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Baltimorean. Jigsaw puzzler. O's fan. 2x cats (they hate each other)

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Lucy 🫠 📷 @ltotheucy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(My hatred of the Yankees started here — going to Camden Yards in the late ‘90s as a kid and being surrounded by Yankee fans. My hatred, as the Baltimore Sun agrees, is praxis.)
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David Dexter @dwdex.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Me: It sure is annoying seeing all these Yankees fans at Camden Yards. 1996 Baltimore Sun: Lenin warned us about this.
1996 Baltimore Sun article by Michael Dresser. "Yankees fans open wallets for tickets at Camden Yards"

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"As usual with every Baltimore home game against the Yankees, one-third of the crowd is Yankees fans," said ticket broker Danny Matta, owner of Premier Entertainment in College Park.

So who's to blame for this sad state of affairs?

Us. We have met the enemy and he owns season tickets. Like Lenin's proverbial capitalists, Orioles fans have been selling the rope with which the Yankees hope to hang the Birds.
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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here's a speech I gave at Borealis' Racial Equity in Journalism Fund gathering on the role media policies & mainstream media institutions have played in upholding racial subordination as a result of the anti-democratic features of the U.S. Constitution.
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Too Long Have Others Spoken for Us
Journalists of color and their continued struggle to democratize our society
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
our staff recs section this issue features analysis from @theankler.bsky.social, @dissentmag.bsky.social, @prismreports.org, @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, and @truthout.org! links can be found here: www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...
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Fighting Technofascism
Reflections from a convening hosted by MediaJustice & Mijente
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Click through and read about insights offered by @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @gilduran.com, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, Tawana Petty, Caren Tepp, and others! www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...
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Fighting Technofascism
Reflections from a convening hosted by MediaJustice & Mijente
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In this week's issue of The Revival Letter, our Research Director reflects on the "Fighting Technofascism" convening hosted by our friends at @mediajustice.bsky.social and @conmijente.bsky.social, sharing takeaways from just a few of the incredible speakers. www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...
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Fighting Technofascism
Reflections from a convening hosted by MediaJustice & Mijente
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the old days a dude like this would just live with his mom and wear a stupid hat and spend all day in his room working on a treatise about some shit until he’s forced to get a job at a pants factory and then get fired from the pants factory and get a job pushing a hot dog cart
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David Dexter @dwdex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kaleb passed 3 months after Brandi. I didn't know him but was sad I'd never read anything new by either of them again. I'm sad that I relate to so much of this, but I'm even sadder that others have to understand what this is like. It meant a lot to me to read this today.
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Hank & Townes’s Mom @katehascats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wrote about grief for Welcome to Hell World. Thanks to @lukeoneil47.bsky.social for holding space. www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-onl...
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There is only before and after he died
Losing Kaleb
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One year ago this week we lost the great writer Kaleb Horton. I am still very sorry that I won't ever get to read anything new by him ever again. Today his partner @katehascats.bsky.social joins us to write about her experience of loss and grief.
welcometohellworld.com
There is only before and after he died
Losing Kaleb
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chirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy Trey Mancini Day.
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today In 1980: Baltimore #Orioles manager Earl Weaver launches into a legendary argument with umpire Bill Haller after getting himself tossed in the top of the 1st inning of a game vs. the Detroit #Tigers at Memorial Stadium! (Salty language alert!) #NSFW #MLB #Baseball #History
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Okay my review of “Here Where We Live Is Our Country” is now out from behind the paywall at Jewish Currents. Enjoy, or engage respectfully, or cope and seethe as is your preference
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Back to the Bund
Molly Crabapple’s book has rekindled interest in the 20th-century movement’s vision—but can we adapt it for our time?
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come be my boss! Chicago-based Injustice Watch is seeking our next EIC. If you're an experienced manager with deep investigative skills who cares about independent, impactful reporting, please consider applying. $125K–$145K, with benefits. www.injusticewatch.org/about/editor...
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Editor in Chief
Editor in Chief Injustice Watch is seeking an Editor in Chief to lead our nonprofit newsroom. The ideal candidate is an experienced manager and editor
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UCC Media Justice Ministry @uccmediajustice.org · 28/08/2026
Less than two weeks. We cannot wait! @ruha9.bsky.social delivers the Parker Lecture, and Richard Prince receives the Parker Award. September 10 in D.C., or you can join us virtually! Get your tickets and be a part of our annual celebration for media justice: buff.ly/2cbGM31
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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am an executive producer of a feature-length documentary directed by my friend, Christina DiPasquale, called Barrio Television. It was announced today that the feature-length doc is now a finalist for the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
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Finalists Announced For Library Of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize For Film
The 2026 Library Of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize For Film has announced six finalists in the running for the lucrative documentary award.
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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
this is the best explanation of MLB's contemporary labor issues I've ever seen. show it to any friend who likes baseball. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHvE...
