@mollyfication.bsky.social
Producer @onthemedia.bsky.social from WNYC
Reposted
NEW: SSA has been told to tell ICE the "date and time" when certain people have appointments, likely subjecting those people to ICE enforcement actions when they come in. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, & @leahfeiger.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
NEW: SSA has been told to tell ICE the "date and time" when certain people have appointments, likely subjecting those people to ICE enforcement actions when they come in. @zoeschiffer.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, & @leahfeiger.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/social...
Reposted
Utah Continues To Ban More Books, Even As It Racks Up More Lawsuits
Utah's budding theocracy continues unimpeded as we head into the new year. On top of its other unconstitutional laws (like the oft-challenged social media ban) and legislative proposals, there's its book ban law that has seen it…
Utah's budding theocracy continues unimpeded as we head into the new year. On top of its other unconstitutional laws (like the oft-challenged social media ban) and legislative proposals, there's its book ban law that has seen it…
Utah Continues To Ban More Books, Even As It Racks Up More Lawsuits
Utah's budding theocracy continues unimpeded as we head into the new year. On top of its other unconstitutional laws (like the oft-challenged social media ban) and legislative proposals, there's its book ban law that has seen it become the first state to actually remove certain books from all public schools across the state. The targeted books are exactly the ones you think they are.
www.techdirt.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Utah Continues To Ban More Books, Even As It Racks Up More Lawsuits
Utah's budding theocracy continues unimpeded as we head into the new year. On top of its other unconstitutional laws (like the oft-challenged social media ban) and legislative proposals, there's its book ban law that has seen it…
Utah's budding theocracy continues unimpeded as we head into the new year. On top of its other unconstitutional laws (like the oft-challenged social media ban) and legislative proposals, there's its book ban law that has seen it…
Trump says he didn't know about Epstein’s crimes, but docs in the Epstein files show that in 2006 Trump told then-Palm Beach police chief: “Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this.”
From @jkbjournalist.bsky.social:
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
From @jkbjournalist.bsky.social:
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Trump says he didn't know about Epstein’s crimes, but docs in the Epstein files show that in 2006 Trump told then-Palm Beach police chief: “Thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this.”
From @jkbjournalist.bsky.social:
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
From @jkbjournalist.bsky.social:
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Reposted
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
Reposted
In the past year, Trump administration appointees at the Department of Energy have canceled $815 million of a $1-billion fund meant to bolster the island’s grid against storms and outages.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlighted Puerto Rico’s power grid. Here’s why
Bad Bunny performed part of the Super Bowl halftime show from a power-line-themed set, drawing attention to the problem of widespread blackouts in Puerto Rico
www.scientificamerican.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
In the past year, Trump administration appointees at the Department of Energy have canceled $815 million of a $1-billion fund meant to bolster the island’s grid against storms and outages.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
Reposted
Laying off the tech reporter who was our smartest chronicler of internet culture and is brilliant on TikTok herself is one of the many, many decisions taken by Washington Post leadership this week that I will never understand.
Follow Tatum on both TikTok and now Substack, she is the best!
Follow Tatum on both TikTok and now Substack, she is the best!
Not that it'll stop me! -- you can keep following my internet culture coverage here on my new Substack. Please feel free to share.
bytatumhunter.substack.com
bytatumhunter.substack.com
Tatum Hunter | Substack
My internet coverage to your inbox. Click to read Tatum Hunter, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
bytatumhunter.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Laying off the tech reporter who was our smartest chronicler of internet culture and is brilliant on TikTok herself is one of the many, many decisions taken by Washington Post leadership this week that I will never understand.
Follow Tatum on both TikTok and now Substack, she is the best!
Follow Tatum on both TikTok and now Substack, she is the best!
Reposted
This feels important www.ms.now/news/ohio-ic...
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
This feels important www.ms.now/news/ohio-ic...
Reposted
Journalists should "disable biometrics when they expect to be in a situation where they expect a possible search," @freedom.press' Martin Shelton told @theintercept.com.
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Journalists should "disable biometrics when they expect to be in a situation where they expect a possible search," @freedom.press' Martin Shelton told @theintercept.com.
Reposted
A list, in no particular order, of just some of the moves that the Trump administration has made in its ongoing campaign to suppress and deter journalism essential to democracy: Arrest Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an anti-ICE protest. Raid the home of a Washington Post reporter, ...
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
A list, in no particular order, of just some of the moves that the Trump administration has made in its ongoing campaign to suppress and deter journalism essential to democracy: Arrest Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an anti-ICE protest. Raid the home of a Washington Post reporter, ...
Reposted
Just put on Best in Show.
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Just put on Best in Show.
Reposted
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
Reposted
Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Shot and chaser from new Epstein batch
Reposted
BREAKING: Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after a protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service
Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
BREAKING: Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after a protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
Reposted
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
Reposted
When I think about measles I think about the number 1,000. Thats the number that epidemiologists use to explain harm from measles in children. With 1,000 cases, about 200 children will require hospitalization, 50 will develop pneumonia, and one to three will die.
South Carolina is at 789.
South Carolina is at 789.
