David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026At one point in this account, the managing editor and others hide in an office because the suspended executive top has used an intern’s keycard to get into the building. A crying staff member is texting a colleague. Adds a new dimension to “newsroom drama.” 121
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“When Mr. Goessling grew out his beard and hair during the Covid pandemic, people would tell him, ‘I love the whole Michael McDonald thing you got going on there,’ he said. Despite the resemblance, he never imagined they were related.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comMissouri Man Discovers Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers Is His Biological Father (Gift Article)Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers. 010
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“According to the police report of the harassment allegation, Franklin further said that Alestle [student newspaper ] employees have been by her office uninvited.” Franklin is the communications director for the school. She has an office and everything. On a campus where there are students. 120
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don’t know how CNN distributed pieces if this, but the full video has plenty that Natalie surely didn’t show Dear Leader. Enten says MAGA is 50-60% of GOP, and defections in non-MAGA are big (plus independents). 001
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026It's remarkable (in a very good way) to see an elected member of the Democratic Party saying this. For decades, the Party has treated public higher education as a jobs training program, not a site for cultivating democratic habits of mind. I deeply hope that things are changing. 318665
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752431427
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026dailytarheel.com/482608/enter...dailytarheel.comInternal communications shed light on UNC’s delayed response to racially motivated attack on Black studentsAdministration spent hours trying to find someone who had access to post a statement on the UNC Police Instagram account. 000
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“…Musk created an information space on X that made MAGA seem much more dominant than it was in the real world. MAGA leaned into this because that's their aesthetic; booyah!! is their philosophical core. But it created an impression that made a lot of 2026 possible.” 000
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I await her very concerned reply. 010
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 18/09/2026"And we can't wait to invite him to a fancy dinner again soon" 1813318809
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Trump says he's banning CNN, MSNow & Politico from the White House. If he goes through w/ this, the WH press corps needs to boycott. Fox too No more of the correspondents association's white-tablecloth, gladhanding bullshit. Pentagon reporters showed they don't need in-house access. You can too. 76780187
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEAdrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s deeply amusing to me when I’m told we have to “learn to live with AI” by university administrators tell me who banned student graduation speakers just last year because they couldn’t live with what those graduation speakers might say. 231350
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICERobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 430115924865
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEMargaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fascinating look at how NYT lost a shakily sourced defamation case by @bgrueskin.bsky.social for Columbia Journalism Review www.cjr.org/news/how-the-new-york-t…cjr.org 24713
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s getting worse. I am NOT going to read how they will decide how much, um, incontinence is too much. 010
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NYT Marketing Department: Dammit @theathletic.com, why don’t I see more of your content on TikTok or late-night TV? @theathletic.com: Here you go. 110
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I just saw a post about whether replies are the whole point of social media and I really wanted to reply that no they are not. But I didn’t. Did I win? 000
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“McClatchy chalked up its most recent bloodbath to the failure of the public to appreciate its investments in local reporters over the past five years.” www.thecharlotteledger.com/p/mcclatchy-...thecharlotteledger.comNewsletter 9/14: McClatchy’s biggest misstepPlus: CMS board chair says she was bullied and harassed; Civic leaders back Y sale; Atrium boosted executive compensation by 21%; Charlotte native up for Emmy tonight; Toppman reviews 'Come From Away' 000
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I (in student affairs, not faculty) was lucky to work with good assessment people. But no question the big picture is to make colleges factories. Critical thinking and personal growth, long neglected as goals, are now actively discouraged by the powerful. Bless those who resist. 010
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICESlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When they call your name in a work meeting and you weren't listening. 19189998
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I just don’t want to talk to y’all. 000
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hasan Piker isn't part of the Abdul El-Sayed campaign. Lorenzo Sewell is a member of the Mike Rogers campaign. And he's a proper extremist and bigot who the media isn't covering. I brought receipts in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 8160471899
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICECarrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pablo Torre, man. Best damn sports journalist out there. May all my students be like you 061
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICECharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's always been fascinating to me how so many legacy media journalists are like: "Yeah, I'm just here to document the house fire. Just for the record. It would be biased and inappropriate of me to grab a bucket of water. I don't want to be accused of being anti-house-engulfed-in-flames." 24692141
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 795166623669
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I rather like this retirement home, but I’m a Boomer. 000
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 1194326666245
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICENorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases! 1027181795681
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/08/2026important piece of how journalism works right here www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/never-apol... 231610438
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEIbram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Florida officers found two middle school students, 14 and 13, had guns, bombs, Nazi symbols, and a screed on demographic replacement that incited many mass shooters from El Paso to Buffalo. These shooters are getting younger. My latest @theemancipator.org.  theemancipator.org/2026/08/24/i...theemancipator.orgThe Averted Anti-Muslim Terror Attack Everyone Should Be Talking AboutHe wore tactical gear and a helmet-mounted camera on March 15, 2019. As he livestreamed himself on Facebook, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a thirty-year-old White Australian, entered Al Noor Mosque in Chr... 819490
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I’m an old journalist. Anybody can make a poor judgment in haste, although this is pretty bad. An editor is supposed to save them. 010
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026That subhead on the story is out of place. There’s no “also” problem for someone suffering this. 190
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Good grief. Martin Luther King Jr. was the child of well educated parents who were among the better off in their community. Hosea Williams, among the gutsiest, had degrees in chemistry and founded several companies. 010
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 22/08/2026That subhead on the story is out of place. There’s no “also” problem for someone suffering this. 001
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank.  27566872968
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Dear LinkedIn: I haven’t encountered these problems, but thanks for the heads up. 010
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICERobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026An increasing portion of our nation’s budget — and your tax dollar — is dedicated to paying interest on our growing national debt. But who exactly receives the interest payments? This is an issue you hear very little discussion about, because the wealthy and powerful would rather you not knowrobertreich.substack.comWho’s Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?What the wealthy and powerful — and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent — don’t want you to know 47861416
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-case-a... Thank you, @pkrugman.bsky.social. Taxing the super-rich works for deficit reduction too. 010
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The winning campaigns of multiple Dems who want to tax the rich apparently are beneath the notice of NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/b... 020
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’m sure the comments will be totally fine. 000
Reposted by David Simpson #AbolishICEDan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 19/08/2026Bret Stephens leaves out crucial context in his defense of James Bennet, who he says was a victim of the Woke 1.0 mob. (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Yes, Woke 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where’s the Accountability?The damage was real and long-lasting. 151
David Simpson #AbolishICE @adviserdavid.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Several mentions here of failure to cut government spending. Zero mention of failure to tax trillions held by super-wealthy. @rbreich.bsky.social @kairyssdal.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/b...nytimes.comBond Sell-Off Sends Borrowing Costs to Highest Level Since 2007 (Gift Article)Yields on the 30-year U.S. Treasury and government bonds across the world rose to multiyear highs as investors fret about inflation, deficits and A.I. spending. 000
