Otillia Steadman
@otillia.bsky.social
hibernating in the forest, formerly BuzzFeed News
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Some news from me: I was laid off yesterday from Rolling Stone. Kind of in shock, but will be looking for a new gig. Here are Quincy and Lou
September 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Some news from me: I was laid off yesterday from Rolling Stone. Kind of in shock, but will be looking for a new gig. Here are Quincy and Lou
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Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability
September 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability
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being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place
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Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
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While cops were freaking out at the nothing happening at Columbia yesterday, other cops were using chemical weapons banned in actual war as actual war crimes against students at CCNY just a dozen blocks north up in Harlem
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/24/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/24/c...
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
While cops were freaking out at the nothing happening at Columbia yesterday, other cops were using chemical weapons banned in actual war as actual war crimes against students at CCNY just a dozen blocks north up in Harlem
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/24/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/24/c...
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the @chronicle.com has launched what is going to be a tremendously useful tool: a tracker of the Trump administration's activities affecting higher ed, particularly in the areas of civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. check it out: www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Use our new tracker to keep up with the latest.
www.chronicle.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
the @chronicle.com has launched what is going to be a tremendously useful tool: a tracker of the Trump administration's activities affecting higher ed, particularly in the areas of civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. check it out: www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
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Yup!
something I haven't seen yet: isn't a massive increase in the range of goods worth smuggling going to be a big boost to exactly the kind of cross-border organized crime the WH claims it wants to stop?
April 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yup!
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, responded to news of the judge’s order by posting a GIF of a confused bunny on X.
April 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, responded to news of the judge’s order by posting a GIF of a confused bunny on X.
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Thinking about these guys
April 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Thinking about these guys
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As a Columbine survivor, it’s the lmao that really does it for me.
Here is a cursed sentence straight out of 2025: An X employee used OpenAI's new image tool to turn a photo of a school shooting into a studio ghibli cartoon (875,000 views)
March 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
As a Columbine survivor, it’s the lmao that really does it for me.
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I know *I* want to know about them, so will post coverage I see here (please do reply with stuff you've seen!) Also h/t @fisherdanar.bsky.social for being a steady source of info on this stuff!
Here's one I saw this morning - 1000+ people protesting in Colo: coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/03/c...
Here's one I saw this morning - 1000+ people protesting in Colo: coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/03/c...
‘Mindless culling’: Crowd protests DOGE layoffs at Boulder NOAA campus • Colorado Newsline
The terminations were part of a wave of mass firings carried out by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
coloradonewsline.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know *I* want to know about them, so will post coverage I see here (please do reply with stuff you've seen!) Also h/t @fisherdanar.bsky.social for being a steady source of info on this stuff!
Here's one I saw this morning - 1000+ people protesting in Colo: coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/03/c...
Here's one I saw this morning - 1000+ people protesting in Colo: coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/03/c...
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Yesterday, I was laid off after 10 years at HuffPost. I’m obviously gutted. But once I take a breath, I’ll be open to jobs & freelance work, both in journalism and outside of it, given the state of our industry.
To get in touch:
bymarinafang@gmail.com
Signal: marinafang.72
To get in touch:
bymarinafang@gmail.com
Signal: marinafang.72
February 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yesterday, I was laid off after 10 years at HuffPost. I’m obviously gutted. But once I take a breath, I’ll be open to jobs & freelance work, both in journalism and outside of it, given the state of our industry.
To get in touch:
bymarinafang@gmail.com
Signal: marinafang.72
To get in touch:
bymarinafang@gmail.com
Signal: marinafang.72
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SCOOP: I just received a copy of the email sent by Andreessen Horowitz to limited partners and investors announcing the hire of Daniel Penny. "Investors (LPs) are almost universally pissed," my source told me.
Source doesn't want images shared, but here are some excerpts from the email...
Source doesn't want images shared, but here are some excerpts from the email...