January 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
When I think about measles I think about the number 1,000. Thats the number that epidemiologists use to explain harm from measles in children. With 1,000 cases, about 200 children will require hospitalization, 50 will develop pneumonia, and one to three will die.
South Carolina is at 789.
South Carolina is at 789.
Reposted
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
Reposted
📻the show is up📻 @brookegladstone.bsky.social speaks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social about the state of…everything. And @micahloewinger.bsky.social dives into ICE surveillance and recruitment with @josephcox.bsky.social and @drewharwell.com ITS A GOOD ONE 👉 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Trump's Plan to Tank America | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Children as young as five have been detained by immigration agents in Minnesota. On this week’s On the Media, how I.C.E. uses technology to surveil the public and recruit more members...
www.wnycstudios.org
January 24, 2026 at 1:03 AM
📻the show is up📻 @brookegladstone.bsky.social speaks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social about the state of…everything. And @micahloewinger.bsky.social dives into ICE surveillance and recruitment with @josephcox.bsky.social and @drewharwell.com ITS A GOOD ONE 👉 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Reposted
“You’d have to work hard to not get enough protein.”
Column | I found the most complete protein. It’s not meat.
The most “complete” protein is probably one you’re already eating.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
“You’d have to work hard to not get enough protein.”
Reposted
The premise of this WSJ article is incorrect. We can debate the effects of the 2019 laws on the rental market, but Pinnacle was a bad actor long before them. Their model for decades was to buy up RS properties and let them fall into disrepair to push tenants out. www.wsj.com/opinion/new-...
Opinion | The Rent-Control Slums of New York
Mayor Mamdani tries to stop a bankruptcy his new housing czar caused.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The premise of this WSJ article is incorrect. We can debate the effects of the 2019 laws on the rental market, but Pinnacle was a bad actor long before them. Their model for decades was to buy up RS properties and let them fall into disrepair to push tenants out. www.wsj.com/opinion/new-...
Reposted
Stop the Steal is back, baby! The most faithful MAGA conspiracists believe Trump's surprise strike in Venezuela wasn’t about oil, but finally proving the 2020 election was stolen.
Also Trump seems to ... maybe ... be among them? He's certainly posting like it. www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
Also Trump seems to ... maybe ... be among them? He's certainly posting like it. www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
Trump’s Venezuela raid revives MAGA ‘Stop the Steal’ fantasies
For right-wing conspiracists — and maybe Trump, too — the president’s surprise military strike wasn’t about oil, but the ‘stolen’ 2020 election.
www.ms.now
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Stop the Steal is back, baby! The most faithful MAGA conspiracists believe Trump's surprise strike in Venezuela wasn’t about oil, but finally proving the 2020 election was stolen.
Also Trump seems to ... maybe ... be among them? He's certainly posting like it. www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
Also Trump seems to ... maybe ... be among them? He's certainly posting like it. www.ms.now/news/trump-v...
I feel like the day of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s inauguration is a good day to note that Zohran is currently the top baby boy name trending on @nameberry.bsky.social’s website
January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I feel like the day of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s inauguration is a good day to note that Zohran is currently the top baby boy name trending on @nameberry.bsky.social’s website
Reposted
On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with Stephen Witt about how AI tycoons have tied our economy up in knots and are demanding that we let them do significant harm to our planet:
Deep Fakes, Data Centers, and AI Slop — Are We Cooked? | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Donald Trump has signed an executive order limiting state regulation on artificial intelligence. On this week’s On the Media, Republicans spar over AI, and what deregulating the indus...
www.wnycstudios.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with Stephen Witt about how AI tycoons have tied our economy up in knots and are demanding that we let them do significant harm to our planet:
Reposted
FCC boss Brendan Carr is set to testify on Capitol Hill Wednesday—and fellow commissioner Anna Gomez, who will appear on Capitol Hill with him, is set to sharply criticize the agency under his watch.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Carr’s Collision Course
FCC Chair Brendan Carr will be on Capitol Hill for rare Congressional testimony on Wednesday—a hearing in which fellow commissioner Anna Gomez will sharply criticize the agency under his watch, Status...
www.status.news
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
FCC boss Brendan Carr is set to testify on Capitol Hill Wednesday—and fellow commissioner Anna Gomez, who will appear on Capitol Hill with him, is set to sharply criticize the agency under his watch.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
Reposted
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
The Harvard Plan is #4 on @nwquah.bsky.social's year end list of narrative podcasts!!
The Harvard Plan is reported by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social as a collab between @onthemedia.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com. If you haven't listened, do it.
www.vulture.com/article/best...
The Harvard Plan is reported by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social as a collab between @onthemedia.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com. If you haven't listened, do it.
www.vulture.com/article/best...
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved This Year
Though chat shows and political series continue to dominate the medium, an old-school audio gem still has its own rewards.
www.vulture.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Harvard Plan is #4 on @nwquah.bsky.social's year end list of narrative podcasts!!
The Harvard Plan is reported by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social as a collab between @onthemedia.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com. If you haven't listened, do it.
www.vulture.com/article/best...
The Harvard Plan is reported by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social as a collab between @onthemedia.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com. If you haven't listened, do it.
www.vulture.com/article/best...