Recent posts by South Florida Journalists on Bluesky

For me, the process is the art. The drafting, the editing, the responding to feedback, the being in community with artists. Telling a robot to hallucinate is not art.

Hey Democratic messaging people Trump is literally tearing down the White House

How *unfortunate* to hear that Google's NYC offices have a bedbug infestation (large stuffed animals are somehow implicated, I have questions):

Tamara Lich, who Poilievre continually posts in support of, was on a panel last night alongside Diagolon/Second Sons leader Jeremy Mackenzie. They were both introduced as panelists off the top. Lich, at the end, then says the panel was made up of her “heroes” 😬

love this podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Really glad to get this bad boy out from behind the paywall for all my disability comrades who love talking urban planning! To read more like this, get 15% off a subscription to celebrate our birthday!!

The last time a Republican president was in his fifth year, working with a GOP-led Congress, the party struggled with “culture of corruption” allegations. Twenty years later, conditions appear ripe for a sequel. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

if they won they must have been moderate. how can you be sure? because if they weren’t moderate they wouldn’t have won. QED. now gimme my pulitzer.

INBOX: Some right-wing pander-brand called Republican Red Winery is hawking a magnum of Cab called "Operation Midnight Hammer [...] that symbolizes America's enduring doctrine of peace through strength." Please enjoy the photo they included in the release:

THIS WAS SO GREAT!!! Si tu parles français, suive ces icônes!! Ces deux sont tellement drôles, passionnants, et empathiques. Leur podcast est TELLEMENT bon et tout le monde devrait s'abonner!! I had the best time ❤️

ill just put it this way: if youre the kind of freak who is a hardcore nytimes-observer, you can tell who wrote that op-ed, even if it's technically from the whole editorial board.

First time back lifting since I was felled by annoying illness. I feel ALIVE!

A year ago I cofounded @theflytrapmedia.com w a bunch of extremely talented feminist writers/artists. We're celebrating our first year with a 15% sale for new subscribers, as we need 950 new + recurring readers to be able to pay ourselves this year + set us up for another year of feminist badassery.

this is good. but there can be no peace until it actually runs to albany, instead of fucking Rensselaer.

Harrowing descriptions of conditions for Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli jails.

The article also argues, in a way intended to make you think these designations were widely accepted at the time, that JFK and Obama and Clinton were all moderates. Buddy, I was alive in 2007 and 2008. In neither the primary nor the GE was Obama regarded as a distinctly moderate figure. Sophistry.

Worth a read (gifted): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

what was that twitter alternative that had a line in its terms of service that you couldn't make fun of rich people for being rich? like unironically claimed billionaires were a protected class? does anybody remember this?

How many times do we have to reiterate that people vote based on vibes, not policy

While hospitals across the country were falling apart, leaving patients in crisis and facilities severely understaffed, a shocking campaign to silence and surveil critics was underway. Read @h-lev.bsky.social and @acleek.bsky.social's latest investigation into Medical Properties Trust.

Anyone who tells you that they have data showing that politics is Actually Really Easy is lying to you and themselves. I genuinely think a grown-ass adult who wants to be seen as a politics-knower should feel embarrassed to make this kind of argument in public. Go touch grass, man. Moderately.

this argument has a content-to-smarm ratio that would make the free press proud

Calling a (shallower) bottom on liquor's sales slide: www.fingers.email/p/calling-a-...

brother it *is* the trap

As always, thanks to the @hothtakes.bsky.social team for having me on to talk about Star Wars. www.theomnicosm.com/breaking-dow...

Sad that what I experienced at a religious school has become commonplace across public schools, but also heartening to see this. My favorite English teacher once ran an underground book club, that he bought the books for and let us keep, so that kids interested could read what the school banned.

Wall Street Journal reporting catches up to the rebound in San Francisco... and notably further exposes Trump's argument for sending in National Guard troops as completely phony www.wsj.com/economy/san-...

Hi, so apparently our old subscribers are unable to access their discount when logged into The Flytrap homepage. We are checking on how to get this fixed and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Wait until these kids find out about the Ottawa 67s 😫

The Rutgers University Senate overwhelmingly approved a resolution in support of academic freedom, spurred by the recent right-wing attacks on Professor Mark Bray. Bray says he decided to relocate his family to Europe, after receiving death threats. www.thecarceralreport.com/p/spurred-by...

People are saying I escaped to Morocco because I did a jewel heist at the Louvre

i cannot imagine anything more decadent than mistaking the discourse about life for real life itself.

