Molly McCluskey
@mollymccluskey.com
Award-winning investigative journalist & editor. Founder & Publisher: Diplomatica Global Media. International literature enthusiast. Local news advocate.
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Really cool even here, and you can join it virtually, from our friends at @diplomaticaglobal.com
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The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine
Get tickets for the virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine
kinema.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Really cool even here, and you can join it virtually, from our friends at @diplomaticaglobal.com
kinema.com/events/The-A...
kinema.com/events/The-A...
My dear friend @four4thefire.bsky.social wrote about what it means to become a statistic for @westvirginiawatch.com. It's well worth your time.
From me @westvirginiawatch.com
"At the core of this statistical dispensation of time we live in, especially digitally, is a need to simplify a complex world so we can understand it quickly with minimal effort in a relatable way. Those efforts are fated to find the world is too big to quantify..."
"At the core of this statistical dispensation of time we live in, especially digitally, is a need to simplify a complex world so we can understand it quickly with minimal effort in a relatable way. Those efforts are fated to find the world is too big to quantify..."
Becoming the statistic • West Virginia Watch
Trying to understand data in the concise, short, visual format more and more people demand on their platforms means statistics.
westvirginiawatch.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
My dear friend @four4thefire.bsky.social wrote about what it means to become a statistic for @westvirginiawatch.com. It's well worth your time.
Please join me on on Thursday, January 29 for a special virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding #Ukraine; and a post-screening discussion. kinema.com/events/The-A...
The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine
Get tickets for the virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine
kinema.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Please join me on on Thursday, January 29 for a special virtual screening of The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding #Ukraine; and a post-screening discussion. kinema.com/events/The-A...
As Mamdani and Hochul unveil plans for free #childcare in NYC, here's the piece I wrote for CityLab about the global legacy of Quebec's subsidized child daycare after twenty years.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
As Mamdani and Hochul unveil plans for free #childcare in NYC, here's the piece I wrote for CityLab about the global legacy of Quebec's subsidized child daycare after twenty years.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.
Learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
Learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
Researchers find flaw exposing billions of WhatsApp numbers
Researchers discovered phone numbers and, in some instances, associated profile photos and names through WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool
freedom.press
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Recently, researchers found a significant privacy flaw that enabled them to uncover phone numbers associated with 3.5 billion accounts.
Learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
Learn how to limit who can see your WhatsApp information in our digital security newsletter:
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Deepfake scammers are increasingly targeting journalists to sell fraudulent products on social media, but the platforms hosting these ads are struggling to respond effectively.
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Deepfake scammers are increasingly targeting journalists to sell fraudulent products on social media, but the platforms hosting these ads are struggling to respond effectively.
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/
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Postal Service Delays Are Making the Already Tight Newspaper Business Even Harder. Read @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/pos...
Postal Service delays are making the already tight newspaper business even harder.
Subscribers report delays of as long as two months.
www.cjr.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Postal Service Delays Are Making the Already Tight Newspaper Business Even Harder. Read @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/pos...
It's 6:30 on Thursday in autumn at the Metro Center station and trains are the days of "is Metro on fire"-levels of empty.
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It's 6:30 on Thursday in autumn at the Metro Center station and trains are the days of "is Metro on fire"-levels of empty.
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Haines might soon join communities across Southeast Alaska that have tweaked their tax policies to shift the local tax burden off year-round residents and onto tourists.
Haines, Skagway and Juneau to vote on seasonal sales tax proposals
Each proposal looks slightly different, but they all seek to take advantage of the busy summer season to generate local tax revenue.
akpub.io
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Haines might soon join communities across Southeast Alaska that have tweaked their tax policies to shift the local tax burden off year-round residents and onto tourists.
Oof. I felt this.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Yeah, freelance journalism was a brilliant career choice....
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Oof. I felt this.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
Also the offers I get to use my voice to train AI. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong.
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Teakettle held enormous scientific value because of the sheer amount of data collected over the past 30 years.
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out
Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Teakettle held enormous scientific value because of the sheer amount of data collected over the past 30 years.
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
“That being lost is a tragedy to science,” Scott Stephens @natureatcal.bsky.social told @jjreport.bsky.social. “You can’t recreate that.”
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...
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The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
Marineland asks Canadian government for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent
The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
bit.ly
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Marineland park near Niagara Falls has asked the Canadian government for emergency funding to feed and care for its whales, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent.
