Aubrey Nagle
@aubsn.bsky.social
Journalist, Philadelphian, Sixers fan, painter, crafter.
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We used AI to find the moment of social unrest most optimized to distract from our launch of the Torment Nexus
@kashhill.bsky.social @kalleyhuang.bsky.social @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@kashhill.bsky.social @kalleyhuang.bsky.social @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
We used AI to find the moment of social unrest most optimized to distract from our launch of the Torment Nexus
@kashhill.bsky.social @kalleyhuang.bsky.social @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@kashhill.bsky.social @kalleyhuang.bsky.social @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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I've tried to get this point across myself. Here, @brianbeutler.bsky.social does a great job of it. Liberal bias is a political tool — not a critique of performance — and it will assert itself regardless of how well the newsroom does on truthtelling and fairness. www.offmessage.net/p/a-requiem-...
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I've tried to get this point across myself. Here, @brianbeutler.bsky.social does a great job of it. Liberal bias is a political tool — not a critique of performance — and it will assert itself regardless of how well the newsroom does on truthtelling and fairness. www.offmessage.net/p/a-requiem-...
I want to print a poster of this for every newsroom in America
Waiting to defend vulnerable people until you have established that it is legal to do so is not the move.
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I want to print a poster of this for every newsroom in America
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Really pathetic how the MSM is repeating White House claims that a staffer posted the racist video after
*they denied earlier that it was racist
*did not name staffer or say they'd been fired
*post was amid dozens that he sent out
*post came at midnight. Was this staffer in his bedroom?
*they denied earlier that it was racist
*did not name staffer or say they'd been fired
*post was amid dozens that he sent out
*post came at midnight. Was this staffer in his bedroom?
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Really pathetic how the MSM is repeating White House claims that a staffer posted the racist video after
*they denied earlier that it was racist
*did not name staffer or say they'd been fired
*post was amid dozens that he sent out
*post came at midnight. Was this staffer in his bedroom?
*they denied earlier that it was racist
*did not name staffer or say they'd been fired
*post was amid dozens that he sent out
*post came at midnight. Was this staffer in his bedroom?
Genuinely would love to know how NYT decided they now feel comfortable using racist in this moment, and not others. A change in policy? An internal guide to what they consider objectively racist vs needing to attribute it to some third party "critics"? What's the epistemology here??
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Genuinely would love to know how NYT decided they now feel comfortable using racist in this moment, and not others. A change in policy? An internal guide to what they consider objectively racist vs needing to attribute it to some third party "critics"? What's the epistemology here??
Improv comedy isn't just a niche talent, it's a necessary leadership skill that demonstrates situational awareness, alertness, quick thinking, and creativity. In this essay I will...
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Improv comedy isn't just a niche talent, it's a necessary leadership skill that demonstrates situational awareness, alertness, quick thinking, and creativity. In this essay I will...
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Correctly observing that state systems are being captured & used to subvert & suppress opposition is not “doomerism.” That shit is simply pertinent information.
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Correctly observing that state systems are being captured & used to subvert & suppress opposition is not “doomerism.” That shit is simply pertinent information.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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"...reporters have succumbed to flawed journalistic conventions, such as providing 'both sides' of every controversy with equal weight, even when one side is obviously lying or otherwise detached from reality."
My latest, for the MIT Press Reader: Why is an anti-immigrant extremist force cracking down on non-immigrants? Because when extremists can't win over their in-group, they must assign dissenting members to an out-group in order to maintain legitimacy.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/anatomy-of-e...
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/anatomy-of-e...
Anatomy of Extremism: What ICE Is Revealing in Minnesota
The federal persecution of immigrants and white citizens alike lays bare the unstable logic of in-group power.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"...reporters have succumbed to flawed journalistic conventions, such as providing 'both sides' of every controversy with equal weight, even when one side is obviously lying or otherwise detached from reality."
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Is it really a “clash over the facts”?
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Is it really a “clash over the facts”?
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One step into admission of reality, one foot stuck in undermining truth. Note "swarmed" to characterize protesters; animalistic metaphors for human activity convey that people are out of control, perhaps dangerous mass. Locusts & angry bees "swarm." People gather in righteous, brave witness.
It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
One step into admission of reality, one foot stuck in undermining truth. Note "swarmed" to characterize protesters; animalistic metaphors for human activity convey that people are out of control, perhaps dangerous mass. Locusts & angry bees "swarm." People gather in righteous, brave witness.
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If you let Media & Political Elite debate justification of a given murder, you are implicitly agreeing that all of the murders & terror & violence is not their goal, but an unfortunate side-effect that happened when they were trying to accomplish some other goal. But, there is no other goal.
