Tim Fitzsimons
@tfitzsimons.bsky.social
Erstwhile homosexual journalist whose content you probably once consumed through NBC News, NPR, Marketplace or Scruff. Currently working for myself, so I say what I want. 🤓
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There are no journalism ethics that justify this. There ARE journalism ethics that essentially require non-redaction.
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There are no journalism ethics that justify this. There ARE journalism ethics that essentially require non-redaction.
What a joke. Ashamed again of my degree.
Columbia's Task Force on Antisemitism has dropped its final report. They're advocating what seems to be affirmative action for Zionist scholarship (resonant with "viewpoint diversity" push for e.g. pro-racism scholarship from anti-higher ed activists)
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December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
What a joke. Ashamed again of my degree.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Having lived through the intense dishonesty of the Bush administration’s case for the invasion of Iraq I’m frankly baffled by Trump’s not even trying to build a case for regime change in Venezuela. They don’t even bother to lie or make up bullshit terrorist connections or fake WMD to build support!
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Having lived through the intense dishonesty of the Bush administration’s case for the invasion of Iraq I’m frankly baffled by Trump’s not even trying to build a case for regime change in Venezuela. They don’t even bother to lie or make up bullshit terrorist connections or fake WMD to build support!
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For my newsletter, I wrote a little about how there seems to be a recent rash of trans people taking their own lives. Please take care of yourselves this holiday season, I promise you that there are people who want to help you if you're struggling. www.burnsnotice.com/if-youre-tra...
If You're Trans, You Have to Live - Sick Burns
Content Warning: This post will have light discussion of trans-related suicide, please take care of yourself. Here is a recap of my last two weeks! Apologies again for not getting out a recap last week. Every time there is an election, the week after election day is my busiest of
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November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote a little about how there seems to be a recent rash of trans people taking their own lives. Please take care of yourselves this holiday season, I promise you that there are people who want to help you if you're struggling. www.burnsnotice.com/if-youre-tra...
So 2/3 of the staff at my workplace got laid off Saturday night in case anyone’s looking for some jobs data
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
So 2/3 of the staff at my workplace got laid off Saturday night in case anyone’s looking for some jobs data
Mayor Adams has not won the war on rats, but I will say: the rats I see around are smaller. And my totally imaginary explanation for this is the big ones are too tired to go up to dig holes in the trash bins and so they send the babies up to do the hard work all night long.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Mayor Adams has not won the war on rats, but I will say: the rats I see around are smaller. And my totally imaginary explanation for this is the big ones are too tired to go up to dig holes in the trash bins and so they send the babies up to do the hard work all night long.
Raises hand as one of those broke people
I wonder what happened in January? Anyone anyone
In case facts still matter
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Raises hand as one of those broke people
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My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
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Did the New York Times have an editorial meeting where they said something like “these are trustworthy people, we should take their word, put it headlines, that’s good journalism.”
Did they go so far as to say “we should help the Trump administration sell this action”?
Or do they just sorta do it?
Did they go so far as to say “we should help the Trump administration sell this action”?
Or do they just sorta do it?
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Did the New York Times have an editorial meeting where they said something like “these are trustworthy people, we should take their word, put it headlines, that’s good journalism.”
Did they go so far as to say “we should help the Trump administration sell this action”?
Or do they just sorta do it?
Did they go so far as to say “we should help the Trump administration sell this action”?
Or do they just sorta do it?
Just last week I said “maybe I’m team janet” and you know what 💅 …
October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just last week I said “maybe I’m team janet” and you know what 💅 …
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RFK Jr unloaded a paper into my hellsite replies to support his teen sperm count claims. I do love a vigorous evidence-driven academic debate, so LFG! Does this paper show teens only have 50% of the sperm counts of dudes his age?
SPOILER: No.🧵
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SPOILER: No.🧵
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October 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
RFK Jr unloaded a paper into my hellsite replies to support his teen sperm count claims. I do love a vigorous evidence-driven academic debate, so LFG! Does this paper show teens only have 50% of the sperm counts of dudes his age?
SPOILER: No.🧵
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/secretary-...
SPOILER: No.🧵
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/secretary-...
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Cannot believe I just searched “teenage sperm count” on PubMed to confirm my suspicion that nowhere near enough adolescent semen research has occurred in any era to support this claim. Why is he always so weird about kids?
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Cannot believe I just searched “teenage sperm count” on PubMed to confirm my suspicion that nowhere near enough adolescent semen research has occurred in any era to support this claim. Why is he always so weird about kids?
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Imagine being CBS and paying 150M for a blog and then giving the boss of that blog the reins to CBS News and she starts reposting shit from her blog
Update: After Bari Weiss was made Editor-in-Chief, CBS News is now uplifting stories from Weiss’s The Free Press.
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Imagine being CBS and paying 150M for a blog and then giving the boss of that blog the reins to CBS News and she starts reposting shit from her blog
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This is purely about the visual, example 1 million www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...
Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards
An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is purely about the visual, example 1 million www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Can't stop talking about kids genitals. Just impossible for this party to stop talking about kids genitals. Whole party covering up for pedophiles. This is totally normal for the President to talk about. But, no worries.
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Can't stop talking about kids genitals. Just impossible for this party to stop talking about kids genitals. Whole party covering up for pedophiles. This is totally normal for the President to talk about. But, no worries.
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Ah yes. The core principle of science that says one should start with the conclusion and then construct the evidence to support it.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ah yes. The core principle of science that says one should start with the conclusion and then construct the evidence to support it.
Feeling confident that ICE will be abolished by sheer popular demand, eventually
A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Feeling confident that ICE will be abolished by sheer popular demand, eventually
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Both Bari and MattY quit their jobs and pretended they were fired so they could promote their substacks. Neither have ever been cancelled or interesting
As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.
October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Both Bari and MattY quit their jobs and pretended they were fired so they could promote their substacks. Neither have ever been cancelled or interesting
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As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.
Man that bari NYT writeup sucked, except for the final line
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Man that bari NYT writeup sucked, except for the final line
Bari Weiss’ rise - viewed alongside the fall of so many actually talented journalists - demonstrates the type of media work that attracts capital and job security in the United States.
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Bari Weiss’ rise - viewed alongside the fall of so many actually talented journalists - demonstrates the type of media work that attracts capital and job security in the United States.
To quote Dorothy Thompson, "By now, I think I know."
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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
To quote Dorothy Thompson, "By now, I think I know."
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if transgender for everybody is a consequence of shutting down the government, that’s a deal i’ll have to take
October 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
if transgender for everybody is a consequence of shutting down the government, that’s a deal i’ll have to take
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Nonzero chance before 2028 he manages to bring back both Don't Ask Don't Tell and pederasty
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, each service will ensure that every requirement for every combat MOS, for every designated combat arms position, returns to the highest male standard only."
September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Nonzero chance before 2028 he manages to bring back both Don't Ask Don't Tell and pederasty