Millie Tran
@millietran.com
Journalist. Chief Digital Content Officer at the Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org. Mostly thinking about the world and how people get news. There must be a better way.
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The American organ transplant system was built to be fair. But increasingly, officials are ignoring the rules and skipping over the patients most in need. Our investigation, with @cocteau.bsky.social and Jeremy White: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored
The sickest patients are supposed to get priority for lifesaving transplants. But more and more, they are being skipped over.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The American organ transplant system was built to be fair. But increasingly, officials are ignoring the rules and skipping over the patients most in need. Our investigation, with @cocteau.bsky.social and Jeremy White: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Two new — and really important! — jobs open at @cfr.org:
▪️Editor, News: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
▪️Editor, Special Projects: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
Both roles must be based in our DC or NYC offices. Please share widely. There's, well, a lot going on in the world right now!
▪️Editor, News: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
▪️Editor, Special Projects: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
Both roles must be based in our DC or NYC offices. Please share widely. There's, well, a lot going on in the world right now!
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Two new — and really important! — jobs open at @cfr.org:
▪️Editor, News: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
▪️Editor, Special Projects: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
Both roles must be based in our DC or NYC offices. Please share widely. There's, well, a lot going on in the world right now!
▪️Editor, News: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
▪️Editor, Special Projects: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
Both roles must be based in our DC or NYC offices. Please share widely. There's, well, a lot going on in the world right now!
For @niemanlab.org, I wrote about how it's time to abandon middling stories and go very short or go very long. I was thinking about posts and stories and all the ambient formats we're consuming all day, but what I didn't include is something Brian Morrissey has also been talking about: spectacle!
December 17, 2024 at 1:50 AM
For @niemanlab.org, I wrote about how it's time to abandon middling stories and go very short or go very long. I was thinking about posts and stories and all the ambient formats we're consuming all day, but what I didn't include is something Brian Morrissey has also been talking about: spectacle!
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Today's @niemanlab.org Predictions just posted! Featuring:
@travelinganna.bsky.social
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
@jamditis.bsky.social
@millietran.com
@nataliaviana.bsky.social
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
@parkermolloy.com
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social
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@travelinganna.bsky.social
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
@jamditis.bsky.social
@millietran.com
@nataliaviana.bsky.social
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
@parkermolloy.com
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social
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Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.
www.niemanlab.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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Congratulations to @maxboot.bsky.social for his honest and straightforward "Reagan" - one of The Times best books of 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...
The 10 Best Books of 2024
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Congratulations to @maxboot.bsky.social for his honest and straightforward "Reagan" - one of The Times best books of 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...
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It took only ~2.5 hrs for the National Assembly to gather a majority of members (190 of 300) and generate a unanimous vote (190 of 190) to vote down the emergency martial law. The law says the president "shall comply" with parliament's vote, but doesn't specify a time frame.
December 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
It took only ~2.5 hrs for the National Assembly to gather a majority of members (190 of 300) and generate a unanimous vote (190 of 190) to vote down the emergency martial law. The law says the president "shall comply" with parliament's vote, but doesn't specify a time frame.
Read @stevenacook.bsky.social on what’s happening in Syria, who’s actually behind the rebellion, Russia’s involvement & the response of other outside actors involved in Syria, including Turkey, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
What Syria’s Revived Civil War Means for the Region
The surprise rebel offensive that has seized Aleppo and threatens other regime-held territories could mark a further weakening of Iran's regional sway but also spur a new cycle of violence and instab…
www.cfr.org
December 1, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Read @stevenacook.bsky.social on what’s happening in Syria, who’s actually behind the rebellion, Russia’s involvement & the response of other outside actors involved in Syria, including Turkey, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Being able to use your domain as username here definitely reignited my teenage-era ‘let’s make websites’ passion
the internet sucks in part because no one makes their own personal websites anymore aftermath.site/website-musk...
For Love of God, Make Your Own Website - Aftermath
The internet felt like a limitless expanse of free expression. Now I usually end up at the same three or four websites.
aftermath.site
November 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Being able to use your domain as username here definitely reignited my teenage-era ‘let’s make websites’ passion
“ @peterbakernyt.bsky.social says that after learning from 2016, news organizations have a responsibility to ‘recognize that we’re not going to jump on every single stray voltage that comes out of his phone.’” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
Reporters Brace for the Frenzy of a Second Trump White House
Journalists covering the hectic transition period speak of exhaustion and a sense of déjà vu—yet are resolved to tackle whatever comes their way. “If Trump kicks us out of the White House briefing roo...
www.vanityfair.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
“ @peterbakernyt.bsky.social says that after learning from 2016, news organizations have a responsibility to ‘recognize that we’re not going to jump on every single stray voltage that comes out of his phone.’” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
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Fentanyl has become a major U.S. foreign policy and national security challenge, as the drug’s supply chain largely runs through China and Mexico.
