Reposted by Matt DeLongNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning 3623788732
Reposted by Matt DeLongAnita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Frank Strada was hired in Tennessee after a string of troubling execution failures in Arizona; Pike’s was the second botched execution he oversaw in Tennessee this year tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/03/a... @tennesseelookout.comtennesseelookout.comAfter botched execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee Corrections chief steps down • Tennessee LookoutTennessee Department of Corrections Commissioner Frank Strada will step down, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday — three days after a botched execution attempt left Christa Pike on a ventilator in criti... 02010
Reposted by Matt DeLongMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 03/10/2026Eden Prairie High School's homecoming football game was evacuated Friday nightbit.lyEden Prairie High School football game evacuated on Friday nightCheck back for updates. 6208
Reposted by Matt DeLongThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026Records show that the district attorney’s office declined to review additional evidence offered by Cornell police in 2024.nyti.msD.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional EvidenceRecords show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped. 1112052
Reposted by Matt DeLongCNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs 72380281
Reposted by Matt DeLongJoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Eight years ago today the Saudi government murdered WaPo columnist Jamaal Khashoggi. Today they own 49.5% of the biggest media/news company in America. 18634327
Reposted by Matt DeLongMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026wonderful reminder of the funniest dynamic of the mayoral race, where sliwa clearly liked mamdani and was delighted to see him humiliate cuomo also, more politicians should do this! get your flu shots! 342833372
Reposted by Matt DeLongmaddy varner @regret.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: A recently unsealed court filing that heavily cites government-produced documents + DHS agent depositions alleges that yes, there *is* a DHS database that's filled with protesters, called ICM. It's built by Palantir. www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 714494
Reposted by Matt DeLongKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is one of the most astonishing reports I have read about a newsroom's bad management (h/t @jeongpark.bsky.social): www.investigatewest.org/rob-curley-s...investigatewest.orgHow Rob Curley lost the Spokesman-Review newsroomNewsroom staffers tell InvestigateWest and RANGE that concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit 0149
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026While we're at it, we really need a movie about the teenage Dutch girls who lured Nazi soldiers into the woods and killed themnytimes.comFreddie Oversteegen, Gritty Dutch Resistance Fighter, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)She was only 14 when she joined her sister and a law student as an all-female underground trio of saboteurs and assassins in German-occupied Holland. 1183
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I had to look up Pauline Kael’s review of “Up in Smoke.” It’s surprising positive! www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...newyorker.comFurry Freaks 000
Reposted by Matt DeLongTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Big news in the Senate battle. After pouring $30 million in NC, John Thune's GOP SuperPAC stops spending there, effectively conceding Cooper is likely to win. And they're dumping their first 7-figures in Kansas. (Note: a Dem internal found Hamilton up today.) www.semafor.com/article/10/0... 271003248
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think people really appreciate the gravity of what is happening in the news industry. If you value getting reliable information from the news orgs you depend on, you need to support them with your dollars or they could disappear. This isn't hyperbole. It's happening right now in real time. 55322
Reposted by Matt DeLongJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Let me say a couple words about paywalls. They’re annoying. I feel that (as a news consumer) and know that (as a news publisher). But asking for your email, either to read an article or even to access a gift link (someone said this happened to them a a Times gift link a moment ago) isn’t some … 2238076
Reposted by Matt DeLongMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 01/10/2026The family of Renee Good, the Minneapolis woman who was fatally shot by a federal immigration enforcement agent near her home in January, filed two federal lawsuits Thursday alleging wrongful death, among other contentions.bit.lyLive: Renee Good’s family files lawsuits over fatal shooting by ICE agentRenee Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7 in south Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. 5457138
Reposted by Matt DeLongChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here is @tennesseelookout.com's report: tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/30/u...tennesseelookout.comDeath row inmate Pike's execution halted after nearly two hours • Tennessee LookoutA three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on Wednesday. 722257
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a long time 130
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The seven teenagers packed in a newly stolen car that crashed early Tuesday, killing three of the car’s passengers, were coming from a fight elsewhere in the city that resulted in gunfire, according to a person familiar with the investigation.startribune.comPolice: Teens in deadly Minneapolis crash had just left gunfire sceneThe identities have been released of two of the three teens killed in the crash. Four others were injured. 150
Reposted by Matt DeLongLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... 801570288
Reposted by Matt DeLongChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026During a homicide arrest, police in Portland shot and killed their own K9 dog, Kylo, who was on his last shift before his scheduled retirement. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...oregonlive.comPolice accidentally shot Portland K-9 Kylo during attempted arrest of homicide suspect, police sayPolice also identified the suspect killed. 1197
