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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰

@kathylu.bsky.social
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Culture & leadership coach at the intersection of emotions & work. Raised in journalism. Love journalists, cats, food, celeb goss, stories that make me 🥹 www.audiencibility.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 22h
More 👏 student 👏 journalism 👏 please
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
Men—we need to talk: •Timothy Hudson raped & killed his stepsister—he got pretrial release •7 men at Cornell drugged, trafficked, & raped a woman—they faced no consequences •An American man annihilates his entire family—every 5 days Women are not safe around men www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today in money isn’t real
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia — the oldest natural history museum in the U.S. — has closed its doors after nearly 200 years 6abc.com/post/philade...
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Greg Shill @gregshill.com · 29/09/2026
They did the cartoon!
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My local Costco is converting to a business center and it’s closing on Thursday for renovations 😢 Today I saw empty shelves, people stocking up on water and an older woman pushing a cart of 7 giant bottles of Irish cream liquor. It felt like we were preparing for end times.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Justin Brown, a cofounder of the AI slop empire Brown Brothers Media, has deep ties to convicted sex criminal and Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell promoted Brown's failed social media platform Ideapod -- which is still a publisher in BBM's portfolio: futurism.com/artificial-i...
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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell
Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The Eyewall @theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With the nor’easter winding down, we take a look at the good and bad elements of the forecast & messaging. But now the attention shifts to a serious flash flooding risk from Hurricane Polo’s remnants in the Desert Southwest & interior Texas. Below or at theeyewall.com.
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Nor'easter winds down as attention focuses on Southwest & Texas drenching from remnants of Polo
Flooding risks in parts of the Desert Southwest and Central Texas look quite serious.
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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Polo's been a Category 5 hurricane for a total of 48 hours so far, longer than any other Category 5 hurricane on record for the Northeastern Pacific. 2026 also just tied 1997 and 1994 for the most Category 5 hours in a single season and should be the new recordholder by tonight.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court is requiring Missouri to use its 2022 map in the general election, rejecting a late push by lower courts to require the state to implement a GOP-friendlier 2025 gerrymandering.
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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Folks, we're terribly sorry to announce that there was a LinkedIn spill that broke containment and leeched into Bluesky. While the spill is being handled, we ask that you refrain from discussions about synergy, hustle, paradigm shifts, and praise for grind culture. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“This amounts to three decades worth of hurricane threats to Hawaii in one year.” 😳
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is horrific and a case for regulating AI.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026
Yup. We were deepfaked. But it's all part of a much bigger story about Russia's interference in our 2026 midterms to help the GOP.
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How a Russian attack on the midterms deepfaked Mother Jones
Putin's trolls are again looking to help Donald Trump and the GOP.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
PSA: If you have a Google Fiber router system that's more than 5 years old, call to have them send an upgrade! My 6-year-old system started sputtering a few days ago and it turned out that was the problem. It's stupid how relieved and giddy I am about a working and fast WiFi
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Caffeine Quicksilver Rush
Alt: Gif of Marvel superhero Quicksilver running past things really fast
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What is El Niño and why is it so powerful? [🎞️ geoglobe_tales] Original post
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Visited LA for the first time a few weeks ago and couldn’t believe how close the planes are to the city when they land 😳 It’s really like this!
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PMC COVlD Update, Sep 21, 2026 (US) 🔥13th COVlD wave 🔥40 states/territories with outbreaks (see Alt text) 🔥3.8 million estimated weekly infections 🔥Outbreaks in NYC 🔥Extremely high levels on the Big Island of HI Mask up and get boosted. 🧵THREAD (1/4)
The US has at least 34 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Levels on the Big Island of Hawai’i are particularly high. Note also, the NYC area is seeing outbreaks.

There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.
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Robert O'Neill @robertoneill31.latenightgrin.com · 21/09/2026
streaming is just cable now. they did it. good job everyone.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed.
Aminata Seck, 26, a student-athlete at Kentucky State University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling with her school's basketball team Aug. 7, said Sadiqa Reynolds, a lawyer helping coordinate Seck's case.

