Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
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Carrie Brown
@brizzyc.bsky.social
· Aug 15
I don’t know why I post this stuff but just trying to occasionally lighten the timeline slightly or something.
"ICE had a busy weekend in New Jersey." prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...
ICE had a busy weekend in New Jersey.
prod.cdn.everyaction.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
"ICE had a busy weekend in New Jersey." prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...
What really kills me is that there IS an alternative now that essentially functions the same. Yes, it takes a long time to rebuild your network and find people to follow. But it's also not THAT hard? Come on.
February 2, 2026 at 10:28 PM
What really kills me is that there IS an alternative now that essentially functions the same. Yes, it takes a long time to rebuild your network and find people to follow. But it's also not THAT hard? Come on.
So Semafor's Ben Smith thinks "X is back" "now undoubtedly at the beating heart of news again" and boy is that profoundly depressing if true. It was just weeks ago that news broke that it is flooded with fake sexualized photos of women and KIDS. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
🟡 Semafor Media: Heated rivalry | Semafor
In today’s edition: the arrival of the California Post.
www.semafor.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
So Semafor's Ben Smith thinks "X is back" "now undoubtedly at the beating heart of news again" and boy is that profoundly depressing if true. It was just weeks ago that news broke that it is flooded with fake sexualized photos of women and KIDS. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
Maplewood, NJ stands with Minnesota and immigrants villagegreennj.com/community/ph...
Photos: Anti-ICE Protesters in Maplewood Stand With Immigrants - The Village Green
Maplewood resident Melissa Citro said she couldn’t take another day of doomscrolling last week,…
villagegreennj.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Maplewood, NJ stands with Minnesota and immigrants villagegreennj.com/community/ph...
AEJMC Best Practices in Teaching competition, deadline is Feb 15! higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
AEJMC Best Practices in Teaching competition, deadline is Feb 15! higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AEJMC/680a77...
"But is this really about protecting children, or is it a backdoor to destroy the free and open web? Experts say this lawsuit would set a dangerous legal precedent that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate, censor, and control online content." www.usermag.co/p/can-you-su...
Can You Sue For Social Media Addiction?
+ Slopagandists, WannaBeasts, r/massivecock vs ICE, America's Kill Line, peptide pushers, Boy Throb, viral armpitting, a new class of pro-Democrat dark money creators, and is Josh the new Karen?
www.usermag.co
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"But is this really about protecting children, or is it a backdoor to destroy the free and open web? Experts say this lawsuit would set a dangerous legal precedent that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate, censor, and control online content." www.usermag.co/p/can-you-su...
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How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
By Jodi Kantor
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
By Jodi Kantor
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
By Jodi Kantor
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
By Jodi Kantor
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Armcherries, rise up: we have a potential unauthorized evacuation by the President, we have no choice but to offer a forensic video analysis www.reddit.com/r/esist/s/hU...
From the esist community on Reddit: My Friends We Were Just Given The Means To End Trump, And It's Not The Epstein Files.
Explore this post and more from the esist community
www.reddit.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Armcherries, rise up: we have a potential unauthorized evacuation by the President, we have no choice but to offer a forensic video analysis www.reddit.com/r/esist/s/hU...
I'm half watching the Grammy's while doing some work and I could have missed something, but, uh, yeah so far I'm not feeling like artists are meeting the moment? HOLD...thank you Olivia Dean
February 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I'm half watching the Grammy's while doing some work and I could have missed something, but, uh, yeah so far I'm not feeling like artists are meeting the moment? HOLD...thank you Olivia Dean
It is still quite snowy in NYC I see
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
It is still quite snowy in NYC I see
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I’m really looking forward to this, and especially to talking about some of our reporting on immigrant dairy workers which began just a few miles from Madison… please come if you can make it!
Online and in person on Tuesday, March 3, the amazing @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social will be a part of a public conversation on ethics and immigration reporting. Free and open to the public. More info: ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2026/01/28/p...
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I’m really looking forward to this, and especially to talking about some of our reporting on immigrant dairy workers which began just a few miles from Madison… please come if you can make it!
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Same.
I think money matters a good deal in a normal election cycle, but this isn’t a normal year. This year will be a brand and voter anger election. The constant fundraising appeals from Dems only makes me dislike them, particularly when they do this while being super squishy on Capitol Hill.
February 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Same.
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Our organized outrage is working — but we cannot let up now and allow Democrats to settle for empty reforms. To secure real restrictions on ICE and CBP that will actually protect our communities, we need to keep up the pressure on Congress.
Tell your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire...
act.indivisible.org
February 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Our organized outrage is working — but we cannot let up now and allow Democrats to settle for empty reforms. To secure real restrictions on ICE and CBP that will actually protect our communities, we need to keep up the pressure on Congress.
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm." A must read.
Liam Conejo Ramos is not alone. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Is Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm." A must read.
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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A noteworthy takeaway from tonight's Texas result is that the Republicans spent a metric truckload of money on this race. They spent millions more than the Democrats. The loss itself aside, this is a gigantic, flashing warning sign for the GOP's finances.
February 1, 2026 at 6:54 AM
A noteworthy takeaway from tonight's Texas result is that the Republicans spent a metric truckload of money on this race. They spent millions more than the Democrats. The loss itself aside, this is a gigantic, flashing warning sign for the GOP's finances.
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this is beautiful and harrowing...
To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
this is beautiful and harrowing...
"Known as “Melt the ICE” caps, the pattern for the knitted hat — selling at $5 — has been ordered more than 85,000 times since being offered online in mid-January www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/s...
In Minneapolis, Knitters Are Protesting With Red Hats
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Known as “Melt the ICE” caps, the pattern for the knitted hat — selling at $5 — has been ordered more than 85,000 times since being offered online in mid-January www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/s...
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34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
34,000 signing up for this work AFTER seeing their fellow citizens gunned down by federal thugs in cold blood? I'm chugging whatever the opposite of doomerism is
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This graph has been making the rounds and it should. It’s a horror movie in graph form.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
This graph has been making the rounds and it should. It’s a horror movie in graph form.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
Will Americans see it, and if so, can we read it? Serious question.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
Cool zine, not sure who made it
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Cool zine, not sure who made it
Monsters. Jesus.
"X can not come at 7 p.m. tomorrow because of soccer."
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Monsters. Jesus.