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S Kirby-Schwartz
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Photographer, radically inclusive democratic socialist, anti fascist and creative weirdo. Neuro Spicy.
Orville the Peck loves to watch @meidastouch.com and @bmeiselas.bsky.social Even my parrot loves democracy and knows Trump is a deranged fascist. Bonus portrait of Orville the Peck.
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Allow me to fix it for you:
Neonazi Charlie Kirk . . .
ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK SHOT!!
September 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I think this might be right. Charlie Kirk cannot be this century’s Franz Fucking Ferdinand.
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Want to see more of ProPublica in your Google searches?

Our Senior Director of Technology @werd.io explains how 👇
How to help the right sources show up in your Google searches - a quick thread: 🧵
August 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Introducing: our new resources hub!

Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?

It's all in one place now 👇
Resource Hub
Featured articles and resources by the Trans Journalists Association.
www.transjournalists.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Protecting the Source | Aug 28, 2025

In this workshop, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism's Ajibola Amzat will lead a practical discussion on how journalists can protect their sources and navigate ethical challenges in investigative reporting.

Register: https://twp.ai/9PU9n3
August 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
When you get high and start asking #googlegemini to write things in the style of #WernerHertzog #ai
#420 #filmgeek

First up, I asked for an HR mission statement.
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Breaking news: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and musician who rose to fame as a child star on “The Cosby Show,” has died at 54.

Warner died of an accidental drowning while on a family vacation in Costa Rica, according to the Associated Press.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, actor who rose to fame on ‘The Cosby Show,’ dies at 54
Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known as Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” reportedly died while on a family vacation in Costa Rica.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Delta is rolling out AI that sets your ticket price based on your data — as high as they think you’ll tolerate.

Not “dynamic pricing,”—It’s predatory pricing with a neural net. www.theverge.com/news/709556/.... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSku
Delta Air Lines is using AI to set the maximum price you’re willing to pay
And seeing “amazingly favorable” results.
www.theverge.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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We’re one more revelation away from MAGA telling us that sexually abusing teenage girls is good, actually.
July 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Important Crow Business"

(Nikon ZF w/ Nikkor 50mm 1.8S)

Molotov the Crow my OG Crowmie running towards the peanuts I put on the fence.

#crows #birds #procrowpropaganda #urbanbirding #crowfriends #nikon
July 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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BREAKING: Trump’s “bawdy” birthday letter to Epstein? Naked sketch, cryptic banter, and a signature where you’d least expect it. Now he’s threatening to sue The Wall Street Journal. The Epstein files are far from closed—and the heat’s back on 🔥 #EpsteinFiles #trump
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's pedophile summer
Rep. Jim Jordan is expected to be deposed about allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator, four plaintiffs in the lawsuits against the university say.
Rep. Jim Jordan faces deposition about OSU sex abuse scandal
The powerful Ohio Republican coached wrestlers who say he knew team doctor Richard Strauss molested them but did nothing to protect them.
nbcnews.to
July 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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A federal judge has restored Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to her role at the FTC after ruling that Trump’s attempt to fire the Dem appointee in March was illegal.
Judge says Trump’s firing of FTC commissioner was illegal
Amid White House push to remake agencies, Democratic commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter can return to her job.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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me at the coldplay show
July 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Trump administration officials had already reviewed a criminal case against a Utah doctor accused of selling fake Covid vaccination cards and allowed it to proceed before AG Bondi suddenly intervened and ordered the case dismissed, a defense attorney says.
Pam Bondi dismissed charges in alleged Covid scam after the case had passed review for 'weaponization'
The attorney general's decision to order the Utah case dropped came over the weekend.
nbcnews.to
July 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Right to prison.
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Ed Keeble said the Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging at the North Rim, was consumed by the flames.
Wildfire destroys a historic Grand Canyon lodge and other structures
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Ed Keeble said the Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging at the North Rim, was consumed by the flames.
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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More on Alberta’s book ban: government staff used an index of America’s most banned books and a controversial American website to create lists of specific books deemed “inappropriate” for school libraries.

theijf.org/alberta-used...

#abpoli #bookban
Alberta used lists of America’s most banned books and a controversial database to identify ‘inappropriate’ material in schools
Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled pages of book titles that could be restricted through new content guidelines.
theijf.org
July 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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David Gergen, a White House adviser to four U.S. presidents and former Friday night political commentator on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, has died at the age of 83.
July 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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July 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM