Lucy Ritzmann
@lucyritz.bsky.social
editorial & content COURIER | always MB4W & Warren for President | libra apologist | she/her | all opinions mine | 📩 lucy@couriernewsroom.com
I've read 60 books thus far in 2025 (to cope with ✨the horrors✨), and if you are looking for something to read, i made a list where you can get the best ones from a local bookstore :)))
FIVE STAR READS of 2025
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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December 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I've read 60 books thus far in 2025 (to cope with ✨the horrors✨), and if you are looking for something to read, i made a list where you can get the best ones from a local bookstore :)))
in the final Open Tabs send of 2025:
🕯️ my ins and outs for 2026 (featuring Obama-era froyo)
💼 why women are pretending to be men on LinkedIn
🏞️ a fight on social media that ended with funding for Texas parks
🪩 Beyonce is officially a billionaire
🕯️ my ins and outs for 2026 (featuring Obama-era froyo)
💼 why women are pretending to be men on LinkedIn
🏞️ a fight on social media that ended with funding for Texas parks
🪩 Beyonce is officially a billionaire
today in tabs: we're not editing ourselves in 2026
ALSO: why women are pretending to be men on LinkedIn, a fight on socials that ended up funding parks, Beyonce is officially a billionaire, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
in the final Open Tabs send of 2025:
🕯️ my ins and outs for 2026 (featuring Obama-era froyo)
💼 why women are pretending to be men on LinkedIn
🏞️ a fight on social media that ended with funding for Texas parks
🪩 Beyonce is officially a billionaire
🕯️ my ins and outs for 2026 (featuring Obama-era froyo)
💼 why women are pretending to be men on LinkedIn
🏞️ a fight on social media that ended with funding for Texas parks
🪩 Beyonce is officially a billionaire
in today’s tabs:
🎙️ why podcasts aren’t selling but shows are
📱 the year that politics became entirely parasocial
🧗♂️ Netflix will livestream a free solo climb
🍫 your holiday chocolate might be “fake” this year
🎙️ why podcasts aren’t selling but shows are
📱 the year that politics became entirely parasocial
🧗♂️ Netflix will livestream a free solo climb
🍫 your holiday chocolate might be “fake” this year
today in tabs: pitch it as a show, not a podcast
ALSO: Netflix is going to stream a free-solo climb, how politics became completely parasocial, a new Banksy mural, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
in today’s tabs:
🎙️ why podcasts aren’t selling but shows are
📱 the year that politics became entirely parasocial
🧗♂️ Netflix will livestream a free solo climb
🍫 your holiday chocolate might be “fake” this year
🎙️ why podcasts aren’t selling but shows are
📱 the year that politics became entirely parasocial
🧗♂️ Netflix will livestream a free solo climb
🍫 your holiday chocolate might be “fake” this year
📢📢📢 everyone read this @makenakelly.bsky.social piece please!
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
📢📢📢 everyone read this @makenakelly.bsky.social piece please!
Reposted by Lucy Ritzmann
There's a big 2026 battle brewing in Texas. In this week's edition of FWIW, @lucyritz.bsky.social takes a look at the two young superstars running in the Democratic primary for Texas' Senate seat and how they're using social media to catapult their campaigns.
Two Stars, One Nomination, and 10 Million Followers
Also inside: new research on why non-political influencers are the best political messengers, KY Sen. candidate goes heavy on Charlie Kirk ads, and more
www.fwiw.news
December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There's a big 2026 battle brewing in Texas. In this week's edition of FWIW, @lucyritz.bsky.social takes a look at the two young superstars running in the Democratic primary for Texas' Senate seat and how they're using social media to catapult their campaigns.
