Lia Russell
@liaoffleash.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom reporter @sacbee.com. Priors: The Baltimore Sun, Bangor Daily News. “Shockingly good at ferreting out detailed personal info.” (they/them/🏳️⚧️)
https://linktr.ee/liaruss
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“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.
We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons
“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.
www.404media.co
February 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.
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it's really not fun to have people who get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year debate your humanity and how "far" your rights went when all you wanted to do was build a better life for yourself.
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 AM
it's really not fun to have people who get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year debate your humanity and how "far" your rights went when all you wanted to do was build a better life for yourself.
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"The Shadow President," @andykroll.bsky.social's deep dive into Russell Vought, has just won a George Polk award for political reporting.
The piece chronicles Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to his position as one of the most influential players in the Trump administration.
Read it here:
The piece chronicles Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to his position as one of the most influential players in the Trump administration.
Read it here:
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"The Shadow President," @andykroll.bsky.social's deep dive into Russell Vought, has just won a George Polk award for political reporting.
The piece chronicles Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to his position as one of the most influential players in the Trump administration.
Read it here:
The piece chronicles Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to his position as one of the most influential players in the Trump administration.
Read it here:
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esquire theater, sacramento, california, 1980
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
esquire theater, sacramento, california, 1980
This post just made me reconsider going to pick up my prescription
I just went to CVS and the guy in front of me in line farted his ass off and it was nasty. You can’t just do that
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This post just made me reconsider going to pick up my prescription
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Jeff Bezos Could’ve Saved The Post But He Didn’t open.substack.com/pub/samaha/p...
Jeff Bezos Could’ve Saved The Post But He Didn’t
I thought my time in local newspapers and digital media had desensitized me to layoffs. But it always hurts to lose something you love.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Jeff Bezos Could’ve Saved The Post But He Didn’t open.substack.com/pub/samaha/p...
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sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young
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New at PB: Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia.bsky.social) reviews Davey Davis‘s “Casanova 20” (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) and Grace Byron’s “Herculine,” two novels that—however different—both “quietly exalt real friends above other conceptualizations of love.”
Is the Cis Literary World Okay? - Public Books
Contemporary trans literature is thriving in a highly freewheeling manner… How revealing, then, that David Brooks recently suggested that literary fiction has been declining in quality.
www.publicbooks.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
New at PB: Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia.bsky.social) reviews Davey Davis‘s “Casanova 20” (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) and Grace Byron’s “Herculine,” two novels that—however different—both “quietly exalt real friends above other conceptualizations of love.”
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at risk of sounding annoying, it was very, very cool to be asked to contribute to the BP Annual. kinda pinching myself at having my writing included alongside a stacked list of writers that I admire an insane amount. big thank you to @baseballprospectus.com, go buy the book folks.
February 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
at risk of sounding annoying, it was very, very cool to be asked to contribute to the BP Annual. kinda pinching myself at having my writing included alongside a stacked list of writers that I admire an insane amount. big thank you to @baseballprospectus.com, go buy the book folks.
Me 🤝 Jimmy Butler
successfully undergoing surgery
successfully undergoing surgery
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Me 🤝 Jimmy Butler
successfully undergoing surgery
successfully undergoing surgery
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“im not familiar with bad bunny but..” i mourn for the lack of baddies in your life brother
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
“im not familiar with bad bunny but..” i mourn for the lack of baddies in your life brother
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PBS kids is sending me
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
PBS kids is sending me
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first touchdown lmao
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
first touchdown lmao
Having such a good Sunday morning I’m ready to do a TikTok dance in public w a zoomer influencer
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Having such a good Sunday morning I’m ready to do a TikTok dance in public w a zoomer influencer
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Will Lewis’s exit is long overdue. His legacy will be the attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution. But it's not too late to save The Post. Jeff Bezos must immediately rescind these layoffs or sell the paper to someone willing to invest in its future.
February 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Will Lewis’s exit is long overdue. His legacy will be the attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution. But it's not too late to save The Post. Jeff Bezos must immediately rescind these layoffs or sell the paper to someone willing to invest in its future.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
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He started a rumor that he’d leave the bucks, then people spent millions betting on it. Suddenly he comes out as a Kalshi owner. Honestly the NBA should sanction him, this is so corrupt
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
He started a rumor that he’d leave the bucks, then people spent millions betting on it. Suddenly he comes out as a Kalshi owner. Honestly the NBA should sanction him, this is so corrupt
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fighting with an insurers truly makes you value Our American Freedoms doesn’t it
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
fighting with an insurers truly makes you value Our American Freedoms doesn’t it
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imagine having one of the best tech reporters of all time on your staff and then choosing to lay them off
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
imagine having one of the best tech reporters of all time on your staff and then choosing to lay them off
Newsom’s people declined to give local press a copy of his memoir, but my colleague @andrewgraham88.bsky.social did a great job working around that: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
What are the political goals of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new memoir?
Politicians and communications experts say the California governor is trying to re-introduce himself to voters who see him as an elitist.
www.sacbee.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Newsom’s people declined to give local press a copy of his memoir, but my colleague @andrewgraham88.bsky.social did a great job working around that: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
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that's some graphic
Scientists are observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole that is displaying exceptionally messy eating habits reut.rs/3NWA61T
Black hole continues to belch years after chewing up a star
Scientists are observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole that is displaying exceptionally messy eating habits.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
that's some graphic
I may not be worth $252 billion dollars or even a million dollars but I do have every strand of my original hair on my head and don’t look like a human cue ball while being the most hated man in American business today, so that’s something
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I may not be worth $252 billion dollars or even a million dollars but I do have every strand of my original hair on my head and don’t look like a human cue ball while being the most hated man in American business today, so that’s something
The fact that SF Weekly is no longer around to cover the city being awash with hoards of 19 year old Stanford dropout AI paper billionaires still burns
Devastation of alt-weeklies by VC capital has only made this problem more apparent but the news should employ more barely functional alcoholic townies and fewer striving nerds.
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The fact that SF Weekly is no longer around to cover the city being awash with hoards of 19 year old Stanford dropout AI paper billionaires still burns
