Mo A
@mowrites.bsky.social
sometimes data 📝, often 🚲
reporting using computers @themarkup.org / @calmatters.org
signal: @mali.21
reporting using computers @themarkup.org / @calmatters.org
signal: @mali.21
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I don't necessarily think that people who aren't journalists understand how much being unliked is a part of being a journalist.
I once had a PR person call my boss to tell her I sucked
I once had a PR person call my boss to tell her I sucked
December 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I don't necessarily think that people who aren't journalists understand how much being unliked is a part of being a journalist.
I once had a PR person call my boss to tell her I sucked
I once had a PR person call my boss to tell her I sucked
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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“broligarch” has to be one of my least favourite words of the past year
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“broligarch” has to be one of my least favourite words of the past year
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every time a writer or creator I admire starts a substack I just get so… sad
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
every time a writer or creator I admire starts a substack I just get so… sad
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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A friend of mine was removed from the Christmas tree lighting at the Nebraska State Capitol last night after a woman she was with asked Gov. Jim Pillen if deporting people fit into his message of opening one's heart.
(Not sure who took the video)
(Not sure who took the video)
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A friend of mine was removed from the Christmas tree lighting at the Nebraska State Capitol last night after a woman she was with asked Gov. Jim Pillen if deporting people fit into his message of opening one's heart.
(Not sure who took the video)
(Not sure who took the video)
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At CalMatters/The Markup union, we're proud of the AI article we ratified in our contract this year. It ensures that no union employee will be laid off because of AI, guarantees that humans are writing the news you read, and keeps our content from being used to train AI without our consent. 1/2
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
At CalMatters/The Markup union, we're proud of the AI article we ratified in our contract this year. It ensures that no union employee will be laid off because of AI, guarantees that humans are writing the news you read, and keeps our content from being used to train AI without our consent. 1/2
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“The corrections department also provides ICE with information that helps the agency locate, arrest, and deport people who are not directly transferred. CalMatters obtained and reviewed more than 27,000 pages of emails between state prison employees and ICE.“
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
'We may be deporting the wrong people': New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown
A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.
calmatters.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“The corrections department also provides ICE with information that helps the agency locate, arrest, and deport people who are not directly transferred. CalMatters obtained and reviewed more than 27,000 pages of emails between state prison employees and ICE.“
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
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Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
And he wants you to know Donald Trump likes him again.
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
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An immigration judge denied Idris bond this morning during a bond hearing in San Diego fed immigration court.
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in. Now he’s being detained at Otay.
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
When he was held overnight in the basement of the San Diego federal courthouse, he told his wife he could hear babies crying through the night.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
He fled religious persecution in Turkey. Then he got a one-day notice for an ICE check-in
'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.
calmatters.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An immigration judge denied Idris bond this morning during a bond hearing in San Diego fed immigration court.
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every thanksgiving, me and my family eat thanksgiving dinner
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
every thanksgiving, me and my family eat thanksgiving dinner
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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A few hundred feet apart, yet worlds away politically, furious students at UC Berkeley protested the final stop of the conservative organization Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour,” hosted Monday night on what is known as the nation’s most liberal campus.
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A few hundred feet apart, yet worlds away politically, furious students at UC Berkeley protested the final stop of the conservative organization Turning Point USA’s “American Comeback Tour,” hosted Monday night on what is known as the nation’s most liberal campus.
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
bit.ly/3WQMnWU
📸 Chrissa Olson
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This is no shade to Karen, but a lot depends on how primaries are held in your state. If you're a progressive in a closed primary state like NY, congrats registering as an independent blocked you from voting from Mamdani in the primary. If you're in an open primary state, you do you.
And this is why I’m registered as an independent.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is no shade to Karen, but a lot depends on how primaries are held in your state. If you're a progressive in a closed primary state like NY, congrats registering as an independent blocked you from voting from Mamdani in the primary. If you're in an open primary state, you do you.
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Public radio journalists look like they just came from the grocery coop. (They did.)
Journalism conferences are very funny. Print journalists are like "look at me wearing pants" and TV journalists are in full face makeup and fancy suits and dress shoes.
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Public radio journalists look like they just came from the grocery coop. (They did.)
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Journalism conferences are very funny. Print journalists are like "look at me wearing pants" and TV journalists are in full face makeup and fancy suits and dress shoes.
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Journalism conferences are very funny. Print journalists are like "look at me wearing pants" and TV journalists are in full face makeup and fancy suits and dress shoes.
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🚴🚴🚴Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
Apply for subsidy to buy an electric bicycle | City of Berkeley
Berkeley residents can enter monthly lottery to win rebate of up to $1,500 to buy an e-bike, making it even easier to bike around Berkeley. Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.The rebate will cover part of the cost of your new e-bike. Those selected will receive a personalized rebate code via email to buy an e-bike within 60 days from one of more than two dozen shops countywide – including five in Berkeley.This program is being offered by Ava Community Energy, the local electricity provider for virtually all residential and commercial accounts in Berkeley.
berkeleyca.gov
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🚴🚴🚴Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Timely feature by Moustafa Bouyami on how Muslim New Yorkers built political power amid the Islamophobic backlash to 9/11
“The left was one of the only places that was generally open, receptive and supportive of Muslim communities since 9/11… Nobody else stood with us against our repression.”
“The left was one of the only places that was generally open, receptive and supportive of Muslim communities since 9/11… Nobody else stood with us against our repression.”
From scapegoats to city hall: how New York Muslims built power and shaped Zohran Mamdani
Muslim New Yorkers have steadily become a political force amid post-9/11 Islamophobic sentiment. Mamdani is their most accomplished expression
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Timely feature by Moustafa Bouyami on how Muslim New Yorkers built political power amid the Islamophobic backlash to 9/11
“The left was one of the only places that was generally open, receptive and supportive of Muslim communities since 9/11… Nobody else stood with us against our repression.”
“The left was one of the only places that was generally open, receptive and supportive of Muslim communities since 9/11… Nobody else stood with us against our repression.”