seem worried when smart people figure them out easily.
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Haven't seen this angle mentioned, but it's an extraordinary national security risk to have an anonymous "staffer" impersonating the president of the United States, posting racist memes, from his personal accounts, at 10 PM.
Live updates: White House blames 'staffer' for racist Obamas post shared by Trump
Trump administration live updates: New Jersey's special House primary too close to call
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Haven't seen this angle mentioned, but it's an extraordinary national security risk to have an anonymous "staffer" impersonating the president of the United States, posting racist memes, from his personal accounts, at 10 PM.
It's BANDCAMP FRIDAY! which means all the proceeds from ANY music you buy from Bandcamp goes DIRECTLY to the artists that made it. Which...is rad.
I put this out in January, and it's name your price. Go give it ears and see what ya think!
#Music #BandcampFriday
jcowit.bandcamp.com/album/2nd-op...
I put this out in January, and it's name your price. Go give it ears and see what ya think!
#Music #BandcampFriday
jcowit.bandcamp.com/album/2nd-op...
2nd Opp'ers, Vol. 1, by j. cowit and The Ruthless Orchestra
5 track album
jcowit.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
It's BANDCAMP FRIDAY! which means all the proceeds from ANY music you buy from Bandcamp goes DIRECTLY to the artists that made it. Which...is rad.
I put this out in January, and it's name your price. Go give it ears and see what ya think!
#Music #BandcampFriday
jcowit.bandcamp.com/album/2nd-op...
I put this out in January, and it's name your price. Go give it ears and see what ya think!
#Music #BandcampFriday
jcowit.bandcamp.com/album/2nd-op...
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I learned about Roger Ailes's sexual harassment from Megyn Kelly!!
![From Roger Ailes's Wikiipedia page:
"Sexual harassment allegations
In a book published in 2014, Gabriel Sherman alleged that, in the 1980s, Ailes offered a television producer a raise if she would sleep with him.[9][37] Fox News denied the allegation and rejected the authenticity of Sherman's book.[37]
On July 6, 2016, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes; Carlson's allegations were the impetus for more than a dozen female employees at 21st Century Fox to step forward regarding their own experiences with Ailes's behaviour. Carlson alleged that she had been fired for rebuffing Ailes's advances.[38][39] Ailes, through his attorney, Susan Estrich, denied the charges.[40][41] Three days later, Sherman reported accounts from six women (two publicly and four anonymously) who alleged sexual harassment by Ailes.[42] In response, Ailes's counsel released a statement: "It has become obvious that Ms. Carlson and her lawyer are desperately attempting to litigate this in the press because they have no legal case to argue."[43]
Following Ailes' resignation, Andrea Tantaros claimed in August 2016 that she approached Fox News executives about Ailes' behavior towards her in 2015. She stated that her allegations resulted first in her being demoted, and then in her being taken off the air in April 2016.[44] Tantaros filed a lawsuit against Fox News in August 2016 for sexual harassment, also accusing Bill O'Reilly and Scott Brown.[45][46]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreieed7uftqwnnemrf77qompgtxxpjsb3ex3squxjdu5s664dwptaie@jpeg)
![From Roger Ailes's Wikipedia page:
"On August 8, 2016, Shelley Ross, writing for The Daily Beast, described her encounter of sexual harassment with Ailes in 1981. She claimed that at a lunch meeting Ailes asked her, "When did you first discover you were sexy?" When Ross explained to Ailes that she found the conversation "very embarrassing," he responded that "the best expression of loyalty comes in the form of a sexual alliance."[47] The next month, 21st Century Fox announced it had settled a lawsuit with Carlson over her allegations of harassment against Ailes.[1] 21st Century Fox was also reported to have made separate settlements with at least two other women who made complaints about Ailes.[1]
In November 2016, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly wrote in her book about the details of her sexual abuse allegations against Ailes. According to Kelly, when she first joined Fox News, Ailes would have meetings with her, during which he would make sexual remarks. Kelly alleges that he also tried to kiss her several times during a closed-door meeting, but she was able to get away and leave the office. After that incident in 2006, Kelly says that Ailes did not sexually harass her again. Then, in 2016, when Gretchen Carlson first made her sexual abuse allegations, 21st Century Fox pressured Kelly to defend Ailes, which she refused to do.[48]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiedc4rqu5vvco3pn2aaxussfjw6w5ai64q3xvbzsytc2vre756eey@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I learned about Roger Ailes's sexual harassment from Megyn Kelly!!
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HB 2589 passed out of Judiciary committee this morning, on a 6-3 vote. Despite dozens of people testifying about the real threat of arrest, all Republicans on the panel voted in favor.
A new Arizona bill gives cops the power to arrest parents who let their children watch a drag show.
A violation of HB2589 could result in a felony charge with up to three years in prison.
A violation of HB2589 could result in a felony charge with up to three years in prison.
Arizona GOP Lawmaker Pushes Felony Ban On Kids At Drag Shows
New Arizona bill would criminalize exposing minors to drag shows.
hoodline.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 AM
HB 2589 passed out of Judiciary committee this morning, on a 6-3 vote. Despite dozens of people testifying about the real threat of arrest, all Republicans on the panel voted in favor.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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the news media should be replaced by these three guys
we got the mystery science theater 3000 guys who all live in minneapolis to watch the news with us and they had a lot to say about "tom homan's new tone"
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
the news media should be replaced by these three guys
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...