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Jeremy Childs

@jeremychilds.bsky.social
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Earnest journalist in LA, perennial millennial online 🏳️‍🌈

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
these facts are damning enough but the one that stuck out to me is that the DOJ civil rights division—once one of the most sought-after legal jobs in America—now has a more than 50-percent hire rate.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 19/09/2026
Trump's bid to lower beef prices is testing support among Texas ranchers, one of his most loyal constituencies, weeks before midterm elections where the cost of living is a key issue ➡️https://u.afp.com/SjrJ
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Trump's beef policies irk Texas ranchers, testing their loyalty
As dawn breaks over the Texas prairie, where a herd of cattle grazes peacefully, there's growing discontent among ranchers over President Donald Trump's moves to lower beef prices.But Texas ranchers…
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RIP Dolly Parton, RIP Tim Curry, RIP... Yayoi Kusama??! I hate this damn rule of 3's
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Perhaps needless to say, I can't wait for this one
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Do we think Natalie Harp is a subscriber
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Case in point: the new Trumpian lead for the next National Climate Assessment is literally a #climate denier, disputing the most basic science fact about #climatechange. This is Stalin-like science.
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Climate First: Replacing Oil & Gas (CFROG) @cfrogvc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Trump admin has spent over $2.5 billion scuttling offshore wind projects across the US, including ones on CA's Central Coast - & you're paying the bill. Check out this LTE from our Program Manager about local impacts of Big Oil-backed offshore wind lease buyouts, published in the VC Star!
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/07/2026
President Trump fired members of the bipartisan Elections Assistance Commission less than two weeks after the Supreme Court gave him broad leeway to reshape boards that were designed to be independent. Read more: wapo.st/4bvcR7N
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 06/07/2026
"These are delusional, careless, and tedious people who will never suffer consequences like these, attempting to massage a bad message so they can get patted on the back for it" aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...
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You Don't Have To Hand It To Microsoft For A Well-Planned Bloodbath
People are being laid off in a horrendous job market. You do not have to praise the muddled prose of the rich and insulated.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 06/07/2026
A broadside assault on truth that must be taken seriously. This administration wants to replace independent scholarship and curation with propaganda and Prager U. drivel. The Kennedy Center was bad enough. This is worse.
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White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 06/07/2026
He became a symbol of hope after surviving eight days buried alive by the double earthquake that devastated Venezuela. Now, he isn't quite sure what comes next. u.afp.com/SKdL
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Lmao what on earth
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13/06/2026
🏀 It will be Knicks vs. the World Cup in New York on Saturday, and only one winner. The city is at a fever pitch as the hometown basketball team sits on the brink of a NBA Championship win -- pushing the Brazil vs. Morocco game deep into the shadows. ➡️ u.afp.com/SzqZ
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 12/06/2026
David Hockney, whose art celebrated sun-drenched Los Angeles, dead at 88
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David Hockney, whose art celebrated sun-drenched Los Angeles, dead at 88
David Hockney, the innovative and prolific British artist who arrived in Los Angeles in 1964, soon celebrating its sun-drenched life and landscapes in colorful, wildly popular paintings, has died.
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Olivia Rodrigo album so good it made me wish my commute into work was LONGER so I could listen to more 🥹
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The emcee at WeHo Pride fest just stopped and said "Did you guys see the news? Spencer Pratt get the fuck outta here!!"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/06/2026
President Trump broke off an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday after host Kristen Welker challenged his false claims about elections and the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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Trump walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview when challenged over false claims
When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were “rigged.”
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 07/06/2026
Los Angeles is undergoing a major drive to reduce homelessness, hoping to rid sidewalks of squalid tent encampments as America's second biggest city prepares to host eight games in the World Cup this summer u.afp.com/SDRa
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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman made major headway in the race to make the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff on Friday, chopping Spencer Pratt's lead down to about 3 percentage points www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Nithya Raman chops Spencer Pratt's lead in the battle to make the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff
Raman has been steadily carving into Pratt's margin, cutting it to about 3% percentage points, down from 8% a few days earlier
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 03/06/2026
It's not enough for you to accept the destruction of the institution you helped build, you have to like the people who are destroying them
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The way Widow's Bay is the best new TV show of 2026 & it's not even close
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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So... is anyone shelling out for young filmmakers to make movies that aren't horror? Because it would be nice if that happened, too.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/05/2026
The Golden Trailer Awards: Hollywood's 'Oscars' for movie previews u.afp.com/SDGg
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 23/05/2026
Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
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Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
Awards for acting were shared by the co-stars of "Coward" and "All of Sudden," while the Russian thriller "Minotaur" took home the festival's Grand Prize.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
TLDR Belle Burden is very rich and has always been very rich despite her ex-husband being a horrible wanker. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
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What’s Missing from Belle Burden’s Best-Selling Memoir, “Strangers”
Belle Burden’s “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage” tells the story of her divorce and resulting financial imperilment. A review of court documents complicates her narrative.
