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Lance Knobel

@lknobel.bsky.social
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CEO and co-founder, Cityside Journalism Initiative. Berkeleyan.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
He ran the kind of government that US centrists fondly envision, and as a result, he was a total failure, everyone hated him, and no one will miss him.
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Former UK Prime Minister Starmer Steps Down From Parliament
Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is leaving British politics after deciding to step down as a member of Parliament.
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Trump has never faced (or “confronted“, as the NYT homepage says) a single reality in his entire life, and I see no evidence that he’s confronting this one.
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Trump Faces the Complicated Reality of a Costly, Unpopular War in Iran
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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Yeesh. Picture of constrained supply. Homes selling for 14% over asking...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/02/2026
Things Mike Johnson hasn't called "detestable": - DOJ covering up the Epstein files - Stripping millions of Americans of their health insurance - Trump’s masked ICE agents killing people on our streets So, forgive us if we don't give a damn. See you on the Mall at 8.
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Johnson calls it "detestable" that some Democrats are boycotting Trump's State of the Union
"We play for one team," House Speaker Mike Johnson told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil ahead of the State of the Union. "We're all for America."
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country? What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished? What if I told you that I found them? A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
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The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
News gathering is not a profit-making enterprise. It never has been, it never will be. Indeed, since it challenges power and corruption, it always faces blowback from rich people who can give money to the opera or Harvard or whatever instead.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Every American needs to watch this:
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
More than a week before his crucifixion by Roman law enforcement, Jesus of Nazareth infuriated other authorities as he overturned vendor tables at the temple farmers market and cursed at an innocent fig tree causing it to wither, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Anders @derzquist.net · 25/01/2026
One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I'll vote for the Democratic contender who is smart enough to tell Axios to get bent
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I'm not quite sure how this is true, given that he's not seeking new statutory authority for ... pretty much any of this. At most, what they could do is shut down the government + refuse to confirm any more Trump nominees.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Insights from Ben Affleck on AI: • AI can help write scenes but can't create full movies. • Job loss fears are overblown because adoption of new tech is slow; it's hype for startup valuations. • ChatGPT v5 is ~25% better but costs 4x. • Users actually preferred v4's sycophancy for companionship.
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Lance Knobel @lknobel.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
One thing to add to @sarabethb.bsky.social's op-ed is that many of the new wave local newsrooms are determined to do a better job for the whole community than most of what happened in the past. We don't want to restore a wholly imagined golden age.
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Lance Knobel @lknobel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
There's a philosophical gap between nonprofit and for-profit news organizations. It's not just the pursuit of dollars – nonprofits need to make a surplus, too. It's the root motivation for what we do and who we think we're serving. My Nieman Lab prediction for 2026: www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...
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The gap between nonprofit and for-profit local news will widen
"The harsh truth is that taken in isolation, there is likely no viable economic model for decent news provision in economically struggling cities or rural areas."
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet. Run on *that*
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 08/11/2025
Today I learned that the total amount of philanthropic funding for journalism in the US since 2009 equals approximately 8.6% of OpenAI’s funding to date. Really useful #kleincamp session from @ninasachdev.bsky.social and Vince Stehle of @mediaimpactfunders.bsky.social.
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 06/11/2025
One of my underlying working models for non-profit news is that nobody is in competition with each other. We should all be co-operative. We should be open sourcing code, sharing wins and losses, and doing as much as possible to lift each other up - out in the open so newcomers can benefit too.
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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 06/11/2025
I, for one, definitely think this revenue boost will be used to help ESPN aggressively and independently cover the waterfall of sports betting scandals plaguing our pro and college sports.
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ESPN names DraftKings official odds provider
In a deal starting Dec. 1, ESPN has named DraftKings its Official Sportsbook and Odds Provider, it was announced Thursday.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Belatedly watched 60 minutes Trump interview. OMFG. This isn't journalism.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
In 1941, thinking about acquiescence to Hitler, FDR quoted Ben Franklin: “Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It’s a message for the billionaires & others capitulating to Trump. www.americaamerica.news/p/have-you-t...
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Have You Taken Freedom for Granted?
A Saturday Prompt
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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
How the Berkeley economy works: we will not tolerate a gap of 400 meters between coffee shops.
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
early voting starts today in TX and the @houstonchronicle.com has the paywall up on their voter guide. please be serious
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice." YES. Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti... Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/09/2025
ed the president of the united states just announced he plans to use the U.S. military to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, i think we should probably be prioritizing attention to that right now
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If we still had anything resembling a functioning Constitution, he would be impeached by lunchtime & convicted & removed from office by the close of business today.
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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Time to report the Marin Independent Journal to a California regulator. They arbitrarily, on no notice, charge my credit card random amounts of $, fail to give promised credits, and cut off paid access. I'd like to support local journalism. But subscribing to the MarinIJ is just supporting fraud.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/09/2025
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/09/2025
trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Frankly I’m surprised more comparativists aren’t saying, “Aw that’s so cute. America’s having its first little premature rumor and speculation frenzy about the autocrat’s death after his public absence for a brief period” (common in authoritarian regimes)
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 25/06/2025
Daniel Ekonde, Sara Martin and Skylla Mumana are getting valuable newsroom experience covering news and feature stories in Berkeley.
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3 reporting interns join Berkeleyside for the summer
Daniel Ekonde, Sara Martin and Skylla Mumana are getting valuable newsroom experience covering news and feature stories in Berkeley.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/06/2025
Brad Lander told NY1 at Mamdani’s party that what Democrats need to decide right now is whether to be “fighters or folders” and yes he should immediately mount a primary challenge to Chuck Schumer
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Imagine if the Democratic Party actually helped Zohran instead of trying to kneecap him at every step. A better party is immediately possible if they stop shoving money into the anti-trans combination Racism Dial/Money Toilet and instead get behind candidates people actually want.
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 25/06/2025
also the path is get rid of these geriatric losers who are holding the whole world hostage
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
That many NYers aren't avowed Democratic Socialists. So it says a lot that so many voted for one. And what it says is most Democrats (and all voters really) want fresh blood with bold, big ideas to shake things up and REALLY don't want corrupt retreads. Better get with that program.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 25/06/2025
Mamdani won the NYC mayoral primary and California is passing real reforms to allow more housing.
Hopium wojak
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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We feed you. They hunt us.
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Richmondside @richmondside.org · 11/06/2025
On Saturday Richmond residents plan to join a series of national Trump protests. Experts give advice on how to attend political rally.
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How to stay safe at an immigration protest or political rally
How to make a plan for attending a political rally, and what you should know about your rights and the possible consequences of protesting.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The media has repeatedly and disproportionately elevated voices who were wrong on Iraq, wrong on 2016, and wrong on pointing to the authoritarianism of this moment. Anyone wondering where the trust went might want to consider doing things differently and trying new voices/perspctives in the future.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Los Angeles is all the proof you need that this President & his fascist advisors will use any excuse to tear down the rule of law, build a police state & blame it all on immigrants, the vast majority of whom work, pay taxes & commit no crimes.
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Richmondside @richmondside.org · 31/05/2025
Nonprofit that helps Bay Area volunteers covertly build and install bus stop benches persuaded Richmond city officials to create a permit process.
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Rogue bus stop benches to be legalized in Richmond
Nonprofit that helps the public build and install Bay Area bus stop benches worked with Richmond city officials to create a permit process.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Here’s a fun line of inquiry for journalists: Is the *current* commander in chief now aware that the US is bombing Somalia? Does he know who the US is bombing in Somalia? Could he articulate a defensible rationale for why the US is bombing Somalia or how it fits into some broader strategy?
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