Chelsea Mumm
@chelsealeemumm.bsky.social
Former journalist. Now in comms. Writer. Feminist. Obsessed with horror movies. https://linktr.ee/chelseawriter
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the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”
January 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”
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Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
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the reason to explain that elon musk gave a nazi salute isn’t because it will win votes. the reason to do it is because elon musk gave a nazi salute at a presidential inauguration and that should be in the public record
January 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
the reason to explain that elon musk gave a nazi salute isn’t because it will win votes. the reason to do it is because elon musk gave a nazi salute at a presidential inauguration and that should be in the public record
Iowa: I've created a document of all #ialegis committees and contact information for each. #iapolitics
Your voice matters!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Your voice matters!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Iowa: I've created a document of all #ialegis committees and contact information for each. #iapolitics
Your voice matters!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Your voice matters!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I do believe that TikTok is a useful platform, but a very unimportant reason that I want it to live on is seeing Gen Z discover and make fun of artists that us Millennials inexplicably made popular in the 2010s. See: the Trey Songz discourse.
January 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I do believe that TikTok is a useful platform, but a very unimportant reason that I want it to live on is seeing Gen Z discover and make fun of artists that us Millennials inexplicably made popular in the 2010s. See: the Trey Songz discourse.
Great new tool from @propublica.org. In a shock to no one, Iowa's public schools are 73.4% white and private schools are 82.6% white. I'll be curious to see how these data change once they reflect Iowa's private school voucher program going into effect.
NEW: Now you can look up detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country and compare them to nearby public schools.
By @cerealcommas.bsky.social, @natlash.bsky.social & @schwanksta.com
By @cerealcommas.bsky.social, @natlash.bsky.social & @schwanksta.com
ProPublica Releases New Private School Demographics Lookup
Now you can look up detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country and compare them to nearby public schools.
www.propublica.org
January 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Great new tool from @propublica.org. In a shock to no one, Iowa's public schools are 73.4% white and private schools are 82.6% white. I'll be curious to see how these data change once they reflect Iowa's private school voucher program going into effect.
My current state senator and recent mayor are really setting the bar for idiocracy. It’s not enough that Ankeny was already a Moms for Liberty hotbed.
January 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My current state senator and recent mayor are really setting the bar for idiocracy. It’s not enough that Ankeny was already a Moms for Liberty hotbed.
"It’s easier for the American imagination to hate a qualified woman than it is to hate an unqualified man." - @lyz.bsky.social
Boom.
Boom.
You will never be good enough to belong
Pete Hegseth and the role of women in the military and public life
lyz.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"It’s easier for the American imagination to hate a qualified woman than it is to hate an unqualified man." - @lyz.bsky.social
Boom.
Boom.
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“We’re going to see more attacks on providers.”
I wrote about new efforts to restrict abortion — especially in Texas, where it is already illegal, and whose legislative session began this week.
19thnews.org/2025/01/abor...
I wrote about new efforts to restrict abortion — especially in Texas, where it is already illegal, and whose legislative session began this week.
19thnews.org/2025/01/abor...
These states already restrict abortion. Their legislatures could push it even further.
Donald Trump has been inconsistent in saying how his administration would approach the issue, but state lawmakers aren’t waiting for him.
19thnews.org
January 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“We’re going to see more attacks on providers.”
I wrote about new efforts to restrict abortion — especially in Texas, where it is already illegal, and whose legislative session began this week.
19thnews.org/2025/01/abor...
I wrote about new efforts to restrict abortion — especially in Texas, where it is already illegal, and whose legislative session began this week.
19thnews.org/2025/01/abor...
One edit to the TikTok ban: Please just let us have Ruth Codd. You can kill the rest of the app, but leave her be.
December 26, 2024 at 11:42 PM
One edit to the TikTok ban: Please just let us have Ruth Codd. You can kill the rest of the app, but leave her be.
This Christmas, I reached my highest form: half-asleep on the couch watching football with the dads.
December 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
This Christmas, I reached my highest form: half-asleep on the couch watching football with the dads.
I wonder what the great Barbara Mack would have to say about this.
Gannett, owner of the Des Moines Register, won’t publicly commit to paying legal costs for Ann Seltzer, the pollster being sued by Trump.
This is ominous, especially in light of the capitulation last week by Disney/ABC, which is vastly better resourced than Gannett.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/u...
This is ominous, especially in light of the capitulation last week by Disney/ABC, which is vastly better resourced than Gannett.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/u...