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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I loved writing this piece for Criterion's glorious new blu-ray of Lawrence Kasdan's sublime neo-noir, BODY HEAT. Check it out! www.criterion.com/current/post...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/05/2026
Starbucks recently touted their cold-beverage cups as “widely recyclable” — but new findings from an advocacy group indicate none of the ones they tracked ended up in a recycling facility.
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Group tracking Starbucks cold cups says none made it to recycling facility
New findings from an anti-plastics group suggests that recycling efforts in the U.S. continue to fall short.
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Peter Kafka @pkafka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Excerpts for people in the "text space": www.businessinsider.com/jim-bankoff-...
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Why did James Murdoch buy Vox Media's podcast business, but not some of Jim Bankoff's other properties?
James Murdoch is buying Vox's podcast business, and New York Magazine. Why not the rest?
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026
“Instead of student loan forgiveness we’re doing a coup forgiveness program”
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Charles McNulty @charlesmcnulty.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A moment's reflection on critic Rex Reed. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Appreciation: Critic Rex Reed had a savage streak, but when he loved something, his writing could reach greatness
Rex Reed was known for a sensationalistic writing style and biting criticism, but he could write passionately about movies, TV and theater when they suited his tastes.
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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Now in print and online - you can read what I spent months working on. I talked to key developers behind Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Persona, Metaphor, and Sea of Stars. About the “turn-based reniassance,” if it really came put of nowhere, and what’s next gameinformer.com/feature/2026...
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Taking Turns
To investigate the renaissance of turn-based systems and what it means for the future of video games at large, we talked to developers behind some of the biggest titles of the last decade, including F...
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Scare-o-lyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Finally wrote about Perfect Tides: Station to Station, far and away the best game I’ve played this year.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...
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Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/05/2026
nintendo announced, revealed and cemented the details of the starfox 64 remake in intervals too fast for the general populace to realise what was happening, in accordance with the Shock Therapy theories of post-soviet economic liberalisation, outlined in naomi klein's The Shock Doctrine
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 06/05/2026
A surprise LA Times byline from me today: Ted Turner has died, and I had written his obituary before leaving the newsroom. www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
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Ted Turner, CNN creator who revolutionized the media industry, dies at 87
Ted Turner, the media mogul who created CNN and revolutionized cable TV, has died.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Here’s how the AI Boom, such as it is, has impacted my life: it has been used as an excuse to lay off my friends for bot equivalents that never came. It has made mass culture and art immeasurably worse. I have a stalker with AI psychosis. So, no, I don’t more data centers. I want less of all that.
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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A 'MAGA influencer' told a gay couple there were 'statistics' showing they were likely to molest their child. (There are not.) Now, support grows for West Hollywood dad who threw punches. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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After 'MAGA influencer' trolls gay couple with baby, support grows for dad who threw punches
Anthony and David Vulin were walking through West Hollywood with their baby when a conservative social media influencer claimed that gay men are "likely to commit child molestation." Punches were thro...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/04/2026
the voting rights act actually worked, which is why the conservative legal movement immediately went to work on dismantling it this has been the focus of john roberts' entire legal career
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Rascal News @rascal.news · 27/04/2026
We're launching a bundled subscription with three other independent outlets, @neverpo.st, @aftermath.site, and @rogue.site, to give you 50% off access to all four websites for 30 days. The Independent Media Collective Bundle is now live: trustfnd.com/collaboratio...
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Trustfnd | Independent Media Collective
Four creators collaborating.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NEW: The Onion says it has struck a deal to take over Infowars. That deal still must be approved by a judge. This news was first reported by @pablo.show. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Onion says it has struck a deal to take over Infowars
The move would allow the satire site to turn Alex Jones' conspiracist creation into a parody of itself.
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Edmund Lee @edmundlee.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Stellar reporting by @nytimes.com exposing Chief Justice Roberts’ clear legislative motive as he wrote in a shadow docket that Obama’s environmental plan was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector” and required the court to act … www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13/04/2026
Hollywood stars line up against Paramount's Warner Bros. acquisition
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Hollywood stars line up against Paramount's Warner Bros. acquisition
The letter was signed by nearly 1,000 artists and movie creators, including Ben Stiller, Bryan Cranston, Noah Wyle, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Stewart and Jane Fonda.
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
fka twigs....no on doin it like her!!
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Jeremy Childs @jeremychilds.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Coachella is cool again... recession indicator :\
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/04/2026
we should treat these pardons as null and void as far as i am concerned www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 06/04/2026
President Donald Trump lashed out Monday at NATO allies who did not support the United States in the war in Iran and reiterated his desire to annex Greenland. u.afp.com/SbKU
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/04/2026
very very strange. Why would TBPN sell? Other to cash out of course. They were already an egregious AI booster!
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
oh my god PLEASE let her be the UFO crank i am begging
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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Bucket list interview for me. For the NYT I talked to French animation legend Sylvain Chomet, whose first animated feature in 15 years, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE, opens this week. So happy to hear he is already working on his next animated film. Read here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/m...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 25/03/2026
I am very proud to say that I worked for months as an expert witness on this case. I am very pleased by the outcome.
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Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial
The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.
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