Miles MacClure
@milesmacclure.bsky.social
freelance journalist in northern michigan
email: miles.macclure@gmail.com
signal: milesm.65
email: miles.macclure@gmail.com
signal: milesm.65
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Miles MacClure
@milesmacclure.bsky.social
· Dec 24
I submitted a FOIA request for every submission for the Illinois state flag competition. Today, I got the files. You have no idea what they're keeping from us.
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This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here.
bsky.app/profile/mand...
bsky.app/profile/mand...
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Across the country, Americans are stepping up to feed their neighbors in the wake of lapsed SNAP benefits.
In some states, recipients received SNAP benefits today, but millions are still without benefits
New words from me for Barn Raiser
In some states, recipients received SNAP benefits today, but millions are still without benefits
New words from me for Barn Raiser
As SNAP Benefits Lapse, Rural Americans Step Up to Meet Their Neighbors’ Needs
Food pantries like Project Feed the Kids, local restaurants and cafes have begun offering free meals to those who didn’t receive SNAP benefits.
barnraisingmedia.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Across the country, Americans are stepping up to feed their neighbors in the wake of lapsed SNAP benefits.
In some states, recipients received SNAP benefits today, but millions are still without benefits
New words from me for Barn Raiser
In some states, recipients received SNAP benefits today, but millions are still without benefits
New words from me for Barn Raiser
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"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Scoop: Inside DHS's vast college football surveillance effort
If you go to a college football game, the feds have cameras on you.
foiaball.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
From September: the USDA cancelled their annual Household Food Security Report, claiming that the study "failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder"
www.usda.gov
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
From September: the USDA cancelled their annual Household Food Security Report, claiming that the study "failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder"
If you work at a rural food bank and are struggling to keep up with demand due to the lapse in SNAP funding, I'd like to talk for a Barn Raiser story
drop me a line at:
email: miles.macclure@gmail.com
signal: milesm.65
drop me a line at:
email: miles.macclure@gmail.com
signal: milesm.65
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you work at a rural food bank and are struggling to keep up with demand due to the lapse in SNAP funding, I'd like to talk for a Barn Raiser story
drop me a line at:
email: miles.macclure@gmail.com
signal: milesm.65
drop me a line at:
email: miles.macclure@gmail.com
signal: milesm.65
breathing exercises is definitely a trending search rn
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
breathing exercises is definitely a trending search rn
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Ernesto Jerez on ESPN Latin America:
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ernesto Jerez on ESPN Latin America:
If an undergrad wrote this in a research grant proposal the application would be rejected lol
Mike Lombardi's approval form for travel to Saudi Arabia<
He went to "explain the great things the Athletic departjent can achieve with help!"
He went to "explain the great things the Athletic departjent can achieve with help!"
October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If an undergrad wrote this in a research grant proposal the application would be rejected lol
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DHS still can’t or won’t say what they did with the two U.S. citizens they detained on 9/30 and called CPD to request a vehicle for.
They first sent a statement about the South Shore raid—an entirely different incident—and when I asked again they sent this deeply unserious response.
They first sent a statement about the South Shore raid—an entirely different incident—and when I asked again they sent this deeply unserious response.
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
DHS still can’t or won’t say what they did with the two U.S. citizens they detained on 9/30 and called CPD to request a vehicle for.
They first sent a statement about the South Shore raid—an entirely different incident—and when I asked again they sent this deeply unserious response.
They first sent a statement about the South Shore raid—an entirely different incident—and when I asked again they sent this deeply unserious response.
13 innings is cool but I’d like to go to bed
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
13 innings is cool but I’d like to go to bed
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Some schools are turning back to prepackaged and processed foods because they can't afford fresh, local produce after the Trump admin slashed funding for a popular program in the spring
New from me for @barnraiser.bsky.social
New from me for @barnraiser.bsky.social
Rural Schools Struggle to Rebuild Fresh Food Programs Cut by Trump
Without funding from the USDA, some states are stepping up to fund locally grown produce for rural school districts who could not afford it otherwise.
barnraisingmedia.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Some schools are turning back to prepackaged and processed foods because they can't afford fresh, local produce after the Trump admin slashed funding for a popular program in the spring
New from me for @barnraiser.bsky.social
New from me for @barnraiser.bsky.social
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
pretty insane this is on an official government website
October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
pretty insane this is on an official government website
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You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
One thing I've wondered: is Trump consciously lying when he says antifa is receiving mystery funding? Or does he truly believe that antifa (famously a singular, coherent organization) is receiving large sums of money?
Trump: "Antifa is out of control in Portland and other places ... we're looking for the people that are funding them and those people are gonna be just as guilty as the people that smack people over the head with a baseball bat."
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One thing I've wondered: is Trump consciously lying when he says antifa is receiving mystery funding? Or does he truly believe that antifa (famously a singular, coherent organization) is receiving large sums of money?
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Here's the court document Tyreek Hill didn't want anyone to see: defector.com/heres-the-co...
Here's The Court Document Tyreek Hill Didn't Want Anyone To See | Defector
The Miami-Dade Circuit Court clerk released Tuesday a copy of the latest petition for divorce from the estranged wife of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. In the document, Lakeeta Vaccaro…
defector.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here's the court document Tyreek Hill didn't want anyone to see: defector.com/heres-the-co...
it's sad that "open exchange of ideas" has become code for "there's one correct line of thought"
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
it's sad that "open exchange of ideas" has become code for "there's one correct line of thought"
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“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom
EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
I live in northern Michigan now - reach out with any tips for agriculture, higher education, or government accountability stories you feel should be covered.
I'll still be writing about other areas, but I'm aiming to transition to more Michigan-centric stories in the coming months.
I'll still be writing about other areas, but I'm aiming to transition to more Michigan-centric stories in the coming months.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I live in northern Michigan now - reach out with any tips for agriculture, higher education, or government accountability stories you feel should be covered.
I'll still be writing about other areas, but I'm aiming to transition to more Michigan-centric stories in the coming months.
I'll still be writing about other areas, but I'm aiming to transition to more Michigan-centric stories in the coming months.
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If anyone needs an old watchdog report and is having trouble accessing it with so many IG websites down, the Payment Integrity Alliance has archived all reports from Oversight. gov from 2010 up through Sept. 26 here: programintegrity.org/search/
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If anyone needs an old watchdog report and is having trouble accessing it with so many IG websites down, the Payment Integrity Alliance has archived all reports from Oversight. gov from 2010 up through Sept. 26 here: programintegrity.org/search/
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.