Seck's team was headed to New York for a tournament, and she was taken into custody after going through airport security, said Reynolds, former president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League.
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re flying in or thru DC this week … or flying at all … 🙏🙏🙏 Launching a new AI tool here is just a bonkers decision: “It’s first being used in Washington, DC, one of the busiest stretches of airspace in the nation, as soon as Monday.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
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The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the "Brain" of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday
The Federal Aviation Administration is deploying an AI-powered air traffic control tool in Washington, DC.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2) They're not really in the "selling the product" phase, so much as the "attract investment money" phase. So the hype is aimed at investors, which is why Anthropic conveniently announced they will be so powerful as to destroy humanity right when they are launching an IPO.
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good 🧵 for thought because you can’t trust the AI makers
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you had it, you are still immune. I leave you a link in case you need further explanation: www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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Do adults need a measles booster? An epidemiologist explains who is immune
With cases of measles on the rise, a medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelle
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Michelle
A tribute.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A real problem with concerns about oil prices spiking even more than they already have is that people cannot do anymore to mitigate increased costs. There's already been mass layoffs, SNAP cuts, plus higher energy and food prices. The unnecessary US-Canada trade war. People are exhausted.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 18/09/2026
Another disturbing development in the Trump administration’s attacks on the Endangered Species Act. This report from the New York Times reveals that an internal memo subverts the law by making it OK to kill endangered species – as long as it wasn't intentional. We'll see them in court.
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Meet the first new cat species discovered in 100 years: Leopardus tilcayo
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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 15/09/2026
“Reporters were barred from recording video” whaaaaaat
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The hottest summer in American history is no longer 1936; it is now officially 2026. #ClimateChange
America Just Had Its Hottest Summer on Record

Chart shows Contiguous U.S. June-August temperature, difference from the 1901-2000 average
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/09/2026
Unions decried the firing of nearly 100 workers, which they said will leave major gaps in coverage in many regions.
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Hedge Fund-Owned Publisher Lays Off Local Journalists From Papers Across the US
Unions decried the firing of nearly 100 workers, which they said will leave major gaps in coverage in many regions.
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Charlotte, too, at least. Absolutely stunning move to cut local news coverage at a time like this.
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Am I wrong about this sounding more like a bribe, not a pledge?
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over *no* public dissents, #SCOTUS *stays* the federal district court’s TRO in the Missouri redistricting case, effectively restoring the Missouri Supreme Court ruling from last week (and the 2022 map that it requires the state to use in November).
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is not the feel-good story it’s meant to be 😔
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Over 170,00 Salvadorans were set to lose TPS today, a status they've had for 25 years. But DHS hasn't made any announcement about termination or extension. Now this vague comment was given to reporters, the only public info. A shocking level of callousness over a decision which affects so many.

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#BREAKING Overnight : 
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 tells me that #TPS recipients from El Salvador will continue to have protections until a decision is made about the program. Those protections were set to expire today. This will likely be a small relief to about 200,000 in the U.S.  
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The crazier thing is that in the comments, people have photos of the same fry guy all over the world
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Kathy Lu (she/her)🫰 @kathylu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s wild to me that the Missouri judge who wants to keep the redrawn map that split the Kansas City district into several is arguing that changing it back now would cause confusion. So why wasn’t he worried when it suddenly changed last year?? 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Dueling Court Rulings Leave Missouri’s Congressional Races in Chaos (Gift Article)
After losing in two courts and winning in another, Missouri officials said they planned to forge ahead with using a congressional map that was redrawn to benefit Republicans.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yesterday would have been my father's 76th birthday. My first Sept. 7th without him. I penned an essay about why journalism and union organizing are acts of political love. What my Father Taught Me About Fighting for Journalism in a Loveless, Lying Society karenattiah.substack.com/p/what-my-fa...
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What my Father Taught Me About Fighting for Journalism in a Loveless, Lying Society
On Labor Day what bell hooks, my father, and the labor movement taught me about truth, love, and solidarity
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨BREAKING 🦠 On Friday, the US CDC arbitrarily shifted higher COVlD levels into lower categories depicted with cooler colors. Much of what was Very High is now "High." What was High is now "Moderate" or "Low." Low is "Very Low." 1/
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Society for Features Journalism @wearesfj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Calling food journalists! This session at our October conference in Phoenix features @laurensaria.bsky.social, Tom Sietsema & Bahar Anooshahr! They'll dive into how food writers are connecting with audiences & what they learned in their journeys. REGISTER: www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/5/...
Speaker card image. Title: The odyssey of covering food, culture and history. A discussion moderated by Alice Short. Featuring Lauren Saria of The San Francisco Standard, Tom Seitsema food critic and SFJ 2026 Hall of Fame inductee, and Bahar Anooshahr of The Arizona Republic. Dates: Oct. 22-24.
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Petisia @petisia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
United Nations has backed a resolution to change the way Africa is represented on world maps. The “Correct the Map” resolution was adopted by a vote of 164 to one, with six countries abstaining. The United States was the only country to vote against it.👇🏾 www.npr.org/2026/09/04/n... #PINKS
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