Brittany Lockard
@brittyboolock.bsky.social
Public relations nerd in a love/hate relationship with fantasy football. Avid dog lover who can be found hiking in the mountains or playing video games to unwind. Thoughts/opinions are my own.
Spelling names correctly is the lowest bar of journalism. When I was in college, we lost a letter grade for each typo and failed the assignment if we had a typo in the headline or misspelled a name. Glad to see CBS News will have lower standards than the Appalachian State undergrad program.
welcome to the new era of CBS News, where brave truth-telling takes precedence over spelling Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly
October 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Spelling names correctly is the lowest bar of journalism. When I was in college, we lost a letter grade for each typo and failed the assignment if we had a typo in the headline or misspelled a name. Glad to see CBS News will have lower standards than the Appalachian State undergrad program.
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my Dad watching us kids shovel the driveway
September 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my Dad watching us kids shovel the driveway
What has a multiscore lead ever done to wrong the Steelers? What do they have against a fourth quarter that doesn't feel like a panic attack?
September 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What has a multiscore lead ever done to wrong the Steelers? What do they have against a fourth quarter that doesn't feel like a panic attack?
I read this twice to really let the horror sink in. I can already feel how this is going to haunt me in the middle of the night on a recurring basis. Ugh.
one thing that is true for everyone reading this: unless something changes dramatically the number of people who agree with you on what basic facts constitute "reality" will shrink every year for the rest of your life
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I read this twice to really let the horror sink in. I can already feel how this is going to haunt me in the middle of the night on a recurring basis. Ugh.
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We keep to the old ways here
September 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We keep to the old ways here
How did they know that burning the candle at both ends so that I can overdeliver despite a lack of resources is what gets me out of bed in the morning?!
September 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How did they know that burning the candle at both ends so that I can overdeliver despite a lack of resources is what gets me out of bed in the morning?!
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Micah Parsons Unnerved By Deafening Roar Of 80,000 Packers Fans Catching Breath
September 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Micah Parsons Unnerved By Deafening Roar Of 80,000 Packers Fans Catching Breath
I'm watching the Steelers game against my will and my poor, sweet, well-meaning partner has no idea the mistake he's made. He seems to think this is good conversion therapy to turn me into a Packers fan but it is backfiring fantastically as I become radicalized against the league as a whole.
September 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm watching the Steelers game against my will and my poor, sweet, well-meaning partner has no idea the mistake he's made. He seems to think this is good conversion therapy to turn me into a Packers fan but it is backfiring fantastically as I become radicalized against the league as a whole.
Masterful photo selection by the AP. His smirk is as sinister as this news is.
BREAKING: Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by the AP.
Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.
bit.ly
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Masterful photo selection by the AP. His smirk is as sinister as this news is.
I'm not super studied on police reform but it feels like a low bar would be to make police departments liable for property damage and personal injuries that result from shoddy police work. It would certainly increase the incentive to investigate thoroughly before acting.
But if we abolish the police, who will come to your house when you're out, shoot your security cameras and your windows out, break your front & garage door door down damaging the foundation itself, trash all your shit, then say Oops wrong house lol, leaving you with the repair bill
Homeowner left to cover damages after Las Vegas SWAT raid goes awry
What started as a peaceful morning quickly turned into chaos for southwest Las Vegas homeowner, Kim Layson, who says she's been left to cover thousands of dolla
news3lv.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm not super studied on police reform but it feels like a low bar would be to make police departments liable for property damage and personal injuries that result from shoddy police work. It would certainly increase the incentive to investigate thoroughly before acting.
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"As unpleasant as it is to acknowledge the level of horror, of violence, of shameful abuse of our fellow human beings that exists in our country’s history, it is only through learning about it that we can strive for a more perfect union."
Trump Demands the Smithsonian Deliver Shiny, Happy History
His fascistic insistence that it eliminate “divisive or partisan narratives” reveals what he doesn’t understand about history and about America.
www.thebulwark.com
August 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"As unpleasant as it is to acknowledge the level of horror, of violence, of shameful abuse of our fellow human beings that exists in our country’s history, it is only through learning about it that we can strive for a more perfect union."
This is absolutely baffling to me. The way Tesla has habitually lied and covered up crash data is WAY worse than the Cruise cover up that did irreparable harm to their reputation. How does none of this seem to stick to Tesla? Their sycophantic core audience defies any logic around brands and crises.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is absolutely baffling to me. The way Tesla has habitually lied and covered up crash data is WAY worse than the Cruise cover up that did irreparable harm to their reputation. How does none of this seem to stick to Tesla? Their sycophantic core audience defies any logic around brands and crises.
