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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · 19d
SCOOP: I FOIA'd economic development agreements & the ground lease for Meta's massive data center in Louisiana and found the state secured no explicit mandates for Meta to create locally-hired full time jobs to receive property tax breaks
www.wired.com/story/louisi...
Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center
Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center.
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Hanaa’ Tameez @hanaatameez.bsky.social · Sep 11
This story — which asks what happened to all of those newsroom DEI jobs, committees, and promises from 2020 — is the hardest one I've ever worked on. I hope you'll spend some time with it today.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
From reckoning to retreat: Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline
Diversity-related newsroom jobs haven't totally disappeared — but they also haven't stuck.
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · Sep 11
PSA from a @flaminghydra.com reader, recommending this AI-free Google search link

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PSA from Flaming Hydra reader Ralph Haygood: "Google's artificial intelligence, whose results appear first now like it or not and I do not": PSA: If you wish to continue using Google at all, start your searches from https://udm14.com/ and you won't see that shit.
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Lara Witt @femmfeministe.bsky.social · Sep 3
Prism almost worked with this person, but we didn't because she was being weird & non-human via email. I'm also surprised Wired doesn't top edit and fact-check every piece. Prism runs every piece through 3-4 different editors and fact-checks everything.

www.wired.com/story/how-wi...
How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer
We retracted a story in May. Here’s what happened.
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Daniel Spielberger @danielspielberger.bsky.social · Sep 3
also @flaminghydra.com referenced on this episode 👀
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Study Hall @studyhall.bsky.social · Sep 3
Thank you for joining the podcast to discuss your excellent new book on democracy, @ositanwanevu.com !

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An Ambitious Vision For Democracy ft. Osita Nwanevu
Podcast Episode · The Study Hall Podcast · 09/03/2025 · 47m
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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Aug 18
TODAY: @markyarm.bsky.social talks with @karenattiah.bsky.social about her Resistance Summer School program, and about what's going on at Columbia: "This is not an environment conducive to academic freedom at all, particularly if you’re a marginalized professor." flaminghydra.com/issue-384/#a...
Class consciousness
Mark Yarm interviews Karen Attiah, Washington Post opinion columnist and head of Resistance Summer School
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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · Aug 26
New York’s public radio and TV stations are facing major blows to their budgets after Congress two weeks ago approved a bill that cancelled over $1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.https://nysfocus.com/2025/07/30/public-radio-tv-cuts-npr-pbs-new-york
New York Public Media Will Lose At Least $57 Million in Federal Funds
Nearly $50 million will come specifically from public radio and TV stations, including rural ones that rely heavily on federal money.
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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · Aug 7
TODAY: @kimkelly.bsky.social on all the friends and lovers and cultural memory we can’t find on Facebook anymore, and what still remains. “My heart warmed, then cooled. As I was searching for the image I wanted, I saw other dead men looking up at me.” flaminghydra.com/r/6b663d52?m...
Elusive future
What Kim Kelly couldn’t find on Facebook
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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · Aug 5
I strongly encourage freelancers to join @fspnwu.bsky.social, to share rates and information about publishers, to advocate for themselves in an increasingly hostile media climate. And I urge other indie pubs to work with @nwu.org on policies of their own.
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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · Aug 5
So thrilled to announce that @theflytrapmedia.com has collaborated with @nwu.org on freelancer policies. As a current freelancer, it's really important to me to value and protect our freelance contributors. Proud to join other indie pubs in this!

You can read all about it here:
We've Gone UNION, Baby!
The Flytrap is partnering with the National Writers Union on freelancer policies
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k.e. harloe @keharloe.bsky.social · Aug 4
Over 100 ppl (& counting) are registered for this @fspnwu.bsky.social convo abt funding news under fascism, happening TMRW @ 12 pm EST!

Signing up is free and takes 2 min. You won't wanna miss out: bit.ly/FundingUnder...
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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · Jul 31
I will be moderating this talk on funding the news under fascism!! How do we pay the bills when even the nonprofit news model is under attack??? I don't know but we're gonna figure it out!
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Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social · Jul 31
The journalism industry is facing economic breakdown. What promises and pitfalls does the nonprofit news model offer? Hear from Mazin Sidahmed of @documentedny.bsky.social, Alicia Bell of @borealisphil.bsky.social, & Lara Witt of @prismreports.org on August 5. Register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism
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Chris Gelardi @chrisgelardi.bsky.social · Aug 4
Thousands in New York state prisons are left in scorching cells for 20+ hours a day as the system continues to grapple with the effects this winter's guard strike.

“You have no sense of relief. ... You’re just sitting in a cell, baking.”

New in @nysfocus.bsky.social:

