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Kim Lyons
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Journalist in Pennsylvania
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hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
In one year, Trump has poisoned our information environment and broken a lot of institutions that mistakenly believed they were powerful.

Also true: the future is unwritten, in our hands, and anyone who says that we're doomed is effectively an enemy.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-is-go...
"What Is Going to Happen?"
How to reject a new normal.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
kimly.bsky.social
this latest business with Greenland has me really worried… like what the hell are we doing here
January 18, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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john-abernathy.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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jimlokay.com
CBS Evening News says it's in Pittsburgh tonight. But it's not.

This is the Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin, PA -- 9 miles from Pittsburgh proper, where NBC Nightly News broadcast last month.

Even as it promoted a piece on Pittsburgh's tech renaissance, it sticks to the old Steel City playbook.
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
kimly.bsky.social
lol where all roads lead to Dunkin even rotaries

Massachusetts Road Signs www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mas...
Massachusetts Road Signs
Massachusetts<br> Road Signs
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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jayasaxena.com
It's been six months since the last round. This company hasn't known what it's doing for a long time, and getting rid of the DEI team screams it's about to be sold off. Solidarity to my former colleagues forever 🌺
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · 2d
Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
Today, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about more layoffs at the company: three in-unit workers from PopSugar, two from The Verge, and three from Eater — not including a number of out-of-unit employees — some of whom were on parental and other types of company-approved leave. Beyond this, the company announced that it will no longer have a centralized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI+) team, redistributing that work across the People team and leadership, and keeping Employee Resource Groups as simply Slack spaces without formal lead roles or any standalone budgets. There is almost no further room to be shocked at these developments, as the company has laid off workers at an average of once per quarter in the last year, but we continue to be disgusted by the fact that leadership seems to have developed no real learning or commitment to workforce sustainability and retention. Those at the top remain safe in their positions while mercilessly cutting off those who work day in and day out (and then some) to make sure that essential, business-critical work is done. Our indispensable colleagues are now in extra vulnerable positions, having to navigate workplace bureaucracy alongside a volatile job market and relentless threats to the integrity of journalism as a whole. This union is proud to have rallied in multiple rounds of contract bargaining to ensure more equitable worker rights and protections in the face of management incompetence. As always, we, along with our Guild reps, will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. Details on how you can support laid-off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Please follow the Vox Media Union on Instagram (@voxmediaunion) and Bluesky (@voxunion.bsky.social). Solidarity forever. The Vox Media Union Committees Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
kimly.bsky.social
Kohls is pestering me to write a review of my most recent purchase but I don’t know how eloquent they expect me to be about the 4 pack of nonslip cutting boards I got to dice vegetables
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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triblive.bsky.social
TV Talk: ‘CBS Evening News’ broadcasts from Pittsburgh tonight
TV Talk: ‘CBS Evening News’ broadcasts from Pittsburgh tonight
This evening, Pittsburgh will be the backdrop for what’s become perhaps the most controversial network newscast in America, as CBS brings its retooled “Evening News” to KDKA-TV. The broadcast, airing at 7 p.m., is part of a market-by-market tour for newly installed anchor Tony Dokoupil and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, a
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January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
kimly.bsky.social
John *Cougar* Mellencamp Gen X icon
“I set up there, nobody bothers me,” Mellencamp said. “And I can smoke.”
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
The Chain-Smoking Rock Star Who Made Indiana Football Hurt So Good
From a wooden shack atop the stadium, John Mellencamp has overseen the team’s transformation from laughingstock to No. 1.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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minnesotareformer.com
For every ICE arrest that draws a crowd with cameras and whistles, there are an untold number happening quietly when no one is watching.
These are the arrests you’re not seeing • Minnesota Reformer
A man shelters alone under the heaters of a south Minneapolis bus stop on a cold January morning, the hood of a grey sweatshirt pulled over his thick dark hair. He unzips his black outer coat and look...
minnesotareformer.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Jesus.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM Reid Forgrave ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then arrest workers Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar yesterday, hours after four agents ate lunch there. It was not immediately clear what the immigration status of those detained was, or whether the people detained included the restaurant’s owners or only workers. An eyewitness who declined to give a name for fear of retribution, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that four ICE agents sat in a booth for a meal at El Tapatio a little before 3 p.m. Staff at the restaurant were frightened, said the eyewitness, who shared pictures from the restaurant as well as video of the arrest. The arrest happened around 8:30 p.m. near a Lutheran church and Willmar Middle School as agents followed the workers after they closed up for the night. A handful of bystanders blew whistles and shouted at agents as they detained the people. “Would your mama be proud of you right now?” one of the bystanders asked.
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
kimly.bsky.social
Sidney Patrick Crosby 🐧
January 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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evacide.bsky.social
If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners
Also available in Spanish.
freedom.press
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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markarms.bsky.social
Read your comment section, NYT.
Twin cities resident here. Why is the NY Times using their resources to interview and write this article where rural people are bashing the Twin Cities. We are under invasion by ice agents. There was another shooting last night. People are getting dragged out of their houses. US citizens are being detained. They are pulling people over indiscriminately just because they look a certain way. There is so much bad stuff happening and the news is not even capturing the full extent. Please spend more resources covering this. Not interviewing people who do not understand what is happening. What is happening here is terrifying and needs to be the front page of every newspaper. National news does not seem to be getting it. All NY Times resources in Mn need to be spent on documenting the brutal behavior of the Feds. People need to understand what could be coming to them. Here in the Twin Cities I feel like we have been completely abandoned by government. Local governments are unable to stop the brutalisation of their residents. It is traumatic and it is institutional betrayal.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
kimly.bsky.social
I love her ASMR so much even though I am not from Philly
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She moved home and started whispering about Wawa. Then she went viral.
After a decade chasing comedy in New York, Philly comedian Betsy Kenney found her biggest audience by leaning into her hometown voice—softly.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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jaythurber.bsky.social
Here's this month's cartoon for Print, Pittsburgh's East End newspaper.