in today’s tabs:
🤳 new research on how the influencers who move the needle on politics aren’t the ones talking about politics
💊 the misinfo that’s causing chaos for Gen Z women
🤖 the chatgpt app store
💙 updates on elon musk v. operation bluebird
🤳 new research on how the influencers who move the needle on politics aren’t the ones talking about politics
💊 the misinfo that’s causing chaos for Gen Z women
🤖 the chatgpt app store
💙 updates on elon musk v. operation bluebird
today in tabs: the most powerful political influencers... aren't political influencers
ALSO: the misinfo that's wreaking havoc on Gen Z women, analysis of the TX Dem Sen primary on socials, operation bluebird, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
in today’s tabs:
🤳 new research on how the influencers who move the needle on politics aren’t the ones talking about politics
💊 the misinfo that’s causing chaos for Gen Z women
🤖 the chatgpt app store
💙 updates on elon musk v. operation bluebird
🤳 new research on how the influencers who move the needle on politics aren’t the ones talking about politics
💊 the misinfo that’s causing chaos for Gen Z women
🤖 the chatgpt app store
💙 updates on elon musk v. operation bluebird
back for a FWIW send today :)
my analysis on how the TX Dem Senate primary is playing out on socials thus far... definitely something to watch as we head into 2026 👇👇👇
my analysis on how the TX Dem Senate primary is playing out on socials thus far... definitely something to watch as we head into 2026 👇👇👇
Two Stars, One Nomination, and 10 Million Followers
Also inside: new research on why non-political influencers are the best political messengers, KY Sen. candidate goes heavy on Charlie Kirk ads, and more
www.fwiw.news
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
back for a FWIW send today :)
my analysis on how the TX Dem Senate primary is playing out on socials thus far... definitely something to watch as we head into 2026 👇👇👇
my analysis on how the TX Dem Senate primary is playing out on socials thus far... definitely something to watch as we head into 2026 👇👇👇
in today’s tabs:
🤖 why women are flocking to Reddit as Google falters
🧊 ICE’s use of TSA passenger data… (please be aware, anyone flying this holiday season!)
📺 IG wants to take over your TV
🥛 Congress puts whole milk back in schools
🤖 why women are flocking to Reddit as Google falters
🧊 ICE’s use of TSA passenger data… (please be aware, anyone flying this holiday season!)
📺 IG wants to take over your TV
🥛 Congress puts whole milk back in schools
today in tabs: where google fails, reddit provides
ALSO: ‼️ ICE is using TSA data this holiday season, Instagram is coming for your TV, whole milk returns to school cafeterias, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
in today’s tabs:
🤖 why women are flocking to Reddit as Google falters
🧊 ICE’s use of TSA passenger data… (please be aware, anyone flying this holiday season!)
📺 IG wants to take over your TV
🥛 Congress puts whole milk back in schools
🤖 why women are flocking to Reddit as Google falters
🧊 ICE’s use of TSA passenger data… (please be aware, anyone flying this holiday season!)
📺 IG wants to take over your TV
🥛 Congress puts whole milk back in schools
ICYMI, Angel Tree "hauls" are going viral this year in a way they never have before... my thoughts on why in today's Open Tabs!
🔗 www.opentabs.news/p/today-in-t...
🔗 www.opentabs.news/p/today-in-t...
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICYMI, Angel Tree "hauls" are going viral this year in a way they never have before... my thoughts on why in today's Open Tabs!
🔗 www.opentabs.news/p/today-in-t...
🔗 www.opentabs.news/p/today-in-t...
in today’s tabs:
🪽 Angel Trees go mega viral this year
🎅 people are spending hours a day talking to AI Santa…
🛏️ MyPillow is trying to take on Gov. Tim Walz
🎁 blind boxes are dominating the holiday season
🪽 Angel Trees go mega viral this year
🎅 people are spending hours a day talking to AI Santa…
🛏️ MyPillow is trying to take on Gov. Tim Walz
🎁 blind boxes are dominating the holiday season
today in tabs: the angel tree algorithm
ALSO: people are talking to AI Santa for hours a day, MyPillow guy wants to take on Gov. Tim Walz, blind boxes take over the holidays, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
in today’s tabs:
🪽 Angel Trees go mega viral this year
🎅 people are spending hours a day talking to AI Santa…
🛏️ MyPillow is trying to take on Gov. Tim Walz
🎁 blind boxes are dominating the holiday season
🪽 Angel Trees go mega viral this year
🎅 people are spending hours a day talking to AI Santa…
🛏️ MyPillow is trying to take on Gov. Tim Walz
🎁 blind boxes are dominating the holiday season
I do think this is the graphic that I'm the most/least proud of yet...
today in tabs: dr. oz’s war on cookies
ALSO: which Pinterest 2026 prediction are you, an “AI Scent Advisor," why being a woman in the workplace is officially even harder than it already was, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I do think this is the graphic that I'm the most/least proud of yet...
in today’s tabs:
🍪 Dr. Oz wants his federal employees to eat fewer holiday cookies…
👃 a new “AI Scent Advisor”
📉 being a woman in the workplace is officially even worse than it was
📍 2026 trends from Pinterest so you can prepare your bits now
and more!
