Chris Morran
@themorrancave.bsky.social
Audience editor, @ProPublica.org
Philadelphia resident and sports masochist
My dog likes you.
Philadelphia resident and sports masochist
My dog likes you.
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New for @propublica.org: Drug-testing cutoff levels (the amount that triggers a "positive" result) vary from lab to lab. Kaitlin tested "positive" for Codeine at a hospital in New Jersey, but she would have tested "negative" if she were in the military. www.propublica.org/article/drug...
January 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
New for @propublica.org: Drug-testing cutoff levels (the amount that triggers a "positive" result) vary from lab to lab. Kaitlin tested "positive" for Codeine at a hospital in New Jersey, but she would have tested "negative" if she were in the military. www.propublica.org/article/drug...
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“Under the Iowa waiver, SNAP users can buy a Twix bar because it contains flour—which is not taxable—but not a Snickers bar, according to the Food Research and Action Center.”
civileats.com/2026/01/05/s...
civileats.com/2026/01/05/s...
SNAP Restrictions Take Effect in Five States
With last minute federal guidance, grocers have lingering concerns about how new SNAP waivers will be implemented.
civileats.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
“Under the Iowa waiver, SNAP users can buy a Twix bar because it contains flour—which is not taxable—but not a Snickers bar, according to the Food Research and Action Center.”
civileats.com/2026/01/05/s...
civileats.com/2026/01/05/s...
Five years ago tomorrow, thousands of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol.
Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love."
Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:
Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love."
Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:
What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
projects.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Five years ago tomorrow, thousands of the president's supporters stormed the Capitol.
Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love."
Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:
Trump has since dubbed Jan. 6 a "day of love."
Scroll through @propublica.org's massive trove of parler videos -- organized by time and location -- from that day and judge for yourself:
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New year! New opportunities for local newsrooms to collaborate with @propublica.org!
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Local Reporting Network Fellow
Remote, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
New year! New opportunities for local newsrooms to collaborate with @propublica.org!
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
Applications are open for 15 yearlong Local Reporting Network partnerships for 2026.
We will review project proposals on a ROLLING basis, with Feb 5 as the 1st deadline.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Personally I'm counting on the Great Pumpkin to fix this
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So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho
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Stories built on "U.S. officials," especially ones published just hours after an action, are rarely the actual inside story.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
January 4, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Stories built on "U.S. officials," especially ones published just hours after an action, are rarely the actual inside story.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
And papers shouldn't be playing like they are.
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A dozen paragraphs in:
At least 40 Venezuelans killed, and a half-dozen American soldiers injured.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
At least 40 Venezuelans killed, and a half-dozen American soldiers injured.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 AM
A dozen paragraphs in:
At least 40 Venezuelans killed, and a half-dozen American soldiers injured.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
At least 40 Venezuelans killed, and a half-dozen American soldiers injured.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
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When officials in first Trump admin war-gamed the ousting Maduro, they predicted "chaos for a sustained period of time with no possibility of ending it.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
When officials in first Trump admin war-gamed the ousting Maduro, they predicted "chaos for a sustained period of time with no possibility of ending it.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Maybe this is old fashioned, but I don’t feel like a news organization should… love things?
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 3, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Maybe this is old fashioned, but I don’t feel like a news organization should… love things?
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You can make LLMs say almost anything. A news organization reporting "what grok said" is engaging in journalistic malpractice. It doesn't know. It just creates plausible sounding words in response to a prompt.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
You can make LLMs say almost anything. A news organization reporting "what grok said" is engaging in journalistic malpractice. It doesn't know. It just creates plausible sounding words in response to a prompt.
The Stranger Things finale is for people who thought Return of the King needed another 15 endings.
January 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The Stranger Things finale is for people who thought Return of the King needed another 15 endings.
I've hit that age where the idiots i knew in high school are no longer wasting their time on Facebook trying to rope me into their latest MLM pyramid scheme -- because they've now moved on to shilling for their adult kids' MLM pyramid schemes.
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I've hit that age where the idiots i knew in high school are no longer wasting their time on Facebook trying to rope me into their latest MLM pyramid scheme -- because they've now moved on to shilling for their adult kids' MLM pyramid schemes.
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published February)
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published February)
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published February)
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published February)
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Wait. It's only *then* that you realized the importance of correcting them?
Again I believe that AI tools are quite useful but only if users know from the start their limitations
Again I believe that AI tools are quite useful but only if users know from the start their limitations
December 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wait. It's only *then* that you realized the importance of correcting them?
Again I believe that AI tools are quite useful but only if users know from the start their limitations
Again I believe that AI tools are quite useful but only if users know from the start their limitations
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good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein
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The Chicago Tribune counted 106 cases of immigration agents arresting citizens & protestors in Chicago
The admin called them "rioters" and "agitators" who would face the full force of the law
The reality: The 106 arrests have resulted in....9 felony charges
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/c...
The admin called them "rioters" and "agitators" who would face the full force of the law
The reality: The 106 arrests have resulted in....9 felony charges
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/c...
December 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The Chicago Tribune counted 106 cases of immigration agents arresting citizens & protestors in Chicago
The admin called them "rioters" and "agitators" who would face the full force of the law
The reality: The 106 arrests have resulted in....9 felony charges
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/c...
The admin called them "rioters" and "agitators" who would face the full force of the law
The reality: The 106 arrests have resulted in....9 felony charges
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/c...
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Today I went to the museum where the Gestapo HQ was and realized some of these guys literally got less time for helping do the holocaust than we now routinely give to nonviolent drug offenders
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Today I went to the museum where the Gestapo HQ was and realized some of these guys literally got less time for helping do the holocaust than we now routinely give to nonviolent drug offenders
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Well, this fucking sucks.
Isiah Whitlock Jr., ‘The Wire’ and ‘Veep’ Actor, Dies at 71
Isiah Whitlock Jr., a character actor best known for his roles in 'The Wire,' 'Veep' and several Spike Lee movies, has died. He was 71.
variety.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Well, this fucking sucks.
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This is a tired strategy: accuse journalists seeking response and more information of "stalking" and "harassment"... rather than engage even to simply offer a "no comment." People in power, especially taxpayer-funded ones, should have to answer questions: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a tired strategy: accuse journalists seeking response and more information of "stalking" and "harassment"... rather than engage even to simply offer a "no comment." People in power, especially taxpayer-funded ones, should have to answer questions: www.propublica.org/article/prop...