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Kelli María Korducki

@kelkord.bsky.social
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Independent journalist covering the business of everyday life. Canadian transplant in NY but actually from Milwaukee. 🇸🇻

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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Someone at NYCDOT deserves a raise for this
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As a freelancer constantly fending off publications trying to take the rights to my work, I'm going to take inspiration from Dolly, who turned Elvis Presley down over rights www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/a...
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Why Dolly Parton Wouldn’t Let Elvis Presley Record ‘I Will Always Love You’ (Gift Article)
When Elvis Presley wanted to record the song, Parton made the hard-nosed decision to protect her ownership of her work.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/08/2026
Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets
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Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets
MEDFORD, OR—Saying the infant really ought to save her tears for the real shit that’s headed her way, sources familiar with crying newborn Sophia Whitfield confirmed Monday that she had no idea how mu...
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Rocky Alcoa @ivortossell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Liberal fantasies still treat Canada as a player in US politics. Being a different country means that fixing America is not Canada’s fucking job.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/08/2026
Conspiracy charges can be an exceptionally powerful tool, enabling prosecutors to win convictions against defendants who were only marginally involved in alleged crimes. And as anti-ICE protests ramped up, the Trump administration began seeing conspiracies everywhere.
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How anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa
“We are not terrorists.”
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I also think this is wise. Takes longer these days to get them used to the idea / habits of college, and being deliberate about this makes a ton of sense.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Bluesky during England-Argentina
Krusty the Clown pointing at the Falkland Islands
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
While 120K workers joined the labor force in May, it was men's gains. Thus far this year over 300K women have left the workforce. About 212K women left the workforce in the 1st half of 2025 & there was a clear decline in employment among mothers. www.fastcompany.com/91554967/the...
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The job market is bouncing back—but not for these workers
Men drove May’s 120,000 job surge as women continued to leave the workforce, according to an analysis by the National Women’s Law Center.
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
There's a $300K tax on American daughters. My latest for @businessinsider.com: www.businessinsider.com/millennial-d...
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America's millennial daughters are sacrificing their careers to care for aging boomer parents
Unpaid caregiving costs the average American woman $295,000 in lost wages and retirement savings over a lifetime, jeopardizing her financial future.
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/04/2026
Hall of fame FT correction
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Wisconsin liberals have just won another state Supreme Court election, in what is shaping up to be a blowout. Importantly: Liberals are now sure to hold a majority on this court during the 2028 cycle and through at least 2030. New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-su...
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Liberals Gain Seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court, Adding to Firewall in Voting Cases - Bolts
Voters in Wisconsin ensured on Tuesday that the supreme court in one of the nation’s premier swing states will be controlled by liberals through at least 2030.  Chris Taylor, a... Read More
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 07/04/2026
There’s a simple way to test a country’s sovereignty: Can it govern its own markets? Writer Vass Bednar argues Canada can’t—not while a foreign power can shut off our payment networks at will. The UK is building alternatives. Are we? ow.ly/3PLJ50YEH3S
On the left: an image of a credit card that features a headshot photo of US president Donald Trump. On the right: text that reads “Why your credit card is a national security concern. Every Visa and Mastercard purchase runs through a US network that can be weaponized against Canada.”
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harron walker @harronwawker.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thanks Jaya!! If you read this and want to tangibly support the Nitehawk Workers Union and our fight for a fair contract, please sign this petition: www.ipetitions.com/petition/sup...
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Petition Support the Nitehawk Workers Union!
Support the Nitehawk Workers Union!
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˗ˏˋuıʍʇdəəɹɔˎˊ˗👑 king of theɘʜƚ ʇo ǫniʞ👑 @creeptwin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS
A screenshot of a Google card for a YouTube video from CTV News. The title is "cat keeps crossing the U.S.-Canada border" . The image has a fluffy gray and white cat in a green field with the CTV News  logo in the corner
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
My latest for @theappeal.org looks at the crisis of aging in CA's women's prisons: theappeal.org/incarcerated...
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California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons
California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A very cool and necessary project from @sandyernestallen.bsky.social and @maris.bsky.social:
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What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022
“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I am beginning to think that we are not afraid enough of the potential that AI will not just automate jobs, but may destroy the entire way that organized labor builds power for working people. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/an-existen...
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An Existential Threat to Organized Labor's Ability to Help People
We are not afraid enough of AI's pernicious dynamic.
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 15/01/2026
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out. They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
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Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN
Help us respond to urgent community needs
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
"Mr. Jones" has no business going as hard as it does.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/12/2025
From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has become a demographic powerhouse — and a battleground for American identity
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The United States Is Southern Now
From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
“My economist brain said: If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes scarce, then it becomes valuable. He wondered whether “being confronted with the difficulty of telling real from fake would make people more willing to pay for news that they trust.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trus...