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Could There Be No Baseball Games Next Year? These Owners Are Betting On It.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Check out the last issue of the Revival Letter, where our Research Director reflects on the themes surfaced at the @historyscience.bsky.social annual meeting! www.therevivallab.org/precedented-...
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Precedented Discoveries & Crisis in Context
Reflections from the History of Science Society Meeting
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Featured in our staff recs section this week, check them out: @freepress.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social @motherjones.com @bostonreview.bsky.social @404media.co www.therevivallab.org/playing-for-...
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Playing for the Big Leagues
A conversation with Yotam Marom
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This week's issue of The Revival Letter is out! Yotam Marom, author of "For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness" speaks to our Project Director about how movements on the left can reevaluate their approach to gaining and wielding power. www.therevivallab.org/playing-for-...
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Playing for the Big Leagues
A conversation with Yotam Marom
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yotam + @revivallab.bsky.social = must read
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Playing for the Big Leagues
A conversation with Yotam Marom
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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Fall issue of Jewish Currents is available online now to subscribers, including my long-awaited (by me) review of Molly Crabapple's "Here Where We Live Is Our Country." I'll post again when they remove the paywall, but for now I'll just say that I hope it moves the conversation forward a bit.
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Back to the Bund
Molly Crabapple’s book has rekindled interest in the 20th-century movement’s vision—but can we adapt it for our time?
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Joon Lee @joon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW VIDEO: I talked to former senior FanDuel employees about what actually happens behind the sportsbook app. VIP gamblers. “Reactivation” campaigns. Behavior tracking. Responsible gaming teams. Athlete access. And how normal it felt from the inside youtu.be/9Lwhy29umzU?...
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Marshall Project Guild @marshallprojectguild.org · 11/08/2026
Just Cause is the single most important issue to the majority of our unit — it's what protects us from retaliation and arbitrary termination, and empowers us to advocate for a better workplace. Here's why fair Just Cause matters so much to us, and what we're doing to fight for it 👇
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Alan the Baltimoron @bmorons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Mike Elias: the fuck I can't.
you can't Clip these wings graphic
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Wikipedia workers have unionized, and they're demanding recognition. Wiki Workers United in the U.S. is demanding voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. WWU-US is organizing with the CWA. cwa-union.org/news/release...
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Wiki Workers United U.S. Branch Demands Voluntary Recognition from Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia
Today, Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) demanded voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and siste...
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Black baseball is part of a rich and ongoing tradition in Baltimore. Here are the faces of its birth, life, and revival baltimorebeat.com/black-baseba...
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Check out the latest Revival Letter, where we look at the economic realities of moviemaking and whether the financing of art necessarily results in its capture. www.therevivallab.org/the-hollywoo...
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The Hollywood Investigators: Directing Anger and Rejecting Media Oligarchies
By Eesha Ramanujam A few weeks before his film I Love Boosters made its way to wide release this spring, writer-director Boots Riley got involved in a back-and-forth with people on X (formerly Twitte...
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Joseph Torres @josephtorr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Come check out the forthcoming documentary (work in progress) on the remarkable story of how Puerto Rican activists created the first Latino bilingual public-affairs show on TV (PBS). I am the film's exe producer & will join its director (Christina DiPasquale) & producer for a discussion afterwards.
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
BREAKING: 12 state AGs have launched an antitrust suit to block the proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Free Press is grateful for the state-led effort to defend consumer choice & journalism against a billionaire push to censor & control the media:
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State Attorneys General Sue to Stop Paramount Skydance's Corrupt Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
Free Press hails this state-led effort to defend consumer choice and journalism against a billionaire push to censor and control the media.
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Roger Cormier @themetsnewsletter.com · 11/07/2026
Read her book!
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tonight! Thursday, 25 June, 7 pm Eastern! in Baltimore Sarah Jackson! @sjjphd.bsky.social talking about her book A Second Sight: How the Wonder and Vision of Black Mediamakers Push America Toward Freedom LIVESTREAM: Enoch Pratt Free Library's Facebook or YouTube page. (No registration needed.)
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Kendra James @kendrajames.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The American Library Association is auctioning off a bunch of the classic celebrity “READ” posters along with a bunch of other full sized literacy posters. This is going to fix so many of my problems, I just know it. movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: propub.li/4veRIqA
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12/06/2026
New from me: The cops who AI-enhance blurry photos to try to catch suspects are actually just tampering with evidence, lying to the public and raising the risk of wrongful arrests
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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The best thing that was left at the Washington Post, @capitalweather.bsky.social, is now independent! Essential forecasting for the DMV that is not being kept behind a paywall. Donating to support was a much better use of dollars I used to give to Jeff Bezos. www.capitalweather.com/support-us/
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Welcome to a new chapter of Capital Weather! We're committed to providing free access to essential 24/7 DC‑area weather coverage on our new website and mobile app. Your support makes it possible — we'...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Diesel exhaust contains nitrogen oxides, which help form smog, and fine particulate matter, including soot, which are linked to respiratory and heart disease. And these generators could trigger 14,000 episodes of asthma symptoms every year. Link: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202....