December 23, 2024 at 2:52 AM
I wonder what the great Barbara Mack would have to say about this.
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December 2016: Who knows,
Maybe we’ll get lucky and it won’t be so bad.
December 2024: The government has decided to un-eradicate Polio.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and it won’t be so bad.
December 2024: The government has decided to un-eradicate Polio.
December 14, 2024 at 12:40 AM
December 2016: Who knows,
Maybe we’ll get lucky and it won’t be so bad.
December 2024: The government has decided to un-eradicate Polio.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and it won’t be so bad.
December 2024: The government has decided to un-eradicate Polio.
Lordy, this is depressing. Great reporting, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social www.opb.org/article/2024...
AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism
The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...
www.opb.org
December 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Lordy, this is depressing. Great reporting, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social www.opb.org/article/2024...
A cool use of AI to help short-staffed newsrooms pick up on stories and sources. I'm curious about timeliness and thoroughness, though. I used to cover education. School boards are not always the best at quickly uploading meeting minutes, and many are not detailed.
In 2023, we launched our Product & AI Studio to explore the use of generative AI in local newsrooms. Over the past year, @chalkbeat.org has used AI to uncover stories hidden in public school board meeting minutes.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Civic News launches AI tool to uncover stories hidden in public school board meetings
In July 2023, the American Journalism Project launched its Product & AI Studio to explore the smart application of generative AI and other…
medium.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:53 PM
A cool use of AI to help short-staffed newsrooms pick up on stories and sources. I'm curious about timeliness and thoroughness, though. I used to cover education. School boards are not always the best at quickly uploading meeting minutes, and many are not detailed.
Interesting reporting out of my old home, Coos Bay, Oregon. And with a familiar, vocal character - Rob Taylor. (Thought you'd want to read this, @larryiii.bsky.social)
A piece of ambitious Oregon reporting that most media outlets missed by freelancer Theo Whitcomb: "A white supremacist wants to buy part of Coos Bay's Port."
theowhitcomb.substack.com/p/a-white-su...
theowhitcomb.substack.com/p/a-white-su...
A white supremacist wants to buy part of Coos Bay's Port
The sale was for January. It's now up in the air and under scrutiny.
theowhitcomb.substack.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Interesting reporting out of my old home, Coos Bay, Oregon. And with a familiar, vocal character - Rob Taylor. (Thought you'd want to read this, @larryiii.bsky.social)
Devastating read, damning account of what it means to protect an abuser. What Alice Munro Knew www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...
What Alice Munro Knew
The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Devastating read, damning account of what it means to protect an abuser. What Alice Munro Knew www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...
If she had jeans to unbutton after Thanksgiving dinner, she would have.
December 3, 2024 at 2:51 AM
If she had jeans to unbutton after Thanksgiving dinner, she would have.
Might need another pumpkin bar to make it through this Cyclone game.
December 1, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Might need another pumpkin bar to make it through this Cyclone game.
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if even your mom thinks you’re an abusive piece of shit maybe it’s time to go live in a bunker www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
November 30, 2024 at 4:21 AM
if even your mom thinks you’re an abusive piece of shit maybe it’s time to go live in a bunker www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Always best in show in my mind:
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Always best in show in my mind:
Midwestism: If you look bewildered in the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving, a mom will share her turkey wisdom with you.
November 27, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Midwestism: If you look bewildered in the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving, a mom will share her turkey wisdom with you.
A must-see every Thanksgiving: the WKRP turkey drop. youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
WKRP Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Brian Henigin
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 9:18 PM
A must-see every Thanksgiving: the WKRP turkey drop. youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ?...
Open meetings and records are so important, especially as local news is eroded further and further. Residents deserve to have a light shone on their local governments.
Correcting typo: Randy Evans highlights a troubling trend in local government that runs contrary to the spirit, if not the letter, of Iowa's open meetings law. www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/11/26/c...
Citizens need more access to government, not more secrecy
Randy Evans highlights a troubling trend that is contrary to the spirit, if not the letter, of Iowa's open meetings law.
www.bleedingheartland.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Open meetings and records are so important, especially as local news is eroded further and further. Residents deserve to have a light shone on their local governments.
Interesting story. My major prof and I conducted a study on news coverage of women's political firsts after the 19th was ratified. Media's gendered stereotypes of women politicians persist despite women's advancements in the political arena. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 26, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Interesting story. My major prof and I conducted a study on news coverage of women's political firsts after the 19th was ratified. Media's gendered stereotypes of women politicians persist despite women's advancements in the political arena. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....