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Gina Kaufmann

@ginak.bsky.social
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Journalist-reader-writer-watcher-worrier-joker Future librarian Formerly: editor @theworld.org, talkshow and podcast host @KCUR, freelance for Nieman Reports, PRX, Mass Humanities, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Boston Globe, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 21h
Surely there's a company other than Amazon that sells kids' watches... but I admittedly have a lot of requirements. Digital, not smart, ideally no plastic (but if I have to cave on something, I guess this is it), and yeah... not on Amazon. Help.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hannukah Barbie sold out already. I'm sorry, I can't help it, love her 😅
Brown-haired Barbie in a blue
sweater festooned with menorah and stars of David
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just going to leave this here... and call it a night.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1MK...
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Bande à part (1964) - Dance scene [HD]
YouTube video by Agustín Casas Solaro
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fun story by @pubradiosly.bsky.social about Turkish psychedelic funk in Kansas City. One of the things I miss most about Kansas City is the music scene, everyone is up for a challenge and a good time. There's so much creative energy. Thanks for the sonic visit home. theworld.org/segments/202...
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Turkish psychedelic music is making a comeback - The World from PRX
Ezgi Karakus is a Turkish cellist who moved to Kansas City to study at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. She’s become an important figure in local classical and jazz communities. Bu...
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i think a study of Kansas democrats who have won statewide and congressional district races in the last 10 years would be illuminating. Current governor Laura Kelly, current 3rd district congresswoman Sharice Davids (who is also indigenous + LGBTQ), mayyyyybe Adam Hamilton... we shall see.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This just in: I stopped re-reading 1984. I’m just gonna read the news instead. However, I will say, re-reading just a little reminded me how important the centralization of economic power in govt hands was to that particular dystopia. There is also a lot of dust!!! Like seriously, so much dust.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Hannukah Barbie’s nose is not that big, I would have been more offended if they’d given her one of those bubbly little noses the other Barbies have. I’ve at times been upset by noses on fictional Jewish kids (Sesame Street Hannukah book illustrations are 😱) but this one feels ok to me.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Must... read...
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A public library serving Chicago's poorest burbs had to temporarily shut down last week because they didn't have enough staff members to keep it open. Access has to be fully funded and staffed. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/r...
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Temporary closure of library highlights lack of access to services in Robbins, Dixmoor
William Leonard Public Library serves Robbins and Dixmoor, but is facing budget and staffing issues, reducing services for residents.
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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this is not paywalls, fyi - this chart looks roughly the same for sites that have had paywalls since long before 2022. this is all former SEO traffic that has now vanished in exchange for ai search summaries
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Re-reading 1984 is um… not comforting?
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Announcing "Election Ready": A webinar series from the U.S. Journalist Assistance Network and its partners to help you and your newsroom prepare, stay safe, and respond when challenges arise during election reporting. Learn more and register at: pen.org/election-ready
Flag backdrop featuring various emblems including "I Voted" stickers. The foreground contains a schedule for "Election Ready: Safety and Resilience for Journalists" with events on Sept 29, Oct 6, Oct 20, and Nov 17. Events focus on legal, safety, and emotional management topics. Hosted by U.S. Journalist Assistance Network and others.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Protect civilians without exception.”
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Most of the time, I wish we'd left the internet in the computer room, but today, I got to listen to my mom give her Yom Kippur sermon in Joplin, Missouri from Cambridge, Massachusetts. She talked about HER mom (my grandma) and also Dolly Parton. I cried. Thanks internet.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our extra-judicial murders haven't stopped. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean
The U.S. military has attacked another boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Graduate school as an old person, observation of the week: it is probably a bad sign that when I called my brother and described my current feeling of being behind and overwhelmed, he told me that "we are all just ants on a big rock" and I felt relieved... for a minute.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Astonishing! He begins to name the books, to reassure himself that they are all still there, exactly, as he remembers. He’s an Alim, the highest level of Islamic scholar, he has, very likely, memorized *every* word in each text, and knows the order they’re placed. I’m not crying, you’re crying. 😭
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am as far from naive about this as a person could be. My own safety is on the line. I still put it off reading it for a day because I knew how it would shake me. And… yes, correct! Important work by @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And then there’s this: “It is essentially a coalition of willing states that can assemble forces for a particular contingency without requiring consensus among all NATO members.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada wants into Britain's rapid-response defence club | CBC News
Canada has formally applied to join the United Kingdom's Joint Expeditionary Force, reversing a decision made more than a decade ago. Born from the Afghanistan war and reshaped by Russia's invasion of...
