Corey Butler
@coreymn04.bsky.social
Once called altruistic. Recovering journalist. Communications "pro." School board member. Videogame player. Book reader. News consumer.
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Look this sucks but news outlets need to start realizing there's limited journalistic value in sitting in a room and letting a person behind a podium lie to you. You're not holding anyone to account when you do that.
The White House says it will bar the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely due to the news outlet's use of Gulf of Mexico
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Look this sucks but news outlets need to start realizing there's limited journalistic value in sitting in a room and letting a person behind a podium lie to you. You're not holding anyone to account when you do that.
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It has been 60 years since Minnesota experienced as little crime as it did in 2024. For the vast majority of people alive in Minnesota last year was the safest of their lives.
Keep this in mind when politicians in upcoming elections attempt to use fear to get you to vote for them!
Keep this in mind when politicians in upcoming elections attempt to use fear to get you to vote for them!
January 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It has been 60 years since Minnesota experienced as little crime as it did in 2024. For the vast majority of people alive in Minnesota last year was the safest of their lives.
Keep this in mind when politicians in upcoming elections attempt to use fear to get you to vote for them!
Keep this in mind when politicians in upcoming elections attempt to use fear to get you to vote for them!
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Special education costs have grown enough to throw of Minnesota's state budget. @heykyramae.bsky.social and I looked into why: www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
Minnesota special education costs climbing rapidly as more students qualify for services
The state’s updated budget forecast shows projected spending on special education in Minnesota rising significantly in the coming years. Experts say inflation is to blame. They also point to an increa...
www.mprnews.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Special education costs have grown enough to throw of Minnesota's state budget. @heykyramae.bsky.social and I looked into why: www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
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The thing about any social media site is that you do get to finish a sentence before you are interrupted which is not true in real life. Which makes it somewhat frustrating to talk in real life if you are used to this pretend world.
November 23, 2024 at 4:24 AM
The thing about any social media site is that you do get to finish a sentence before you are interrupted which is not true in real life. Which makes it somewhat frustrating to talk in real life if you are used to this pretend world.
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Wrote a piece about joining BlueSky and leaving X, and what op-ed writers who are mad about that are missing ... djbrauer.medium.com/thriving-on-... (also please help me catch typos, I'm all alone here)
Thriving on Hate
Long-ago colleague Adam Platt recently posted this to his X feed:
djbrauer.medium.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Wrote a piece about joining BlueSky and leaving X, and what op-ed writers who are mad about that are missing ... djbrauer.medium.com/thriving-on-... (also please help me catch typos, I'm all alone here)
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Hey newskies! We've been regularly updating our starter pack as more members of our team join Bluesky.
Check it out: go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
Check it out: go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
November 12, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Hey newskies! We've been regularly updating our starter pack as more members of our team join Bluesky.
Check it out: go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
Check it out: go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
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1/ It was fun helping people connect via my 2 recent Starter Packs; not so fun reading people I like disappointed they weren’t in. I’ve decided to make another one with a bit more process: please message me if you’re Minnesota-based and WEREN’T in the first 2 (pls check). I still won’t get everyone!
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
1/ It was fun helping people connect via my 2 recent Starter Packs; not so fun reading people I like disappointed they weren’t in. I’ve decided to make another one with a bit more process: please message me if you’re Minnesota-based and WEREN’T in the first 2 (pls check). I still won’t get everyone!
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by popular demand (one person suggested this) here's a starter pack of MSP journalists and news outlets on bluesky. just yell at me if i missed you or your org! go.bsky.app/DdAVgKi
November 8, 2024 at 9:37 PM
by popular demand (one person suggested this) here's a starter pack of MSP journalists and news outlets on bluesky. just yell at me if i missed you or your org! go.bsky.app/DdAVgKi