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have you filed an open records request today? Sometimes I do journalism. sam.barnesatl @ gmail .com

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This is very serious and I hope all the 1A orgs will meet the moment here.

06.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

unexpected things making you cry about dead dads is such a universal dead dad experience

02.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Common hospital experience

19.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lmao

18.02.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NTSB graphic depicted the flight paths of the CRJ and Blackhawk helicopter.

NTSB graphic depicted the flight paths of the CRJ and Blackhawk helicopter.

The NTSB issued its final report on the mid-air collision between a PSA CRJ-700 and US Army Blackhawk helicopter, finding a chain of systemic failures led to the accident and providing a litany of safety recommendations to the FAA, US Army and others. www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...

17.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

I’m shocked by this turn of events

16.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI: Here's the full text of the threat issued by Cobb County, Ga., the 23rd largest school district in the country.

In a county which voted for Biden and Kamala Harris for 15 points, the district also came under fire in the past few years for aggressive book bans:
www.cobbk12.org/important-up...

29.01.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Who could have guessed that Cobb County Schools would take the most aggressive position in metro Atlanta on this (at least publicly)?

Everyone in metro Atlanta basically.

29.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh boy

29.01.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Last year, I collaborated with @gelliottmorris.com and scores of journalists and volunteers to conduct a crowdsourced, unofficial, nationwide estimate of "No Kings" attendees.

We're pretty confident that both "No Kings" days were the two largest single-day protest events in American history:

28.01.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

ding ding ding

28.01.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no

28.01.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ well wishes for you and the bb

27.01.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

None of these people should be able to work in our industry again

14.01.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 3298 πŸ” 565 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 36

My dad struggled with addiction his entire adult life, due in large part American healthcare’s complete and utter failure to treat the severe and intractable chronic pain he was in from age 17 onward.

Ain’t got shit to do with Venezuela.

03.01.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry friend ❀️

03.01.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yall I just woke up what the fuck

03.01.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't overthink the Trump admin's reasoning here. They don't have a grand scheme. They are willing to upend the international order because they think everyone else will be too scared to fuck with them. And whatever terrorist attacks this inspires against us will just help them electorally.

03.01.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 3821 πŸ” 805 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 15

I hold no brief for Maduro. He's a murdering autocratic dictator who has done deep long term economic damage to his country.

But do not fantasize that there is a rightwing, Western-oriented majority waiting in the wings in Venezuela, and the only obstacle to a color revolution is Maduro.

03.01.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this one’s super shameful.

encryption was rolled out because 2020 activists learned how to listen to their scanners to know when SRG would be showing up to beat them up, and NYPD disliked that.

the only actual impact this has is preventing news teams from being able to report on emergencies.

02.01.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I also bruise very easily…because I have a genetic condition lmao

01.01.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ I also gave to @thexylom.com because I believe in putting my money where my mouth is!

Every additional $$ helps rebuild The Xylom's rainy-day fund, which was completely depleted in 2025. It takes a village for independent, human-powered reporting to not just survive but thrive!

31.12.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I don’t have a place to host the judge’s orders because Document Cloud refuses to approve my account, but I’m happy to email the PDFs to anyone.

31.12.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI: The racketeering charges in the eponymous Cop City RICO case were dismissed yesterday. However, this is just the first step in what will surely be a lengthy appeals process.

31.12.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hero of 2025: Alice Wong The disability justice icon's last message: "Don’t let the bastards grind you down."

For my hero of 2025 at @motherjones.com, I wrote about the late great disabled disability justice oracle Alice Wong, including her work with Disability Visibility Project, Crips for eSims for Gaza, and #CripTheVote. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

31.12.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 244 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7
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Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive storyβ€”and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:

30.12.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 2497 πŸ” 824 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 90

In a separate ruling, Farmer declined to dismiss the domestic terrorism charges.

I'm waiting to see if a ruling will be posted on the arson charges.

30.12.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
At some point the AG's powers must not intrude upon those constitutionally granted
to the District Attorneys of the state. This is that point. The court has not been presented
with, nor found any case law itself, that addresses RICO (or any other criminal charges
that do not expressly grant the AG concurrent jurisdiction) being brought by the AG
without prior approval from the governor. If the AG had sought and received permission
from the governor to bring RICO charges, the check on the division of powers would be
satisfied. And that permission may still be sought and the charges brought properly. but
they were not in this case.

At some point the AG's powers must not intrude upon those constitutionally granted to the District Attorneys of the state. This is that point. The court has not been presented with, nor found any case law itself, that addresses RICO (or any other criminal charges that do not expressly grant the AG concurrent jurisdiction) being brought by the AG without prior approval from the governor. If the AG had sought and received permission from the governor to bring RICO charges, the check on the division of powers would be satisfied. And that permission may still be sought and the charges brought properly. but they were not in this case.

As expected, count 1 of the Cop City RICO indictment has been dismissed by Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer on the grounds that the Attorney General's office did not seek the required permission to prosecute a RICO indictment.

The state has already announced its intent to appeal this ruling.

30.12.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

i should do something nice for myself -> buy affordable secondhand knitting machine -> use it for the first time, experience joy -> uh oh my back hurts but when doesn't it -> oh god i'm in so much pain -> it's been a week, it's not better -> congratulations, it's a muscle spasm

merry christmas

24.12.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0