Philip Eil
@phileil.bsky.social
Journalist.
Cat dad.
Rhode Islander.
Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'"
https://philipeil.com/
Cat dad.
Rhode Islander.
Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'"
https://philipeil.com/
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NEWS: The criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James are gone. A federal judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as the lead prosecutor was illegal.
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOJ could try again, but there are other headwinds.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The local Rhode Island papers x "Real Housewives" crossover content has begun.
Lincoln resident confirmed as main 'Real Housewives Rhode Island' cast member
LINCOLN – The Real Housewives of Rhode Island cast has been announced, and one northern Rhode Islander has made the cut for the highly anticipated series: Rulla Nehme Pontarelli of
www.valleybreeze.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The local Rhode Island papers x "Real Housewives" crossover content has begun.
Bamboo, reading Ryan Lizza's posts:
a woman in a white jacket is asking " now why am i in it "
Alt: a woman in a white jacket is asking " now why am i in it "
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bamboo, reading Ryan Lizza's posts:
Bleak!
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
Pew's latest social media report shows X's staying power in the U.S., despite competition | TechCrunch
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
techcrunch.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bleak!
Seems unlikely that Olivia Nuzzi keeps her job at Vanity Fair after all this.
And the magazine will absolutely deserve the embarrassment of saying, "JK, we're not going to hire her."
An extreme unforced error which calls into question the entire magazine's leadership.
And the magazine will absolutely deserve the embarrassment of saying, "JK, we're not going to hire her."
An extreme unforced error which calls into question the entire magazine's leadership.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Seems unlikely that Olivia Nuzzi keeps her job at Vanity Fair after all this.
And the magazine will absolutely deserve the embarrassment of saying, "JK, we're not going to hire her."
An extreme unforced error which calls into question the entire magazine's leadership.
And the magazine will absolutely deserve the embarrassment of saying, "JK, we're not going to hire her."
An extreme unforced error which calls into question the entire magazine's leadership.
Something nice that happened this week:
I got a note from a "Prescription for Pain" reader about their partner, who works as a social worker at a big-city public defender's office. Apparently, the reader's partner liked my book so much she bought a copy for the office library. 🥹
I got a note from a "Prescription for Pain" reader about their partner, who works as a social worker at a big-city public defender's office. Apparently, the reader's partner liked my book so much she bought a copy for the office library. 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Something nice that happened this week:
I got a note from a "Prescription for Pain" reader about their partner, who works as a social worker at a big-city public defender's office. Apparently, the reader's partner liked my book so much she bought a copy for the office library. 🥹
I got a note from a "Prescription for Pain" reader about their partner, who works as a social worker at a big-city public defender's office. Apparently, the reader's partner liked my book so much she bought a copy for the office library. 🥹
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Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Andrew Cuomo watching clips of Mamdani's visit to the White House:
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Andrew Cuomo watching clips of Mamdani's visit to the White House:
I sometimes say -- about my (volunteer) work as a board member and opinion editor at the @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social -- that it's nice to be a part of the *start* of a news outlet, as opposed to the end of one.
The @thepvdeye.bsky.social is my first board. (I joined in January.)
And this is my first pledge-drive-adjacent video.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in supporting local, community-driven journalism in our beloved PVD.
And this is my first pledge-drive-adjacent video.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in supporting local, community-driven journalism in our beloved PVD.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I sometimes say -- about my (volunteer) work as a board member and opinion editor at the @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social -- that it's nice to be a part of the *start* of a news outlet, as opposed to the end of one.
The @thepvdeye.bsky.social is my first board. (I joined in January.)
And this is my first pledge-drive-adjacent video.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in supporting local, community-driven journalism in our beloved PVD.
And this is my first pledge-drive-adjacent video.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in supporting local, community-driven journalism in our beloved PVD.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The @thepvdeye.bsky.social is my first board. (I joined in January.)
And this is my first pledge-drive-adjacent video.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in supporting local, community-driven journalism in our beloved PVD.
And this is my first pledge-drive-adjacent video.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in supporting local, community-driven journalism in our beloved PVD.
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This made me cry at my desk
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This made me cry at my desk
This is really good.
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is really good.
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In 1974, a demo of Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ was recorded in a Providence apartment.
Now, it’s finally being released.
Drummer Chris Frantz tells the Globe how the track grew out of his band with David Byrne during his days as a RISD student.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
Now, it’s finally being released.
Drummer Chris Frantz tells the Globe how the track grew out of his band with David Byrne during his days as a RISD student.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
In 1974, a demo of Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ was recorded in a R.I. apartment. Now, it’s finally being released. - The Boston Globe
Ahead of Record Store Day on Nov. 28, drummer Chris Frantz tells the Globe how the track grew out of his band with David Byrne during his days as a RISD student.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In 1974, a demo of Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ was recorded in a Providence apartment.
Now, it’s finally being released.
Drummer Chris Frantz tells the Globe how the track grew out of his band with David Byrne during his days as a RISD student.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
Now, it’s finally being released.
Drummer Chris Frantz tells the Globe how the track grew out of his band with David Byrne during his days as a RISD student.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
I think a lot about this line from Studs Terkel's NYT obit, on his interview style and what he thought was the best question: "And what happened then?”
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I think a lot about this line from Studs Terkel's NYT obit, on his interview style and what he thought was the best question: "And what happened then?”
Good story from @wheelerreporter.bsky.social about the decommissioned fire station on the East Side of Providence that's now for sale. This is just a few blocks from the house where I grew up, and where my parents still live.
Providence hopes this old fire house will become housing. Here's how.
Providence wants developers to submit proposals to turn the Humboldt Fire Station into new housing.
www.providencejournal.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Good story from @wheelerreporter.bsky.social about the decommissioned fire station on the East Side of Providence that's now for sale. This is just a few blocks from the house where I grew up, and where my parents still live.
Tonight's talk on news and misinformation was at the Coventry, R.I. Public Library, which is in the same building at the Coventry Town Hall. And the library's meeting/presentation room is the city council chamber. 🤩
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Tonight's talk on news and misinformation was at the Coventry, R.I. Public Library, which is in the same building at the Coventry Town Hall. And the library's meeting/presentation room is the city council chamber. 🤩
Not sure why they have a meme framed at the library but I’m into it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Not sure why they have a meme framed at the library but I’m into it.
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It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
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Designing your AI to praise yourself is unbelievably pathetic
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Designing your AI to praise yourself is unbelievably pathetic
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the cereal??
*KALSHI RAISES $1B AT $11B VALUATION: TECHCRUNCH
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
the cereal??
Tonight in Coventry!
This Thursday evening, November 20, at 6:30 p.m. I'll be talking about journalism and misinformation at the Coventry, R.I. public library.
Swing by if you're in the neighborhood!
Swing by if you're in the neighborhood!
News Media in the Misinformation Age
News Media in the Misinformation Age
Thursday, November 20th / 6:30PM
Between the relentlessness of the twenty-four hour news cycle, rampant misinformation, and the influence of...
coventrylibrary.libcal.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Tonight in Coventry!
The CVS on Thayer Street has a dark energy.
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The CVS on Thayer Street has a dark energy.
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What’s down is up etc
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What’s down is up etc