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John Hernandez
@johnhernandez.bsky.social
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I wear many hats. 🧢
OpenNews rapscallion. 🗣️
Burning up in ATX. 🫠
Queens kid. #LFGM 🗽🍕

"Too crazy for Boys Town,
too much of a boy for Crazy Town"
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It's wild to see the mixed signals about AI in one quick scan of a recap of a journalism AI festival.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/news...
Screenshot of an article from Nieman Lab that I paraphrase in my post Screenshot of an article from Nieman Lab that I paraphrase in my post Screenshot of an article from Nieman Lab that I paraphrase in my post
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Honestly, I even went and told my many Instagram fans and friends about it. Hoping I score big with my mom and her followers.

Your help really matters though. We see folks fulfilled at SRCCON or the many emails grateful for scarce professional development dollars. You help us keep it going. 🙏🏼
A personal Instagram post including a desperate yet hopeful plea for support from the owner of this account to highlight how much he believes in his cause and work at OpenNews.
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
johnhernandez.bsky.social
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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I just had a little chuckle remembering when an editor basically gave us permission to vote in a staff meeting. A couple of serious newsroom types made a big deal about continuing not to vote as badges of objectivity.

I wonder if they ever got those badges.
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Hopefully I'm not the only one seeing this in the sky.

(With alt text this time)
A photo of drones flying together to make a cartoon image of a flying superhero in the cloudy night sky over Austin, Texas.
October 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Who's it gonna be? Help me spread the word.
A meme image from the HBO show, The Wire, which features famed character, Stringer Bell (played by Idris Elba), saying, "I want you to put the word out there that we back up."
August 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Summing up #SRCCON2025 in one image.

(Remember to fill out our feedback survey if you attended!)
A screencap from The Simpsons where a pilot trips over his words and the caption reads, "the amusement park of the future where nothing can possib-lie go wrong."
July 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The culprit under interrogation. #SRCCON2025
A photo of an orange cat sitting on a window sill under a bright table lamp.
July 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Thank you for another year of respecting the water feature. Oh, and a great conference, too! #srccon2025
July 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Flyover tour of the pristine #srccon2025 Glam Doll Donuts selection while everyone is in sessions blissfully unaware of the deliciousness to come.
July 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Wonderful news for my eventual post-apocalyptic production of The Godfather with finger puppets.
A before and after of Marlon Brando in The Godfather, where makeup ages him in the after photo. Discover Magazine article with photo of pruny fingers from water exposure. "Your Fingers Wrinkle in the Same Pattern Every Time After Long Exposure to Water" A before and after of two finger puppets resembling Marlon Brando in The Godfather, where the same (but pruny) finger represents him as older in the after photo.
May 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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About 4 hours left to submit your session ideas for SRCCON 2025!

Let's get together in Minneapolis again! I had a great time at #NICAR25. Can't wait for round 2.
Dishes at Kramarczuk's restaurant on a serving tray, including a cabbage roll in tomato sauce, a pierogi and stew. A bag of Old Dutch Ripples French Onion chips sitting on a table in a Midwest dive bar setting. A plate of black truffle deviled eggs with only one egg left of the four that originally sat on the dish. A peaceful, snowy cemetery in Minneapolis with a gravestone celebrating the continuous dancing record of the person who passed: 3780 hours.
March 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
johnhernandez.bsky.social
How'd I sleep last night, you ask?

(h/t SNY insta)
Meme photo of Homer Simpson tucked in bed wrapped in a Mets blanket with a hat and images of Juan Soto, the Mets recent free agent signing, on the wall above his headboard.
December 9, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Might be in a good mood tomorrow. No BIG DEAL.
Screenshot of an article from The Athletic indicating the Mets signed Juan Soto to a fifteen-year, seven-hundred-sixty-five million dollar deal.
December 9, 2024 at 4:50 AM
johnhernandez.bsky.social
It's finally looking like fall in Austin. My summer doldrums are over. 💆
Photo of a smiling brown dog, sitting in the middle of a hiking trail, with a tree full of orange autumn leaves in the background behind her.
December 7, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
Image of a goat the the Minnesota State Fair looking at the camera as it seemingly disobeys a sign that reads, "Please do not climb or stand on pen rail." It's definitely standing on the rail.
November 28, 2024 at 12:37 AM
johnhernandez.bsky.social
I did just find the free streaming Iron Chef channel just now, so I guess I'm doing better this week.
An animated gif showing a TV screen displaying the Japanese host of Iron Chef, Chairman Kaga, taking a hearty bite from a yellow bell pepper then turning to smile in the direction of the camera.
November 18, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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I had a hard time deciding. #srccon
A Source-con conference badge with a bunch of bad jokes stuck to it.
August 15, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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Plus, SRCCON is an excuse to show you all my favorite secret spots in Minneapolis.
A secret spot in Minneapolis where friends sit around a cozy fire in the dark of night with the Mississippi River in the background.
July 25, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Seeing @ryanpitts.bsky.social write in our newsletter about the @opennews.bsky.social stuff that makes him stoked after 10 years of being here is awesome. Love to see our impact.

Help us out so I can write an email like this — hedging my bets — 5 years from now.

mailchi.mp/opennews/so-...
Screenshot from an email newsletter from OpenNews, an organization that supports journalists with resources and opportunities to connect.
November 21, 2023 at 10:58 PM