Susan Barrett Price
@madinpursuit.bsky.social
Writer. Author of KITTY'S PEOPLE: Irish Family Saga about the Rise of a Generous Woman (2022), HEADLONG: Over the Edge in Pakistan and China (2018), TRIBE OF THE BREAKAWAY BEADS: Book of Exits and Fresh Starts (2011), and 2 thrillers. www.MadinPursuit.com
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Here's audio of my conversation with @howardstern.com about @jimmykimmel.com, Stephen Colbert, the First Amendment, and Howard's history with the FCC: on.soundcloud.com/fSsupm8wrLlZ...
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Here's audio of my conversation with @howardstern.com about @jimmykimmel.com, Stephen Colbert, the First Amendment, and Howard's history with the FCC: on.soundcloud.com/fSsupm8wrLlZ...
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This Week in Tech with @leolaporte.me, @devindra.bsky.social, @padresj.bsky.social, & Nicholas De Leon explores whether Meta's AR glasses represent the future or tech overreach! Plus, TikTok's uncertain fate & iPhone Air reviews. twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1050
Live Demo, Good Luck | TWiT.TV
Is strapping notifications to your face the next frontier, or just tech gone too far? Dive into a lively, sometimes skeptical discussion on Meta's AR glasses, social media's
twit.tv
September 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This Week in Tech with @leolaporte.me, @devindra.bsky.social, @padresj.bsky.social, & Nicholas De Leon explores whether Meta's AR glasses represent the future or tech overreach! Plus, TikTok's uncertain fate & iPhone Air reviews. twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1050
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The week’s biggest AI stories—clearly explained. Intelligent Machines with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis & Paris Martineau. 🎧
Intelligent Machines | Artificial Intelligence Podcast & Future Computing News | TWiT | TWiT.TV
Meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. Join Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
buff.ly
September 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The week’s biggest AI stories—clearly explained. Intelligent Machines with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis & Paris Martineau. 🎧
I am preserving history and culture for a time, after the apocalypse, when we need to reflect and rebuild. And writing is good for my brain. THE ELECTRIC CAR 1891: FRANCE VS AMERICA. madinpursuit.com/collections/...
August 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I am preserving history and culture for a time, after the apocalypse, when we need to reflect and rebuild. And writing is good for my brain. THE ELECTRIC CAR 1891: FRANCE VS AMERICA. madinpursuit.com/collections/...
These photos now have me reading the 1970 classic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Tactics of the 19th-century U.S. government feel eerily resonant with today's headlines. #photographs #NativeAmerican #vintagephotos madinpursuit.com/collections/...
July 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
These photos now have me reading the 1970 classic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Tactics of the 19th-century U.S. government feel eerily resonant with today's headlines. #photographs #NativeAmerican #vintagephotos madinpursuit.com/collections/...
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There are a lot of *interesting* hot takes on Pope Leo XIV.
Many of them are bemoaning an "American Pope" b/c of Trump.
I understand. I feel you.
But PLEASE... take a moment to look at the man's history.
He is NOT the American that Trump & Vance wanted as Pope.
Many of them are bemoaning an "American Pope" b/c of Trump.
I understand. I feel you.
But PLEASE... take a moment to look at the man's history.
He is NOT the American that Trump & Vance wanted as Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There are a lot of *interesting* hot takes on Pope Leo XIV.
Many of them are bemoaning an "American Pope" b/c of Trump.
I understand. I feel you.
But PLEASE... take a moment to look at the man's history.
He is NOT the American that Trump & Vance wanted as Pope.
Many of them are bemoaning an "American Pope" b/c of Trump.
I understand. I feel you.
But PLEASE... take a moment to look at the man's history.
He is NOT the American that Trump & Vance wanted as Pope.
Wondering how we engage with the world yet rise above the current horror show. Reading, thinking, writing it out. #socialtheory #philosophy #ai #enchantment madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
March 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wondering how we engage with the world yet rise above the current horror show. Reading, thinking, writing it out. #socialtheory #philosophy #ai #enchantment madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
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I think I'm going to post this every day.
It doesn't have to work today. It doesn't even need to be filed. But it's time to get Trump on the ropes and build the support needed to remove him from office.
Before it's too late.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/13/i...
It doesn't have to work today. It doesn't even need to be filed. But it's time to get Trump on the ropes and build the support needed to remove him from office.
Before it's too late.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/13/i...
It Is Long Past Time For Democrats To Start Pounding The Impeachment Drum
The big deal today is Democrats’ threatened capitulation to the GOP on the continuing resolution to keep the government open—but entirely on Trump’s terms, no matter who it bankrupts (h…
www.techdirt.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I think I'm going to post this every day.
It doesn't have to work today. It doesn't even need to be filed. But it's time to get Trump on the ropes and build the support needed to remove him from office.
Before it's too late.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/13/i...
It doesn't have to work today. It doesn't even need to be filed. But it's time to get Trump on the ropes and build the support needed to remove him from office.
Before it's too late.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/13/i...