And that's why we're making sure sick people can't afford healthcare. That's what Jesus would do

Possibly the best one hit wonder of all time: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Early voting for Texas' November election begins today, Oct. 20. Here’s what you need to know. 🧵

Best sentence in this review of Meta's latest smart glasses: "Kaitlyn asked it to identify her dog Sutton, a 9-pound Chihuahua mix, and Meta AI said that Sutton appeared to be a pit bull." www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

it's so wild that in retrospect it turns out it's the only power the president doesn't have

Huh. So DHS is just using some…*rented* cars?

i can't say i *recommend* this but i will say that I clicked on this wondering if George Packer would find a way to blame the racist MAGA group texts on identity politics, and by the way, he did lol www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Get ready for WICKER MAN WEEK at @flaminghydra.com

The history of juking internet stats, from movie reviews to miserable failures: @annaleen.bsky.social's absorbing account of review bombing flaminghydra.com/rise-of-the-...

bay area heads, gonna be on KTVU FOX 2 in 5 min to talk protein!

Ed Caesar's lastest @newyorker.com feature is full of amazing details, read it!! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Does anyone believe this? Even his rubes must know better.

And this is why we need you all to support worker-owned indie media like @theflytrapmedia.com! We will never normalize authoritarianism, patriarchy, or bigotry of any kind. We will never censor ourselves. Support feminist journalism with bite—subscribe to The Flytrap! bsky.app/profile/theb...

pleased to report that your boy's byline has yet again received the scary red text treatment from mark brown this morning

People of Bluesky! The Flytrap is almost one year old. To keep going, we need new subscribers and a high renewal rate—we worker-owners haven’t been paid yet. Right now, you can get 15% off an annual Friends of the Flytrap subscription. Join us in the bog! the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp

dogs that are members of antifa and/or ms-13

Chip Roy, Messenger of God. My ass.

We're celebrating a year of @theflytrapmedia.com with a daily paywall drop on some classic Flytrap articles! Today, we're talking about URBAN PLANNING, which somehow accidentally became a Flytrap beat, possibly because of all the trans and/or neurodiverse people here.

i posted something provocative and trolly and then everyone here got mad at me?? wtf?? this place is so weird.

The Athletic's @slmandel.bsky.social thinks the Hurricanes can get into the playoffs even at 10-2. I'm not so sure of that. But I agree with the idea that Miami's season is far from over. www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

We had reporters in New York, Washington, and southern California (last one would be me) at No Kings protests this weekend, reflecting on the meaning and purpose of mass mobilization, and how to create that gateway to action. prospect.org/2025/10/20/p...

Whoa: the CEO of Republic National Distributing Co., a longtime company man who returned last year to steady the troubled multi-billion-dollar firm and oversaw its unprecedented exit from the California market this past summer, has died. He was 65.

I feel the same way about the New York Mag cover as I felt about the image of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his one year old daughter Valeria. Under the first Trump admin, they drowned trying to reach the U.S. and their photo was splashed across the front page of the NYT. Who is this for?

Good news: Morocco has lots of cats

Please donate what you can to help @itsmeio.bsky.social. 💔

I'm so happy to see Mark Ruffalo able to do other projects post marvel. God he's good. Task is fantastic

PFF's breakdown of the Louisville-Miami game is interesting. The biggest mismatch was UM's pass rush vs. UL's O-Line. The Canes won those battles, but the Cards' quick game just neutralized it. Miami struggled to tackle, and UL made plays in space. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU1m...

"every additional language I hear is an affirmation of America’s power and allure; it means one more person from one more place has wanted to make this place home." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Miami's road game against SMU was placed on a six-day hold, meaning we won't know the kickoff time or network until after next week's games.

It's hard to believe @theflytrapmedia.com is celebrating it's one year anniversary! I've loved all of the wonky, funny, & insightful feminist writing & reporting we've published over the last 12 months. But we need your subscriptions to survive another year, y'all. PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A MEMBER

Hakeem Jeffries now has a little less than 4 days and 22 hours to endorse a candidate for mayor of New York City before the start of early voting

NEW: The FTC is removing blog posts, authored by Lina Khan, including some that articulate the potential risks that commercial AI tools pose to consumers.

Traditionally, satire is used to punch up, not down

also #1 rule of journalism except we euphemistically say ask for forgiveness not permission

A revelatory quote in this Politico story, attributed to a Trump 1.0 official: “I do get the sense that the longer this drags on, the more this becomes kind of a loyalty test — who stays on message and who starts to flinch once the hometown pressure kicks in.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Glad to have a safe haven like Bluesky sometimes. Have been getting harassed non-stop by bullies on Twitter for suggesting that so-called "adults" should grow up, and stop celebrating Halloween for two weeks straight.

