Kieran Meadows
@kieranbluesky.bsky.social
Don't fit in a box.
🖊 Journalist @forbes.com
🎙️ Editor & Host, Forbes Daily Briefing
🎶 Musician. DJ. Producer.
📍Brooklyn-native. NYC🗽
Falo🇧🇷português.
📻 Former Radio Host @ The REFRESH
Formerly: Democracy Now!; ABC News Investigative Unit; WNYC Radio
🖊 Journalist @forbes.com
🎙️ Editor & Host, Forbes Daily Briefing
🎶 Musician. DJ. Producer.
📍Brooklyn-native. NYC🗽
Falo🇧🇷português.
📻 Former Radio Host @ The REFRESH
Formerly: Democracy Now!; ABC News Investigative Unit; WNYC Radio
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Kieran Meadows
@kieranbluesky.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Hi! Thanks for all the new follows! Introducing myself: I’m a journalist and also a musician, DJ & producer.
I mostly post about: news, politics, business, media, culture, music, the music industry, nightlife, NYC, holistic wellness/fitness & occasionally Brazil… plus random life musings 🦋
I mostly post about: news, politics, business, media, culture, music, the music industry, nightlife, NYC, holistic wellness/fitness & occasionally Brazil… plus random life musings 🦋
Reposted by Kieran Meadows
as expected, Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package -- with over 75% voting in favor
NEW: Elon Musk's $1 trillion plan: The case for magical thinking #Tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Plan: The Case For Magical Thinking
Big funds, advisory firms and the Pope oppose the exorbitant plan. Approval means shareholders think the polarizing, distracted CEO can top past successes with an AI-powered strategy.
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
as expected, Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package -- with over 75% voting in favor
Reposted by Kieran Meadows
Let it be known that my proposed hed for this was "Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Plan Makes Perfect Sense If You’re High On Ketamine"
NEW: Elon Musk's $1 trillion plan: The case for magical thinking #Tesla www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Plan: The Case For Magical Thinking
Big funds, advisory firms and the Pope oppose the exorbitant plan. Approval means shareholders think the polarizing, distracted CEO can top past successes with an AI-powered strategy.
www.forbes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Let it be known that my proposed hed for this was "Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Plan Makes Perfect Sense If You’re High On Ketamine"
And we’re still waiting for grocery prices to go down
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And we’re still waiting for grocery prices to go down
Reposted by Kieran Meadows
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
This is awesome 😆🤣 Sounds almost like Lin-Manuel in Hamilton lol. I’m waiting for the Mamdani musical on Broadway!
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is awesome 😆🤣 Sounds almost like Lin-Manuel in Hamilton lol. I’m waiting for the Mamdani musical on Broadway!
Tells you all you need to know
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tells you all you need to know
“Turn the volume up.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Turn the volume up.”
For those wondering what flags are flanking Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, from left to right that’s the U.S. flag followed by the flags of Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn
(Side note, the colors of of Brooklyn are not black and white, they’re blue and yellow)
(Side note, the colors of of Brooklyn are not black and white, they’re blue and yellow)
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
For those wondering what flags are flanking Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, from left to right that’s the U.S. flag followed by the flags of Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn
(Side note, the colors of of Brooklyn are not black and white, they’re blue and yellow)
(Side note, the colors of of Brooklyn are not black and white, they’re blue and yellow)
It should be embarrassing to us all that the richest person in the world who is worth almost half a trillion dollars can’t understand a simple New York State election law
gothamist.com/news/in-ny-i...
gothamist.com/news/in-ny-i...
NY candidates can appear on a ballot multiple times, no matter what Elon Musk says
He may be the world's richest man, but he's definitely from out of town
gothamist.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It should be embarrassing to us all that the richest person in the world who is worth almost half a trillion dollars can’t understand a simple New York State election law
gothamist.com/news/in-ny-i...
gothamist.com/news/in-ny-i...
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The CBS News program 60 Minutes heavily edited down an interview with Donald Trump that aired on Sunday night, his first sit-down with the show in five years.
