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Erin Alberty

@erinalberty.bsky.social

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Utah news reporter for Axios. Gardener, word puzzler, Pulitzer winner, mom. Happiest in the mountains.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · Jul 20

My kid just caught me dancing to Primus & ran away from me out of embarrassment as she described my style as:

"Kangaroo break dancing plus irish jig."

And, yes, she is 100 percent correct.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 43m

I'm giggling at "F+" as a grade.

I think it took until high school for kids in my classes to stop asking why you couldn't get an F+ or F-, or why it went from D to F rather than E. 😅

Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 48m

I'm curious how competitive all these seats are. Gerrymandering has generally made House districts less competitive — i.e. less risk for affected Ds to move left. Senators' boundaries at least can't have been manipulated into uncompetitiveness (though some of them are organically uncompetitive).

Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 1h

I think it's harder on the governors. Some of these are matters of federal policy. Governors have little incentive to spend political capital defending measures their office can't even take. And they risk looking weak if they focus on actions where all they can do is beg the federal government.

Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 1h

To account for the surprise — the missing categories are federal actions. Governors can be accused of neglecting their constituents if they talk too much about nat'l policy their office can't directly affect. And they risk looking weak when they fixate on issues where all they can do is beg others.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 15h

Awww thanks.

Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 16h

We can't just swap out another pot because they're bolted to the ground. Hubs wants to find a way to salvage the display, but as far as I can tell there's zero reason to put time and effort into any community you have to share with bros. They'll always ruin it.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 16h

My husband and I planted cacti on this brutally hot, shadeless roundabout so drivers would actually see the hazard and stop speeding. Hubs got the pots & watered them for two summers. Last night some bros on scooters crashed into this one, cackled with laughter and ran away.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 21h

It's been 20+ years of frantically trying to game ever-changing algorithms on platform after punishing platform, all while watching the news industry deteriorate around me.

I feel like that fairy tale girl who put on magic shoes that forced her to dance until she dropped dead.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1d

A DeSantis supporter posted a mild critical comment about Hegseth's speech on X, and Kristina Wong, the Navy spox, has been posting proudly about how she caused the woman to have to lock her account due to harassment after Wong targeted her. Wong also asked on X who the woman's military husband was.

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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 1d

Judge blocks federal agents from using force on journalists in Chicago

A White House spokesperson told Axios "we expect to be vindicated by a higher court."

www.axios.com

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! Sucks!!

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Me, a guy who covers a lot of protests: Uhhhhhhhh what.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

Some dispute over journalists "shouting" at protests.

Plaintiff attys bring up a journalist shouting "don't shoot," rather than shouting protest chants.

Govt. atty brings up the issue of presence.

"From our point of view, being at a protest can be construed" as protest activity, he says.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 2d

My kid and I were driving around and looking at Halloween decorations, when we tuned into 103.1 The Wave — SLC's 80s-90s alternative rock station — and heard ... Christmas music.

See the video (and read the story) here at @axios.com: www.axios.com/local/salt-l...

103.1 "The Wave" switches to all Christmas music — in October

The new wave and alternative hits of the 1980s and '90s weren't getting audiences, per program manager.

www.axios.com

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 3d

Salt Lake Halloween map 2025 is up! We have nearly 100 displays & haunts already! www.axios.com/local/salt-l...

Salt Lake's best haunted houses and home displays

We've found scores of spooktacular haunts — most of them free to visit.

www.axios.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 5d

Uh-oh. This isn't likely to end well.

Two cats observe ice melting in a kitchen sink. One cat paws at the ice.

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 5d

He's enjoying multiple views of the ice today.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 5d

Megyn Kelly has now made multiple denigrating posts about me across X, YouTube, her podcast so I’m sharing this. Unlike her, I don't perform dislike and disdain in public,then become my real self when the cameras are off. That's the definition of the grift she accuses me of;I find it profoundly sad.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 7d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 10d

if you’re a visual learner i made you some maps of where the people quoted in this article as supporting portland being occupied by troops live

tilting oregon is a far portland suburb kind of

clackamas oregon and im being generous giving it the town and not the county

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 7d

CoreCivic and GEO Group — the two biggest private prison companies in the U.S. — are poised to expand their roles, as well as their profits, thanks to the new influx of funding. bit.ly/48S3NcC

Private Prison Companies’ Enormous Windfall: Who Stands to Gain as ICE Expands

For years private prison companies have been an important partner for ICE as the government carries out its immigration agenda.

www.brennancenter.org

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 7d

DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Erin Alberty @erinalberty.bsky.social · 8d

It briefly was raining noticeably more in my backyard than in my front yard. That was pretty exciting.