Forest
@foresthunt.org
Current listless writer & reporter. Former intern reporter @apmreports.bsky.social, @Chronicle & @politicoca.
I cover media, podcasting, higher ed, and labor in higher ed.
Tips: (495) 666-5771 or forestreports@proton.me
Happy to chat.
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I cover media, podcasting, higher ed, and labor in higher ed.
Tips: (495) 666-5771 or forestreports@proton.me
Happy to chat.
(they/them)
January 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Bernie Sanders hinted at a break with the Democratic Party in an email sent out earlier today. If this ends up being more signal than noise, this is a significant moment.
November 26, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Bernie Sanders hinted at a break with the Democratic Party in an email sent out earlier today. If this ends up being more signal than noise, this is a significant moment.
It's so sad that Gimlet's "Crime Show" got swallowed whole by the memory hole of the Podcast Platform Wars because they kept it as a Spotify exclusive, and it still is?!
Episodes | Crime Show
Gimlet is the award-winning narrative podcasting company that aims to help listeners better understand the world and each other.
gimletmedia.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:48 PM
It's so sad that Gimlet's "Crime Show" got swallowed whole by the memory hole of the Podcast Platform Wars because they kept it as a Spotify exclusive, and it still is?!
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Fox News: "The Onion has 4.3 trillion daily readers."
November 14, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Fox News: "The Onion has 4.3 trillion daily readers."
We're focused on Trump, but the most important far right victories have been local. Here are three stories worth reading instead of updates on Trump admin picks.
COPS
theintercept.com/2024/11/08/t...
COUNTIES
www.propublica.org/article/tarr...
SCHOOL BOARDS
www.texasobserver.org/school-board...
COPS
theintercept.com/2024/11/08/t...
COUNTIES
www.propublica.org/article/tarr...
SCHOOL BOARDS
www.texasobserver.org/school-board...
The Looming Fight to Make Local Cops Part of Trump’s Deportation Machine
Arizona voted to grant state and local police the authority to make immigration arrests, going against Supreme Court precedent.
theintercept.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM
We're focused on Trump, but the most important far right victories have been local. Here are three stories worth reading instead of updates on Trump admin picks.
COPS
theintercept.com/2024/11/08/t...
COUNTIES
www.propublica.org/article/tarr...
SCHOOL BOARDS
www.texasobserver.org/school-board...
COPS
theintercept.com/2024/11/08/t...
COUNTIES
www.propublica.org/article/tarr...
SCHOOL BOARDS
www.texasobserver.org/school-board...
Happy ten year anniversary to this amazing essay from Arthur Chu. The reactionary movement that spawned GG continues to metastasize today, and I've send this article to people so many times over the years. It's still worth a read! If you can tell me if Chu is on here or wherever please do.
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage
How are YouTube videos criticizing sexist video games important enough to threaten a school shooting? Read the #GamerGate tag and realize that underneath the anger is fear.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 16, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Happy ten year anniversary to this amazing essay from Arthur Chu. The reactionary movement that spawned GG continues to metastasize today, and I've send this article to people so many times over the years. It's still worth a read! If you can tell me if Chu is on here or wherever please do.
The mental image from this Eric Adams quote of starting every day imploring his staff not to commit crimes is very funny.
“I cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, ‘We’ve got to follow the law, got to follow the law'"
www.nytimes.com/article/eric...
“I cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, ‘We’ve got to follow the law, got to follow the law'"
www.nytimes.com/article/eric...
What We Know About the Investigations Involving Eric Adams’s Top Aides
The administration of New York City’s mayor was thrown into turmoil as federal inquiries reached his inner circle.
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2024 at 12:53 AM
The mental image from this Eric Adams quote of starting every day imploring his staff not to commit crimes is very funny.
“I cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, ‘We’ve got to follow the law, got to follow the law'"
www.nytimes.com/article/eric...
“I cannot tell you how much I start the day with telling my team, ‘We’ve got to follow the law, got to follow the law'"
www.nytimes.com/article/eric...
I'm glad someone is paying attention to and writing about what the NYT's chooses to promote in their push notifications.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nyt-sends-...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nyt-sends-...
NYT Sends Push Review For Anti-Trans Cass Article; Buries AAP Response
The response to Dr. Cass was in the form of a letter to the editor to the New York Times, which was placed last among the letters presented.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 25, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I'm glad someone is paying attention to and writing about what the NYT's chooses to promote in their push notifications.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nyt-sends-...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nyt-sends-...
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The fact that Chron doesn't already have a podcast is actually a pretty impressive example of media restraint.
May 15, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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Cal State's base funding will likely be spared from across-the-board budget cuts, according to a letter sent to faculty members from union leadership yesterday. The means faculty will maintain their 5% wage increase set to go in effect in July.
ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2024-...
ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2024-...
Ebudget
ebudget.ca.gov
May 15, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Cal State's base funding will likely be spared from across-the-board budget cuts, according to a letter sent to faculty members from union leadership yesterday. The means faculty will maintain their 5% wage increase set to go in effect in July.
ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2024-...
ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2024-...