February 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
SCOOP: I just received a copy of the email sent by Andreessen Horowitz to limited partners and investors announcing the hire of Daniel Penny. "Investors (LPs) are almost universally pissed," my source told me.
Source doesn't want images shared, but here are some excerpts from the email...
Source doesn't want images shared, but here are some excerpts from the email...
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After 11 years, my time at HuffPost is coming to an end tomorrow.
Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change.
So, I took a buyout.
Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change.
So, I took a buyout.
February 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
After 11 years, my time at HuffPost is coming to an end tomorrow.
Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change.
So, I took a buyout.
Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change.
So, I took a buyout.
Sorry, remind me, what was the conspiracy that the rioters used to justify their attack on the Capitol?
A Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned by President Trump and released from prison last week is being sought on preexisting charges in Texas of soliciting a minor online.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Is Sought for Charges of Soliciting Minor
Andrew Taake, who pleaded guilty to attacking the police outside the Capitol, was just released from prison. He is being sought for charges in 2016 of soliciting a 17-year-old online for sex.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Sorry, remind me, what was the conspiracy that the rioters used to justify their attack on the Capitol?
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Han Kang’s Nobel Prize speech next week is going to be VERY interesting
December 3, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Han Kang’s Nobel Prize speech next week is going to be VERY interesting
I have seen the Wicked movie, and it gives me no pleasure to report that I will be fully reverting to my most cringe 2003 theater nerd self for the next several weeks. Please respect my family’s privacy during this difficult time.
November 24, 2024 at 8:45 PM
I have seen the Wicked movie, and it gives me no pleasure to report that I will be fully reverting to my most cringe 2003 theater nerd self for the next several weeks. Please respect my family’s privacy during this difficult time.
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We were just wondering...
Which Avian foot morphology are you today?
(inspired by far too much coffee)
Which Avian foot morphology are you today?
(inspired by far too much coffee)
November 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
We were just wondering...
Which Avian foot morphology are you today?
(inspired by far too much coffee)
Which Avian foot morphology are you today?
(inspired by far too much coffee)
Embracing chaos by switching between Kendrick and the Wicked soundtrack
November 22, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Embracing chaos by switching between Kendrick and the Wicked soundtrack
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doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century
November 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century
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Were you a fan of BuzzFeed News? Did you once work for BuzzFeed News?
If so, you're in luck! Here's a LIST of all the former BFN people I could find on this app (a starter pack was too small to include everybody): bsky.app/profile/did:...
If so, you're in luck! Here's a LIST of all the former BFN people I could find on this app (a starter pack was too small to include everybody): bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Were you a fan of BuzzFeed News? Did you once work for BuzzFeed News?
If so, you're in luck! Here's a LIST of all the former BFN people I could find on this app (a starter pack was too small to include everybody): bsky.app/profile/did:...
If so, you're in luck! Here's a LIST of all the former BFN people I could find on this app (a starter pack was too small to include everybody): bsky.app/profile/did:...
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"Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women.
"The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths."
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
"The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths."
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 1:45 PM
"Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women.
"The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths."
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
"The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths."
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Up late waiting for the rain like it’s Santa Claus
November 21, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Up late waiting for the rain like it’s Santa Claus
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As Trump prepares for a second term, @19thnews.bsky.social is pulling together allegations of sexual assault and harassment against the president-elect’s Cabinet-level picks.
Here's what we've found so far: 19thnews.org/2024/11/sexu...
Here's what we've found so far: 19thnews.org/2024/11/sexu...
The growing list of sexual misconduct allegations against Trump’s picks
At least four of the president-elect’s top picks to lead his government have been accused of sexual assault, harassment or child sex trafficking.
19thnews.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 AM
As Trump prepares for a second term, @19thnews.bsky.social is pulling together allegations of sexual assault and harassment against the president-elect’s Cabinet-level picks.
Here's what we've found so far: 19thnews.org/2024/11/sexu...
Here's what we've found so far: 19thnews.org/2024/11/sexu...