Chris Foreman
@4maninforms.bsky.social
Investigator/writer researching rescues and altruism. Former newspaper reporter in PA & OH. Poll worker. Open-records and voting-rights advocate.
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My last story of the year, on a bench I saw while traveling through Williams Lake urging empathy towards people dealing with homelessness and addiction
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How a Williams Lake man is honouring the homeless woman he housed, and others who have struggled like her | CBC News
The Cheryl Folden Memorial Bench seeks to spread empathy by telling the story of just one person who died after a lifetime of abuse, addiction and trauma.
www.cbc.ca
December 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My last story of the year, on a bench I saw while traveling through Williams Lake urging empathy towards people dealing with homelessness and addiction
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Terrible.
Once upon a time, we had City Paper *and* In Pittsburgh Weekly. There were some good writers who came through the alt pipeline and the weeklies highlighted some stories the mainstream papers didn't.
Sorry to see the end of this era. Hard to replicate online.
triblive.com/business/pit...
Once upon a time, we had City Paper *and* In Pittsburgh Weekly. There were some good writers who came through the alt pipeline and the weeklies highlighted some stories the mainstream papers didn't.
Sorry to see the end of this era. Hard to replicate online.
triblive.com/business/pit...
Pittsburgh City Paper closes
Pittsburgh City Paper is closing after 34 years of operation. Employees at the alt-weekly Pittsburgh City Paper publication posted on social media that the news outlet was closing. Colin Williams, new...
triblive.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Terrible.
Once upon a time, we had City Paper *and* In Pittsburgh Weekly. There were some good writers who came through the alt pipeline and the weeklies highlighted some stories the mainstream papers didn't.
Sorry to see the end of this era. Hard to replicate online.
triblive.com/business/pit...
Once upon a time, we had City Paper *and* In Pittsburgh Weekly. There were some good writers who came through the alt pipeline and the weeklies highlighted some stories the mainstream papers didn't.
Sorry to see the end of this era. Hard to replicate online.
triblive.com/business/pit...
Hmmm. By default, I guess DeFede is the main character of "The Day the World Came to Town." (I haven't seen "Come From Away.") I've never been an author, but I've been a journalist.
That's a better fit than what I started yesterday, "Born a Crime." No interest in being a comedian or TV/pod host.
That's a better fit than what I started yesterday, "Born a Crime." No interest in being a comedian or TV/pod host.
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hmmm. By default, I guess DeFede is the main character of "The Day the World Came to Town." (I haven't seen "Come From Away.") I've never been an author, but I've been a journalist.
That's a better fit than what I started yesterday, "Born a Crime." No interest in being a comedian or TV/pod host.
That's a better fit than what I started yesterday, "Born a Crime." No interest in being a comedian or TV/pod host.
Trying to get through another couple of the top '25 movies during my holiday break.
Watched "One Battle After Another" and "Eddington" this week. (Saw "Sinners" earlier in the year.)
What else would you recommend - especially the flicks already streaming?
Watched "One Battle After Another" and "Eddington" this week. (Saw "Sinners" earlier in the year.)
What else would you recommend - especially the flicks already streaming?
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trying to get through another couple of the top '25 movies during my holiday break.
Watched "One Battle After Another" and "Eddington" this week. (Saw "Sinners" earlier in the year.)
What else would you recommend - especially the flicks already streaming?
Watched "One Battle After Another" and "Eddington" this week. (Saw "Sinners" earlier in the year.)
What else would you recommend - especially the flicks already streaming?
It's fitting the news breaks now b/c when I was 8 I remember being briefly devastated when I thought MTV wouldn't show my favorites in the new year. (Think I made a bad assumption about a year-end countdown.)
Can't choose a favorite, but "Sledgehammer" was one of the first that had me glued to MTV
Can't choose a favorite, but "Sledgehammer" was one of the first that had me glued to MTV
December 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's fitting the news breaks now b/c when I was 8 I remember being briefly devastated when I thought MTV wouldn't show my favorites in the new year. (Think I made a bad assumption about a year-end countdown.)
Can't choose a favorite, but "Sledgehammer" was one of the first that had me glued to MTV
Can't choose a favorite, but "Sledgehammer" was one of the first that had me glued to MTV
Besides the gaslighting and condescension in this letter, who wants the constant work-ese?
