Luke Morris
@lukesmorris.com
Now: L.A.-based hospital data dude. Then: Journalist. Expect a bit of TTRPG and College Basketball on the side.
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If you see this post an anime you love
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you see this post an anime you love
Wild stat I ran across: Only 0.5% of foundation funds are awarded to organizations founded by or for women of color.
Something to think about as #GivingTuesday nears. And #NewsMatch season.
afrolanews.org/2025/10/inve...
Something to think about as #GivingTuesday nears. And #NewsMatch season.
afrolanews.org/2025/10/inve...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Wild stat I ran across: Only 0.5% of foundation funds are awarded to organizations founded by or for women of color.
Something to think about as #GivingTuesday nears. And #NewsMatch season.
afrolanews.org/2025/10/inve...
Something to think about as #GivingTuesday nears. And #NewsMatch season.
afrolanews.org/2025/10/inve...
Growing up in Tornado Alley, I forget how much I kinda miss lightning and thunder until one L.A. storm brings it once every couple years. And even then it's just 2-5 strikes
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Growing up in Tornado Alley, I forget how much I kinda miss lightning and thunder until one L.A. storm brings it once every couple years. And even then it's just 2-5 strikes
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Yesterday’s news of layoffs at @teenvogue.com is just the journalism industry’s latest divestment in DEI. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Yesterday’s news of layoffs at @teenvogue.com is just the journalism industry’s latest divestment in DEI. 🧵
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🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump:
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
“How can Democrats make a spending deal with someone who won’t honor it?
I guess the answer is: by getting a pinky swear.” - @ddayen.bsky.social on how Sen Dems are about to pull “defeat from the jaws of victory” prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...
I guess the answer is: by getting a pinky swear.” - @ddayen.bsky.social on how Sen Dems are about to pull “defeat from the jaws of victory” prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump:
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
May want to call their offices.
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Los Angeles deserves a newsroom that reflects and represents its Black and Brown communities, not one that overlooks them.
AfroLA exists to do just that. Through Nov. 15, we are fundraising so that we can continue to do impactful community-driven work.
AfroLA exists to do just that. Through Nov. 15, we are fundraising so that we can continue to do impactful community-driven work.
Investing in Impact campaign
AfroLA is a community-powered news media organization rooted in Los Angeles. We exist to reflect and represent the city’s Black and other marginalized communities, telling the stories too often…
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October 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Los Angeles deserves a newsroom that reflects and represents its Black and Brown communities, not one that overlooks them.
AfroLA exists to do just that. Through Nov. 15, we are fundraising so that we can continue to do impactful community-driven work.
AfroLA exists to do just that. Through Nov. 15, we are fundraising so that we can continue to do impactful community-driven work.
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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Only if you sent it on a day ending in Y
Your email finds me deeply burned out and disassociating.
September 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Only if you sent it on a day ending in Y
Sure hope @asmtinamckinnor.bsky.social has a good reason for a lack of a green dot near her name....
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY - SB 79 (WIENER) will build a ton more housing near transit!!!
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Sure hope @asmtinamckinnor.bsky.social has a good reason for a lack of a green dot near her name....
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What Data Management looks like in the real world 😊
Researcher: Here’s some data, can you wrangle it?
DM: Sure! Do I have everything I need?
Researcher: Yep!
The next 6 months: A series of back and forth emails about missing files, unclear values, and why things are the way that they are.
Researcher: Here’s some data, can you wrangle it?
DM: Sure! Do I have everything I need?
Researcher: Yep!
The next 6 months: A series of back and forth emails about missing files, unclear values, and why things are the way that they are.
August 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What Data Management looks like in the real world 😊
Researcher: Here’s some data, can you wrangle it?
DM: Sure! Do I have everything I need?
Researcher: Yep!
The next 6 months: A series of back and forth emails about missing files, unclear values, and why things are the way that they are.
Researcher: Here’s some data, can you wrangle it?
DM: Sure! Do I have everything I need?
Researcher: Yep!
The next 6 months: A series of back and forth emails about missing files, unclear values, and why things are the way that they are.
Nice to see some more coherent reporting on (not) greening LAUSD schools.
Lord, the fuckery district employees pull... afrolanews.org/2025/08/laus...
Lord, the fuckery district employees pull... afrolanews.org/2025/08/laus...
LAUSD is sitting on millions in state funding for greening schools. Why are projects stalled for years?
