Julia
@julia-mascioli.bsky.social
Writer, Avid reader/viewer/listener. Deputy Director, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop. Views are my own. #amquerying she/her/hers
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A devastating day for the paper of record in our nation's capital.
Bezos just spent $40M sucking up to Trump with Amazon's 'Melania', but is now cutting a third of @washingtonpost.com staff – including much of the international & local teams – for "budget" reasons?
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Bezos just spent $40M sucking up to Trump with Amazon's 'Melania', but is now cutting a third of @washingtonpost.com staff – including much of the international & local teams – for "budget" reasons?
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Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off
The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
A devastating day for the paper of record in our nation's capital.
Bezos just spent $40M sucking up to Trump with Amazon's 'Melania', but is now cutting a third of @washingtonpost.com staff – including much of the international & local teams – for "budget" reasons?
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Bezos just spent $40M sucking up to Trump with Amazon's 'Melania', but is now cutting a third of @washingtonpost.com staff – including much of the international & local teams – for "budget" reasons?
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My favorite books I read in 2025. Honorable mention goes to the Indian Lake Trilogy and Murderbot Diaries (for a change of pace)
January 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
My favorite books I read in 2025. Honorable mention goes to the Indian Lake Trilogy and Murderbot Diaries (for a change of pace)
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@freemindsbookclub.bsky.social is the stellar nonprofit that enables incarcerated people to access books and have conversations about them, a resource many prisons do not provide. Don't miss my @powerstation.bsky.social episode with @julia-mascioli.bsky.social & Curtis McKnight! bit.ly/4irSJ90
I was stuck in my cell for 20 hours a day
Podcast Episode · Power Station · 12/01/2025 · 47m
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December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@freemindsbookclub.bsky.social is the stellar nonprofit that enables incarcerated people to access books and have conversations about them, a resource many prisons do not provide. Don't miss my @powerstation.bsky.social episode with @julia-mascioli.bsky.social & Curtis McKnight! bit.ly/4irSJ90
Hi friends, it’s a tough time for our community right now but every dollar makes a difference. Help me reach my goal of raising $500 for @freemindsbookclub.bsky.social this Giving Tuesday!
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My Free Minds Fundraiser
The Free Minds community has changed my life, and the lives of so many others.Free
www.givelocaltogether.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hi friends, it’s a tough time for our community right now but every dollar makes a difference. Help me reach my goal of raising $500 for @freemindsbookclub.bsky.social this Giving Tuesday!
www.givelocaltogether.org/p/julia-masc...
www.givelocaltogether.org/p/julia-masc...
I have just realized that says “goalkeeper saves a penalty” and not “goalkeeper scores a penalty.” I was playing on hard mode (but hey, still got bingo)
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I have just realized that says “goalkeeper saves a penalty” and not “goalkeeper scores a penalty.” I was playing on hard mode (but hey, still got bingo)
An unexpected NWSL sighting in Rabat, Morocco: the Kansas City Current.
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
An unexpected NWSL sighting in Rabat, Morocco: the Kansas City Current.
Many thanks to Rose Kouassi for giving my Highlighters a good week in #FantasyNWSL
October 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Many thanks to Rose Kouassi for giving my Highlighters a good week in #FantasyNWSL
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With the federal budget deadline two weeks away, guess what the House is focused on this week? That’s right, undermining DC’s self-governance! Tell key MOCs to keep their eyes on the ball and their hands off DC #FreeDC
Vote NO on Trump's DC attacks // Call Script Sept 2025
Call Script: Tell Congress to Vote NO on Trump’s DC Attacks September 15, 2025 Contents Overview 1 Call List of key lawmakers 2 Call Script for DC residents 2 Call Script for allies nationwide 4 ...
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September 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
With the federal budget deadline two weeks away, guess what the House is focused on this week? That’s right, undermining DC’s self-governance! Tell key MOCs to keep their eyes on the ball and their hands off DC #FreeDC
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Palestinians in Gaza have reportedly found oxycodone in bags of flour from the American-Israeli GHF centers.
Oxycodone is an addictive opioid that has taken the lives of thousands in the US.
Palestinians urgently need real & safe food aid from trusted aid organizations.
Oxycodone is an addictive opioid that has taken the lives of thousands in the US.
Palestinians urgently need real & safe food aid from trusted aid organizations.
Opioid pills discovered in US-backed food aid, Gaza authorities say
US-Israeli aid distributor the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been widely condemned for possible complicity in war crimes
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June 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Palestinians in Gaza have reportedly found oxycodone in bags of flour from the American-Israeli GHF centers.
Oxycodone is an addictive opioid that has taken the lives of thousands in the US.
Palestinians urgently need real & safe food aid from trusted aid organizations.
Oxycodone is an addictive opioid that has taken the lives of thousands in the US.
Palestinians urgently need real & safe food aid from trusted aid organizations.
I love watching USWNT on max
June 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I love watching USWNT on max
I just listened to this stunning interview with Omar El Akkad and @davidnaimon.bsky.social - highly recommend. Listening to this while reading Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd is quite the experience. tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Tin House
In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...
tinhouse.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I just listened to this stunning interview with Omar El Akkad and @davidnaimon.bsky.social - highly recommend. Listening to this while reading Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd is quite the experience. tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...
