jessicagarrison.bsky.social
@jessicagarrison.bsky.social
Reporter, LA Times. Formerly BuzzFeed News
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'It's insane' - Tsunami warnings blared on phones, items flew off shelves, coastal areas were evacuated, but so far no major injuries or damage reported. This is how Northern Californians weathered a 7.0 earthquake today www.latimes.com/california/s...
'It's insane.' How rattled Northern Californians weathered 7.0 earthquake and tsunami warning
Centered under the Pacific Ocean about 70 miles southwest of Eureka, the strong quake frayed nerves across most of California’s North Coast.
www.latimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The bomb cyclone shuts down the 5 in Northern California—in the town of weed.
Interstate 5 at a standstill due to white out conditions in Weed, California
November 20, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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Just a sampling of this year's journalism job cuts:
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more
November 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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For those wondering why “skeet” is the term, it’s because the Bluesky CEO explicitly begged users to choose another word.
Guys, please don't let "skeets" stick

The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term

How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots?
November 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Reposting:

I strongly believe, as I always have, that the media should invite the public into the reporting process and share the receipts. Even more so now. It's a way to build credibility and trust with readers.

If there are specific docs you think I should pursue via FOIA reach out
Hi. Over the next 4 yrs my newsletter, FOIA Files, w/play an impt role in informing the public about what's going on behind the scenes at federal govt agencies. It w/still be a battle obtaining docs but I guarantee you I will.

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November 17, 2024 at 7:20 PM
As someone who has known and loved many cheapskates and made a study of their practices, this story of Elon Musk as cheapskate in chief is stunning. I’m afraid for my loved ones to read it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/t...
How Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Tesla, SpaceX and X
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. governm...
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM
I also like this for my 1st Bluesky post
1st post here: a note of hope?
“Daylighting" is the work of bringing buried rivers back to the surface & sun, in cities where they've been entombed.
Here’s @emilyraboteau.bsky.social on a $133m daylighting project in the Bronx.
Here’s to doing things differently.
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/da...
Daylighting a Brook in the Bronx | Broadcast
An ode to an underground waterway and the restorative effort to unbury it.
pioneerworks.org
November 14, 2024 at 2:51 AM