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Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Here's the current plan for keeping my most precious photos safe, in case something catastrophic happens to my Dropbox account. #photography madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Here's the current plan for keeping my most precious photos safe, in case something catastrophic happens to my Dropbox account. #photography madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
I'm slowly figuring out life as a singleton. Many of my friends and family are solo women now, but I haven't yet had this conversation with them. Maybe you'll get a chuckle out of my coffee-shop challenge. Or maybe you'll have some advice. #amwriting #introvert madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
March 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm slowly figuring out life as a singleton. Many of my friends and family are solo women now, but I haven't yet had this conversation with them. Maybe you'll get a chuckle out of my coffee-shop challenge. Or maybe you'll have some advice. #amwriting #introvert madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
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The House could vote next week on drastic cuts to Medicaid that would gut critical programs that protect the civil rights and dignity of millions of Americans — including people with disabilities.
Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.
Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The House could vote next week on drastic cuts to Medicaid that would gut critical programs that protect the civil rights and dignity of millions of Americans — including people with disabilities.
Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.
Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.
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THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
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Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.
nymag.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
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Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
With arctic temps and a wild wind roaring, it's a good morning to think about horror stories. #amwriting madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
February 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
With arctic temps and a wild wind roaring, it's a good morning to think about horror stories. #amwriting madinpursuit.com/Journal2025/...
Yes, let's use the correct term. It's a return to segregation. Maybe we should remind ourselves about Jim Crow laws.
it is a segregation campaign www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yes, let's use the correct term. It's a return to segregation. Maybe we should remind ourselves about Jim Crow laws.
Have these people no shame?
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Have these people no shame?
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Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
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Powerbeats Pro 2 are here! 🎧 @LeoLaporte.me @ihnatko.bsky.social @snell.zone & Alex Lindsay discuss Apple’s new earbuds with heart rate monitoring on MacBreak Weekly 959. Thoughts? 🍏👇
For more, check out MacBreak Weekly: https://twit.tv/mbw/959
https://youtu.be/lGZiRGS6P2A
For more, check out MacBreak Weekly: https://twit.tv/mbw/959
https://youtu.be/lGZiRGS6P2A
A Bricolage of Features | TWiT.TV
Apple pushes out iOS and iPad 18.3.1 to fix a security flaw. Could the iPhone SE 4 be released soon, possibly after this episode of MBW goes out? A bug has re-enabled Apple
twit.tv
February 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Powerbeats Pro 2 are here! 🎧 @LeoLaporte.me @ihnatko.bsky.social @snell.zone & Alex Lindsay discuss Apple’s new earbuds with heart rate monitoring on MacBreak Weekly 959. Thoughts? 🍏👇
For more, check out MacBreak Weekly: https://twit.tv/mbw/959
https://youtu.be/lGZiRGS6P2A
For more, check out MacBreak Weekly: https://twit.tv/mbw/959
https://youtu.be/lGZiRGS6P2A
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NEW: The Trump/Musk war on USAID & foreign aid has halted family planning/reproductive health programs round the world. That means more unintended pregnancies and...more abortions. One estimate: More than a million "unsafe" abortions in the coming months.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NEW: The Trump/Musk war on USAID & foreign aid has halted family planning/reproductive health programs round the world. That means more unintended pregnancies and...more abortions. One estimate: More than a million "unsafe" abortions in the coming months.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Our full tracker of the DOGE folks, with new additions, is here: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
A @propublica.org team effort: @chrisbing.bsky.social, @shaw.al, Avi Asher-Schapiro, @justinelliott.bsky.social, @andykroll.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social + more
A @propublica.org team effort: @chrisbing.bsky.social, @shaw.al, Avi Asher-Schapiro, @justinelliott.bsky.social, @andykroll.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social + more
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Our full tracker of the DOGE folks, with new additions, is here: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
A @propublica.org team effort: @chrisbing.bsky.social, @shaw.al, Avi Asher-Schapiro, @justinelliott.bsky.social, @andykroll.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social + more
A @propublica.org team effort: @chrisbing.bsky.social, @shaw.al, Avi Asher-Schapiro, @justinelliott.bsky.social, @andykroll.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social + more
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We need to banish the phrase "claimed without evidence" from journalism. Because 100% of the time it means "This public figure told this lie, but my news organization's conventions prevent me from saying it's a lie, even though it's an obvious lie."
Calling a lie a lie ought to be the convention.
Calling a lie a lie ought to be the convention.
February 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We need to banish the phrase "claimed without evidence" from journalism. Because 100% of the time it means "This public figure told this lie, but my news organization's conventions prevent me from saying it's a lie, even though it's an obvious lie."
Calling a lie a lie ought to be the convention.
Calling a lie a lie ought to be the convention.
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There is really no such thing as unilateral mass “firings” or “layoffs” in the federal government, and yet most of the coverage headlines Trump’s purges using exactly those words. Unilateral is the key there.
February 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There is really no such thing as unilateral mass “firings” or “layoffs” in the federal government, and yet most of the coverage headlines Trump’s purges using exactly those words. Unilateral is the key there.
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We may not have an alternate body of language w/ terms as striking and clear as firings and layoffs. But if we focus on the power dynamic, on the unilateralness, and on the lawlessness, it may refine our language and in turn our thinking.
Meanwhile, “purge” is a splendid word.
Meanwhile, “purge” is a splendid word.
February 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We may not have an alternate body of language w/ terms as striking and clear as firings and layoffs. But if we focus on the power dynamic, on the unilateralness, and on the lawlessness, it may refine our language and in turn our thinking.
Meanwhile, “purge” is a splendid word.
Meanwhile, “purge” is a splendid word.