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Brian Clarey

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General media type. Here for local news and the Saints #WhoDat

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Brian Clarey @brianclarey.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Seen.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Even more to the point, Treasuries usually rally even when the United States is the source of the downturn - see also: the financial crisis. That they’re not now is really bad
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I’m confused as to how the design and execution of this tariff policy wasn’t flawless. 🇺🇸
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/04/2025
every person online who thinks the tariffs are a good idea are people who are trying to figure out how to take their first step as a huamn being
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” This doesn’t sound like “radical transparency” to me. Check out my latest secrecy newsletter to see which FOIA offices have closed so far, and which might be next.
freedom.press
RFK Jr. promises radical transparency, then closes FOIA shops
Plus: Which FOIA offices might be closed next
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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
newsobserver.com
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
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Joseph Navin @josephanavin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
#Amtrak #Piedmont 73 with "the city of #Asheville" in the lead crosses over the 87-year-old truss #bridge over Webb Avenue in #Burlington, N.C. as #spring blooms on March 25. The bridge was built by the Greensboro-based Carolina Steel & Iron Co. in 1938. #ncwx #NCDOT #RNCX1797
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I spoke to the Association of Health Care Journalists about my reporting for @niemanlab.org and how I uncovered a network of AI-generated local newsletters. Thanks to Karen Blum for a great conversation! healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/03...
healthjournalism.org
Reporter exposes network of AI-generated ‘local’ newsletters
Here's how Nieman Lab reporter Andrew Deck sleuthed out the backstory of a network of AI-generated newsletters.
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Brian Clarey @brianclarey.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Loving the @wsj.com subscription that comes with my new post. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fo...
wsj.com
The Ford Executive Who Kept Score of Colleagues’ Verbal Flubs
Mike O’Brien kept a meticulous log of mixed metaphors and malaprops uttered in meetings over a decade; ‘too many cooks in the soup’
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I don't know why Mississippi Today continues to say it is "the state's only nonprofit newsroom" (this is from a brand new job posting), but for the record, our nonprofit newsroom, the Mississippi Free Press, just turned 5 years old this month. 😜@mississippifreepress.org
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Launched in 2016, Mississippi Today is the state's only nonprofit newsroom, with the largest editorial team in the region.
Mississippi Today is recognized as a leader in independent, nonpartisan journalism in the Deep South.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
What Krugman said
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Epic idea
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
FOIA release shows Sierra Nevada reservoir water release was a wasteful stunt, officials knew it wouldn't reach SoCal Stories like this show how FOIA is critical for scrutinizing government activities, and why RIFs at FOIA offices (OMB's FOIA staff down 75%, for example) should be a top news story
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Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
How bad is this? Let me count the ways Also, and related, short of firing Powell (or trying, anyway) screwing with economic data would be just about the dumbest (and worst) thing to do apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
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Joseph Navin @josephanavin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Curtain call for the TCB Brian Clarey, co-founder and former Publisher/Executive Editor of the Triad City Beat speaks inside Scuppernong Books in #Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 28 as weekly paper celebrated 11 years of business after publishing the final edition on Feb. 20. #TriadCityBeat #localnews
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Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Greensboro graffiti > your town. Prove me wrong.
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Brian Clarey @brianclarey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I love you all. triad-city-beat.com/tcbs-last-is...
triad-city-beat.com
TCB’s last issue: Staff reflections
Over the past 11 years, Triad City Beat has had the wonderful opportunity to be a home for writers to hone their craft and jumpstart their careers.
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NC Local @nclocal.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"We had a damn good run. We did the best we could and we’re glad we did it." Hear from @triadcitybeat.bsky.social Founder @brianclarey.bsky.social & Managing Editor @bysayakamatsuoka.bsky.social about 10+ years of local muckraking and movement journalism. nclocalnewsworkshop.org/news-leader-...
nclocalnewsworkshop.org
‘Not a funeral, a celebration’: Triad City Beat reflects on 10+ years of local news, muckraking and movement journalism - NC Local News Workshop
As Triad City Beat prepares to sunset, Co-Founder Brian Clarey and Managing Editor Sayaka Matsuoka reflect on the role TCB has played in the local news ecosystem, lessons learned from a decade of publ...
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Carli Brosseau @carlibrosseau.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
“We as the judicial leadership for the district have urged ICE that it is counter-productive for them to increase enforcement activities within the courthouse,” Wake DA Lorrin Freeman told Jane Porter. #ncpol indyweek.com/news/wake/pl...
indyweek.com
Plain Clothes ICE Agent at Wake County Justice Center Tells Attorneys to Take Their Immigration Conversation Elsewhere
A plain clothes ICE agent at Wake County Justice Center tells attorneys to take their immigration conversation elsewhere.