Of note: I covered a 2023 ballot measure in Maine that would have restored voting rights for people under guardianship. It failed, but highlighted that this is an ongoing issue in many states!

A Maine referendum is targeting absentee ballots, making it a growing number of states trying to make it harder for people to vote; and such restrictions hit disabled people first.

U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan – who reportedly has U.S. marshals accompanying her for security protection within her own office – has fired two more career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia. Plus other new developments at Trump DOJ: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Ocupado, bro

it's making me a little pissed off, is what it's doing!

omg no it doesn't @nytimes.com and no it isn't damned if these clowns don't make it all actively worse every single day

Miami's Local 10 to carry select free, over-the-air Heat telecasts this season. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/20/m... For the first time in over a decade, locally produced Miami Heat games will be available this season on free, over-the-air television.

The Internet's Mayor www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

Note: There were many religious demonstrators at this weekend’s No Kings demonstrations. I’ve seen at least one demonstrator that, in fact, waved a “No king but Jesus” sign, and I spoke with a demonstrator who held similar one at the No Kings protest this summer. religionnews.com/2025/10/18/n...

There’s a narrative that resistance to Trump’s second term is weaker than the first. Data indicates the opposite. There have actually been over 3x more protests in Trump’s second term than the first, and No Kings 2 was the largest single-day political protest in US history.

If you missed it yesterday, here's the latest Deep SNL Thoughts, taking a look at Sabrina Carpenter hosting, Domingo returning and the show figuring out who its new stars are. www.theomnicosm.com/the-universe...

ICYMI, on the Kaiser strike: "Kaiser concedes that the unions and management are just $300 million annually apart at most in negotiations, and the company is sitting on $67.4 billion in reserves, up from $40 billion just four years ago." prospect.org/2025/10/20/2...

Vote for HYDRANYM No. 21!!! it's the word game for @flaminghydra.com subscribers flaminghydra.com/hydranym-no-...

Heat seeking to crush the crash, with Magic rebounding looming large in opener. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/20/h... "We don’t want to be that team that works hard for 23, 22 seconds and we’re giving up rebounds. It kind of defeats the purpose and it’s deflating."

This appears to be the photo used to generate the AI video US President Donald Trump posted that portrays hims wearing a crown and piloting a fighter jet that dumps feces on influencer Harry Sisson and other Americans who were protesting him in New York City.

it’s also a weird and an anachronistic and bastardized imitation of the sexual mores of antiquity in which raping children was seen by many societies as not only acceptable but in many contexts an affirmative good.

For those of us keeping score at home, Tron: Ares has now slipped even further behind Tron: Legacy's box office pace. www.theomnicosm.com/black-phone-...

THAT'S RIGHT!!! 2 for 1 feminist content. Subscribe here:

Scott Bessent has gone from a critic of state capitalism to one of its biggest practitioners. "When you are facing a nonmarket economy like China, then you have to exercise industrial policies," he said. Imagine that! From Harold Meyerson: prospect.org/2025/10/20/2...

ICYMI: For years, religious groups have applied for a special government program that helps secure worship spaces. But this year, DHS changed the conditions — such as apparently requiring grant recipients to cooperate with ICE. Now, faith groups are voicing outrage religionnews.com/2025/10/17/f...

Years ago I wrote an article about how fucking with pensions is basically wage theft and I stand by it.

Happy Electric Nebraska Week to all who celebrate which should be everyone!

Covered CA and other marketplaces should really be sending out their renewal notices ASAP because, like...people are gonna FREAK when they see that number and they WILL be calling their legislators to tell them they'd better not sell out our health care to reopen the government.

I really need people to hold the line right now because when people hold the line, these dillweeds DO respond.

I sat down with Zohran Mamdani, presumptive winner of NYC's mayoral election and the internet's fave politician, for a @wired.com interview. We covered: -Big Tech capitulation to Trump -His tips for finding <3 on Hinge -The backstory of his social campaign -Linkin Park, multiple times, vv important

When you consider the history of right-wing nationalism in the UK, this is a very weird alliance.

Well hey, look who's back!

I hope you enjoy our new website! It's a minor update but more to come. While you're there, read this @gurleygg.bsky.social piece on the Maine Senate race: prospect.org/2025/10/20/2...

NEWS: Supreme Court takes up another big gun rights case concerning a federal law that bars drug users from possessing guns. It's the same law that Hunter Biden was prosecuted under. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...