Trevor Metcalfe
@trevoremetcalfe.bsky.social
Norfolk reporter. tips@pilotonline.com.
My latest: Hampton Roads weed businesses are caught between a federal ban on hemp-derived THC later this year and a Virginia retail weed bill that may leave out some businesses. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/09/v...
Caught between law changes, Virginia cannabis businesses wait for what’s next
A move to close a loophole allowing hemp products with THC on shelves could negatively impact Hampton Roads cannabis businesses, even as Virginia lawmakers attempt to create a legal recreational ma…
www.pilotonline.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My latest: Hampton Roads weed businesses are caught between a federal ban on hemp-derived THC later this year and a Virginia retail weed bill that may leave out some businesses. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/09/v...
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More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
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"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas
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Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
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Metroid Prime 4 getting hit with Skyward Sword comparisons
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Metroid Prime 4 getting hit with Skyward Sword comparisons
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New by me: "The only person in this story with real power is RFK Jr., and he is—I cannot believe I am typing this sentence—maintaining a dignified silence. He doesn’t need to 'reclaim the narrative' because he’s too busy helping kids catch measles."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir
Can American Canto turn scandal into literature?
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New by me: "The only person in this story with real power is RFK Jr., and he is—I cannot believe I am typing this sentence—maintaining a dignified silence. He doesn’t need to 'reclaim the narrative' because he’s too busy helping kids catch measles."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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No. 1 job: Kick ass and have fun.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm hiring! Come join @pilotonline.com and work on cool stuff!
No. 1 job: Kick ass and have fun.
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No. 1 job: Kick ass and have fun.
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i wish there was something i could do to make sure that Kevin Hart, Melissa McCarthy, Ryan Reynolds, and Shane Gillis got more advertisement work. But sadly, as an individual, I just feel powerless. We need to work together to make sure we see even more of these guys somehow.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
i wish there was something i could do to make sure that Kevin Hart, Melissa McCarthy, Ryan Reynolds, and Shane Gillis got more advertisement work. But sadly, as an individual, I just feel powerless. We need to work together to make sure we see even more of these guys somehow.
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One of the most criminally underseen and underrated films of the last 30 years and imo the best direct or spiritual adaptation of Gibson yet made despite having an operating budget of what looks like $250.
Back with more Abel Ferrara for Cinématographe, with his William Gibson adaptation NEW ROSE HOTEL that has long been an under celebrated title in his filmography. I managed to secure new interviews with both Willem Dafoe and Asia Argento for this alongside a slew of other extras, grab one!
New Rose Hotel
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vinegarsyndrome.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One of the most criminally underseen and underrated films of the last 30 years and imo the best direct or spiritual adaptation of Gibson yet made despite having an operating budget of what looks like $250.
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Even the the damn twitter card for this Nature Scientific Reports is clearly AI Slop.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Even the the damn twitter card for this Nature Scientific Reports is clearly AI Slop.
Trapdoor slim shady 🕳️
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trapdoor slim shady 🕳️
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all NYC students to carry a 3DS.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all NYC students to carry a 3DS.
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Who's doing that construction? 🤔
fellas, is a tidy narrative to say it's bad to cut a journalist into pieces with a bone saw?
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Who's doing that construction? 🤔
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fellas, is a tidy narrative to say it's bad to cut a journalist into pieces with a bone saw?
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
fellas, is a tidy narrative to say it's bad to cut a journalist into pieces with a bone saw?
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Scientists with NOAA and NASA have ranked this year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic as the fifth smallest since 1992 — the year that the Montreal Protocol, a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals began to take effect.
noaa.gov/news-release...
noaa.gov/news-release...
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Scientists with NOAA and NASA have ranked this year’s ozone hole over the Antarctic as the fifth smallest since 1992 — the year that the Montreal Protocol, a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals began to take effect.
noaa.gov/news-release...
noaa.gov/news-release...
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"Trump himself is back in the White House, suggesting a futility to opposition and activism among young people who have only ever known him as the central figure in our politics. He first took the oath of office when today’s first-year college students were in elementary school."
Interesting piece:
Interesting piece:
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Trump himself is back in the White House, suggesting a futility to opposition and activism among young people who have only ever known him as the central figure in our politics. He first took the oath of office when today’s first-year college students were in elementary school."
Interesting piece:
Interesting piece:
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BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
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Virginia Republicans are facing a deep identity crisis following Democrats’ return to power. “There needs to be a fundamental rewriting of the Republican Party in Virginia. If they don’t get their act together, it’s over," Loudoun County GOP chair Scott Pio said. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/24/w...
‘We’re toast’: Virginia GOP erupts in finger-pointing after sweeping Democratic wins • Virginia Mercury
Rick Buchanan didn’t expect to walk out before the first session even ended.The chair of the 5th Congressional District GOP Committee had arrived at the Donald W. Huffman Advance — the Republican…
virginiamercury.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Virginia Republicans are facing a deep identity crisis following Democrats’ return to power. “There needs to be a fundamental rewriting of the Republican Party in Virginia. If they don’t get their act together, it’s over," Loudoun County GOP chair Scott Pio said. virginiamercury.com/2025/11/24/w...