The last message from my boss was, basically, "I wanted to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Enjoy your time with loved ones."
No mention of work. Just recharge & see ya later.
The last message from my boss was, basically, "I wanted to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Enjoy your time with loved ones."
No mention of work. Just recharge & see ya later.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Besides the gaslighting and condescension in this letter, who wants the constant work-ese?
The last message from my boss was, basically, "I wanted to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Enjoy your time with loved ones."
No mention of work. Just recharge & see ya later.
The last message from my boss was, basically, "I wanted to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Enjoy your time with loved ones."
No mention of work. Just recharge & see ya later.
Both cats have fallen asleep on my lap this week in a "Superman" pose.
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Both cats have fallen asleep on my lap this week in a "Superman" pose.
1. This is incredible.
2. I somehow don't remember seeing it before even though I was a highlightphile when it happened.
3. I've never been the biggest NBA fan, but I only remember Rider as "J.R." Did he drop the nickname as a pro?
2. I somehow don't remember seeing it before even though I was a highlightphile when it happened.
3. I've never been the biggest NBA fan, but I only remember Rider as "J.R." Did he drop the nickname as a pro?
December 22, 1994: Minnesota's Isaiah Rider with the "play of the decade" (according to Greg Kelser) in Sacramento.
Kings 109, Timberwolves 89.
Kings 109, Timberwolves 89.
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1. This is incredible.
2. I somehow don't remember seeing it before even though I was a highlightphile when it happened.
3. I've never been the biggest NBA fan, but I only remember Rider as "J.R." Did he drop the nickname as a pro?
2. I somehow don't remember seeing it before even though I was a highlightphile when it happened.
3. I've never been the biggest NBA fan, but I only remember Rider as "J.R." Did he drop the nickname as a pro?
"I looked to my right, and the man was behind me ... with a gun," Juan F. Lopez said. "I did two jumps back and I ended up behind him. When I got behind him, I locked his left arm with my arm ... but he had the gun in his right arm..."
#hero #rescue
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#hero #rescue
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"I looked to my right, and the man was behind me ... with a gun," Juan F. Lopez said. "I did two jumps back and I ended up behind him. When I got behind him, I locked his left arm with my arm ... but he had the gun in his right arm..."
#hero #rescue
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
#hero #rescue
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
"The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go."
I'm down. Let's get nuts.
I'm down. Let's get nuts.
December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go."
I'm down. Let's get nuts.
I'm down. Let's get nuts.
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Most weak-kneed phrase in journalism right now?
“Critics say…”
“Critics say…”
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Most weak-kneed phrase in journalism right now?
“Critics say…”
“Critics say…”
Got into the habit of checking the spam folder just about every day at work now.
Too many of my outgoing work emails to government addresses go to spam, so I just don't trust any filters to be set-and-forget.
Too many of my outgoing work emails to government addresses go to spam, so I just don't trust any filters to be set-and-forget.
always a horrifying feeling when you decide to open up the spam folder and you find an email that VERY much is not spam and in fact holy crap what else has this awful filter removed from my inbox since i last checked 3 months ago gah
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Got into the habit of checking the spam folder just about every day at work now.
Too many of my outgoing work emails to government addresses go to spam, so I just don't trust any filters to be set-and-forget.
Too many of my outgoing work emails to government addresses go to spam, so I just don't trust any filters to be set-and-forget.
“If it wasn’t for Mike and Rick I would have been a goner. I wasn’t sure I was going to survive. We live in a world where people will pull out their phone and tape you if you’re in trouble, but how many people will jump in to help you?”
#hero #rescue
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#hero #rescue
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2 Westmoreland water authority workers awarded Carnegie Medal for lifesaving rescue
Pete Dunegan was repairing an underground water tank in Mt. Pleasant Borough last year when a pipe inside the tank broke loose. It dislodged from a support and pinned him, nearly severing his leg and ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“If it wasn’t for Mike and Rick I would have been a goner. I wasn’t sure I was going to survive. We live in a world where people will pull out their phone and tape you if you’re in trouble, but how many people will jump in to help you?”
#hero #rescue
triblive.com/local/westmo...
#hero #rescue
triblive.com/local/westmo...