#Pittsburgh #Post-Gazette #journalism #newspapers
Cartoon by Jason (Jay) Togyer, jaythurbershow.com. A newspaper box lies beaten into junk. A man carrying a club is labeled "Allan" and a man with a sledgehammer is labeled "J.R." J.R. is pointing at the newspaper box and saying, "The union did it!" Caption reads, The Hardly Boys and the Mystery of the Murdered Newspaper.
January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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newsguild.org
RELEASE: The PG’s announced shutdown does not exempt it from the ruling or its obligation to pay workers what they are owed.

That liability continues to accrue until the Post-Gazette restores the previous, contractually bargained terms.

newsguild.org/post-gazette...
Post-Gazette loses 3rd Circuit appeal request, owes workers restored terms, money | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
The ruling means the Post-Gazette must reimburse every bargaining unit member for the costs it has illegally passed on over the last five-and-a-half years.
newsguild.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
kimly.bsky.social
3 More Lawmakers in Video Say Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Them www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
3 More Lawmakers in Video Say Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Them
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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wrenispinkle.bsky.social
If you are at all in a position to influence young people, even via social media, please push back on this shit

Hormonal birth control can not only prevent pregnancy, it can help relieve symptoms from painful and severe conditions like PCOS. It can also help you skip your period altogether!
‘The most feminist thing you can do for yourself is not take birth control’: The shifting politics of the pill | CNN Politics
MAHA and social media are reshaping how women of different political backgrounds look at birth control, alarming medical professionals.
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
kimly.bsky.social
just wondering why the PG still has a paywall up and is accepting new subscribers, and a banner ad for "top Pittsburgh workplaces" links to a page that references a September event. No mention on the "about us" page that they're pulling the plug in May. www.post-gazette.com/about
a screen shot of the Post-Gazette homepage showing a paywall in front of the local news section with a pop up that reads "8 weeks for just 99 cents" with a link to subscribe. A banner ad at the top of the page encourages "get your team recognized" for a top workplaces contest
January 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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dbrauer.net
The great @usefulnoise.bsky.social made a request that we all write something about what life in Minnesota is like for folks who live elsewhere or might be outside our normal neighbothis-Bluesky footprint. So I went to cursed Facebook and wrote this. Maybe it will help you share your own thoughts.
From my post to Facebook: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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pghsciencenerd.bsky.social
I really hope Snoop Dogg applies to be the head coach of the Steelers again
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
kimly.bsky.social
Watching the Steelers is 1000 percent funnier if you pronounce his name “ A A Ron” like the Key & Peele sketch
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
kimly.bsky.social
gentle suggestion not to look at your 401(k) today 📉
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
kimly.bsky.social
time to shut off my brain and watch the hot Gen X doctor show
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM