Kieslowskifan1
@kieslowskifan1.bsky.social
Historian, Cat Owner, Dog Addict
🙋🏻♀️ independent fact checker here!
Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded
So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently
I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded
So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently
I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
Sort of a dumb question, but are there independent editors? Independent fact checkers?
And I get that the dollars (nonexistent) get split even more.
I know nothing about journalism other than as a consumer. Just wondering if theres a way to create collectives of independents with skills?
And I get that the dollars (nonexistent) get split even more.
I know nothing about journalism other than as a consumer. Just wondering if theres a way to create collectives of independents with skills?
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
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Hi. Could at least 40 people buy a Life of Sharks 2026 Calendar? For a project I’m working on*
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hi. Could at least 40 people buy a Life of Sharks 2026 Calendar? For a project I’m working on*
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
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Luigi Mangione negotiated directly with the UnitedHealth CEO over his health insurance.
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Luigi Mangione negotiated directly with the UnitedHealth CEO over his health insurance.
InsertStarship Troopers "I'm doing my part!" here.
LAST HOUR to nominate us. It only takes a minute!.
Podcast Name: Cold War Conversations
Podcast Website: coldwarconversations.com
Podcast Category: History
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Podcast Name: Cold War Conversations
Podcast Website: coldwarconversations.com
Podcast Category: History
Use the link below
discoverpods.com/2025-podcast-awards
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
InsertStarship Troopers "I'm doing my part!" here.
It is sad that it took me a minute to realize they were talking about Saruman and not sone random techbro billionaire.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It is sad that it took me a minute to realize they were talking about Saruman and not sone random techbro billionaire.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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All this Harvard / Epstein talk has me thinking about this @flaminghydra.com essay I wrote about fascism, Pink Floyd, and my troubled undergrad years at the Big H
Mother, Should I Build a Wall?
By my sophomore year at Harvard, I was studying the social sciences, editing for the school newspaper, participating in a Jewish fellowship, keeping up a busy social schedule, and feeling so dedicated...
flaminghydra.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
All this Harvard / Epstein talk has me thinking about this @flaminghydra.com essay I wrote about fascism, Pink Floyd, and my troubled undergrad years at the Big H
Chomsky needs the Gaiman treatment
I’ve loathed Chomsky ever since I was a reporter in Cambodia and read about how he attempted to deny the Khmer Rouge genocide: he’s disgusting, and he has been for a very long time.
In 2023, Chomsky told WSJ about his relationship with Epstein: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.”
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Chomsky needs the Gaiman treatment
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just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
"All they could do to distract from the Schumer shutdown cover-up is leak Epstein emails ... What a sleazy leak."
Jesse Watters attacks Democrats for releasing Epstein emails
www.mediamatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
Please help, I've fallen down the Temu screaming goat throw pillow rabbithole
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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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?
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For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago
For Americans: Bread lines
For Americans: Bread lines
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago
For Americans: Bread lines
For Americans: Bread lines
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This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Note: This was a hard one to make because the scene with Quint being eaten is shot so tightly the angle doesn't align well with Trump's posture.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Note: This was a hard one to make because the scene with Quint being eaten is shot so tightly the angle doesn't align well with Trump's posture.
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China
Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/
#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/
#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China
Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/
#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/
#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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I will miss him forever.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I will miss him forever.