I'm very private, so it's always awkward to see people air their troubles. But it also seems like a lot of people want validation without doing work. A relationship with an adult child deserves effort & humility, as does a partnership or a friendship. The child (ideally) grows a lot, as should you.
This story is so shallow. There's more substance than just tying it to the influencer realm.
As a parent of 2 pre-teens, I know there will be some trying times ahead. But they're individuals & their experiences will differ. I want to let them grow & find/be themselves.
www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
As a parent of 2 pre-teens, I know there will be some trying times ahead. But they're individuals & their experiences will differ. I want to let them grow & find/be themselves.
www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm very private, so it's always awkward to see people air their troubles. But it also seems like a lot of people want validation without doing work. A relationship with an adult child deserves effort & humility, as does a partnership or a friendship. The child (ideally) grows a lot, as should you.
This story is so shallow. There's more substance than just tying it to the influencer realm.
As a parent of 2 pre-teens, I know there will be some trying times ahead. But they're individuals & their experiences will differ. I want to let them grow & find/be themselves.
www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
As a parent of 2 pre-teens, I know there will be some trying times ahead. But they're individuals & their experiences will differ. I want to let them grow & find/be themselves.
www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This story is so shallow. There's more substance than just tying it to the influencer realm.
As a parent of 2 pre-teens, I know there will be some trying times ahead. But they're individuals & their experiences will differ. I want to let them grow & find/be themselves.
www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
As a parent of 2 pre-teens, I know there will be some trying times ahead. But they're individuals & their experiences will differ. I want to let them grow & find/be themselves.
www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...
On February 1, 2025, Juan F. Lopez tackled a man who entered a high school in Pasadena, Texas, during a band competition and show into a crowd, injuring one man.
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
Hockley man honored with Carnegie Medal for subduing Pasadena school shooter
Juan F. Lopez of Hockley, Texas, received the Carnegie Medal for Heroism after subduing an armed shooter at a Pasadena high school event.
www.click2houston.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On February 1, 2025, Juan F. Lopez tackled a man who entered a high school in Pasadena, Texas, during a band competition and show into a crowd, injuring one man.
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
On August 4, 2023, Christopher Copeland saw an Amarillo, Texas, police officer on the ground with a man grasping at the officer's gun.
The man shot the officer while Copeland was trying to pull his hand off the gun, then Copeland helped restrain the man. #hero #rescue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tij0...
The man shot the officer while Copeland was trying to pull his hand off the gun, then Copeland helped restrain the man. #hero #rescue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tij0...
Christopher Copeland honored with Carnegie Hero Award months after death
YouTube video by ABC 7 Amarillo
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December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On August 4, 2023, Christopher Copeland saw an Amarillo, Texas, police officer on the ground with a man grasping at the officer's gun.
The man shot the officer while Copeland was trying to pull his hand off the gun, then Copeland helped restrain the man. #hero #rescue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tij0...
The man shot the officer while Copeland was trying to pull his hand off the gun, then Copeland helped restrain the man. #hero #rescue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tij0...
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#ICYMI
The Carnegie #Hero Fund Commission has honoured the late James Badgely of #Picton for his heroic efforts to save his nephew from drowning in 2024.
While his nephew was saved, Badgely, 35 at the time, sadly passed away. #PEC #Heroism #YGK #KFLA
Details: www.kingstonist.com/news/a-hero-...
The Carnegie #Hero Fund Commission has honoured the late James Badgely of #Picton for his heroic efforts to save his nephew from drowning in 2024.
While his nephew was saved, Badgely, 35 at the time, sadly passed away. #PEC #Heroism #YGK #KFLA
Details: www.kingstonist.com/news/a-hero-...
‘A hero twice over’: Picton man posthumously honoured with Carnegie Medal for heroism
(Kingston, Ontario) James D. A. Badgley of Picton has been posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal for his selfless attempt to save his 11-year-old nephew, Colton B. J. Valleau, from drowning in Lake ...
www.kingstonist.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Seventeen more people are being recognized for their life-risking heroism. Four of the heroes died -- all in drownings.
The rescues were in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.
www.carnegiehero.org/heroes/lates...
The rescues were in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.
www.carnegiehero.org/heroes/lates...
Latest Award Announcements – Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
www.carnegiehero.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Seventeen more people are being recognized for their life-risking heroism. Four of the heroes died -- all in drownings.
