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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/03/2026

"There are so many threats coming in. But they’re not running me out of my own block.” Meet the programmer behind StopICE.net, a crowdsourced nationwide alert system to let users know when federal immigration officers are nearby.

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This programmer wants to use your phone to fight ICE

Sherman Austin's text alerts are powering community defense.

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I first connected with Sherman Austin about StopICE last year while working on a separate story. As soon as he told me his own wild origin story, I figured it deserved a story all its own. So... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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This programmer wants to use your phone to fight ICE

Sherman Austin's text alerts are powering community defense.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 05/02/2026

Fascinating article on the making of Spirit of Eden and how Mark Harris first transformed and then kept silent about Talk Talk (gift link)

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Talk Talk’s Experiment ‘Spirit of Eden’ Was a Flop. And a Cult Favorite.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 23/10/2025

Real estate company RidgeRunner bought hundreds of acres in Tennessee with plans to develop “town and country charter communities” that it hopes to fill with hundreds of new conservative Christian residents. Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 23/10/2025

One of the first residents, a podcaster who has said he’d “like to dissolve Congress and the judiciary and vest all power into… Donald J. Trump,” has a history of inflammatory remarks about women, immigrants, Jewish people, and the LGBTQ+ community. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 23/10/2025

“They’re antisemitic, anti-Black, anti-Native American. They don’t want anything except what they think. It’s about moving here and finding power. They’ve got big bucks behind them,” says one neighbor who lives near the community. Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Longreads @longreads.com · 18/07/2025

2. "Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine" @djpeisner.bsky.social "As masked agents have terrorized immigrant communities, sweeping people off the streets in broad daylight, locals have organized, protested, fought back." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine

Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE

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Siembra NC @siembranc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Thanks to @djpeisner.bsky.social for going behind the scenes with us & our friends at The ReMIX, LUCE, Unión del Barrio

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 15/07/2025

Small grassroots organizations, staffed almost entirely by volunteers, are standing inbetween immigrants and ICE — like this member of the Union del Barrio handing out a “How to Identify ICE vehicles” flyer to a driver in Los Angeles. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 15/07/2025

Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓ www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine

Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I was living in London in 1994, so I experienced Oasis' initial rise to be the BIGGEST BAND IN ALL THE LAND (UK version) up close. I wrote about Oasis' differing fortunes on both sides of the Atlantic and he band's unlikely but still somehow inevitable return. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/a...

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Oasis Ends a 16-Year Pause With a Familiar Goal: Conquering America

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

As it turns out, if you click on the link it's not actually $55. It's $11.85.

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Bc I'm an incurable narcissist, I recently got an alert that my book was on a best comedy books list by @brianboone.bsky.social and @megh.bsky.social at @nymag.com. Nice write-up but omg THE PRICE! $55 at Amazon! I mean, totally worth it, but jeez. What hell hath these tariffs wrought?

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Here's me blabbing about that one time when I spent the better part of a day fighting with Kid Rock at his house, and then wrote about it for Rolling Stone. Thanks to Vanessa Grigoriadis/Campside Media for asking me to blab about it: open.spotify.com/episode/6EnH...

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Is Kid Rock a Rebel, Or a Troll?

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

They are a longtime obsession of mine. So many good songs. They did seem destined to be plucked from obscurity by a well-placed soundtrack placement. Unfortunately for them, they ended up on the soundtrack for Elizabethtown instead.

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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

Terrific reporting, writing by David Peisner in Rollingstone Mag on the Poor Little Rich Boy, Fergie Chambers, heir to the Cox Enterprises telecom giant. A scary Study of a rich ManBoy given to misguided thinking, arrogance—and the combustible mix of US cultural politics. apple.news/AEa5t6ztIStK...

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Fergie Chambers Is Heir to One of America’s Richest Families — and Determined to See the U.S. Fall

FERGIE CHAMBERS IS THE HEIR TO ONE OF AMERICA’S RICHEST FAMILIES, AND A ‘PROFESSIONAL REVOLUTIONARY’ DETERMINED TO SEE THE U.S. FALL

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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

This is really excellent, especially the final third! Hats off to David Peisner for his timely, nuanced and accurately contextualized profile of Kid Rock. My Takeaway (fwiw): KidRock is undereducated, overconfident, privileged— and deeply insecure. Via ROLLINGSTONE apple.news/nowPlaying/A...

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Listen to: How Kid Rock Turned Into a Republican Mouthpiece and Trump's MAGA BFF

The man born Bob Ritchie calls Trump his “bestie” and spouts right-wing talking points. Many close to him wonder what the hell happened

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I know! I had actually forgotten that quote until I re-read it. It somehow feels truer now than when he said it. I think the larger truth to be divined here is that some of the worst music in the world is made by incredibly nice people. And vice-versa.

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David Peisner @djpeisner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I have to say that while I find both Flea's response to the quote and Cave's new perspective on it heartening and life-affirming, I also feel like the essential truth of the original quote has never been challenged.

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

we cover some good ground in the latest episode of #AsToldTo, the podcast I host on #writing in #collaboration... I talk to @djpeisner.bsky.social about the spaces between #journalism and #ghostwriting and how to fill them... listen!... follow!... review! #BookSky open.spotify.com/episode/291Q...

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Episode 84: David Peisner

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Daniel Paisner @danielpaisner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT ANYTHING YOU HEAR IN THIS PODCAST! #ghostwriting #journalism #BookSky #collaboration @djpeisner.bsky.social @writersbone.com #PodcastSky #AsToldTo #writinglife ✍️ open.spotify.com/episode/291Q...

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