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See where diesel-powered data center generators are polluting Virginia
Pollution from Virginia's many data centers could cause respiratory symptoms and deaths in the region, analysis of state permits and corporate disclosures shows.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org
Screenshot of the Luddite Lab website. The word Luddite Lab is in the top left corner. The tables in the top read: Case Studies, Primers, Resource Library, Contact Us, and About. The text below reads: “The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library.” Below, there are five cards: Case Studies (Stories from worker organizers resisting AI), Primers (Applied research insights into AI, automation, and the future of work), Resource Library (Additional resources from partners), Contact Us (Ways to connect with the Luddite Lab team), and About (About the Luddite Lab project and team)
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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
BREAKING: More Perfect University and @mayor.nyc.gov Zohran Mamdani are hosting a Rental Ripoff Hearing *Student Edition* to hear from students, young people, and first-time renters about their living conditions and rent. RSVP and be there Thursday. actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-m...
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Beth Schwartzapfel @journo-beth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The food on the trays doesn’t even look like food. In photos smuggled out of Georgia’s prisons, what passes for a meal is either grossly inadequate for a grown man, unrecognizable sludge, or both. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/05/16/g...
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Rats, Insects and Mold: How Bad Food Leaves Prisoners Hungry and Sick
Georgia spends about 60 cents per meal for prisoners. One man described it as ‘Being hungry all the time, and being fed slop.’
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Ghosts of '96 @ghostsof96.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
30 years ago today, Camden Yards witnessed the Ultimate Grand Slam. Bases loaded, down 3, 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. 3-2 pitch. Chris Hoiles pulled off the unbelievable. ghostsof96.beehiiv.com/p/may-17-the...
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May 17: The Ultimate Grand Slam
Down to his final strike, Chris Hoiles pulls off the unbelievable as the Birds shock the Mariners.
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Part 2 of our conversation with @thrasherxy.bsky.social is out now. It's an unpacking of the power dynamics on campus and beyond. At the end Dr. Thrasher helps us kick off a new section memorializing Revival Lab founder Brandi Collins-Dexter and her work. www.therevivallab.org/part-2-the-o...
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[Part 2] The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher
By Eesha Ramanujam This is the second part of our conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher — activist, professor, self-described "itinerant preacher," and best-selling author of The Viral Underclass: Th...
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We sat down with @thrasherxy.bsky.social to discuss his upcoming book The Overseer Class (out 5/19). It's a deep conversation about power, identity, privilege, and how the legacy of slavery is felt in workplaces today. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...
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The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher
By Eesha Ramanujam For this week's issue, we had the chance to speak to Dr. Steven Thrasher — activist, professor, self-described "itinerant preacher," and best-selling author of The Viral Underclass...
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The Revival Lab @revivallab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"I often say that people who have been groomed to be overseers have power. To me that's part of what differentiates them from a token. They are in positions of power, and they could just say no." @thrasherxy.bsky.social . The Overseer Class is out Tuesday. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...
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The Overseer Class: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Thrasher
By Eesha Ramanujam For this week's issue, we had the chance to speak to Dr. Steven Thrasher — activist, professor, self-described "itinerant preacher," and best-selling author of The Viral Underclass...
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
‘A teaching tool for safety, for survival, for justice’: How Baltimore artists are using zines to organize baltimorebeat.com/a-teaching-t...
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‘A teaching tool for safety, for survival, for justice’: How Baltimore artists are using zines to organize
On an early morning in September, federal immigration agents knocked on the door of Baltimore resident M.T., looking for someone who did not live there. Instead of opening the door for ICE, another…
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UCC Media Justice Ministry @uccmediajustice.org · 11/03/2026
Please follow the @revivallab.bsky.social — her final project — that will carry her work forward: buff.ly/m3Sbc1V
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The Revival Lab
The Revival Lab is grounded in community and responsive to reality. We offer solutions and analysis at the intersection of media, tech, and democracy.
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UCC Media Justice Ministry @uccmediajustice.org · 11/03/2026
In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re honoring our favorite trailblazers in media justice! Brandi Collins-Dexter was recognized posthumously with the 2025 Parker Award for a lifetime of work dedicated to pursuing justice and the public interest in media.
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Ghosts of '96 @ghostsof96.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day from Camden Yards!
1877 strike historical marker at Camden Yards in Baltimore. Three hammers, middle one held by a fist made of railroad spikes.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 20/04/2026
Fascists hate to be called out as fascists. Too bad. Coming soon: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy. Yes, they are fascists. Yes, they must be crushed. Please pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Book cover: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy by Gil Duran
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