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Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Oops 😬
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2025
this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders
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Brian Clarey @brianclarey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I’m sorry I couldn’t do it any longer.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2025
all I know is that had President Biden forced out the FAA chief under pressure from his top adviser and his corrupt motives, and then the next week there was a plane crash that killed more than 60 people, Republicans would be howling that it was an impeachable offense.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/01/2025
USA has ~600K undocumented Canadian & European immigrants How many CAN/EURO students is ICE raiding at schools? •0 How many CAN/EURO babies ripped from parents? •0 How many CAN/EURO people thrown in Camps? •0 It was never about “protecting our borders”—it was about protecting white supremacy.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The fact that undocumented workers are the backbone of American farm production is sort of an inconvenient narrative… www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-....
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/01/2025
Q: What animal has an asshole in the middle of its back? A: Ted Nugent's horse.
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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Who are the 60,000 voters being challenged by Justice Griffin in NC's state supreme court race? I did a brief analysis to find out. Available at the link below. #ncpol www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fxt46...
dropbox.com
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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Lots of truth here. And real journalism must report beyond partisanship and let the chips fall where they must. Never false equivalency.
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TracieBreaux @traciebreaux.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Him: I need advice. Me: (eating red velvet cake for breakfast) You came to the right person.
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Brian Clarey @brianclarey.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
-30- triad-city-beat.com/publishers-n...
triad-city-beat.com
PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK: One last time
This week marks my last issue with Triad City Beat. And I don’t quite know what to do about it. So I’m writing. It’s how I deal.
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Melanie Sill @melaniesill.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
#HeadsUpNC: 60,000 voters may have their ballots invalidated as state Supreme Court puts a hold on certifying Democrat Alison Riggs' win for her current seat on the court, possibly handing the seat to her GOP rival. carolinapublicpress.org/67721/suprem...
carolinapublicpress.org
NC GOP justices block certification of Democratic justice's re-election win
Challenge that would remove 60,000 ballots bounces between state and federal courts. NC high court issues partisan stay decision.
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Triad City Beat @triadcitybeat.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without possibility of parole on New Year’s Eve following five years of vigils outside the governor’s mansion and a two-year sustained campaign to grant clemency to all inmates sentenced to death. triad-city-beat.com/?p=49315
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Triad City Beat @triadcitybeat.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Many landlords now use a single company's software — which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information — to help set rent prices. triad-city-beat.com/?p=49323
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 06/01/2025
"[Bluesky's success is] strong evidence that there is a large unmet demand for internet systems outside of the control of Big Tech monopolists." —  @ryanlcooper.com @theprospect.bsky.social
prospect.org
Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet
One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond.
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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
"You can say any old shit on Bluesky and be taken seriously, as long as you do it alongside this photo of James Baldwin." - James Baldwin
A photo of James Baldwin
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Melanie Sill @melaniesill.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Franklin County commissioners look to change public records policy in response to a records request #HeadsUpNC #NCPol
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I just want to mention that “I don’t even HAVE Facebook” has not quite reached the level of insufferable signaling that “I don’t even HAVE a television” once was, but goddamned if some of you aren’t doing your absolute best.
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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Only positive Trump/Musk spoken inside the X borders. 🙄 The propaganda/censorship machine is growing fast. Goebbels would approve. (“Gobbles” could be a good nickname for this one.)
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Does it feel like tech is ceasing to evolve in ways that are useful to everyday people, and instead functions to control, placate and diminish us?
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 05/01/2025
As many have pointed out, the New York Times published its "front page" story on Biden's economy's success 15 days before the transition to 🍊, not 15 days (or more) before an election that could have averted it. This means one thing. We need a new media. Let's fix it ourselves.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This is a great illustration of the problem with a deceptive Y-axis. It blows differences and changes waaaay out of proportion.
a chart with a Y axis that ranges from 5'10" to 5'0" and an X axis with the names of pop stars (Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, Arianna Grande and Sabrina Carpenter) shows cropped images of each woman lined up on the X-axis from tallest to shortest, blown up or shrunk down to match the Y-axis scale. It makes Taylor and Meagan look like giants while Arianna and Sabrina look like tiny fairies.
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Brian Clarey @brianclarey.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
When a gentleman reaches a certain age, the flirty spambots start to hunt you down.
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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Figures.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
everything about this new Meta AI bot is so dystopian but for me the AI-generated images of nonexistent donated coats is up there
AI-generated image of boxes of coats for donation with a caption that reads “kicking off the new year in service of our community”
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Triad City Beat @triadcitybeat.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The new year started with a changing of the guard in North Carolina’s executive branch. triad-city-beat.com/north-caroli...
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Cap'n Todd 🛩️ 🇺🇸💙 @capntodd.com · 01/01/2025
With all my new friends thanks to #megaboost, I'm getting to see a lot of bios today as I follow back. So far, my favorite self-description (from a regular person, not a bot) has been "Stay-at-home actress." Gave an immediate follow-back for that one. 😂
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