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The World @theworld.org · 16/09/2026
The Kremlin has a history of election meddling. Now, AI offers Russia tools for more sophisticated interference. Investigative reporter David Corn explores this in his book and discusses Russia's possible role in the US midterms with host Marco Werman.
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Russian disinformation networks gear up for US midterms - The World from PRX
The Kremlin has a long track record of meddling in the elections of its adversaries. Now artificial intelligence is giving Russia new tools that could make interference easier and more sophisticated. ...
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ycats @scribblymoth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Annual reminder: fuuuuuck the chop.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Journalism ---> graduate school observation of the day: In journalism, having lots of ideas is not a problem, you blow through them fast. In academia, you have to choose. The payoff of getting to go deep is worth it, but I'm used to, like, dancing in an idea fountain and splashing everywhere.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Few rightly recognize one of the most important and pernicious impacts of 9/11: how it changed our society’s very understanding and relationship to facts and truth. My new @wired.com essay: www.wired.com/story/conspi...
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How 9/11 Made Everyone a Conspiracy Theorist
Crackpot theories were once the stuff of shortwave radio, but September 11 unleashed the Age of Alex Jones.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On top of this, the way people have been socialized in recent decades to adopt new tech unquestioningly set us up for this disconnect. Do I need this? Does it make my life better? At what cost? If you ask these questions you’ve been written off as a wackadoodle. But they are good questions.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Becoming, uh {checks notes}… becoming a librarian? But also learning to surf, which I imagine would have gone better BEFORE middle age but some of us don’t get around to prioritizing surfing when we realize, and I mean really realize, it’ll be too late one day
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Four years ago this would have been my vote in limbo.
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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The numbers are likely lower in MA [than they could be] because of regular protests against ICE, and rules barring local law enforcement from holding people past their ordered release time. "You have seen a very strong community response to the way ICE has disrupted communities in Massachusetts."
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ICE arrests continue to rise in Mass., but far less than in other parts of the country
Though ICE arrests have multiplied in Massachusetts, July's numbers were dwarfed by totals elsewhere, particularly in Republican-led states that eagerly cooperate with ICE.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Re: The neo-Nazi AfD's win in today's German elections. "I don't want politicians & journalists telling me that democracy is a system where Nazis are elected..... I expect them to understand that democracy can be democratically abolished & that the constitution is meant to protect against that."
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
OK New England, do people here talk about Teddie the peanut butter mascot and his come-hither pose on jars and area billboards?
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Blood boiling www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Last night, I made a series of poor decisions/miscalculations that led to me and my kid biking home in the dark without a light, which I’d left inside charging. I KNOW. It was really stupid and won’t happen again.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Week 1 of library school complete. I regret to inform you that books published in the years 2000-2005 are now “classics” from a publishing industry standpoint.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cannot wait to read this.
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Michael Kelley says Vote NO on Amendment 3 @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
LFG Missouri!!! missouriindependent.com/2026/09/03/m...
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Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote • Missouri Independent
Missourians will vote on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The next 'No Kings' will be Oct. 17 and is a nationwide but community-specific mass mobilization to the voting booth. It was clear — to me, at least — this is what it was building to all along when everybody was writing "it doesn't matter if you march in the streets with a sign" think pieces. (1/2)
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem 😭😭😭😭 I have so much to say about her and all she’s meant to me, but one big thing stands out. I read Revolution From Within when I was barely out of college. I randomly picked it up in a used bookstore. It has exercises in it!
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I have been “not a journalist” for about 6 weeks now. In quotes because I think it might be part of how I relate to the world around me even when it’s not my job. That being said: one difference that feels obvious but that would not have occurred to me before is how I wake up.
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this is oddly one of the better "the leopards ate my face" reactions. he specifically says, "this shouldn't happen to anyone" and is ashamed of past support. those are things your rarely hear people say. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Fact-Checking Claims in the 25th Middlesex District Democratic Primary | The Harvard Crimson
With accusations flying in the final days of the 25th Middlesex District Democratic primary, The Crimson fact-checked claims from Marjorie C. Decker and Evan C. MacKay ’19.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sharing as a reminder to read this report
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue… 😱😱😱😱😱 I assume that since they usually get left off of 90s playlists, pretty much everyone at tonight’s show will be 45 and up. This is gonna be fun.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As usual, this show and its reporters are on top of the stories that aren’t feeding outrage on Americans’ social media feeds, but absolutely deserve attention
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My Fall syllabuses (syllabi?) have arrived and HOLY SHIT I'M REALLY GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New England is ok
Full moon brightening the night sky over water on the beach
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Third time in a week I've shared, deleted, apologized for stuff that turned out to be inaccurate; there's going to be more and more lies misinformation and we are going to have to work harder at verification and trust less, and even that can't stem the tide of slop unleashed upon us.
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