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
If you let Media & Political Elite debate justification of a given murder, you are implicitly agreeing that all of the murders & terror & violence is not their goal, but an unfortunate side-effect that happened when they were trying to accomplish some other goal. But, there is no other goal.
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Message to fellow journalists (and anyone claiming to be one): do not “police-involved shooting” executions in broad daylight.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Message to fellow journalists (and anyone claiming to be one): do not “police-involved shooting” executions in broad daylight.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Finally, some good news!
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Finally, some good news!
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It's my old saw that I keep coming back to: the current working definition of "objectivity" means a journalist isn't allowed to describe what's obviously going on.
The important part is really the WaPo's mention of the "immediate negotiations to acquire Greenland." That is not something Europe/World can do without conceding it's for sale. It's as big a threat as any. Force is implicit and there is no diplomatic path to "buy" Greenland. 1/
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It's my old saw that I keep coming back to: the current working definition of "objectivity" means a journalist isn't allowed to describe what's obviously going on.
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The first draft of the @nytimes.com story on Trump's bizarre speech in Davos does not mention (at the time I'm posting) he kept confusing Iceland and Greenland. Instead, it pretends it never happened.
This is what 'sanewashing' and 'grading Trump on a curve' means.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
This is what 'sanewashing' and 'grading Trump on a curve' means.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Trump Threatens Europe Over Greenland, but Rules Out Sending Troops
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The first draft of the @nytimes.com story on Trump's bizarre speech in Davos does not mention (at the time I'm posting) he kept confusing Iceland and Greenland. Instead, it pretends it never happened.
This is what 'sanewashing' and 'grading Trump on a curve' means.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
This is what 'sanewashing' and 'grading Trump on a curve' means.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
The TikTok trend of people flying to other countries for full day-long health assessments and treatments for the cost of a local spa day would say otherwise.
Oz: People often say does health care stink in America? Would you leave America to get health care elsewhere? Nobody leaves.
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The TikTok trend of people flying to other countries for full day-long health assessments and treatments for the cost of a local spa day would say otherwise.
"People share false claims to signal in-group allegiance...The value of sharing lies not in providing accurate information, but in serving as social currency that reinforces group identity and cohesion." How should journalism respond to this environment? theconversation.com/why-people-b...
Why people believe misinformation even when they’re told the facts
Misinformation is not just a content problem, but an emotional and structural one.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"People share false claims to signal in-group allegiance...The value of sharing lies not in providing accurate information, but in serving as social currency that reinforces group identity and cohesion." How should journalism respond to this environment? theconversation.com/why-people-b...
I really, really, really want journalists to similarly consider other language for describing what ICE is currently doing in Minnesota. It is clearly no longer "immigration enforcement." It's not even "law enforcement."
I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I really, really, really want journalists to similarly consider other language for describing what ICE is currently doing in Minnesota. It is clearly no longer "immigration enforcement." It's not even "law enforcement."
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Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social:
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Good scoop by @liamjscott.bsky.social:
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
A key to writing headlines in 2025 is putting any attribution FIRST so it doesn't get cut off when shared on a variety of platforms and devices, because otherwise your outlet states it as fact 🙃
federal officials are now claiming that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, "suffered internal bleeding"
ICE agent involved in shooting of Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials claim
abcnews.go.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A key to writing headlines in 2025 is putting any attribution FIRST so it doesn't get cut off when shared on a variety of platforms and devices, because otherwise your outlet states it as fact 🙃
It's time for media to stop defaulting to describing ICE's actions as "immigration enforcement operations" and "deportations." They are no longer using the legal procedures aligned with those words and have moved far outside the bounds of their mandate.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
It's time for media to stop defaulting to describing ICE's actions as "immigration enforcement operations" and "deportations." They are no longer using the legal procedures aligned with those words and have moved far outside the bounds of their mandate.
This is what I fear most, news orgs reacting to the loud minority of chronically online commenters yelling about "liberal bias" and moving yet again rightward to appear "balanced."
I generally agree, but not sure this propaganda is aimed at everyday Americans who saw the footage. It’s aimed at the refs. They want false neutrality from institutions of civil society, they want both-sidesing from the media, they want chiding of whatever protestors do in response to this. (1/2)
I don't think this is going to work
I don't think they're going to win the propaganda war over an ICE agent murdering a women in cold blood, because it's not possible to buy their lies if you aren't one of them
but what a bleak world we live in that this is a narrative struggle rather than justice
I don't think they're going to win the propaganda war over an ICE agent murdering a women in cold blood, because it's not possible to buy their lies if you aren't one of them
but what a bleak world we live in that this is a narrative struggle rather than justice
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This is what I fear most, news orgs reacting to the loud minority of chronically online commenters yelling about "liberal bias" and moving yet again rightward to appear "balanced."