My phone decided to replace almost every album cover in my library with @printrunpodcast.bsky.social … Is it trying to tell me something?
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My phone decided to replace almost every album cover in my library with @printrunpodcast.bsky.social … Is it trying to tell me something?
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R.I.P. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
ICYMI here's Ngũgĩ's appearance on the show where we explored the many ways he has fought against the "normalized abnormality" of the colonial world, in language & writing, and in the world at large
tinhouse.com/podcast/ngug...
ICYMI here's Ngũgĩ's appearance on the show where we explored the many ways he has fought against the "normalized abnormality" of the colonial world, in language & writing, and in the world at large
tinhouse.com/podcast/ngug...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o : The Language of Languages - Tin House
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
tinhouse.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
R.I.P. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
ICYMI here's Ngũgĩ's appearance on the show where we explored the many ways he has fought against the "normalized abnormality" of the colonial world, in language & writing, and in the world at large
tinhouse.com/podcast/ngug...
ICYMI here's Ngũgĩ's appearance on the show where we explored the many ways he has fought against the "normalized abnormality" of the colonial world, in language & writing, and in the world at large
tinhouse.com/podcast/ngug...
I don’t like running but I’m excited for #Gaza5K supporting @unrwa.org this weekend! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...
2025 DC Gaza 5K
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May 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I don’t like running but I’m excited for #Gaza5K supporting @unrwa.org this weekend! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...
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This @washingtonspirit.com vs @utahroyalsfc.com game has nothing to do with winning or losing. It is all about increasing the entropy of the universe and accelerating the inevitable heat death of the universe. #nwsl
May 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This @washingtonspirit.com vs @utahroyalsfc.com game has nothing to do with winning or losing. It is all about increasing the entropy of the universe and accelerating the inevitable heat death of the universe. #nwsl
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Israel is planning to destroy what buildings are left in Gaza and push the remaining population into a tiny area of land. This news comes after Israel has blocked all food, fuel, water, and medicine going into Gaza for 2+ months.
This is genocide.
This is genocide.
Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination
The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an abhorrent escalation of its ongo...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Israel is planning to destroy what buildings are left in Gaza and push the remaining population into a tiny area of land. This news comes after Israel has blocked all food, fuel, water, and medicine going into Gaza for 2+ months.
This is genocide.
This is genocide.
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THREAD. This is one of the more remarkable stories I have seen in my time studying state violence and working in law. But it's also an exercise in propaganda. And it's unbelievable how terrible the U.S. media coverage is. One thing in particular is important to see.
April 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
THREAD. This is one of the more remarkable stories I have seen in my time studying state violence and working in law. But it's also an exercise in propaganda. And it's unbelievable how terrible the U.S. media coverage is. One thing in particular is important to see.
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"The District is preparing to begin phasing in $1.1 billion in cuts after the House recessed on Thursday without approving a fix to DC's budget, according to a city source with knowledge of the planning."
Scoop: D.C. is planning $1.1B in cuts after House goes on recess
Spending freezes are expected to start this month.
www.axios.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"The District is preparing to begin phasing in $1.1 billion in cuts after the House recessed on Thursday without approving a fix to DC's budget, according to a city source with knowledge of the planning."
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This IG Story thread showcasing emails between a local musician and the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center is worth a read.
April 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This IG Story thread showcasing emails between a local musician and the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center is worth a read.
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“America constantly talks about corruption elsewhere...In the end, human rights, corruption, autocracy — from an American exceptionalist mindset — is for the third world, and it makes it hard for people to see when it’s playing out in front of their faces.”
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The 'Judicial Black Hole' of El Salvador's Prisons Is a Warning for Americans
Donald Trump is cementing a partnership with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, whose assault on civil rights is being mirrored in the U.S.
www.rollingstone.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“America constantly talks about corruption elsewhere...In the end, human rights, corruption, autocracy — from an American exceptionalist mindset — is for the third world, and it makes it hard for people to see when it’s playing out in front of their faces.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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We're supposed to co-host a WC next year. I don't see how at this point.
Zambia withdraws four NWSL players, citing U.S. travel policy
Zambia withdraws four NWSL players, citing U.S. travel policy
Four Zambia women's national team players based in the NWSL have withdrawn from international duty this month over U.S. government travel policy.
prosoccerwire.usatoday.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We're supposed to co-host a WC next year. I don't see how at this point.
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Israeli settlers violently attacked Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” today.
After an ambulance arrived to take him to a hospital, Israeli soldiers forced the ambulance to stop and abducted him. Since then, Hamdan’s whereabouts and condition are unknown.
After an ambulance arrived to take him to a hospital, Israeli soldiers forced the ambulance to stop and abducted him. Since then, Hamdan’s whereabouts and condition are unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Israeli settlers violently attacked Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” today.
After an ambulance arrived to take him to a hospital, Israeli soldiers forced the ambulance to stop and abducted him. Since then, Hamdan’s whereabouts and condition are unknown.
After an ambulance arrived to take him to a hospital, Israeli soldiers forced the ambulance to stop and abducted him. Since then, Hamdan’s whereabouts and condition are unknown.