Chris Ingraham
@cingraham.bsky.social
Writing stuff in upstate New York. Formerly: Minnesota Reformer, Washington Post, Brookings, Pew. Orange cat evangelist. Ask me about my swamp.
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Data journalism is not dead: @cingraham.bsky.social’s felching charts are in here for the quant minded.
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Data journalism is not dead: @cingraham.bsky.social’s felching charts are in here for the quant minded.
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I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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A month later and George Santos is down to $100 on Cameo.
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A month later and George Santos is down to $100 on Cameo.
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Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
so is there an unpaywalled version of Part 2 anywhere
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
so is there an unpaywalled version of Part 2 anywhere
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
I’m a wood stove dad now. I need you all to know because it’s taking over my entire personality.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I’m a wood stove dad now. I need you all to know because it’s taking over my entire personality.
Very conspicuously hasn't posted or written anything since Part 1, which makes me wonder whether lawyers got involved.
Guys its Friday and all I really want to know is whether @ryanlizza.bsky.social ever got the bamboo problem in his backyard under control. Where is part 2??
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Very conspicuously hasn't posted or written anything since Part 1, which makes me wonder whether lawyers got involved.
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Trump: In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death.
Kilmeade: Yeah, but you're not saying, you're not threatening them. A lot of people were interpreting it as a threat...
Trump: Well, I'm not threatening them, but I think they're in serious trouble.
Kilmeade: Yeah, but you're not saying, you're not threatening them. A lot of people were interpreting it as a threat...
Trump: Well, I'm not threatening them, but I think they're in serious trouble.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump: In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death.
Kilmeade: Yeah, but you're not saying, you're not threatening them. A lot of people were interpreting it as a threat...
Trump: Well, I'm not threatening them, but I think they're in serious trouble.
Kilmeade: Yeah, but you're not saying, you're not threatening them. A lot of people were interpreting it as a threat...
Trump: Well, I'm not threatening them, but I think they're in serious trouble.
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Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
If you have the soul of a poet you can obtain the recipe for Plutonium-239 from ChatGPT
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you have the soul of a poet you can obtain the recipe for Plutonium-239 from ChatGPT
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
Can't believe this is happening to BLONGKY, a name that has long been synonymous with quality craftsmanship in portable electric car kettles
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Portable Electric Car Kettles Due to Risk of Serious Burn Injury; Distributed by BLONGKY www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Can't believe this is happening to BLONGKY, a name that has long been synonymous with quality craftsmanship in portable electric car kettles
This is a very specific nightmare/anxiety of mine -- offhandedly learning about something and being like "huh that's weird," and then dying of that very thing like a year later
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is a very specific nightmare/anxiety of mine -- offhandedly learning about something and being like "huh that's weird," and then dying of that very thing like a year later
The President of the United States is literally threatening opposing lawmakers with death for a video they made encouraging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The President of the United States is literally threatening opposing lawmakers with death for a video they made encouraging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democratic congresswoman from Florida, misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department.
Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democratic congresswoman from Florida, misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department.
I always kind of assumed this was happening but never thought anyone would be dumb enough to spell it out in an email!
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I always kind of assumed this was happening but never thought anyone would be dumb enough to spell it out in an email!
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
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The CDC under RFK Jr. has repudiated its decades of work fighting to debunk the false assertion that vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4idz3Wn
Under RFK Jr., CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link it once discredited
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The CDC under RFK Jr. has repudiated its decades of work fighting to debunk the false assertion that vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4idz3Wn
Scientific studies have not ruled out the possibility that the moon is made of green cheese
The CDC just updated its website saying "Scientific studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines contribute to the development of autism." Adds "this statement has historically been disseminated by the CDC and other federal health agencies within HHS to prevent vaccine hesitancy."
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Scientific studies have not ruled out the possibility that the moon is made of green cheese