Reposted by Matt DeLongJim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 23940261045
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don't have many rules in life but a big one is if the tamale lady comes by you buy some tamales 1282
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please reverse engineer the City Bakery (RIP) chocolate chip cookie recipe 111
Reposted by Matt DeLongZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the funniest thing to happen in the Senate in a long time 27211
Reposted by Matt DeLongCarson Hartzog @carzharts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wrote a thing about a really neat business in St. Paul — Present Company — and the rise of analog hobbies. Gift link: www.startribune.com/dumb-tech-an...startribune.comIn the age of AI, analog is having a renaissancePeople are turning to simpler phones, physical media and tactile hobbies as technology becomes more powerful and pervasive. 02611
Reposted by Matt DeLongBen Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026SCOOP: FBI removes two veteran counterterrorism leaders over frustrations from Stephen & Katie Miller that they hadn't made progress in probing allegedly threatening phone calls Katie received news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comFBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s FamilyFBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said thr... 1691182556
Reposted by Matt DeLongProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 11838911491
Reposted by Matt DeLongMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/09/2026A federal judge has ruled the end of Operation Metro Surge means residents and journalists who alleged immigration officials violated their constitutional rights cannot sue to restrict agents’ future tactics.startribune.comLawsuit alleging ICE violated Minnesota observers’ rights is dismissed by judgeA federal judge ruled the end of Operation Metro Surge and the drawdown of agents means plaintiffs lack standing to sue. 74116
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Welp I just ran my whole wallet through the washer and dryer 220
Reposted by Matt DeLong404 Media @404media.co · 25/09/2026Meta announced that its new AI agent, Muse could call businesses for you to do things like make reservations. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media @jasonkoebler.bsky.social learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m... 53816315
Reposted by Matt DeLongMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026Northeast Minnesota tribes are calling on the state to order a wide-ranging environmental study of mining’s effects across the Arrowhead, a move that comes during an uptick in mining activity and controversy.bit.lyWhat has mining done to northeast Minnesota land? Tribes want the state to find out.The request comes as mining activity accelerates across the Iron Range, including at U.S. Steel’s Minntac mine, where a pending permit has raised concerns about sulfate pollution and wild rice. 04314
Reposted by Matt DeLongLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970162264
Reposted by Matt DeLongMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58754871504
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026University of Minnesota announces $225 million in budget cuts across all campusesstartribune.comUniversity of Minnesota announces $225 million in budget cuts across all campusesIt comes after the U approved a budget in June raising students’ tuition by 3.8%, the sixth consecutive year of increases for the U. 1611
Reposted by Matt DeLongJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026RIP Chris Farley you would've been the perfect John Madden 8902
Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Idk it looks like he’s walking to his mark at the end of the carpet and there are marks on the opposite side for Xi and his wife 080
Reposted by Matt DeLongKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.politico.comPOLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring accessThe Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri... 1532284916
Reposted by Matt DeLongElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you’re unskewing, you’re losing. 2111
Reposted by Matt DeLongMatthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Welcome to the new normal of car culture. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...yahoo.comA Waymo Drove Into a Denver Farmers Market. Colorado Police Had No Mechanism to Ticket It.Waymo drove into a Denver farmers market and Colorado police couldn't issue a ticket, exposing a gap in the state's AV enforcement laws. 712827
Reposted by Matt DeLongEric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/20268 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy SaysThe aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 21536253
Reposted by Matt DeLongRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Per Texas media, it’s looking like +100K registrations were affected. Secretary of State is saying that it shouldn’t affect voting. 38787420
Reposted by Matt DeLongAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 24/09/2026"Unacceptable": Australian PM says OpenAI hacked government health website. OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent an email outlining the incident to a generic email address u.afp.com/S9Uj 49545
Reposted by Matt DeLongAxios @axios.com · 24/09/2026A district judge tossed an election interference lawsuit by President Trump against the Des Moines Register, parent company USA Today Co. (formerly Gannett) and pollster Ann Selzer — rejecting claims that its inaccurate pre-election poll amounted to consumer fraud.axios.comJudge tosses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines RegisterThe dismissal is an early test of Trump's broader push to use litigation against news organizations over coverage he disputes. 13441126
Reposted by Matt DeLongSarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So Vance was the senior administration official here? wapo.st/4rssRyhwapo.stThe White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources. It provided the quotes.In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, where reporters were told not to name the speaker. 251085