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Reposted by Kieran Meadows
Early vote numbers in NYC paint a picture of an electorate I don’t think anyone could have predicted.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Early vote numbers in NYC paint a picture of an electorate I don’t think anyone could have predicted.
Actually, by percentage of population, Johnson’s own state of Louisiana is tied for # 2 highest with 18% of the state’s population of residents receiving SNAP assistance
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Mike Johnson: "These blue states have abused the SNAP program just like they've abused Medicaid and so many other government programs."
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Actually, by percentage of population, Johnson’s own state of Louisiana is tied for # 2 highest with 18% of the state’s population of residents receiving SNAP assistance
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
An example of corporate priorities all mixed up and out of wack
Maybe if people were able to keep their jobs, they wouldn’t be so angry with Bari Weiss
Maybe if people were able to keep their jobs, they wouldn’t be so angry with Bari Weiss
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An example of corporate priorities all mixed up and out of wack
Maybe if people were able to keep their jobs, they wouldn’t be so angry with Bari Weiss
Maybe if people were able to keep their jobs, they wouldn’t be so angry with Bari Weiss
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Hurricane Melissa looks like it is beginning to make landfall or will in the next 15 mins about 5-10 miles just west of Black River, near the border of St Elizabeth parish and Westmoreland parish in SW Jamaica. This is the Fonthill Beach area, includes Crawford, Sandy Ground, White House & New Hope
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hurricane Melissa looks like it is beginning to make landfall or will in the next 15 mins about 5-10 miles just west of Black River, near the border of St Elizabeth parish and Westmoreland parish in SW Jamaica. This is the Fonthill Beach area, includes Crawford, Sandy Ground, White House & New Hope
And this is about 7-10 miles down the coast from where Hurricane Melissa is making landfall this hour
NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And this is about 7-10 miles down the coast from where Hurricane Melissa is making landfall this hour
Praying for all in its path 🙏🏼🇯🇲
Well, here we go. #Melissa is making landfall in Jamaica with sustained winds of 185 mph, gusts >200 mph, and a pressure of 892 mb (ties the 1935 Labor day hurricane for lowest pressure in a landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history). Jamaica is about to go through what almost nobody on Earth has.
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Praying for all in its path 🙏🏼🇯🇲
Hurricane Melissa looks like it is beginning to make landfall or will in the next 15 mins about 5-10 miles just west of Black River, near the border of St Elizabeth parish and Westmoreland parish in SW Jamaica. This is the Fonthill Beach area, includes Crawford, Sandy Ground, White House & New Hope
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hurricane Melissa looks like it is beginning to make landfall or will in the next 15 mins about 5-10 miles just west of Black River, near the border of St Elizabeth parish and Westmoreland parish in SW Jamaica. This is the Fonthill Beach area, includes Crawford, Sandy Ground, White House & New Hope
Good lord.
Live stream from Treasure Beach, Jamaica 😳
Check it out while you still can
#Melissa #HurricaneMelissa #ATLwx
www.youtube.com/live/z2HfoQ_...
Check it out while you still can
#Melissa #HurricaneMelissa #ATLwx
www.youtube.com/live/z2HfoQ_...
Treasure Beach Jamaica - Hurricane Melissa 2025
YouTube video by JS Photography
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Good lord.
I really hope for Jamaica that this will not come to be. But man… it looks really bad.
www.commondreams.org/news/jamaica...
www.commondreams.org/news/jamaica...
'Jamaica Will Be Unrecognizable After This': Hurricane Melissa Erupts Into Category 5 'Monster' | Common Dreams
One hurricane historian said the world is "witnessing history on satellite right now" as the people of Jamaica came under evacuation orders and braced for impact of a storm that threatens severe flood...
www.commondreams.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I really hope for Jamaica that this will not come to be. But man… it looks really bad.
www.commondreams.org/news/jamaica...
www.commondreams.org/news/jamaica...
Prayers up for Jamaica 🇯🇲
Hurricane Melissa looks likely to make a direct hit this evening in St. Elizabeth as a Cat 5 (or stronger) storm with 160+ mph winds, devastating storm surge, and insane amounts of rainfall.