The rescues were in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.
www.carnegiehero.org/heroes/lates...
The rescues were in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.
www.carnegiehero.org/heroes/lates...
I'm one of those weirdos who, in my early 20s, watched them 25 years ago.
Whatever value was left disintegrated in the last decade.
Whatever value was left disintegrated in the last decade.
Somehow, every week, I forget that Sunday morning is when lying, disingenuous politicians go on TV news shows to be interviewed by ill-prepared, journalists who don't ever hold anyone's feet to the fire.
And then I wake up and it's clips galore.
Why is this a thing?
And then I wake up and it's clips galore.
Why is this a thing?
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm one of those weirdos who, in my early 20s, watched them 25 years ago.
Whatever value was left disintegrated in the last decade.
Whatever value was left disintegrated in the last decade.
Well, the 8-year-old's current go-to song during showers is "Thunderstruck."
He's also been infatuated with "Peaches" and Green Jellÿ's "Three Little Pigs" in recent weeks.
#RaiseEmWell
He's also been infatuated with "Peaches" and Green Jellÿ's "Three Little Pigs" in recent weeks.
#RaiseEmWell
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Well, the 8-year-old's current go-to song during showers is "Thunderstruck."
He's also been infatuated with "Peaches" and Green Jellÿ's "Three Little Pigs" in recent weeks.
#RaiseEmWell
He's also been infatuated with "Peaches" and Green Jellÿ's "Three Little Pigs" in recent weeks.
#RaiseEmWell
Meh.
As someone again commuting to work Downtown by bus, it's already a pain in the ass to for drivers cross the rivers many days.
It *is* a great vibe when a bridge is closed for games or events, but I'm fine with the way it is now.
www.publicsource.org/roberto-clem...
As someone again commuting to work Downtown by bus, it's already a pain in the ass to for drivers cross the rivers many days.
It *is* a great vibe when a bridge is closed for games or events, but I'm fine with the way it is now.
www.publicsource.org/roberto-clem...
The Roberto Clemente Bridge should become a linear park
The Pittsburgh bridge’s real power comes out when it’s closed to automotive traffic. So why not make that permanent and create a new attraction, like Dallas and New York have done?
www.publicsource.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Meh.
As someone again commuting to work Downtown by bus, it's already a pain in the ass to for drivers cross the rivers many days.
It *is* a great vibe when a bridge is closed for games or events, but I'm fine with the way it is now.
www.publicsource.org/roberto-clem...
As someone again commuting to work Downtown by bus, it's already a pain in the ass to for drivers cross the rivers many days.
It *is* a great vibe when a bridge is closed for games or events, but I'm fine with the way it is now.
www.publicsource.org/roberto-clem...
“Despite the honour of this medal, our experience also revealed serious gaps in our municipal and provincial systems that left our family unprotected before, during and after a violent dog attack,” Trisha Munroe said.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
‘I just started punching it in the head’: Halifax 13-year-old, mom awarded Carnegie medal for heroism during dog attack
Windsor Junction family uses the spotlight to call for change in Nova Scotia’s response to dog attacks
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“Despite the honour of this medal, our experience also revealed serious gaps in our municipal and provincial systems that left our family unprotected before, during and after a violent dog attack,” Trisha Munroe said.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Starting in the pandemic, we shifted almost all of our grocery shopping to Target. On average, we spent $800/mo. for five years. Probably had a "RedCard" for a decade.
Stopped shopping there in February.
Last week, Target deemed my RedCard inactive.
They're absolutely flailing.
#Bye
Stopped shopping there in February.
Last week, Target deemed my RedCard inactive.
They're absolutely flailing.
#Bye
It's pretty wild seeing real-world consequences for when a company, through its actions, pisses off a sizeable customer base.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/b...
Target may have hit rock bottom | CNN Business
Target’s problems are intensifying.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Starting in the pandemic, we shifted almost all of our grocery shopping to Target. On average, we spent $800/mo. for five years. Probably had a "RedCard" for a decade.
Stopped shopping there in February.
Last week, Target deemed my RedCard inactive.
They're absolutely flailing.
#Bye
Stopped shopping there in February.
Last week, Target deemed my RedCard inactive.
They're absolutely flailing.
#Bye