LAUSD's commitment to greening at least 30% of all its schools by 2035 has become a battle over power and resources.
afrolanews.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Nice to see some more coherent reporting on (not) greening LAUSD schools.
Lord, the fuckery district employees pull... afrolanews.org/2025/08/laus...
Lord, the fuckery district employees pull... afrolanews.org/2025/08/laus...
“Being Black in America as an immigrant is a trifecta — criminalized, over-policed, and then deported”
from @afrolanews.bsky.social
afrolanews.org/2025/07/blac...
from @afrolanews.bsky.social
afrolanews.org/2025/07/blac...
Black immigrants navigate dual Identities and erasure as ICE crackdowns continue
Conversations around immigration, especially in Los Angeles, have long centered on Latine communities. But Black communities aren’t outsiders to the immigration struggle — they are central to it.
afrolanews.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“Being Black in America as an immigrant is a trifecta — criminalized, over-policed, and then deported”
from @afrolanews.bsky.social
afrolanews.org/2025/07/blac...
from @afrolanews.bsky.social
afrolanews.org/2025/07/blac...
The E is for Embezzlement
A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
July 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The E is for Embezzlement
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I see this, & I remember the years-long fight to get UChicago to open a trauma center www.chicagobusiness.com/static/secti...
People (many of whom were Black Southsiders) died needlessly because they had to travel another ~20 minutes to get to a Level 1 trauma center
People (many of whom were Black Southsiders) died needlessly because they had to travel another ~20 minutes to get to a Level 1 trauma center
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I see this, & I remember the years-long fight to get UChicago to open a trauma center www.chicagobusiness.com/static/secti...
People (many of whom were Black Southsiders) died needlessly because they had to travel another ~20 minutes to get to a Level 1 trauma center
People (many of whom were Black Southsiders) died needlessly because they had to travel another ~20 minutes to get to a Level 1 trauma center
Dear God we're cooked.
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
(1/2)
(1/2)
July 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Dear God we're cooked.
The latest ICE statistics show that as of June 29, there were 57,861 people detained by ICE, 41,495 — 71.7% — of whom had no criminal convictions.
apnews.com/article/fact...
apnews.com/article/fact...
Trump says he wants to deport 'the worst of the worst.' Government data tells another story
apnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The latest ICE statistics show that as of June 29, there were 57,861 people detained by ICE, 41,495 — 71.7% — of whom had no criminal convictions.
apnews.com/article/fact...
apnews.com/article/fact...
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"Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy students or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
July 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy students or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
You misspelled "It was wrong to give a Nazi a platform and cover, and we'll be retracting this failing of journalistic integrity."
Our assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, Patrick Healy, posted on X today in response to feedback on our recent reporting on Zohran Mamdani.
July 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
You misspelled "It was wrong to give a Nazi a platform and cover, and we'll be retracting this failing of journalistic integrity."
Dear @dropout.tv,
I'm a terrible business mind. But if you don't show @blackforager.bsky.social some love and make a 👏🏻CLOSE 👏🏻 ENOUGH 👏🏻FOR 👏🏻 STRAIGHT 👏🏻 MEN the next pen of the month, I will riot.
(*Also I'm not very strong so maybe ignore my riot threat)
youtube.com/shorts/hallv...
I'm a terrible business mind. But if you don't show @blackforager.bsky.social some love and make a 👏🏻CLOSE 👏🏻 ENOUGH 👏🏻FOR 👏🏻 STRAIGHT 👏🏻 MEN the next pen of the month, I will riot.
(*Also I'm not very strong so maybe ignore my riot threat)
youtube.com/shorts/hallv...
How to Trick Straight Men Into Therapy
YouTube video by Smartypants
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July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dear @dropout.tv,
I'm a terrible business mind. But if you don't show @blackforager.bsky.social some love and make a 👏🏻CLOSE 👏🏻 ENOUGH 👏🏻FOR 👏🏻 STRAIGHT 👏🏻 MEN the next pen of the month, I will riot.
(*Also I'm not very strong so maybe ignore my riot threat)
youtube.com/shorts/hallv...
I'm a terrible business mind. But if you don't show @blackforager.bsky.social some love and make a 👏🏻CLOSE 👏🏻 ENOUGH 👏🏻FOR 👏🏻 STRAIGHT 👏🏻 MEN the next pen of the month, I will riot.
(*Also I'm not very strong so maybe ignore my riot threat)
youtube.com/shorts/hallv...