nicole froio
@nicolefroio.bsky.social
Doctor in Women's Studies | Writer, researcher, reporter | Co-founder of The Flytrap | she/her | hire/tip me: nicolefroio@gmail.com | anarcho-feminist | Free Palestine
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I'm not kidding about this, and I think there's interesting ways to scaffold it and partner with existing work happening in the space, including campus publications. For the past couple years I've helped pilot or organize paid opportunities for young writers and journalists.
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm not kidding about this, and I think there's interesting ways to scaffold it and partner with existing work happening in the space, including campus publications. For the past couple years I've helped pilot or organize paid opportunities for young writers and journalists.
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In my dreams there's a worker-owned publication covering issues impacting young people, their jobs, their campuses, etc. that prioritizes paying and supporting young people to do a lot of that coverage. (And in my dreams I'm organized enough to get moving on this.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In my dreams there's a worker-owned publication covering issues impacting young people, their jobs, their campuses, etc. that prioritizes paying and supporting young people to do a lot of that coverage. (And in my dreams I'm organized enough to get moving on this.)
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
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Just a reminder that the latest Best American Food and Travel anthology is for sale now, and you can submit pieces for next years anthology to bestamericanfoodtravel@gmail.com! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025
“These stories remind us that food is not just fuel, nor is travel just movement,” writes Bryant Terry in his introduction. “They are acts of remembrance, r...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just a reminder that the latest Best American Food and Travel anthology is for sale now, and you can submit pieces for next years anthology to bestamericanfoodtravel@gmail.com! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
uhh just catching up on this trump fellatio thing and I wish i hadn't logged on
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
uhh just catching up on this trump fellatio thing and I wish i hadn't logged on
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i've half-joked about how you aren't actually rich until you have "cancer money", or enough that you can pay for treatment *and* be out of work for however long *and* maintain your or your family's basic quality of life (ie, not having to liquidate core assets like your primary residence).
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
i've half-joked about how you aren't actually rich until you have "cancer money", or enough that you can pay for treatment *and* be out of work for however long *and* maintain your or your family's basic quality of life (ie, not having to liquidate core assets like your primary residence).
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Fascinating and incredibly sad read about French colonialism and forced sexual labor in 1930s Morocco.
The Lost Daughters of Bousbir
Under French rule in the 1930s, hundreds of Moroccan girls and women were trapped in Casablanca’s red-light district
newlinesmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Fascinating and incredibly sad read about French colonialism and forced sexual labor in 1930s Morocco.
what does this mean i am scared
Mark Epstein asked Jeffrey Epstein in an email to ask Steve Bannon if Vladimir Putin has "the photos of Trump blowing Bubba."
Donald Trump ‘Blowing Bubba’ Message in Epstein Emails Under Scrutiny
www.newsweek.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
what does this mean i am scared
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"Centrists" have commitment issues
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"Centrists" have commitment issues
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“Since its inception, the philanthropic sector has largely served to uphold the status quo. The majority of institutions are designed to preserve power, not to disrupt it.”
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Palestine nonprofits at ‘financial crossroads'
Some nonprofits that have been defunded are shifting away from foundations and toward fundraising efforts grounded in community and shared politics
prismreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Since its inception, the philanthropic sector has largely served to uphold the status quo. The majority of institutions are designed to preserve power, not to disrupt it.”
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
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The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
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i know we won't, but we have got to understand that a keystone of the republican project is to both categorize whole classes of people as criminal to justify locking them up, or to make them so broken and desperate that lawbreaking is all but certain to happen.
Justice Sam Alito was v disturbed yesterday by the mere possibility that judges might be using the federal compassionate release statute to *checks notes* grant incarcerated people's requests for compassionate release
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ferna...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/ferna...
Sam Alito Very Concerned About the Possibility of People Not Being In Prison For As Long As Possible
Interesting to which issues prompt judges to get worked up about other judges deciding cases in line with their personal ideological agendas.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
i know we won't, but we have got to understand that a keystone of the republican project is to both categorize whole classes of people as criminal to justify locking them up, or to make them so broken and desperate that lawbreaking is all but certain to happen.
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This week's Bitch Media reprint is so key to the archives we are trying to rebuild. Vanessa Willoughby writes on Black women's influence in punk culture--and the attempts to erase their influence over the years.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/loud-and-cle...
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Loud and Clear
There is no punk without Black women.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This week's Bitch Media reprint is so key to the archives we are trying to rebuild. Vanessa Willoughby writes on Black women's influence in punk culture--and the attempts to erase their influence over the years.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/loud-and-cle...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/loud-and-cle...
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This piece is really good
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to...
defector.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This piece is really good
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Erin not to shamelessly promote my own media company but @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social wrote about this literally this week!!!!
Amid Fierce Patriarchal Backlash and Surging Fascism, Does Freeing the Nipple Still Matter?
A transgender woman with “indecent” breasts makes the case that topless equality is still worth fighting for.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Erin not to shamelessly promote my own media company but @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social wrote about this literally this week!!!!
two idiots bonding over how to stay stupid, really beautiful to see.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
two idiots bonding over how to stay stupid, really beautiful to see.
i fucking love my job i love journalism oh my god
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
i fucking love my job i love journalism oh my god
is this a thing 😭
Does anyone who regularly drinks 50mg+ THC bevs wanna talk to me about it for a story?
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
is this a thing 😭
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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After having two planned kids, i'm more thankful than ever that i was able to access abortion for earlier, unwanted pregnancies. My first kid = back pain, vomiting all through, sleeplessness, brain fog, wrecked abs. The second = wrecked teeth, abs, & pelvic floor + constant exhaustion. #ProChoice
The idea that a person would be forced tho go thru this when they don't want to go thru this is so unbearably cruel to think about.
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
After having two planned kids, i'm more thankful than ever that i was able to access abortion for earlier, unwanted pregnancies. My first kid = back pain, vomiting all through, sleeplessness, brain fog, wrecked abs. The second = wrecked teeth, abs, & pelvic floor + constant exhaustion. #ProChoice
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Full article on Tyson's use of Palantir's surveillance tech here: sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...
How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir's Surveillance Tech
Palantir’s controversial software platform is capable of integrating vast amounts of data — but at what risk?
sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Full article on Tyson's use of Palantir's surveillance tech here: sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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I love them so much 😍
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I love them so much 😍
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I was always pro-choice, but being pregnant and having children myself radicalized me even more. Forcing someone to do all that if they don’t want to is inhumane.
This is gonna sound so obvious but after a close friend had a baby and I saw how hard it is to be pregnant (and it was a healthy pregnancy, everything went super well!), i feel like I'm even more pro-choice than before because damn being pregnant is NOT easy even at the best of times
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I was always pro-choice, but being pregnant and having children myself radicalized me even more. Forcing someone to do all that if they don’t want to is inhumane.