Theodora Ruhs
@theodoraruhs.bsky.social
PhD holder and teacher of journalism at a CT university. Currently too tired to be any good at social media-ing. (She/Her)
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Theodora Ruhs
@theodoraruhs.bsky.social
· Feb 15
Ch 10-Ruhs-I'm Ravenous for News.pdf
drive.google.com
3/4 My chapter explores the control of and access to news and information and the role of journalism in both democratic and authoritarian societies. (I know I went overboard on footnotes.) Some of the content may have seemed dated last year but is now highly relevant again. #journalism
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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This puppy needs a foster FAST! He wanted 2b on ur sofa watching Bad Bunny and the Seahawks- instead he’s on death row- to be euthanized at 1yr old- East Coast if some1 can open up their homes for him- pls message me! If not just reshare by reposting and save a life! #BadBunny #dogsofbluesky
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 AM
This puppy needs a foster FAST! He wanted 2b on ur sofa watching Bad Bunny and the Seahawks- instead he’s on death row- to be euthanized at 1yr old- East Coast if some1 can open up their homes for him- pls message me! If not just reshare by reposting and save a life! #BadBunny #dogsofbluesky
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Can’t talk Super Bowl without Autumn Lockwood. First Black woman to coach in AND win the Super Bowl ✨
Video Description:
Mychal wishes you a Happy Bad Bunny Super Bowl Day! He highlights Autumn Lockwood’s impact. Mychal refers to her as history, HERstory, extraordinary 💜
#BlackHistoryMonth
Video Description:
Mychal wishes you a Happy Bad Bunny Super Bowl Day! He highlights Autumn Lockwood’s impact. Mychal refers to her as history, HERstory, extraordinary 💜
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Can’t talk Super Bowl without Autumn Lockwood. First Black woman to coach in AND win the Super Bowl ✨
Video Description:
Mychal wishes you a Happy Bad Bunny Super Bowl Day! He highlights Autumn Lockwood’s impact. Mychal refers to her as history, HERstory, extraordinary 💜
#BlackHistoryMonth
Video Description:
Mychal wishes you a Happy Bad Bunny Super Bowl Day! He highlights Autumn Lockwood’s impact. Mychal refers to her as history, HERstory, extraordinary 💜
#BlackHistoryMonth
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"I saw people laying in feces. People throwing up, people laying in urine."
The former worker provided WUSA9 with what they claim are internal head count sheets from December showing…47, 50 and 56 detainees in the same cell…and as many as 50 in an even smaller cell. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The former worker provided WUSA9 with what they claim are internal head count sheets from December showing…47, 50 and 56 detainees in the same cell…and as many as 50 in an even smaller cell. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Former ICE Facility Worker 'saw people laying in feces' at Baltimore Detention Center
Whistleblower provides internal documents alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage
www.wusa9.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"I saw people laying in feces. People throwing up, people laying in urine."
The former worker provided WUSA9 with what they claim are internal head count sheets from December showing…47, 50 and 56 detainees in the same cell…and as many as 50 in an even smaller cell. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The former worker provided WUSA9 with what they claim are internal head count sheets from December showing…47, 50 and 56 detainees in the same cell…and as many as 50 in an even smaller cell. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Yet again a pup is at risk because their human lost their home. This should never happen pets or humans, but it keeps happening. Let’s find a foster and save Summer so her humane doesn’t have that grief on top of housing insecurity.
💔AT RISK 🐶SUMMER
Her human became homeless & now 7 y/o Summer, who liked to follow her human around is all alone. An affectionate couch potato, Summer’s favorite activities were watching movies & eating beef jerky
She’s been at the shelter just 8 days🤬
Please repost to find a #foster
Her human became homeless & now 7 y/o Summer, who liked to follow her human around is all alone. An affectionate couch potato, Summer’s favorite activities were watching movies & eating beef jerky
She’s been at the shelter just 8 days🤬
Please repost to find a #foster
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Yet again a pup is at risk because their human lost their home. This should never happen pets or humans, but it keeps happening. Let’s find a foster and save Summer so her humane doesn’t have that grief on top of housing insecurity.
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You see there’s a basebowl and a superbowlstructure
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
You see there’s a basebowl and a superbowlstructure
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This is the ur-grift: it’s not the get-rich-quick scheme that makes you rich, it’s teaching other people how to sell it to someone else.
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is the ur-grift: it’s not the get-rich-quick scheme that makes you rich, it’s teaching other people how to sell it to someone else.
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Bringing back this thread.
I think more of you should be getting your news from photographers. Here’s a thread. Most aren’t here. Sorry, you’ll have to branch out.
Scott Olson, Getty.
Scott Olson, Getty.
Scott Olson on Instagram: "Border patrol agents smash out a man’s car window before taking him into custody for failing to present citizenship documentation while at a gas station in St. Paul, MN. #b...
8,138 likes, 402 comments - olsongetty on January 11, 2026: "Border patrol agents smash out a man’s car window before taking him into custody for failing to present citizenship documentation while at ...
www.instagram.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Bringing back this thread.
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Giving somebody anonymity in a FEATURE WRITTEN ABOUT THEM is absolutely ridiculous unless they are like fleeing persecution. She doesn’t want to tell readers the truth, she doesn’t want to take responsibility for the ethical problems with what she’s doing, WHY are you promoting her?