nysfocus.com/2025/08/04/s...
Summers Are Brutal in New York’s Prisons. This Year Is Worse Than…
Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day.
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Roshan Abraham @roshanabraham.bsky.social · Jul 31
I will be moderating this talk on funding the news under fascism!! How do we pay the bills when even the nonprofit news model is under attack??? I don't know but we're gonna figure it out!
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Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social · Jul 31
The journalism industry is facing economic breakdown. What promises and pitfalls does the nonprofit news model offer? Hear from Mazin Sidahmed of @documentedny.bsky.social, Alicia Bell of @borealisphil.bsky.social, & Lara Witt of @prismreports.org on August 5. Register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism
Text reads "Journalism Futures: Funding Under Fascism, register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism". The panelists are listed as Alicia Bell, Director, Racial Equity in Journalism Fund; Lara Witt, E.I.C. of Prism; and Mazin Sidahmed, Co-Founder of Documented. Roshan Abraham, freelance journalist/FSP member, will moderate. The date reads August 5th, 12pm EST. The logos for FSP and NWU are displayed at the bottom left. The background is red, and a black lightning strike trails down the right side ending in a red fist holding a pen. The words "a virtual panel series about funding the news" are written above it.
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Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social · Jul 31
The journalism industry is facing economic breakdown. What promises and pitfalls does the nonprofit news model offer? Hear from Mazin Sidahmed of @documentedny.bsky.social, Alicia Bell of @borealisphil.bsky.social, & Lara Witt of @prismreports.org on August 5. Register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism
Text reads "Journalism Futures: Funding Under Fascism, register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism". The panelists are listed as Alicia Bell, Director, Racial Equity in Journalism Fund; Lara Witt, E.I.C. of Prism; and Mazin Sidahmed, Co-Founder of Documented. Roshan Abraham, freelance journalist/FSP member, will moderate. The date reads August 5th, 12pm EST. The logos for FSP and NWU are displayed at the bottom left. The background is red, and a black lightning strike trails down the right side ending in a red fist holding a pen. The words "a virtual panel series about funding the news" are written above it.
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k.e. harloe @keharloe.bsky.social · Jul 31
Got the nonprofit industrial complex on your mind? Us too. Join
@fspnwu.bsky.social, moderator @roshanabraham.bsky.social, and these stellar speakers for a chat about ~funding under fascism~ next week!

Register & send us your burning q's here - it's totally free & takes 2 min: tinyurl.com/mrxubuyj
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Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social · Jul 31
The journalism industry is facing economic breakdown. What promises and pitfalls does the nonprofit news model offer? Hear from Mazin Sidahmed of @documentedny.bsky.social, Alicia Bell of @borealisphil.bsky.social, & Lara Witt of @prismreports.org on August 5. Register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism
Text reads "Journalism Futures: Funding Under Fascism, register: bit.ly/FundingUnderFascism". The panelists are listed as Alicia Bell, Director, Racial Equity in Journalism Fund; Lara Witt, E.I.C. of Prism; and Mazin Sidahmed, Co-Founder of Documented. Roshan Abraham, freelance journalist/FSP member, will moderate. The date reads August 5th, 12pm EST. The logos for FSP and NWU are displayed at the bottom left. The background is red, and a black lightning strike trails down the right side ending in a red fist holding a pen. The words "a virtual panel series about funding the news" are written above it.
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Nicholas Dawes @nicdawes.bsky.social · Jul 31
Excellent roundup from @keharloe.bsky.social of the impact public broadcasting cuts on New York's rural stations
New York Public Media Will Lose At Least $57 Million in Federal Funds
Nearly $50 million will come specifically from public radio and TV stations, including rural ones that rely heavily on federal money.
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alex arriaga @alexarriaga.bsky.social · Jul 31
Maybe you've heard @nysfocus.bsky.social reporters on Radio Catskill or Capitol Pressroom or NCPR - we're regularly partnering with public radio organizations across the state.

Read @keharloe.bsky.social's report on the federal cuts coming to public radio and tv.
New York Public Media Will Lose At Least $57 Million in Federal Funds
Nearly $50 million will come specifically from public radio and TV stations, including rural ones that rely heavily on federal money.
nysfocus.com
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k.e. harloe @keharloe.bsky.social · Jul 31
Thanks Nicholas!
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k.e. harloe @keharloe.bsky.social · Jul 30
Rural stations like @ncprnews.bsky.social @wskg.bsky.social will be hit esp hard: Stations that serve rural areas will lose roughly $22.7 million — a far greater share of their annual budgets than the $27 million loss New York City stations face.
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k.e. harloe @keharloe.bsky.social · Jul 30
For @nysfocus.bsky.social, I reported on what New York state will lose as a result of the federal cuts to public media: at least $57 million, and probably more when all is said and done.
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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · Jul 30
NEW: Twenty-seven media organizations in New York, including 18 public radio and TV stations, stand to lose at least $57 million in federal funding over two years.

“This is a devastating outcome.”
New York Public Media Will Lose At Least $57 Million in Federal Funds
Nearly $50 million will come specifically from public radio and TV stations, including rural ones that rely heavily on federal money.
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · Jul 14
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · Jul 14
Free Press is grieving the loss of our dear friend Brandi Collins-Dexter, who devoted her career to improving the material conditions of humankind and redressing anti-Black racism.

https://www.freepress.net/blog/remembering-brandi-collins-dexter
Remembering Brandi Collins-Dexter
Brandi Collins-Dexter was a force of nature who spent her entire career serving others.
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · Jul 9
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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 24
NEW: Hotels and motels have quietly become New York’s most common solution for emergency shelter for homeless people outside NYC. Many stay in dilapidated rooms without the social services that shelters are required to provide.

With @nysfocus.bsky.social
How Hotels, Once a Last Resort, Became New York’s Default Answer to Homelessness
Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help finding housing.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jun 2
“If we value the medicine the land offers us so generously, we must become medicine for the land.” Robin Wall Kimmerer explores the medicinal plants of the Adirondacks.
A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks
Heading north, following the tang of boggy rivers and the sweetness of pines on the air, I like to imagine that I could smell my way home, like a salmon navigating to its natal stream. Closer and c…
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