Ryan Singel
@ryansingel.bsky.social
All into Indie publishing. Cofounder of Outpost Publishers Cooperative, (outpost.pub), not yet recovered former journalist, Contextly.
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Creator of athletic director simulator supremely chill about ESPN copying his idea: defector.com/creator-of-a...
Creator Of Athletic Director Simulator Supremely Chill About ESPN Copying His Idea | Defector
Say at least this much for Matt Brown, writer of the college sports-focused Extra Points newsletter: He is a fair-minded guy. You can safely bestow unto him the Ceremonial Scepter of Good Duderdom.…
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December 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Creator of athletic director simulator supremely chill about ESPN copying his idea: defector.com/creator-of-a...
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
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We can use tech without letting tech use us.
Today's newsletter: www.revenuerulebreaker.com/i-wouldnt-ru...
Today's newsletter: www.revenuerulebreaker.com/i-wouldnt-ru...
We can use tech without letting tech use us
Ask not what your platform can do for you but what you can do with your platform
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December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We can use tech without letting tech use us.
Today's newsletter: www.revenuerulebreaker.com/i-wouldnt-ru...
Today's newsletter: www.revenuerulebreaker.com/i-wouldnt-ru...
Donations are great.
But subscriptions are the gift that keeps giving.
But subscriptions are the gift that keeps giving.
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Donations are great.
But subscriptions are the gift that keeps giving.
But subscriptions are the gift that keeps giving.
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This is wild: Jason Clinton is the deputy CISO of Anthropic. Also a mod of a queer gamers Discord. Clinton forced a version of Anthropic's AI on the server, despite the community's wishes, and it's killed the server. AI was reading messages it shouldn't be too
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Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is wild: Jason Clinton is the deputy CISO of Anthropic. Also a mod of a queer gamers Discord. Clinton forced a version of Anthropic's AI on the server, despite the community's wishes, and it's killed the server. AI was reading messages it shouldn't be too
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
Would some reporter out there follow up with @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social about the TSA turning its Secure Flight system into an dragnet instrument for ICE?
He knows more about DHS databases, travel systems and admin law than just about anyone
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He knows more about DHS databases, travel systems and admin law than just about anyone
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Has the TSA added immigration enforcement to “Secure Flight”? – Papers, Please!
But at least three incidents have made the news in the last month that together suggest that the TSA may have added immigration orders to the Secure Flight ruleset, turning US airports and domestic flights into traps for unwitting foreign citizens.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Would some reporter out there follow up with @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social about the TSA turning its Secure Flight system into an dragnet instrument for ICE?
He knows more about DHS databases, travel systems and admin law than just about anyone
papersplease.org/wp/2025/12/0...
He knows more about DHS databases, travel systems and admin law than just about anyone
papersplease.org/wp/2025/12/0...
Just remembering that only 1 person in corporate media paid a price for cheerleading the Bush Iraq war that killed 1M+ people, created ISIS, had the U.S. embrace torture, & led to mass EU immigration crisis and fascist response.
The worst foreign policy disaster in US history.
All still employed.
The worst foreign policy disaster in US history.
All still employed.
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Just remembering that only 1 person in corporate media paid a price for cheerleading the Bush Iraq war that killed 1M+ people, created ISIS, had the U.S. embrace torture, & led to mass EU immigration crisis and fascist response.
The worst foreign policy disaster in US history.
All still employed.
The worst foreign policy disaster in US history.
All still employed.
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404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
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Presale: ICE Surveillance Zine
**THIS ITEM WILL SHIP IN MID JANUARY** We are making a print zine about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology. It is 16 pages and printed on a risogra...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
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This is what local news is for
Here are some things furries said when we showed them the Bay Area’s professional sports mascots: “I want to see the feet”; “I bet he smells like bread”; “I really wish his trunk would flop more”; “I would hug him;” and, “Well, that’s furry bait.” Find out how the mascots ranked 👀
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Bay Area Sports Mascots Ranked by the Ultimate Experts: Furries
Everybody has an opinion on mascots, but what do the real masters of the fur think?
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December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is what local news is for
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This will age well. Imagine how people will regard our fear of wearing airway protection while pouring pollution into the air, heating the planet, and circulating a bunch of diseases. Gods we're going to look like idiots. Because we are.
"KEMI BADENOCH has rejected calls for masks to be worn in public as flu cases rise.
"The Tory leader said that she was “traumatised” by the memory of face mask mandates during the pandemic, and said the Government should not be telling people to wear them."
She's traumatised by wearing a mask!
"The Tory leader said that she was “traumatised” by the memory of face mask mandates during the pandemic, and said the Government should not be telling people to wear them."
She's traumatised by wearing a mask!
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This will age well. Imagine how people will regard our fear of wearing airway protection while pouring pollution into the air, heating the planet, and circulating a bunch of diseases. Gods we're going to look like idiots. Because we are.
Talking with a delivery person in my neighborhood today, and he showed off a new toy for his Chihuahua. It was a Mr Bill squeaky toy.
He didn't know who Mr. Bill was and I had to explain.
Kids these days...
youtu.be/M0F3JBzAtE4?...
He didn't know who Mr. Bill was and I had to explain.
Kids these days...
youtu.be/M0F3JBzAtE4?...
Mr. Bill: Los Angeles - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Talking with a delivery person in my neighborhood today, and he showed off a new toy for his Chihuahua. It was a Mr Bill squeaky toy.
He didn't know who Mr. Bill was and I had to explain.