I'm at the Embassy of Austria for an anniversary screening of Sound of Music with Salzburg Global and if you think I didn't turn it into a sing along we've never met in real life.
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I'm at the Embassy of Austria for an anniversary screening of Sound of Music with Salzburg Global and if you think I didn't turn it into a sing along we've never met in real life.
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In Juneau, people came together to educate children and teens about the history of boarding schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.
On Orange Shirt Day, descendants of boarding schools survivors sing to remember what wasn’t lost
In Juneau, people came together to educate young people about the history of residential schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.
akpub.io
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In Juneau, people came together to educate children and teens about the history of boarding schools and to celebrate Native languages and cultures that thrive despite that history.
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Deepfakes of broadcast journalists are spreading across social media. Many of them are ads selling cryptocurrencies, gambling apps, and snake oil medicines.
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
Scammers are using video deepfakes of journalists to peddle products online
Broadcast journalists around the world are being targeted amid an explosion in deepfake scams. Are social media platforms doing enough to counter them?
www.niemanlab.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Deepfakes of broadcast journalists are spreading across social media. Many of them are ads selling cryptocurrencies, gambling apps, and snake oil medicines.
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
Meanwhile, social media companies like Meta profit off the ad dollars. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scam...
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BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
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The FTC and five states are suing Zillow and Redfin, saying Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its apartment rental advertising business and transfer its clients to Zillow.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The FTC and five states are suing Zillow and Redfin, saying Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its apartment rental advertising business and transfer its clients to Zillow.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
This would constitute an illegal scheme to stop competition in the online housing rental market.
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Join us in D.C. for #MediaFest25! After participating in sessions on freelancing and entrepreneurship alongside @timherrera.bsky.social, @nicoledec.bsky.social and @stacieoverton.bsky.social, we’ll host a meetup for freelancers on Oct. 16! RSVP for more details: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join us in D.C. for #MediaFest25! After participating in sessions on freelancing and entrepreneurship alongside @timherrera.bsky.social, @nicoledec.bsky.social and @stacieoverton.bsky.social, we’ll host a meetup for freelancers on Oct. 16! RSVP for more details: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
How odd that this fawning review of Levi's reopening its museum doesn't mention SF's current mayor is a Levi's heir. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Exclusive: Levi’s to reopen its waterfront S.F. museum that’s been closed to the public for years
The museum’s reboot will begin with an exhibit that highlights Levi’s influence in music, such as a pair of patched-up jeans worn by Kurt Cobain and a bodysuit made for Beyonce.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
How odd that this fawning review of Levi's reopening its museum doesn't mention SF's current mayor is a Levi's heir. www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
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FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities say.
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities say.
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
u.afp.com/SWHg
How it started - Spent the last year learning AI and prompt engineering like it was my actual job.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How it started - Spent the last year learning AI and prompt engineering like it was my actual job.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
How it's going - Just threatened to build a machine to Weird Science ChatGPT so I could murder it.
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The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around Anchorage.
It was a strip club. Then a church. Now it’s Anchorage’s newest homeless shelter.
The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around town.
www.adn.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The former Fantasies on Fifth property is now a 100-bed shelter, part of a larger strategy to provide multiple smaller shelters scattered around Anchorage.
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Newsom just signed a California law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols, setting a potential national standard for big tech.
Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law
Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation AI safety bill into law — ending a lobbying battle with big tech and setting a potential national precedent.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Newsom just signed a California law that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols, setting a potential national standard for big tech.
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Today in Proximities:
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
Sudan, Madagascar, Cuba.
Today's three stories you should know.
www.proximities.news
September 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today in Proximities:
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
- At least 23 people, including children and pregnant women, have starved to death in Sudan's el-Fasher this month
- Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Antananarivo
- Black liberation activist Assata Shakur dies in Cuba
www.proximities.news/p/sudan-mada...
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New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.
Seniors are the only age group with growing poverty. It could get worse
Seniors are the only age group that saw a rise in poverty in 2024, Census Bureau data show. Without government help, it could get worse, experts say.
www.usatoday.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New Census data reveals rising poverty among older adults—over 9 million seniors (15%) live in poverty, with rates higher in communities of color. These aren’t just stats; they’re our parents, grandparents, neighbors, and keepers of our culture, all deserving to age with dignity.