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Giving somebody anonymity in a FEATURE WRITTEN ABOUT THEM is absolutely ridiculous unless they are like fleeing persecution. She doesn’t want to tell readers the truth, she doesn’t want to take responsibility for the ethical problems with what she’s doing, WHY are you promoting her?
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Bitsy Beauty 246123
Listed TBK 2/10
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a shy 3 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Loved being with her people and plush toys in prev home
Highly fearful in care
Needs all adult home
Save Bitsy Beauty!
nycacc.app/browse/246123
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
Listed TBK 2/10
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a shy 3 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Loved being with her people and plush toys in prev home
Highly fearful in care
Needs all adult home
Save Bitsy Beauty!
nycacc.app/browse/246123
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
February 8, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Bitsy Beauty 246123
Listed TBK 2/10
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a shy 3 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Loved being with her people and plush toys in prev home
Highly fearful in care
Needs all adult home
Save Bitsy Beauty!
nycacc.app/browse/246123
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
Listed TBK 2/10
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a shy 3 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Loved being with her people and plush toys in prev home
Highly fearful in care
Needs all adult home
Save Bitsy Beauty!
nycacc.app/browse/246123
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
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Share it far and wide. You never know who it will reach.💔
I’m Coast. I’m 1yr old- no video- but on death row as a puppy! I need medical attention. If u foster me a rescue can take care of me! NY NJ NH NE CT DE DC MD ME PA VA VT RI I CAN BE TRANSPORTED/vet take care of! Pls help me! I ♥️ Bad Bunny! I hate #DonaldTrump pls share me! I’m a baby
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Share it far and wide. You never know who it will reach.💔
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One of the most unrealistic episodes of Law & Order is when a college professor was accused of killing another professor cuz they were competing over who'd be chair of the department.
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
One of the most unrealistic episodes of Law & Order is when a college professor was accused of killing another professor cuz they were competing over who'd be chair of the department.
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Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
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It's important to remember: The Washington Post's business problems are a direct result of decisions Jeff Bezos has made—not the newsroom. Yet it's the newsroom paying the price.
Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMG...
Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMG...
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
It's important to remember: The Washington Post's business problems are a direct result of decisions Jeff Bezos has made—not the newsroom. Yet it's the newsroom paying the price.
Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMG...
Watch the full episode of Power Lines on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMG...
I really hate that whenever I see something with a congrats, happy bday, condolences, etc., for a white male public figure whose work I have admired, I now immediately wonder if they are in the Epstein files before sharing, commenting, or simply vicariously enjoying the praise.
February 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I really hate that whenever I see something with a congrats, happy bday, condolences, etc., for a white male public figure whose work I have admired, I now immediately wonder if they are in the Epstein files before sharing, commenting, or simply vicariously enjoying the praise.
I’m tempted to turn this into a writing exercise and see if my journalism students can improve it.
Hey man. You work at a newspaper. Have some self respect and try to write at least one sentence that doesn’t feel like sandpaper on my eyeballs.
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I’m tempted to turn this into a writing exercise and see if my journalism students can improve it.
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Upside for Yale — this freshman journalist has published an unforgettable last sentence.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
yaledailynews.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Upside for Yale — this freshman journalist has published an unforgettable last sentence.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
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OK so now the former CEO of Tumblr is running the Washington Post. Tumblr. A company whose history is a textbook case study in corporate value destruction.
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
OK so now the former CEO of Tumblr is running the Washington Post. Tumblr. A company whose history is a textbook case study in corporate value destruction.
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NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Kerigold 244991
Kill Command
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a cute 6 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Chews on leg of kuranda bed
Recently had puppies
Found in Dollar Tree parking lot
Save Kerigold!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
Kill Command
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a cute 6 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Chews on leg of kuranda bed
Recently had puppies
Found in Dollar Tree parking lot
Save Kerigold!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Kerigold 244991
Kill Command
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a cute 6 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Chews on leg of kuranda bed
Recently had puppies
Found in Dollar Tree parking lot
Save Kerigold!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
Kill Command
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
She is a cute 6 yr old
Has CIRDC 🚑
Chews on leg of kuranda bed
Recently had puppies
Found in Dollar Tree parking lot
Save Kerigold!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
This poor girl needs some love. Not her fault she caught kennel cough. Can anyone help her out and foster?
Knoll 245187
Kill Command
#NYCACC #AdoptMe
She is a pretty 3 yr old
Upgraded to publicly adoptable
Has CIRDC 🚑
Intensely fearful & shutdown, but slowly seeks attention from familiar staff
Save Knoll!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
Kill Command
#NYCACC #AdoptMe
She is a pretty 3 yr old
Upgraded to publicly adoptable
Has CIRDC 🚑
Intensely fearful & shutdown, but slowly seeks attention from familiar staff
Save Knoll!
#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This poor girl needs some love. Not her fault she caught kennel cough. Can anyone help her out and foster?
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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It turns out if you follow too many deer too closely they will actually get pissed and try to scare you away. I never learned how to scare off deer because usually *it isn't fucking necessary*.
February 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
It turns out if you follow too many deer too closely they will actually get pissed and try to scare you away. I never learned how to scare off deer because usually *it isn't fucking necessary*.