Erik Gunn
@erikgunn.bsky.social
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Went to a small liberal arts college with ambitions to be a filmmaker (Kubrick, Spielberg) or novelist. Struggled at having to invent plots and make stuff up. Joined the college paper. Found writing about reality a lot easier. Have done that one way or another ever since
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This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the 1930s. Let's talk about this moment of labor feminism meeting popular culture!
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the 1930s. Let's talk about this moment of labor feminism meeting popular culture!
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spanish flu was 1918........ the great wall street crash was 1929........... very cool stuff, history, very cool and not stressful
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
spanish flu was 1918........ the great wall street crash was 1929........... very cool stuff, history, very cool and not stressful
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This seems like an important story.
The US is deregulating banks. Will the rest of the world follow?
New rules will boost lending and profits and entrench American dominance. But critics say they could lead to another crash
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This seems like an important story.
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CHOTINER: You have often expressed your love for everyone. One could say it’s the focus of your work?
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
chotiner: but elmo, is it not true you were caught red-handed?
elmo:
elmo:
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
CHOTINER: You have often expressed your love for everyone. One could say it’s the focus of your work?
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
ELMO: Yes! Elmo lives everyone!
CHOTINER: But there was also your public falling-out with Zoe over your favorite blank—
ELMO: Elmo’s passions sometimes get the better of him
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The tribune of the poor, the downtrodden? Studies clearly indicate that Trump’s most ardent supporters, especially in poorer areas, are, by local standards, quite wealthy / financially stable. Their “economic anxiety” is mostly downstream from anxieties over racial and cultural status.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The tribune of the poor, the downtrodden? Studies clearly indicate that Trump’s most ardent supporters, especially in poorer areas, are, by local standards, quite wealthy / financially stable. Their “economic anxiety” is mostly downstream from anxieties over racial and cultural status.
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After the election, prominent commentators immediately reached for grand explanations that were intended to match the emotional impact of what many perceived to be a shocking victory. We were witnessing nothing short of an era-defining rightward realignment, we were told.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
After the election, prominent commentators immediately reached for grand explanations that were intended to match the emotional impact of what many perceived to be a shocking victory. We were witnessing nothing short of an era-defining rightward realignment, we were told.
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Ideas of a “populist revolt” against ignorant liberal elites, a backlash against “woke” radicalism are stubbornly persistent – as is the idea that Trump emerged from the election with a broad mandate to correct course and impose his radical agenda.
But it’s just not true.
But it’s just not true.
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Ideas of a “populist revolt” against ignorant liberal elites, a backlash against “woke” radicalism are stubbornly persistent – as is the idea that Trump emerged from the election with a broad mandate to correct course and impose his radical agenda.
But it’s just not true.
But it’s just not true.
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This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
![“I was so happy when I got there [to Babson],” Lopez Belloza said. “I was just living the college life — going to events, going everywhere ... everything there was really great. I really loved the school."
She and her father also had a special shared aspiration. With her business degree, Lopez Belloza was going to help her father open his own tailor shop, they hoped.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u6ajzyiqzkzbppp2x2y7fpfu/bafkreib33kpkgmvas4z6avgq62styxbzrzuawjufqyddtoynqgbiwnhtzy@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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4/ anyway the thread I quoted goes in various interesting directions. And Shattered Glass is a good watch.
NY Mag needs to do now what Charles Lane of TNR did then. A full accounting.
NY Mag needs to do now what Charles Lane of TNR did then. A full accounting.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
4/ anyway the thread I quoted goes in various interesting directions. And Shattered Glass is a good watch.
NY Mag needs to do now what Charles Lane of TNR did then. A full accounting.
NY Mag needs to do now what Charles Lane of TNR did then. A full accounting.
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[Thanksgiving dinner]
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
[Thanksgiving dinner]
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
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Good morning. We're waiting for a 9 am Eastern press conference updating us on the shooting of 2 members of the National Guard in a busy area of DC just blocks from the White House. Here is our team @statesnewsroom.com story up to late last night:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/two-...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/two-...
Two National Guard members from West Virginia wounded in 'targeted' shooting in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Two National Guard members from West Virginia were in critical condition Wednesday evening after being shot near the White House in Washington, D.C., officials said.FBI Director Kash Pate...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good morning. We're waiting for a 9 am Eastern press conference updating us on the shooting of 2 members of the National Guard in a busy area of DC just blocks from the White House. Here is our team @statesnewsroom.com story up to late last night:
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/two-...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/two-...
