Jeff Seelbach
@sievefistedfind.bsky.social
Documentary Film & TV including jams like Philly DA (PBS), Queer Futures (Criterion), 16 Shots (Showtime), Dear Mr. Brody (Discovery+)
Old Haunts: Topic, AJ+, Wide Angle/PBS, WNUR, Dusted Mag
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Old Haunts: Topic, AJ+, Wide Angle/PBS, WNUR, Dusted Mag
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Avatar: use in case of Purple Rain
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💥💥Our podcast When The Wolves Came is a Signal finalist for Best Documentary! It explores the extremist politics that have taken over US evangelical Christianity, and the pastors, congregants, and organizers who are pushing back in favor of a pluralist path. It is, as they say, relevant.
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the future of media is gonna be normal people saying "This looks like shit" and CEOs being like "no it doesn't and if you disagree i will report you to the police"
Coke's New AI-Generated Ad Required 100 Staff and 70,000 AI-Generated Clips, and It Still Looks Like Garbage
Coke has made yet another series of AI ads to herald the coming of the holidays — and they look just as bad as they did last year.
futurism.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
the future of media is gonna be normal people saying "This looks like shit" and CEOs being like "no it doesn't and if you disagree i will report you to the police"
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JOB ALERT! We are hiring a business editor.
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
Senior Editor, Business
New York City, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
JOB ALERT! We are hiring a business editor.
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
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Mike Johnson’s 7 week refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva bigger than just Epstein files (though that’s BFD). He’s also laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in 2026, as I reported for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Mike Johnson’s 7 week refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva bigger than just Epstein files (though that’s BFD). He’s also laying groundwork to attempt to prevent winning Dems from taking office if House majority up for grabs in 2026, as I reported for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
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Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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just learned that there's a secret unfinished subway station under our neighborhood. ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/i...
Inside the eerie, unfinished 1930s subway station under a South Williamsburg street
New York is physically two cities. One is at street level, a grid of mostly brick and steel. The other is underground, a subterranean world of tunnels and tubes—not all of which can be accessed. On…
ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
just learned that there's a secret unfinished subway station under our neighborhood. ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/i...
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"Bangkok after Dark" is reviewed in the latest issue of Perfect Beat. Appreciate it! James Mitchell is fiercely informed about Thai pop music, and I'm grateful to have his eyes on it -- this is the first academic journal review of the book as well.
journal.equinoxpub.com/PB/article/v...
journal.equinoxpub.com/PB/article/v...
View of Benjamin Tausig. 2025. Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies
journal.equinoxpub.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Bangkok after Dark" is reviewed in the latest issue of Perfect Beat. Appreciate it! James Mitchell is fiercely informed about Thai pop music, and I'm grateful to have his eyes on it -- this is the first academic journal review of the book as well.
journal.equinoxpub.com/PB/article/v...
journal.equinoxpub.com/PB/article/v...
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What remarkable pieces of shit these people are. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What remarkable pieces of shit these people are. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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The federal legislation that addresses the lack of artist bargaining power which allows Discovery Mode to happen is @ross.house.gov's Protect Working Musicians Act. It's expected to be reintroduced sometime after the shutdown ends.
Spotify’s Discovery Mode allows artists to flag songs to be boosted in Spotify’s algorithmic recommendations in exchange for a 30% royalty commission—but a lawsuit accuses the streaming company of boosting artists who pay them.
Spotify Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Discovery Mode Is A ‘Pay-For-Play Scheme’
Spotify’s Discovery Mode allows artists to flag songs to be boosted in Spotify’s algorithmic recommendations in exchange for a 30% royalty commission—but a lawsuit accuses the streaming company of boosting artists who pay them.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The federal legislation that addresses the lack of artist bargaining power which allows Discovery Mode to happen is @ross.house.gov's Protect Working Musicians Act. It's expected to be reintroduced sometime after the shutdown ends.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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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:
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This is what independent music media is for
Since 2022, Horsegirl, Lifeguard, and Friko have gone global—but what happened with the teen scene they grew out of? I talked to 18 different people about the Hallogallo scene now
chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
What happens when a teen rock scene grows up? - Chicago Reader
The Hallogallo scene has produced international successes—Horsegirl, Friko, Lifeguard—as its grassroots DIY spirit spreads beyond Chicago.
chicagoreader.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is what independent music media is for
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
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Do any editors who follow me want to commission an essay on Zohran and the legacy of Jewish socialist New York
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Do any editors who follow me want to commission an essay on Zohran and the legacy of Jewish socialist New York
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THE TORTURE AND DELIVERANCE OF MAJID KHAN, CHAPTER 5 // PETE’S CANDY STORE // TONIGHT
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
THE TORTURE AND DELIVERANCE OF MAJID KHAN, CHAPTER 5 // PETE’S CANDY STORE // TONIGHT
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Hard to imagine anything topping the sandwich guy’s acquittal.
The left is on a roll!
The left is on a roll!
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hard to imagine anything topping the sandwich guy’s acquittal.
The left is on a roll!
The left is on a roll!
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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What’s more Chicago right now than handing off 200 whistles in a Portillos bag.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What’s more Chicago right now than handing off 200 whistles in a Portillos bag.
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absolutely cursed property. anything short of returning it to death by audio/285 kent/glasslands (or equivalent) will result in generations of karmic haunt to all future tenants & their parent corporations.
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
absolutely cursed property. anything short of returning it to death by audio/285 kent/glasslands (or equivalent) will result in generations of karmic haunt to all future tenants & their parent corporations.