🍪 Dr. Oz wants his federal employees to eat fewer holiday cookies…
👃 a new “AI Scent Advisor”
📉 being a woman in the workplace is officially even worse than it was
📍 2026 trends from Pinterest so you can prepare your bits now
and more!
today in tabs: dr. oz’s war on cookies
ALSO: which Pinterest 2026 prediction are you, an “AI Scent Advisor," why being a woman in the workplace is officially even harder than it already was, and more
www.opentabs.news
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
in today’s tabs:
🍪 Dr. Oz wants his federal employees to eat fewer holiday cookies…
👃 a new “AI Scent Advisor”
📉 being a woman in the workplace is officially even worse than it was
📍 2026 trends from Pinterest so you can prepare your bits now
and more!
🍪 Dr. Oz wants his federal employees to eat fewer holiday cookies…
👃 a new “AI Scent Advisor”
📉 being a woman in the workplace is officially even worse than it was
📍 2026 trends from Pinterest so you can prepare your bits now
and more!
the financially deadly combo of finals sads/uglies and the @wmata.com winter pop up
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the financially deadly combo of finals sads/uglies and the @wmata.com winter pop up
I'd be curious to see if/how many people who regularly engage with NewDaddy or @couriernewsroom.bsky.social or @aaronparnas.bsky.social would describe themselves as following the news... or if a good amount of them may not think of it that way (which is kinda my hunch)
RE: CHARTR + @pewresearch.org
RE: CHARTR + @pewresearch.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'd be curious to see if/how many people who regularly engage with NewDaddy or @couriernewsroom.bsky.social or @aaronparnas.bsky.social would describe themselves as following the news... or if a good amount of them may not think of it that way (which is kinda my hunch)
RE: CHARTR + @pewresearch.org
RE: CHARTR + @pewresearch.org
in today’s open tabs:
🌎 X’s new geotagging feature is exposing where MAGA actually lives…
💊 Kyrsten Sinema is going MAHA to get a psychedelic approved
🤳 how many sponsored videos it takes to make a living as a nano-influencer
🐟 a moral debate over fish’s emotions
🌎 X’s new geotagging feature is exposing where MAGA actually lives…
💊 Kyrsten Sinema is going MAHA to get a psychedelic approved
🤳 how many sponsored videos it takes to make a living as a nano-influencer
🐟 a moral debate over fish’s emotions
today in tabs: elon’s new location feature is (unsurprisingly) causing problems
ALSO: Kyrsten Sinema goes MAHA, Dem PACs are ALREADY fighting about 2028, how many sponsored videos nano-influencers need to make a year, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
in today’s open tabs:
🌎 X’s new geotagging feature is exposing where MAGA actually lives…
💊 Kyrsten Sinema is going MAHA to get a psychedelic approved
🤳 how many sponsored videos it takes to make a living as a nano-influencer
🐟 a moral debate over fish’s emotions
🌎 X’s new geotagging feature is exposing where MAGA actually lives…
💊 Kyrsten Sinema is going MAHA to get a psychedelic approved
🤳 how many sponsored videos it takes to make a living as a nano-influencer
🐟 a moral debate over fish’s emotions
in today's Open Tabs, I chatted with a TikTokker who is trying to make actually understanding public health issues as easy (and viral) as possible 👇👇👇
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
in today's Open Tabs, I chatted with a TikTokker who is trying to make actually understanding public health issues as easy (and viral) as possible 👇👇👇
in today’s tabs:
🩺 a tiktok account that wants to make understanding public health issues easier
💰 how billionaires took over US politics
🤫 the words that are being silenced on socials in this era
🧀 the 2025 winner of the world’s best cheese
🩺 a tiktok account that wants to make understanding public health issues easier
💰 how billionaires took over US politics
🤫 the words that are being silenced on socials in this era
🧀 the 2025 winner of the world’s best cheese
today in tabs: fighting health misinfo one tiktok at a time
ALSO: what happens post-trad wife, the words you can't say on the internet, the 2025 winner of world's best cheese, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
in today’s tabs:
🩺 a tiktok account that wants to make understanding public health issues easier
💰 how billionaires took over US politics
🤫 the words that are being silenced on socials in this era
🧀 the 2025 winner of the world’s best cheese
🩺 a tiktok account that wants to make understanding public health issues easier
💰 how billionaires took over US politics
🤫 the words that are being silenced on socials in this era
🧀 the 2025 winner of the world’s best cheese
in today’s open tabs:
💸 the dues and funds that members of Congress are told to raise for
🤳 Vine is back-ish and backed by Jack Dorsey
📉 foreign enrollment in the US tanks
👕 the Vineyard Vines 6-7 shirt already sold out once
💸 the dues and funds that members of Congress are told to raise for
🤳 Vine is back-ish and backed by Jack Dorsey
📉 foreign enrollment in the US tanks
👕 the Vineyard Vines 6-7 shirt already sold out once
today in tabs: you thought the job was actually governing???
