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Canadian singer Michael Buble is performing Ave Maria at the Vatican’s Christmas Concert for the Poor, and Leo is loving it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Canadian singer Michael Buble is performing Ave Maria at the Vatican’s Christmas Concert for the Poor, and Leo is loving it.
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happy bday German-born photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt, b.1898.
"The important thing is not the camera but the eye."
"Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like."
"The important thing is not the camera but the eye."
"Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like."
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
happy bday German-born photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt, b.1898.
"The important thing is not the camera but the eye."
"Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like."
"The important thing is not the camera but the eye."
"Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like."
Reposted by Monica Hogan
Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.
I need to go through and update this, but if you’re looking for great gift ideas and the like I bet there are some great options in here
go.bsky.app/DYxWmk1
go.bsky.app/DYxWmk1
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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A heroin addict who writes bad porn poetry says eliminating the Hepatitis B vaccine will make kids healthier. Medical experts say it will kill thousands of innocent children. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to believe.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A heroin addict who writes bad porn poetry says eliminating the Hepatitis B vaccine will make kids healthier. Medical experts say it will kill thousands of innocent children. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to believe.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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Hey, NYC. Quakers are holding a silent vigil/public worship for immigrants at 1:30 in Union Square tomorrow. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Love as Action - New York · Mobilize
Quaker witness for public action has stood in silent opposition to cruel and authoritarian actions in our country before. It is time for us to show this love in action again.
Please join the America...
www.mobilize.us
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hey, NYC. Quakers are holding a silent vigil/public worship for immigrants at 1:30 in Union Square tomorrow. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Reposted by Monica Hogan
i mean, its the literal best.
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i mean, its the literal best.
Reposted by Monica Hogan
just have a few weeks to squeeze in my annual watch of the best christmas movie of all time
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
just have a few weeks to squeeze in my annual watch of the best christmas movie of all time
Reposted by Monica Hogan
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Reposted by Monica Hogan
Registration for the News Not Slop town hall is here, if anyone's interested
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: News Not Slop! Town Hall. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Hear from journalists who are fighting AI's creep into America's newsrooms. We're fighting to make sure news is written by humans, for humans.
us06web.zoom.us
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Registration for the News Not Slop town hall is here, if anyone's interested
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Monica Hogan
This is some serious North Korea style dictator work by the Trump admin. Can't imagine it'll stop with Visa applicants. Trump wants just one truth- his truth- and anyone who calls out his lies is a target.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is some serious North Korea style dictator work by the Trump admin. Can't imagine it'll stop with Visa applicants. Trump wants just one truth- his truth- and anyone who calls out his lies is a target.
Reposted by Monica Hogan
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
Reposted by Monica Hogan
When communities view ICE, federal agents, and local police who collaborate with ICE as a political weapon, trust collapses. People become more afraid to report crime & everyone becomes LESS safe esp survivors of domestic violence. A 🧵 w data & examples (1/4) 👇🏽:
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When communities view ICE, federal agents, and local police who collaborate with ICE as a political weapon, trust collapses. People become more afraid to report crime & everyone becomes LESS safe esp survivors of domestic violence. A 🧵 w data & examples (1/4) 👇🏽:
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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This is what a White Supremacist administration looks like:
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is what a White Supremacist administration looks like:
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net
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On "Giving Tuesday," I always encourage people to give to local community organizations, labor unions, local religious congregations, non-profit news organizations, and all similar groups that thicken our civil society. Civil society makes people's lives better and defends against authoritarianism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
On "Giving Tuesday," I always encourage people to give to local community organizations, labor unions, local religious congregations, non-profit news organizations, and all similar groups that thicken our civil society. Civil society makes people's lives better and defends against authoritarianism.
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"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
Reposted by Monica Hogan
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced today that the City has signed a letter of intent with a proven developer to transform 28 acres of the former Packard Plant site into housing, an electronic music museum, and an indoor skate park, and public space.
www.mlive.com/business/202...
www.mlive.com/business/202...
Iconic Michigan ruin to be reborn as an electronic music museum and skate park
This huge facility was built in the early 1900s and automobiles were built there until it shut down in the 1950s.
www.mlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced today that the City has signed a letter of intent with a proven developer to transform 28 acres of the former Packard Plant site into housing, an electronic music museum, and an indoor skate park, and public space.
www.mlive.com/business/202...
www.mlive.com/business/202...
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It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
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Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius... and skater #WomensArt❄️
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius... and skater #WomensArt❄️
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
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Just 15 days after her daughter’s birth, as Nayra Guzmán, her mom and younger brother loaded into their car for their daily drive to the NICU, they were surrounded by immigration enforcement agents and whisked away to detention. @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay for @19thnews.org
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just 15 days after her daughter’s birth, as Nayra Guzmán, her mom and younger brother loaded into their car for their daily drive to the NICU, they were surrounded by immigration enforcement agents and whisked away to detention. @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay for @19thnews.org