Really could be catastrophic for the island. 🙁
Hurricane Melissa looks likely to make a direct hit this evening in St. Elizabeth as a Cat 5 (or stronger) storm with 160+ mph winds, devastating storm surge, and insane amounts of rainfall.
Really could be catastrophic for the island. 🙁
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Prayers up for Jamaica 🇯🇲
Hurricane Melissa looks likely to make a direct hit this evening in St. Elizabeth as a Cat 5 (or stronger) storm with 160+ mph winds, devastating storm surge, and insane amounts of rainfall.
Really could be catastrophic for the island. 🙁
Hurricane Melissa looks likely to make a direct hit this evening in St. Elizabeth as a Cat 5 (or stronger) storm with 160+ mph winds, devastating storm surge, and insane amounts of rainfall.
Really could be catastrophic for the island. 🙁
Not sure why more major outlets are not talking about this. If it was Joe Biden saying things like this it would be a NYT front page story
Trump and his supporters consistently act like Donald Trump’s presidency ended in 2019, when in fact he was president for the entirety of calendar year 2020
Trump and his supporters consistently act like Donald Trump’s presidency ended in 2019, when in fact he was president for the entirety of calendar year 2020
"There is a clear mental health crisis going on in the Oval Office right now. He is detached from reality. Every politician and pundit, every journalist...knows this. It should be the biggest story in our media. But, shamefully, it isn’t."
Me for 'First Draft':
Me for 'First Draft':
👑 The Madness of King Donald
Mehdi's Monday morning roundup of an increasingly unhinged US president, a new pro-Palestine Irish president, the big Mamdani/AOC/Bernie rally in Queens, and Gavin Newsom's 2028 plans.
zeteo.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Not sure why more major outlets are not talking about this. If it was Joe Biden saying things like this it would be a NYT front page story
Trump and his supporters consistently act like Donald Trump’s presidency ended in 2019, when in fact he was president for the entirety of calendar year 2020
Trump and his supporters consistently act like Donald Trump’s presidency ended in 2019, when in fact he was president for the entirety of calendar year 2020
Not sure the people of Argentina voted for Javier Milei and his party La Libertad Avanza…
but rather for the $20+ billion (of U.S. taxpayer money) Trump promised Argentina if they did
but rather for the $20+ billion (of U.S. taxpayer money) Trump promised Argentina if they did
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Not sure the people of Argentina voted for Javier Milei and his party La Libertad Avanza…
but rather for the $20+ billion (of U.S. taxpayer money) Trump promised Argentina if they did
but rather for the $20+ billion (of U.S. taxpayer money) Trump promised Argentina if they did
From Tropical Storm to potentially Cat 5 in under 36 hours would be crazy
4 of 5 hurricanes this year have undergone this kind of ‘rapid intensification’ — it’s hard to argue that’s not attributable to climate change
4 of 5 hurricanes this year have undergone this kind of ‘rapid intensification’ — it’s hard to argue that’s not attributable to climate change
When Melissa grew from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 4 hurricane this weekend, it became the fourth of this year’s five Atlantic hurricanes to undergo what hurricane experts call “rapid intensification.”
Its wind speeds doubled in less than a day.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Its wind speeds doubled in less than a day.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
From Tropical Storm to potentially Cat 5 in under 36 hours would be crazy
4 of 5 hurricanes this year have undergone this kind of ‘rapid intensification’ — it’s hard to argue that’s not attributable to climate change
4 of 5 hurricanes this year have undergone this kind of ‘rapid intensification’ — it’s hard to argue that’s not attributable to climate change
Sending good thoughts to Jamaica, eastern Cuba and Haiti
🇯🇲🇨🇺🇭🇹
Hurricane Melissa looks like it could be the worst direct hit to Jamaica since 1988
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Hurricane Melissa looks like it could be the worst direct hit to Jamaica since 1988
October 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sending good thoughts to Jamaica, eastern Cuba and Haiti
🇯🇲🇨🇺🇭🇹
Hurricane Melissa looks like it could be the worst direct hit to Jamaica since 1988
🇯🇲🇨🇺🇭🇹
Hurricane Melissa looks like it could be the worst direct hit to Jamaica since 1988