ALSO: Jack Dorsey is bringing Vine back (!!), Chi Ossé is taking on Hakeem Jeffries, the Vineyard Vines 6-7 shirt already sold out, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
in today’s open tabs:
💸 the dues and funds that members of Congress are told to raise for
🤳 Vine is back-ish and backed by Jack Dorsey
📉 foreign enrollment in the US tanks
👕 the Vineyard Vines 6-7 shirt already sold out once
💸 the dues and funds that members of Congress are told to raise for
🤳 Vine is back-ish and backed by Jack Dorsey
📉 foreign enrollment in the US tanks
👕 the Vineyard Vines 6-7 shirt already sold out once
absolutely huge newsletter from @camaron.bsky.social – if you aren’t subscribed to Below The Beltway already, I highly, highly recommend 👇👇👇
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
www.beltway.news
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
absolutely huge newsletter from @camaron.bsky.social – if you aren’t subscribed to Below The Beltway already, I highly, highly recommend 👇👇👇
in today’s tabs:
🫏 Dem anger over the capitulators is everywhere (even the shaheen family gc it seems)
💉 MAHA is fangirling over Elizabeth Holmes
🤳 TikTok is only getting bigger, from shopping to podcasts
🥗 freaky caesar salads & other 2026 emerging dining trends
🫏 Dem anger over the capitulators is everywhere (even the shaheen family gc it seems)
💉 MAHA is fangirling over Elizabeth Holmes
🤳 TikTok is only getting bigger, from shopping to podcasts
🥗 freaky caesar salads & other 2026 emerging dining trends
today in tabs: the shaheens are fighting 😢
ALSO: MAHA <3s Elizabeth Holmes, TikTok shop is the size of eBay, the rise of freaky caesar salads, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
in today’s tabs:
🫏 Dem anger over the capitulators is everywhere (even the shaheen family gc it seems)
💉 MAHA is fangirling over Elizabeth Holmes
🤳 TikTok is only getting bigger, from shopping to podcasts
🥗 freaky caesar salads & other 2026 emerging dining trends
🫏 Dem anger over the capitulators is everywhere (even the shaheen family gc it seems)
💉 MAHA is fangirling over Elizabeth Holmes
🤳 TikTok is only getting bigger, from shopping to podcasts
🥗 freaky caesar salads & other 2026 emerging dining trends
today in tabs:
😍 texts from the creator of @bfswedeserve.bsky.social (AKA @monicavenzke.bsky.social) on why we need to laugh and elect hot people!
🎶 Spotify is launching mini weekly Wrappeds
🐘 GOP redistricting efforts hit another roadblock
🤔 Tinder is now in your camera roll...
😍 texts from the creator of @bfswedeserve.bsky.social (AKA @monicavenzke.bsky.social) on why we need to laugh and elect hot people!
🎶 Spotify is launching mini weekly Wrappeds
🐘 GOP redistricting efforts hit another roadblock
🤔 Tinder is now in your camera roll...
today in tabs: the case for electing hot Dems
ALSO: mini Spotify Wrappeds, GOP redistricting hits another road block, Tinder is in your camera roll, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
today in tabs:
😍 texts from the creator of @bfswedeserve.bsky.social (AKA @monicavenzke.bsky.social) on why we need to laugh and elect hot people!
