Murjani Rawls

New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting” The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it's not the Times. It's Sulzberger's...

"Not asking you to click on any link, just subscribe to a real news organization with real journalists doing firsthand, fact-based reporting."

A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, urging people to support "original reporting" wherever they find it.

www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/new-...

New from me: The town of Jefferson is one of many NJ school districts that are facing budget cuts, but their entire high school sports slate might be gone next year. At the center is a needed budgetary tweak, NJ’s clean water, and a hope for solutions: www.nj.com/highschoolsp...

We’re runnin up that hill together, friend

The Running Man (2025) | Chat Sematary: A Stephen King Podcast | Episode 190 Murjani Rawls joins Deanna Chapman to discuss Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man. We talk about the casting choices, the action sequences, what worked and what didn't, how the ending was cha...

I also have a new episode of Chat Sematary out with @murjanirawls.bsky.social in which we discuss Edgar Wright's The Running Man!

"The Moment" Is "Brat," But It's Sad And The Party Is Over - Substream Magazine Charli XCX's mockumentary is less of a satire on the artist's peak of her career, but a rumination of the struggle of keeping it her own.

“THE MOMENT” is Charli XCX’s sayonara to ‘Brat’ and everything with it. It’s less of a comedic satirization of her creative apex. Rather it’s a rumination of losing control of a party you started and wondering if that’s all you’ll be defined by: substreammagazine.com/2026/02/the-...

would sincerely like never to post one of these again. (and solidarity w our union siblings)

Y'all, it matters that journalists are being arrested on US soil for existing as journalists. Remember when we told y'all fascist regimes look a particular way. This is that.

The amount of money the US government spent on troops in DC in 2025 ($223m) would have been enough to give the city's ~5,100 homeless residents each $43,000. Instead, federal troops destroyed their meager encampments.

@laurentousignant.bsky.social from the top rope

Richard Warnica: I spent the week in Minnesota. The only thing I’m sure of now is that more people are going to die As confrontations between ICE and protestors and activists grow more common, the tension only rises.

"The engine puttered; the inside of his 15-year-old hatchback was starting to smell like burning oil.

Within seconds Stancil was on the Expedition’s tail, no more than a few metres off the white bumper. He laid into his horn. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!' It sounded like the Roadrunner. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!'"

'28 Days Later: The Bone Temple' Depicts Idolatry As The Real Monster - Substream Magazine Nia DaCosta's film delivers the much of the infected gore you'd expect with a darker edge depicting the evil of human psyche.

Zombie films have been a metaphor for the state of society over time, but “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” does it to reflect our own: a post-truth, ideologue driven chain of the blind leading the blind versus the empirical nature of science seeking redemption
substreammagazine.com/2026/01/28-d...

Suddenly Everyone Is Scared to Dance at Concerts and Clubs More partygoers are worrying about looking goofy on camera, prompting some artists to wonder if social media is killing dance.

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Suddenly Everyone Is Scared to Dance at Concerts and Clubs

How independent journalism is a form of resistance: ‘I’m not answering to anyone’ Trump’s attacks on mainstream media have opened a window for journalists who want to operate independently

Good morning, we're in The Guardian alongside some greats

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

Photo of two branded merch items hanging on the knob of a white door. The first is a kelly green baseball hat with the Autonomy News logo printed i lime green. The second is a black tote bag printed with our “bad stork” design. It’s a Victorian postcard showing a woman with a parasol swatting away a stork trying to bring her a baby. The red text underneath says “and the villain still pursues her” and our logo is below that in white. Donors who hit our disclosure minimum ($1,000 and tax deductible in the US) will get *both* the hat and the bag. For transparency, we already have three donors who’ve given that much or more

We’re 82% of the way to our end-of-year fundraising goal and we thought people should know that we have goodies ready to mail to folks who give enough to be listed on our site
autonomy-news.monkeypod.io/give/support...

Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

imo if all the richest ppl on the planet are at once begging you to lower your standards for art and media consumption you can bet that it benefits them more than whatever they selling your ass on and should consider the opposite of what's suggested

A bit odd considering PBS has been airing some recent full productions for free

'It Ends' Is A Nihilistic Metaphor On Post-College Uncertainty - Substream Magazine Writer/director Alexander Ullom provides a small, thematic template on the horrors of beginning adulthood and what you leave behind.

“It Ends” is a quick, 90-minute metaphorical thriller of four post-college friends on a never-ending road to nowhere. What it really does well is show the anxiety of emerging adulthood and how it pulls apart long standing bonds with people.

substreammagazine.com/2025/12/it-e...

This N.J. wrestler declared ‘I’m gay!’ on national TV. Pro wrestling has never been the same. Nutley native Anthony Bowens has made a name for himself embracing every facet of who he is

For nj.com: Pro Wrestling storylines haven’t always been kind to the LGBTQ community - often painting them as exaggerated charactures or predator coded. But Anthony Bowens among others are in a new generation looking to change all that.

www.nj.com/sports/2025/...

Wall Street Journal CMO TODAY Companies Are Desperately Seeking 'Storytellers' Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for'storytelling' skill sets-without a campfire in sight By Katie Deighton Follow Dec. 12, 2025 at 6:00 am ET [picture of office drones sitting around a fire]

From the story: "As storytellers," a Google job ad said last month, "we play an integral role in driving customer acquisition and long-term growth." The listing sought a customer storytelling manager to join the company's Google Cloud storytelling team. >>One article the unit published this year was titled, 'Lowe's innovation: How Vertex Al helps create interactive shopping experiences."<<< [emphasis added]

I'm sorry this is just hilarious

The “person” who sent Ed the message

How Disney Got Hopelessly Lost in the Slop The $1 billion partnership allows users to create A.I.-generated videos of the company’s iconic characters. That’s not going to end well for anyone.

wrote about why Disney is attacking every other A.I. firm while granting OpenAI subscribers the ability to make Mickey Mouse do 9/11—and what this indicates about Bob Iger's confused, contradictory, concerning strategy for the future slate.com/technology/2...

Disney is going to immediately regret that decision when there’s a multitude of videos depicting Mickey, Minnie, Moana, and co committing crimes.

What I'm fixating on is the fact that he threw his film editor son under the bus

I’m so curious what the rural numbers are in terms of turnout. We’re seeing 10-15 point swings towards Ds there. If the turnout isn’t high and Nashville showed up on e-day who knows.

Anyway R+3 is a TSUNAMI result for the Dems. That’s a D+19 shift. Anything less than R+7 is full on panic for them.

Dangerous hunts >>>

Now at $99,495... I'm gonna go ahead and call that $100k. Thank you, thank you, thank you all. You spread so much hope and joy. 💚

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for that dang light.