Emily J Gertz
@ejgertz.bsky.social
Journalist, author, knitter.
"If you want to know what the first great AI apocalypse is, we're already living it. It's total information collapse." — Carole Cadwalladr
"If you want to know what the first great AI apocalypse is, we're already living it. It's total information collapse." — Carole Cadwalladr
Pinned
I’m not a number, I’m a free woman!
MWAH HA HA HA HA…
MWAH HA HA HA HA…
I am not a puppet, said Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan, wincing slightly as she untangled the strings that control her right elbow and left collarbone.
nypost.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Exclusive | Lindsey Halligan fires back at James Comey judge who claimed she’s a ‘puppet’
Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan suggested Wednesday that the Biden-appointed judge overseeing the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey violated judicial conduct rules by askin…
nypost.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m not a number, I’m a free woman!
MWAH HA HA HA HA…
MWAH HA HA HA HA…
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The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The reporter labels this turn “pragmatic”. Pragmatism would be getting off a dead-end energy source as fast as possible. This is short-termism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Energy Companies Turn to Fossil Fuels, 10 Years After Climate Pact
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The reporter labels this turn “pragmatic”. Pragmatism would be getting off a dead-end energy source as fast as possible. This is short-termism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Still struggling with being in the quantum reality where "The White House says the president does not actually want to execute Democratic members of Congress" is an actual news story.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Still struggling with being in the quantum reality where "The White House says the president does not actually want to execute Democratic members of Congress" is an actual news story.
@wnyc.org Please, please stop giving credence to this idea that this monolith called "Jewish New Yorkers" is uniformly terrified about Mayor-elect Mamdani. One in three New York Jews who voted, voted for Mamdani per CNN exit poll. www.cnn.com/election/202...
Exit polls: Election 2025 | CNN Politics
See exit polls data for the 2025 US elections. For more information on voting and election results, visit cnn.com/election.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@wnyc.org Please, please stop giving credence to this idea that this monolith called "Jewish New Yorkers" is uniformly terrified about Mayor-elect Mamdani. One in three New York Jews who voted, voted for Mamdani per CNN exit poll. www.cnn.com/election/202...
Wut? “In the Trump administration’s paradigm, gender “ideology” stands in contrast to an understanding of biology that divides nearly all animal and plant species into males with small, mobile reproductive cells and females with large, immobile ones.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wut? “In the Trump administration’s paradigm, gender “ideology” stands in contrast to an understanding of biology that divides nearly all animal and plant species into males with small, mobile reproductive cells and females with large, immobile ones.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Portland: “I burned, I burn, I will always burn. I take up the space in your skull reserved for cities on fire.”
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Portland: “I burned, I burn, I will always burn. I take up the space in your skull reserved for cities on fire.”
Gift link via NYTto the emails www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Jeffrey Epstein Emails That Mention Trump (Gift Article)
House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein sent messages to his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and the author Michael Wolff suggesting that Donald J. Trump knew more ...
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Gift link via NYTto the emails www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Haha, holy shit. They had to update the headline.
"no, no, we're talking about THOSE women"
"no, no, we're talking about THOSE women"
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Haha, holy shit. They had to update the headline.
"no, no, we're talking about THOSE women"
"no, no, we're talking about THOSE women"
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Did Women of Valor Ruin the Workplace?
I tried to buy some real estate, but by the time I considered it, she already considered it AND bought it AND planted a vineyard there by her own labors. And whenever I complain to HR, her loins are girded with strength and her arms strengthened with might.
I tried to buy some real estate, but by the time I considered it, she already considered it AND bought it AND planted a vineyard there by her own labors. And whenever I complain to HR, her loins are girded with strength and her arms strengthened with might.
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Did Women of Valor Ruin the Workplace?
I tried to buy some real estate, but by the time I considered it, she already considered it AND bought it AND planted a vineyard there by her own labors. And whenever I complain to HR, her loins are girded with strength and her arms strengthened with might.
I tried to buy some real estate, but by the time I considered it, she already considered it AND bought it AND planted a vineyard there by her own labors. And whenever I complain to HR, her loins are girded with strength and her arms strengthened with might.
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This question by the way is literally just what Gamergate was about just expanded to the rest of society. Gamergate was literally "Did Women Ruin Video Games?"
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This question by the way is literally just what Gamergate was about just expanded to the rest of society. Gamergate was literally "Did Women Ruin Video Games?"
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DID WOMEN RUIN THE WORKPLACE?
- Ghostwritten by that guy in your office that always jokes about women bleeding for 7 days and not dying.
- Ghostwritten by that guy in your office that always jokes about women bleeding for 7 days and not dying.
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
DID WOMEN RUIN THE WORKPLACE?
- Ghostwritten by that guy in your office that always jokes about women bleeding for 7 days and not dying.
- Ghostwritten by that guy in your office that always jokes about women bleeding for 7 days and not dying.
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"why can't you get a job, missy?"
The largest newspaper in America this morning:
The largest newspaper in America this morning:
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"why can't you get a job, missy?"
The largest newspaper in America this morning:
The largest newspaper in America this morning:
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I can’t read this piece because I’m stupid enough as it is, I can’t risk being made any stupider.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I can’t read this piece because I’m stupid enough as it is, I can’t risk being made any stupider.
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"Did Women Ruin the Workplace?"
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Did Women Ruin the Workplace?"
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Did women ruin the workplace? Is the white race genetically superior? Was 9/11 a controlled demolition? Are my dental fillings receiving secret CIA broadcasts?
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Did women ruin the workplace? Is the white race genetically superior? Was 9/11 a controlled demolition? Are my dental fillings receiving secret CIA broadcasts?
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Und ich frage euch:
DID WOMEN RUIN THE WORKPLACE??
DID WOMEN RUIN THE WORKPLACE??
Zohran Mamdani beruft ausschließlich Frauen in sein Übergangsteam – auch Lina Khan
Für die Neuausrichtung des New Yorker Rathauses vertraut Zohran Mamdani komplett auf weibliche Expertise. Und der neue Bürgermeister stellt klar: Was Trump angeht, wird er »kein Blatt vor den Mund neh...
www.spiegel.de
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Und ich frage euch:
DID WOMEN RUIN THE WORKPLACE??
DID WOMEN RUIN THE WORKPLACE??
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many people are saying!
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
many people are saying!
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Change in Headline
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
I’ve just searched Bluesky for “did women ruin. “ some results to follow.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’ve just searched Bluesky for “did women ruin. “ some results to follow.
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"Wow, even Van Jones can't find something to be unhappy about toni..."
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Wow, even Van Jones can't find something to be unhappy about toni..."
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I've always loved this anecdote from Mira Nair, filmmaker and mother of Zohran Mamdani, about pitching a studio exec on MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991) and being told he'd only fund it if it had more white people
"I said, 'Well, all the waiters in this film will be white. Of that, I can promise you.'"
"I said, 'Well, all the waiters in this film will be white. Of that, I can promise you.'"
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I've always loved this anecdote from Mira Nair, filmmaker and mother of Zohran Mamdani, about pitching a studio exec on MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991) and being told he'd only fund it if it had more white people
"I said, 'Well, all the waiters in this film will be white. Of that, I can promise you.'"
"I said, 'Well, all the waiters in this film will be white. Of that, I can promise you.'"