Reporting with @jessicagarrison.bsky.social @tarantulaarms.bsky.social @hannahcwiley.bsky.social Ruben Vives and Summer Lin

The bomb cyclone shuts down the 5 in Northern California—in the town of weed.

Just a sampling of this year's journalism job cuts:
• AP to cut 8%
• Axios cuts 10%
• LA Times cuts 20%
• Tampa Bay Times cuts 20%
• Mass layoffs at Sports Illustrated
• Vice Media lays off "several hundred"
• The Messenger closes, laying off ~300
• CNN cuts 100 jobs, may eliminate hundreds more

For those wondering why “skeet” is the term, it’s because the Bluesky CEO explicitly begged users to choose another word.

Reposting:

I strongly believe, as I always have, that the media should invite the public into the reporting process and share the receipts. Even more so now. It's a way to build credibility and trust with readers.

If there are specific docs you think I should pursue via FOIA reach out

Hi! I would be honored to be in this starter pack.

How Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Tesla, SpaceX and X Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. governm...

As someone who has known and loved many cheapskates and made a study of their practices, this story of Elon Musk as cheapskate in chief is stunning. I’m afraid for my loved ones to read it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/t...

I also like this for my 1st Bluesky post