Dan Phiffer
@phiffer.org
Web developer at @propublica.org. Sometimes (rarely) mixed up with the Dan Pfeiffer who has a podcast. Lives in Troy, NY. He/him.
More active on Mastodon: https://social.coop/@dphiffer
More active on Mastodon: https://social.coop/@dphiffer
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples →
Some examples →
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us
Some examples →
Some examples →
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“I’ll see you in court,” New York Attorney General Tish James says to Condé Nast at a rally over, well, my own firing. Reinstate the Fired Four ✊
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“I’ll see you in court,” New York Attorney General Tish James says to Condé Nast at a rally over, well, my own firing. Reinstate the Fired Four ✊
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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There are so many hyperlocal AI slop journalism sites popping up in news deserts and there are few, if any, local media reporters helping people make sense of them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There are so many hyperlocal AI slop journalism sites popping up in news deserts and there are few, if any, local media reporters helping people make sense of them.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
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SNAP surveys SNAP users. Already half of them are saying they are skipping meals.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
SNAP surveys SNAP users. Already half of them are saying they are skipping meals.
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More people have died in ICE custody in last 9 months than in the entire prior 4 years.
We hear of a few, but most barely make the news.
Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel.
He was in perfect health when ICE detained him.
He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state.
We hear of a few, but most barely make the news.
Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel.
He was in perfect health when ICE detained him.
He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state.
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
More people have died in ICE custody in last 9 months than in the entire prior 4 years.
We hear of a few, but most barely make the news.
Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel.
He was in perfect health when ICE detained him.
He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state.
We hear of a few, but most barely make the news.
Cases like Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel.
He was in perfect health when ICE detained him.
He disappeared in June & by August was in a vegetative state.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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A whole new generation is going to be reading about Eugene Debs this morning.
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs, Vol. I
An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A whole new generation is going to be reading about Eugene Debs this morning.
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
Read him from Haymarket in his own words.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
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French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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“the CIA’s venture capital arm provided funding for Skincential Sciences for their skin care products that have patented DNA extraction technology…, it’s also a technology that could potentially permit the CIA to collect data about people’s biochemistry via exfoliation.”
slate.com/life/2025/11...
slate.com/life/2025/11...
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“the CIA’s venture capital arm provided funding for Skincential Sciences for their skin care products that have patented DNA extraction technology…, it’s also a technology that could potentially permit the CIA to collect data about people’s biochemistry via exfoliation.”
slate.com/life/2025/11...
slate.com/life/2025/11...
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if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Vancouver friends! I'm speaking at the first-ever 'Cabbage and the City' event, where guests get to make and eat (and take home!) cabbage rolls and be part of a civic conversation. Bring a baking dish and a bottle of something and come say hi! 🥬🌃
www.sfu.ca/sca/events--...
www.sfu.ca/sca/events--...
Cabbage and the City
Blending civic conversation with culinary tradition | Sunday, November 23, 2025 | 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Avenue, Vancouver | Pay What You Can | Suggested donation of $10
www.sfu.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Vancouver friends! I'm speaking at the first-ever 'Cabbage and the City' event, where guests get to make and eat (and take home!) cabbage rolls and be part of a civic conversation. Bring a baking dish and a bottle of something and come say hi! 🥬🌃
www.sfu.ca/sca/events--...
www.sfu.ca/sca/events--...
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The Trump administration is promising to block billions in already awarded infrastructure bill broadband grants to any state that tries to enforce net neutrality or impose any sort of price controls on the U.S.' shitty broadband monopolies:
Trump admin demands states exempt ISPs from net neutrality and price laws
US says net neutrality is price regulation and is banned in $42B grant program.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Trump administration is promising to block billions in already awarded infrastructure bill broadband grants to any state that tries to enforce net neutrality or impose any sort of price controls on the U.S.' shitty broadband monopolies:
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study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
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The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
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Loaded up my car tonight for future errands/encounters with the unhoused on corners.
Snacks, juice boxes, hand warmers, wet wipes and pads in snap top bags. If you have a cheap home goods place, you can grab umbrellas for $5 each.
Make eye contact, give, connect. See your neighbor.
Snacks, juice boxes, hand warmers, wet wipes and pads in snap top bags. If you have a cheap home goods place, you can grab umbrellas for $5 each.
Make eye contact, give, connect. See your neighbor.
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Loaded up my car tonight for future errands/encounters with the unhoused on corners.
Snacks, juice boxes, hand warmers, wet wipes and pads in snap top bags. If you have a cheap home goods place, you can grab umbrellas for $5 each.
Make eye contact, give, connect. See your neighbor.
Snacks, juice boxes, hand warmers, wet wipes and pads in snap top bags. If you have a cheap home goods place, you can grab umbrellas for $5 each.
Make eye contact, give, connect. See your neighbor.
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Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in charge of operations in Chicago, told a judge today the government needs more time to submit use-of-force reports to the court because of the "sheer volume" of reports
Ellis orders Border Patrol to submit, under seal, all of the use of force incidents in Chicago by the end of the day.
She also wants all of the body-worn camera footage.
Bovino says the "sheer volume" of the reports makes that impossible.
She also wants all of the body-worn camera footage.
Bovino says the "sheer volume" of the reports makes that impossible.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in charge of operations in Chicago, told a judge today the government needs more time to submit use-of-force reports to the court because of the "sheer volume" of reports