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Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
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Foodborne illnesses involving raw milk exposure have increased after West Virginia legalized direct-to-consumer sales, according to information from the state Department of Health, reports Lori Kersey.
Foodborne illnesses increase but no outbreaks reported after direct raw milk sales legalized in WV
westvirginiawatch.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Foodborne illnesses involving raw milk exposure have increased after West Virginia legalized direct-to-consumer sales, according to information from the state Department of Health, reports Lori Kersey.
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This is just to say
I have muted the names
Of the journalists
Trying to make "felch" happen
Forgive me
I don't care about
Their dysfunction
And their drama is
So icky
And so gross
I have muted the names
Of the journalists
Trying to make "felch" happen
Forgive me
I don't care about
Their dysfunction
And their drama is
So icky
And so gross
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is just to say
I have muted the names
Of the journalists
Trying to make "felch" happen
Forgive me
I don't care about
Their dysfunction
And their drama is
So icky
And so gross
I have muted the names
Of the journalists
Trying to make "felch" happen
Forgive me
I don't care about
Their dysfunction
And their drama is
So icky
And so gross
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OPINION: "As a white woman who openly rejects the worst of Mississippi, I am blessed to have siblings, nieces and nephews I can gather with who do not bring hate to the dinner table," Donna Ladd writes.
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Editor’s Note | What I’m Thankful for in 2025: The Rough Cut
Donna Ladd writes that 2025 has been a good year. Despite the ongoing challenges, there is plenty to be thankful for.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OPINION: "As a white woman who openly rejects the worst of Mississippi, I am blessed to have siblings, nieces and nephews I can gather with who do not bring hate to the dinner table," Donna Ladd writes.
buff.ly/g7ajAHh
buff.ly/g7ajAHh
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There hasn't been a big financial crash in a while, let's scrap regulation. After the next big financial crash: why didn't we have effective regulation? And so the pendulum swings, because when regulation works, we regularly forget why we need it.
A “shift to looser regulation is ‘likely to reduce the resilience of the banking sector to systemic market shocks.’”
A key lesson from 2008 was “heavily indebted banks lacked the equity capital to absorb large losses, leaving regulators [to let] banks fail or bail them out to protect depositors.”
A key lesson from 2008 was “heavily indebted banks lacked the equity capital to absorb large losses, leaving regulators [to let] banks fail or bail them out to protect depositors.”
This seems like an important story.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There hasn't been a big financial crash in a while, let's scrap regulation. After the next big financial crash: why didn't we have effective regulation? And so the pendulum swings, because when regulation works, we regularly forget why we need it.
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A mother was taken into custody by ICE. Then the public learned of her family tie to the White House | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
A mother was taken into custody by ICE. Then the public learned of her family tie to the White House | CNN Politics
Bruna Ferreira came to the US from Brazil as a child, and by all accounts, lived a life like any American: playing on the high school tennis team, getting married and divorced, building a small busine...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A mother was taken into custody by ICE. Then the public learned of her family tie to the White House | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
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Do you work in federal prisons? Plz tellll me things.
Here's how: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Here's how: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System
If you work at a federal prison and know about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Do you work in federal prisons? Plz tellll me things.
Here's how: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Here's how: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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Happy #Thanksgiving to the US folk and happy 'Quiet Inbox Day' for those of us in the rest of the world.
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy #Thanksgiving to the US folk and happy 'Quiet Inbox Day' for those of us in the rest of the world.
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An indispensable read from Reuters: Trump's 470 targets of retribution. www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
An indispensable read from Reuters: Trump's 470 targets of retribution. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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"Rubio told the diplomats to emphasize the effects of criminal acts by immigrants to encourage greater entry restrictions...Diplomats should 'regularly engage host governments...to raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of a migration background'"
Make Europe White Again
Make Europe White Again
It's not just that the United States has stopped trying to promote liberal democratic ideas internationally. It's that the United States is actively trying to promote the contrary. It's trying to turn more countries into Hungary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Rubio told the diplomats to emphasize the effects of criminal acts by immigrants to encourage greater entry restrictions...Diplomats should 'regularly engage host governments...to raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of a migration background'"
Make Europe White Again
Make Europe White Again
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2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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"Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day. The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels." #overtonwindow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day. The State Department warned employees not to use government funds for the occasion and to “refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels." #overtonwindow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...