Kids these days...
youtu.be/M0F3JBzAtE4?...
He didn't know who Mr. Bill was and I had to explain.
Kids these days...
youtu.be/M0F3JBzAtE4?...
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Instagram is creating 2014 Buzzfeed-style SEO headlines for your Instagram posts and guess what? They're often misleading. Thanks to @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and @mrdang.photos for flagging this to me www.404media.co/instagram-is...
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Instagram is creating 2014 Buzzfeed-style SEO headlines for your Instagram posts and guess what? They're often misleading. Thanks to @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and @mrdang.photos for flagging this to me www.404media.co/instagram-is...
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great idea! also, if someone you love is in the Bay Area, why not grab them a gift subscription to COYOTE? 15% off this month! www.coyotemedia.org/gift-subscri...
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
great idea! also, if someone you love is in the Bay Area, why not grab them a gift subscription to COYOTE? 15% off this month! www.coyotemedia.org/gift-subscri...
In 2018 the Washington Post editorial section (then in the hands of a DC liberal), had the racist , fascist Michael Anton (of Flight 93 election manifesto fame) write an op-ed against birthright citizenship, without even bothering to fact check doctored quotes
Even then, helping the fascists
Even then, helping the fascists
Opinion | Citizenship shouldn’t be a birthright
The Constitution’s guarantee of citizen status simply for being born here is a deliberate misreading.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
In 2018 the Washington Post editorial section (then in the hands of a DC liberal), had the racist , fascist Michael Anton (of Flight 93 election manifesto fame) write an op-ed against birthright citizenship, without even bothering to fact check doctored quotes
Even then, helping the fascists
Even then, helping the fascists
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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My health seems to be improving, at least a bit, so far. So I'm back on my bullshit at Emptywheel ❤️.
Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda
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Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda
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Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda - emptywheel
Where Murder Dances With Law A while back, maybe a decade and change ago during the Obama administration, I was drinking with some nerdy friends in a San Francisco hackerspace. We got to talking about...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My health seems to be improving, at least a bit, so far. So I'm back on my bullshit at Emptywheel ❤️.
Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/p...
Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/p...
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Oh ho ho HO what is this????? A subscriber drive???? www.coyotemedia.org/media-coop-m...
Forget Girl Math — Welcome to Media Co-Op Math
What we’ve learned from 2.5 months on the job.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Oh ho ho HO what is this????? A subscriber drive???? www.coyotemedia.org/media-coop-m...
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the other side of "to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities" is "to keep functioning, society has to circulate accurate information, especially information that constrains authorities"
2/ Every cause you care about — housing, education, safety, transit, arts — depends on trustworthy information.
Without independent reporting, who’s tracking needs, solutions, and accountability?
Here's more on what our people-powered newsroom has achieved so far:
Without independent reporting, who’s tracking needs, solutions, and accountability?
Here's more on what our people-powered newsroom has achieved so far:
A first birthday worth recapping
Celebrating the wins of the last 12 months and scheming for the future
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December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
the other side of "to keep functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities" is "to keep functioning, society has to circulate accurate information, especially information that constrains authorities"
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Had a long conversation with my contact at the Oregon Dept of Agriculture. The ODA administers the Hemp program. She has been hearing from a lot of hemp growers lately. (She thanked me for being nice about it - I said I waited a few days to calm down before calling.) Here's what I learned:
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Had a long conversation with my contact at the Oregon Dept of Agriculture. The ODA administers the Hemp program. She has been hearing from a lot of hemp growers lately. (She thanked me for being nice about it - I said I waited a few days to calm down before calling.) Here's what I learned:
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"Both the Trump administration and Modi’s team sue their critics with reckless abandon. Both governments cut the media off from taxpayer resources. Most concerningly, both use their investigatory powers to bludgeon critics.
The biggest difference is that it’s happening faster here [in the U.S.]."
The biggest difference is that it’s happening faster here [in the U.S.]."
News Organizations Are Bowing to Trump. This Small Magazine Knows How to Resist.
U.S. media outlets could learn some lessons from The Caravan.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"Both the Trump administration and Modi’s team sue their critics with reckless abandon. Both governments cut the media off from taxpayer resources. Most concerningly, both use their investigatory powers to bludgeon critics.
The biggest difference is that it’s happening faster here [in the U.S.]."
The biggest difference is that it’s happening faster here [in the U.S.]."
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The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a "checkered past."
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a ‘checkered past’
For decades, Juarez has been at the center of bitter legal disputes — and the subject of criminal investigations — all while maintaining high-level political connections.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The FBI’s Oakland corruption case relies heavily on the word of one man with a "checkered past."
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
When we closely examined Mario Juarez's long history of legal disputes and criminal investigations into his businesses, patterns started to emerge.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/01/m...
Saw the short vertical videos section while scrolling on this app, and misread it as Training Videos, not Trending Videos
But brain was right.
I'm not gonna go train myself to crave an endless succession of 15-second dopamine-rush videos
But brain was right.
I'm not gonna go train myself to crave an endless succession of 15-second dopamine-rush videos
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Saw the short vertical videos section while scrolling on this app, and misread it as Training Videos, not Trending Videos
But brain was right.
I'm not gonna go train myself to crave an endless succession of 15-second dopamine-rush videos
But brain was right.
I'm not gonna go train myself to crave an endless succession of 15-second dopamine-rush videos
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I somehow totally forgot that all this *also* involves Substack
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I somehow totally forgot that all this *also* involves Substack
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