Deborah Potter
@dpotternews.bsky.social
Journalist, trainer, traveler, mom. And sports fan.
Dear former colleagues,
Leave now if you haven’t already.
No good will come of this.
Leave now if you haven’t already.
No good will come of this.
Paramount Skydance will acquire the Free Press, an online publication, and install its iconoclastic founder, Bari Weiss, as editor in chief of CBS News, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News
Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.
wapo.st
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Dear former colleagues,
Leave now if you haven’t already.
No good will come of this.
Leave now if you haven’t already.
No good will come of this.
Fantastic news. Never thought this would happen in my lifetime.
Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury
No 10 announces decision although role will not legally be taken on until January, before an enthronement service
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Fantastic news. Never thought this would happen in my lifetime.
Overheard at a DC bar tonight, this comment to a federal worker: “So you’re on vacation starting tomorrow.” That’s not how this works, idiot.
October 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Overheard at a DC bar tonight, this comment to a federal worker: “So you’re on vacation starting tomorrow.” That’s not how this works, idiot.
Reposted by Deborah Potter
🧊🖕🪖 FREE DC‼️
👉 Schoolkids in DC are being given these printed cards (in English and Spanish) to hand to authorities if they are stopped 😲
Source: My kid 🤨
👉 Schoolkids in DC are being given these printed cards (in English and Spanish) to hand to authorities if they are stopped 😲
Source: My kid 🤨
September 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🧊🖕🪖 FREE DC‼️
👉 Schoolkids in DC are being given these printed cards (in English and Spanish) to hand to authorities if they are stopped 😲
Source: My kid 🤨
👉 Schoolkids in DC are being given these printed cards (in English and Spanish) to hand to authorities if they are stopped 😲
Source: My kid 🤨
Agents in DC, 14th and Park NW. Now.
August 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Agents in DC, 14th and Park NW. Now.
Went for a walk in my dangerous city. So glad I made it safely home.
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Went for a walk in my dangerous city. So glad I made it safely home.
Methinks the WaPo needs to up its game game.
August 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Methinks the WaPo needs to up its game game.
@nextyeardc.com why on earth is Jacob Young not starting on his bobblehead day?
August 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
@nextyeardc.com why on earth is Jacob Young not starting on his bobblehead day?
Who says editors are only good for nitpicking your grammar? This is from today's Washington Post obituary of the legendary reporter Morton Mintz, who died at 103.
July 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Who says editors are only good for nitpicking your grammar? This is from today's Washington Post obituary of the legendary reporter Morton Mintz, who died at 103.
Allons enfants de la patrie…
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Allons enfants de la patrie…
“Address” meaning someone said so but we aren’t sure? @grammargirl.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Address” meaning someone said so but we aren’t sure? @grammargirl.bsky.social
No Kings (on the Pike)! @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
No Kings (on the Pike)! @indivisiblemontmd.bsky.social
That’s just…terrifying.
June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
That’s just…terrifying.
Same.
Me: Since I'm transferring files to my new computer, I should also reorganize them.
Also me, 10 minutes later: This is hard, I'll just do it the next time I get a new computer.
Also me, 10 minutes later: This is hard, I'll just do it the next time I get a new computer.
May 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Same.
Reposted by Deborah Potter
My favourite ways of saying “I’m in a spot of bother” from ten different languages…
May 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My favourite ways of saying “I’m in a spot of bother” from ten different languages…
"Installing AI in classrooms makes as much sense as putting motorized winches in gyms so that student athletes can watch weights being lifted into the air." Well said, as usual, @roncharles.bsky.social
a robot with a bald head is smiling and saying `` ai be like '' .
ALT: a robot with a bald head is smiling and saying `` ai be like '' .
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Installing AI in classrooms makes as much sense as putting motorized winches in gyms so that student athletes can watch weights being lifted into the air." Well said, as usual, @roncharles.bsky.social
As if there weren’t already enough to be sad about, now I have to mourn the imminent departure of Pocket. I knew it was too good to last but still… I will miss it.
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
As if there weren’t already enough to be sad about, now I have to mourn the imminent departure of Pocket. I knew it was too good to last but still… I will miss it.
I have been praying for journalism’s remarkable comeback for years now.
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Journalism won the 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday with a remarkable comeback.
Journalism claims 150th Preakness Stakes with remarkable comeback
Journalism, the Kentucky Derby runner-up, was the favorite to win.
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I have been praying for journalism’s remarkable comeback for years now.
Who knew there was a penguin named for pasta? #nytconnections
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
May 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Who knew there was a penguin named for pasta? #nytconnections
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
What a great show. We just finished, a few days behind the rest of you. #Andor felt spot on for our times.
a man says the empire cannot win in a disney + star wars advertisement
Alt: a man says the empire cannot win in a disney + star wars advertisement
media.tenor.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What a great show. We just finished, a few days behind the rest of you. #Andor felt spot on for our times.
A Scottish word from Wanderingfort on Tumblr
May 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Perfect day. No. 1 son calls from far away, No. 2 son brings grandsons to church. I run 3 miles, complete a crossword, and spouse supplies a lovely lunch, plus flowers. Happy day to all moms of BlueSky.
May 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Perfect day. No. 1 son calls from far away, No. 2 son brings grandsons to church. I run 3 miles, complete a crossword, and spouse supplies a lovely lunch, plus flowers. Happy day to all moms of BlueSky.
Pope Crostini VI.
In truth, it was a piece of toast, but it's better in Italian, don't you think?
In truth, it was a piece of toast, but it's better in Italian, don't you think?
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Pope Quesadilla IV
Pope Quesadilla IV
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Pope Oatcake VI. I’ll run with it.
Pope Oatcake VI. I’ll run with it.
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Pope Crostini VI.
In truth, it was a piece of toast, but it's better in Italian, don't you think?
In truth, it was a piece of toast, but it's better in Italian, don't you think?
Not my church but I am thrilled.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Not my church but I am thrilled.