Student workers are Berea are trying to form a union — here's what it means for the wider undergraduate organizing trend, and the wave of unionization in the US. Have an academic labor tip? Message me!
On This Campus, Every Student Could Join a Union. The College Calls It an ‘Existential Threat.’
The National Labor Relations Board will soon determine if students at Berea College have the right to hold a union election. It’s the latest chapter in a continuing wave of undergraduate organizing.
www.chronicle.com
May 15, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Student workers are Berea are trying to form a union — here's what it means for the wider undergraduate organizing trend, and the wave of unionization in the US. Have an academic labor tip? Message me!
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NYT or WP are covering "campus protests" whereas student media are covering one on their campus. A national story becomes a trend story that flattens the difference between the protests, the people involved, motives, and even administrative response. All of those variances lost in national coverage.
May 2, 2024 at 4:38 PM
NYT or WP are covering "campus protests" whereas student media are covering one on their campus. A national story becomes a trend story that flattens the difference between the protests, the people involved, motives, and even administrative response. All of those variances lost in national coverage.
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Boston University Dean suggests replacing striking Grad Students with generative AI to manage labs and course discussions, sparking widespread criticism. #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Boston University Suggests Replacing Striking Grad Students With AI
In response to a grad student worker strike, the school recommends that staff utilize generative AI tools “to give feedback or facilitate ‘discussion’ on readings or assignments.”
www.thedailybeast.com
March 30, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Boston University Dean suggests replacing striking Grad Students with generative AI to manage labs and course discussions, sparking widespread criticism. #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Shot in the dark... anyone in my small sphere here ever work with California RIPA data on police stops? I wonder how much of a window that would give us into policing trends at Cal State and UC...
March 2, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Shot in the dark... anyone in my small sphere here ever work with California RIPA data on police stops? I wonder how much of a window that would give us into policing trends at Cal State and UC...
TIL a young Hans Zimmer worked for the Buggles and played keyboard on "Video Killed The Radio Star". I'm not sure I will ever be the same.
February 26, 2024 at 1:01 AM
TIL a young Hans Zimmer worked for the Buggles and played keyboard on "Video Killed The Radio Star". I'm not sure I will ever be the same.
My love for OTM is unparalleled.
Meet the Serbian DJ Running an AI Clickbait Business | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The owner of 2,000 websites including once-beloved blogs and news outlets.
www.wnycstudios.org
February 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My love for OTM is unparalleled.
Reposting so I can read later.
"Quietly and with little fanfare, the idea of building new publicly owned housing for people across the income spectrum has advanced...not the kind of public housing most Americans are familiar with: It has a sleek fitness center, multiple gathering spaces, and a...pool"
www.vox.com/policy/2024/...
www.vox.com/policy/2024/...
What if public housing were for everyone?
Local governments are trying a new way to address the housing crisis.
www.vox.com
February 10, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Reposting so I can read later.
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Celeste Marcus’s essay in Liberties is behind a paywall unfortunately, but very much worth your time: libertiesjournal.com/articles/aft...
February 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Celeste Marcus’s essay in Liberties is behind a paywall unfortunately, but very much worth your time: libertiesjournal.com/articles/aft...
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[CW: Rape] To me it speaks a VERY clear language about how quickly #MeToo was shut down even in US media ecosystems, that in 2023 two women think they share a common prominent journalist rapist, only to find out it’s two prominent journalist rapists who are friends with each other.
February 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
[CW: Rape] To me it speaks a VERY clear language about how quickly #MeToo was shut down even in US media ecosystems, that in 2023 two women think they share a common prominent journalist rapist, only to find out it’s two prominent journalist rapists who are friends with each other.
I will never forgive Netflix for taking away user ratings.
February 4, 2024 at 2:13 AM
I will never forgive Netflix for taking away user ratings.
Wow.
February 1, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Wow.
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The University of Texas at Austin announced it will no longer fund cultural graduation ceremonies, like Black Graduation, Latin Graduation, and GraduAsian in order to comply with a state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices.
www.chron.com/news/a...
www.chron.com/news/a...
January 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
The University of Texas at Austin announced it will no longer fund cultural graduation ceremonies, like Black Graduation, Latin Graduation, and GraduAsian in order to comply with a state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices.
www.chron.com/news/a...
www.chron.com/news/a...
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How it it possible Outlook does not support links to individual emails? It's 2024: emails are documents, documents are links. How is anyone supposed to organize information if I they can't link to it?
January 24, 2024 at 10:07 PM
How it it possible Outlook does not support links to individual emails? It's 2024: emails are documents, documents are links. How is anyone supposed to organize information if I they can't link to it?
Oh wow, I hope I find time to read this, what a blast to the past.
I wrote a long deep-dive into the history of Ello, from its launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death last year, noticed only by the community of artists and writers who used and loved it. waxy.org/2024/01/the-...
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org
Ello launched in 2014 with big dreams, but the artsy social network suddenly shut down last year, deleting nine years of posts without warning. What happened?
waxy.org
January 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Oh wow, I hope I find time to read this, what a blast to the past.