🎶 Spotify is launching mini weekly Wrappeds
🐘 GOP redistricting efforts hit another roadblock
🤔 Tinder is now in your camera roll...
😍 texts from the creator of @bfswedeserve.bsky.social (AKA @monicavenzke.bsky.social) on why we need to laugh and elect hot people!
🎶 Spotify is launching mini weekly Wrappeds
🐘 GOP redistricting efforts hit another roadblock
🤔 Tinder is now in your camera roll...
i really wanted to call him the hero hero, but that felt too much lol
today in tabs: sandwich man gets his day in court
ALSO: HAPPY EDAY, why "bird theory" is all over TikTok, Martha Stewart is coming for Gen Z, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
i really wanted to call him the hero hero, but that felt too much lol
in today’s open tabs:
🥪 the trial of sandwich resist man begins
💙 Dems head into a major election day while still bearing a lot of blame as a party for the shutdown
🦤 why bird theory is all over TikTok (and what it is)
🥘 Martha Stewart is coming for Gen Z
🥪 the trial of sandwich resist man begins
💙 Dems head into a major election day while still bearing a lot of blame as a party for the shutdown
🦤 why bird theory is all over TikTok (and what it is)
🥘 Martha Stewart is coming for Gen Z
today in tabs: sandwich man gets his day in court
ALSO: HAPPY EDAY, why "bird theory" is all over TikTok, Martha Stewart is coming for Gen Z, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
in today’s open tabs:
🥪 the trial of sandwich resist man begins
💙 Dems head into a major election day while still bearing a lot of blame as a party for the shutdown
🦤 why bird theory is all over TikTok (and what it is)
🥘 Martha Stewart is coming for Gen Z
🥪 the trial of sandwich resist man begins
💙 Dems head into a major election day while still bearing a lot of blame as a party for the shutdown
🦤 why bird theory is all over TikTok (and what it is)
🥘 Martha Stewart is coming for Gen Z
today in tabs:
👑 Trump fires the entire Commission of Fine Arts
🤖 an AI novel is topping the charts in Japan and creating chaos
🐘 MAGA singles can’t find love in DC
👻 horror travel is all the rage
👑 Trump fires the entire Commission of Fine Arts
🤖 an AI novel is topping the charts in Japan and creating chaos
🐘 MAGA singles can’t find love in DC
👻 horror travel is all the rage
today in tabs: how close are we to a gold white house
ALSO: an AI novel tops the charts in Japan, MAGA can't love in DC, eBay is getting in the influencer game big time, and more
www.opentabs.news
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
today in tabs:
👑 Trump fires the entire Commission of Fine Arts
🤖 an AI novel is topping the charts in Japan and creating chaos
🐘 MAGA singles can’t find love in DC
👻 horror travel is all the rage
👑 Trump fires the entire Commission of Fine Arts
🤖 an AI novel is topping the charts in Japan and creating chaos
🐘 MAGA singles can’t find love in DC
👻 horror travel is all the rage
in today’s open tabs:
🛒 etsy sellers are expressing their (many) emotions about the east wing through merch
🗣️ debate shows are everywhere… and is it too much?
🚗 Waymo seems pretty nervous about winter
🎃 pumpkin spice creates chaos and divides in Europe
🛒 etsy sellers are expressing their (many) emotions about the east wing through merch
🗣️ debate shows are everywhere… and is it too much?
🚗 Waymo seems pretty nervous about winter
🎃 pumpkin spice creates chaos and divides in Europe
today in tabs: etsy mourns the east wing
ALSO: debate shows are everywhere (and is it too much?), Grokipedia, what happens to a Waymo in the snow, and more
www.opentabs.news
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
in today’s open tabs:
🛒 etsy sellers are expressing their (many) emotions about the east wing through merch
🗣️ debate shows are everywhere… and is it too much?
🚗 Waymo seems pretty nervous about winter
🎃 pumpkin spice creates chaos and divides in Europe
🛒 etsy sellers are expressing their (many) emotions about the east wing through merch
🗣️ debate shows are everywhere… and is it too much?
🚗 Waymo seems pretty nervous about winter
🎃 pumpkin spice creates chaos and divides in Europe