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I think a Victorian orphan could survive drinking a McDonalds Sprite but I don’t think an average person in 2003 could survive reading this headline
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think a Victorian orphan could survive drinking a McDonalds Sprite but I don’t think an average person in 2003 could survive reading this headline
Finally some good news out of the Steelers. The highest paid non-quarterback in history. Richly deserved for the man who's been carrying our team. And given my lack of expectations for our offense this season...he seems primed to continue carrying that weight. About time we paid talent appropriately
Steelers, T.J. Watt agree to three-year contract extension
The dispute between Pittsburgh and Watt is over, as the edge rusher is set to become the highest-paid defensive player in league history.
www.nbcsports.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Finally some good news out of the Steelers. The highest paid non-quarterback in history. Richly deserved for the man who's been carrying our team. And given my lack of expectations for our offense this season...he seems primed to continue carrying that weight. About time we paid talent appropriately
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It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign
I just have a series of questions for anyone who sees this and thinks it's a very normal and chill thing to occur in a democratic country.
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I just have a series of questions for anyone who sees this and thinks it's a very normal and chill thing to occur in a democratic country.
This piece from @slate.com is haunting. A look into one of the towns involved in ICE detainment and how the community, and the system, got this way.
The haunting part is that this is one example of many. It takes a degree of complicity that I think we'd all like to pretend isn't likely...and yet.
The haunting part is that this is one example of many. It takes a degree of complicity that I think we'd all like to pretend isn't likely...and yet.
Donald Trump Is Enacting His Darkest Agenda in the Backyard of a Small Town. Absolutely No One Wants to Talk About It.
In Jena, Louisiana, the people knew everything and nothing about what’s happening there.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This piece from @slate.com is haunting. A look into one of the towns involved in ICE detainment and how the community, and the system, got this way.
The haunting part is that this is one example of many. It takes a degree of complicity that I think we'd all like to pretend isn't likely...and yet.
The haunting part is that this is one example of many. It takes a degree of complicity that I think we'd all like to pretend isn't likely...and yet.
Tell me media literacy is dead (and has been dead) without telling me.
no… no, they can’t possibly be… oh my god, they wouldn’t… they can’t be… YES, THEY ARE PLAYING FORTUNATE SON
the fact that they’re just playing instrumental versions of radio rock, rather than military bands or marching bands or whatever makes this whole thing so fucking farcical, like, van halen’s jump *is not meant to be instrumental*, ahahahahahahaha
June 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Tell me media literacy is dead (and has been dead) without telling me.
Fun that they dusted off Kenny Pickett's old jersey for him. Gag. If you need me this football season, I'll be taking up crocheting or any other hobby away from my TV.
Aaron Rodgers takes the field for his first Pittsburgh Steelers practice 👀
📸 Steelers
📸 Steelers
June 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fun that they dusted off Kenny Pickett's old jersey for him. Gag. If you need me this football season, I'll be taking up crocheting or any other hobby away from my TV.
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It sure seems like men are too emotional to run the most powerful country on earth!
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It sure seems like men are too emotional to run the most powerful country on earth!
This is an illuminating read for those of us not as well acquainted with this bit of history.
Despite Republicans’ general objection to income taxes, GOP senators unanimously voted for the 16th Amendment in 1909.
Why?
Because the party’s staunchest anti-tax members were convinced the states would not ratify the amendment.
They were wrong.
By @jeisinger.bsky.social @propublica.org
Why?
Because the party’s staunchest anti-tax members were convinced the states would not ratify the amendment.
They were wrong.
By @jeisinger.bsky.social @propublica.org
No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.
While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankind” and caused the Great Depression.Here’s the real history.
www.propublica.org
April 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is an illuminating read for those of us not as well acquainted with this bit of history.
I've never really cared one way or the other about The First 48, but based on this reporting there needs to be a deeper look at some other cases and it may need to be shut down.
It also bears questioning the way we've been mixing crime and entertainment and the societal impacts.
It also bears questioning the way we've been mixing crime and entertainment and the societal impacts.
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: The Popular Reality Show and the Wrongly Convicted Man
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the c...
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've never really cared one way or the other about The First 48, but based on this reporting there needs to be a deeper look at some other cases and it may need to be shut down.
It also bears questioning the way we've been mixing crime and entertainment and the societal impacts.
It also bears questioning the way we've been mixing crime and entertainment and the societal impacts.
Might as well make my first post on here about the Steelers. But dear lord, how DARE they make me hope we keep Russell Wilson. I cannot be expected to deal with the current hellscape AND to cheer for Aaron Rodgers. That's a bridge too far.
March 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Might as well make my first post on here about the Steelers. But dear lord, how DARE they make me hope we keep Russell Wilson. I cannot be expected to deal with the current hellscape AND to cheer for Aaron Rodgers. That's a bridge too far.