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Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds
An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 09/12/2025
and check out the article here: www.laborpolitics.com/p/sewer-soci...
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Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin
It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Reporters Without Borders has released its annual report on violence against journalists, this year ominously titled, "2025, a deadly year for journalists: this is where hate and impunity lead." rsf.org/en/2025-dead...
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Spotify is a terrible company but this really is a genius product
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Greg Donovan @gregsdonovan.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The steady rise of dedicated climbing gyms has effectively transformed the sport, bringing a once-niche activity to the mainstream and setting the sport up for even more growth — if the real estate market allows [ @kelkord.bsky.social @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/ho...
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How climbing gyms took over the world
Climbing has gone from a niche activity to a suburban routine. But will expensive real estate prices slow it down?
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Do people still eat carob? Whatever happened with that
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Happy Fat Squirrel Season to those who celebrate. #fatsquirrelseason
A fat squirrel, staring straight into the camera. He standing in front of a tree.
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(Wes)tern democracy👨🏻🗳️🌐 @midwestache.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Emil Seidel (1910-1912), Daniel Hoan (1916-1940), & Frank Zeidler (1948-1960) have likely impacted your life in ways you never think about, even if you’ve never stepped foot in Milwaukee. And if city governments are laboratories of democracy, then the Cream City has been research central!
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women. I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
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Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is a historically excellent speech.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
One reason the US lacks public investment in paid sick, family, and parental leaves is because of a tacit assumption that women will continue to do this work. www.forbes.com/sites/adiaha...
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The Gender Wage Gap Is Widening Again—Can Our Policies Explain Why?
After narrowing for decades, the gender wage gap is widening again. Organizational and public policies help explain why.
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jenny hauf @jennyhauf.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Hi all! If you're looking for a place to give some money my local food pantry could really use it. Cash is often the best way to support food pantries, especially bc so many are under-resourced & unable to process big influxes of food. And please feel free to repost! 💓 www.ebcnorfolk.org/foodpantry
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Food Pantry
Serving the local community at Emmanuel
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chelsea g. summers @chelseagsummers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I have a monthly standing donation to Astoria Food Pantry. Now that SNAP benefits are ending, every food bank needs your help, if you can swing it.
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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
At least 5 federal agencies were involved in a massive immigration raid on Canal Street on Tuesday @jumaane.bsky.social: "I think this simple-minded president is, at some point, going to flood our streets with federal agents and that should concern everybody.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/federal...
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Federal Agents Detain Mix of Protesters and Migrants in Massive Manhattan Sweep
NEW YORK – At least five federal agencies were involved in a...
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Fellow journalists: Look, I get the impulse, but "CALLED IT IN 2021!" with a gift link or screenshot is an objectively weird response to the horrors of the day
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
where's this nor'easter that we all canceled our plans for, anyway?
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
i remember when this guy was posturing so hard as the most lefty Silicon Valley billionaire and all about calling his employees a "family" etc and then he realized Salesforce could cash in on that sweet sweet border patrol / fascism cash and ... welp
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/10/2025
Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
And this: 92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
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Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune
Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
NYC's one and only REI store is getting replaced by an OpenAI corporate office. You can't even make this stuff up.
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REI shutting down SoHo store, its only NYC location
The company's Paramus location is also closing.
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I'm a middle — not even elder — millennial. My college laptop didn't have wifi capability. I had to plug it in, with a cord, to go online.
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.
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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Republicans Want More Pregnant Women in Prisons. A New Book Describes What It’s Like.
As pregnancy criminalization is on the rise, Birth Behind Bars offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
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Kelli María Korducki @kelkord.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"What's coming next is awful." What's already here is awful. Retaliatory political violence is the norm now. This is it.
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Scott @scarey102.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
“In general it seems like more and more nomads eventually realize the importance of having a more settled life and decide to have a stable base somewhere where they have a community.” @kelkord.bsky.social checked in on the developer digital nomad dream: leaddev.com/career-devel...
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Digital nomads find themselves at a crossroads
The digital nomad dream is fading as local communities turn on expats.
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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"Public transit is a service, not a business—should public schools have to turn a profit? A powerful transit system can benefit everyone, unless one is so petty as to view the ability of human beings to move from place to place as a zero-sum game to be won" defector.com/doomsday-for...
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Doomsday For SEPTA Is Bad News For Everyone | Defector
SEPTA, the fifth-largest public transit system in the country, is days away from drastic service cuts that would decimate transportation in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. Plagued by a $213...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/08/2025
i remember when jd vance blamed the haitian immigrants to springfield for rising home prices. well, the prices will come down, because a mass departure of haitian workers will crash the local economy.
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An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’
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