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These Eight Charts Show Why Fentanyl Is a Huge Foreign Policy Problem
Overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the leading cause of death among young Americans and a threat to U.S. public health, the economy, and national security. Combating the epi…
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November 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Fentanyl has become a major U.S. foreign policy and national security challenge, as the drug’s supply chain largely runs through China and Mexico.
Find out more from our explainer:
Find out more from our explainer:
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You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 AM
You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋
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Agree with Max on this. Trump hates it when markets go down on his watch. The real test will be whether he carries through on his promised huge tariff increases — which markets will not like.
Trump really cares what the markets think. So makes sense he made such a reassuring choice for Treasury Secretary—a George Soros protege no less.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Scott Bessent Sees a Coming ‘Global Economic Reordering.’ He Wants to Be Part of It.
Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary has been a fierce defender of his activist approach to trade.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Agree with Max on this. Trump hates it when markets go down on his watch. The real test will be whether he carries through on his promised huge tariff increases — which markets will not like.
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Who had Canada and Mexico first on the bingo card along with China?
November 26, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Who had Canada and Mexico first on the bingo card along with China?
If you need a refresher on tariffs, @cfr.org's got you. What are tariffs, who uses them, who pays? www.cfr.org/backgrounder...
What Are Tariffs?
U.S. Presidents Trump and Biden have both turned to tariffs to support local industries amid economic confrontation with China. Here’s how these taxes work and how they’ve been used historically.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
If you need a refresher on tariffs, @cfr.org's got you. What are tariffs, who uses them, who pays? www.cfr.org/backgrounder...
“The American election is far from the determining factor in the global fight against climate change. Neither is what happens at this COP… What matters is how fast clean energy and climate technologies can get cheaper and better.” www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
Climate Diplomacy: Watch What Countries Do, Not What They Say
World governments should focus on rapidly driving down the costs of clean energy, particularly in the power, transportation, and industrial sectors, to move the needle on climate change.
www.cfr.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
“The American election is far from the determining factor in the global fight against climate change. Neither is what happens at this COP… What matters is how fast clean energy and climate technologies can get cheaper and better.” www.cfr.org/expert-brief...
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In my opinion "Twitter" is whichever place most embodies the poster's spirit, and that's here now
November 17, 2024 at 2:35 AM
In my opinion "Twitter" is whichever place most embodies the poster's spirit, and that's here now
“2024 was the 6th consecutive change election in a row, and 9th out of the past 10 in which the party controlling the House, Senate and/or White House got ousted. 6-in-a-row is a new record. 9-out-of-10 only happened once before: the Gilded Age’s 1878-1896.” brucemehlman.substack.com/p/six-chart-...
Six-Chart Sunday (#43) – The New Gilded Age Revisited
6 Infographics from the week + 1 Video (Senator-Elect Dave McCormick)
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November 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM
“2024 was the 6th consecutive change election in a row, and 9th out of the past 10 in which the party controlling the House, Senate and/or White House got ousted. 6-in-a-row is a new record. 9-out-of-10 only happened once before: the Gilded Age’s 1878-1896.” brucemehlman.substack.com/p/six-chart-...
“There are two ways to have faith in your own good taste: You can assume that it marks you as special and separates you from others, or you can regard it as an opportunity to share.” (Martha was the latter, of course.) By @amandamull.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Martha Stewart’s Empire Monetized More Than Just Domesticity
A new documentary reminds us that the lifestyle guru was also selling the pleasure of mastery.
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:09 PM
“There are two ways to have faith in your own good taste: You can assume that it marks you as special and separates you from others, or you can regard it as an opportunity to share.” (Martha was the latter, of course.) By @amandamull.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I can stop whenever I want
November 17, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I can stop whenever I want
“The patterns we perceive now rise less from information gathered in our close communities and more from what crosses our awareness along national paths.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
November 17, 2024 at 3:56 AM
“The patterns we perceive now rise less from information gathered in our close communities and more from what crosses our awareness along national paths.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
A little obsessed with @atproto.com and the ability to make custom communities like swifties.social. Using your own domain for your handle was so easy — directions here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
A little obsessed with @atproto.com and the ability to make custom communities like swifties.social. Using your own domain for your handle was so easy — directions here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
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Starter packs are great but worth considering making hyper-specific packs into Feeds! That way people can, for example, follow regular updates specifically from everyone that works at your publication. I’m less likely to follow a gazillion starter pack people then I am to simply follow one feed!
November 14, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Starter packs are great but worth considering making hyper-specific packs into Feeds! That way people can, for example, follow regular updates specifically from everyone that works at your publication. I’m less likely to follow a gazillion starter pack people then I am to simply follow one feed!
I remember Twitter when we’d do whole live chats via hashtags (#wjchat!). Fun to see the evolution of that to these automated/custom feeds. We’re so back
November 17, 2024 at 2:50 AM
I remember Twitter when we’d do whole live chats via hashtags (#wjchat!). Fun to see the evolution of that to these automated/custom feeds. We’re so back