Reposted by Barb GrayDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty. 22662983310337
Reposted by Barb GrayMediagazer @mediagazer.com · 07/07/2026An interview with Le Monde CTO Paul Laleu about "fiercely defending" the French outlet's journalism from AI bots, including by generating infinite content mazes (Anna Tobin/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink 021
Reposted by Barb GrayLawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Gotta take a break I'll catch up with everyone a little bit later Have a great Caturday evening everyone 492542270
Reposted by Barb GrayMemento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 13/06/2026www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...cbc.caLibrarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC RadioA former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000... 212123582866
Reposted by Barb GrayEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/05/2026Planning the AI chapter as the conclusion for the book (Why Everything Stopped Working, penguin random house, out 2027) and it is shaping up to be so great. The AI bubble is a psy-op, a con, a drama and a dark comedy! It’s full of weird characters and freaks and a few heroes and a lot of losers. 1244929
Reposted by Barb GrayRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Paxton only returned the stolen pen after the courthouse security cameras showed he was the one who took it. 1183115154211
Reposted by Barb GrayMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... 446188356434
Reposted by Barb GrayJamila B. Me @amomentwithmila.blacksky.app · 27/05/2026I've sold 6 books so far. For me, that's huge. 3785031
Reposted by Barb Graydarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/05/2026checking to see if my office has any gold bars just lying around 48931103
Reposted by Barb GrayPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026We will never know or properly appreciate how many lives have been saved by librarians. The right book in the right hands at the right time. Astounding. 703053526
Reposted by Barb GrayGhoul Friday 👻 @girlfriday.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Look at this perfect old lady 45211661487
Reposted by Barb GraySteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Let’s not doubt Trump reportedly agreeing to take $1.7 billion of our taxpayer money rather than $10 billion is any less of an egregious abuse of power. 942591697
Reposted by Barb GrayKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Bedtime procrastination can feel fun but I need to go to bed soon so I have enough energy tomorrow to walk my dog and do cool things that will spite my enemies (like age better and build interesting projects) 1335828
Reposted by Barb GrayMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026Inflation is at a three-year high. Everything costs more — groceries, gas, healthcare, a plane ticket. The math is simple. Every American dollar spent overseas on war is a dollar that could’ve been spent here at home to pay for a dignified life. It's time we change the equation. 15879831506
Reposted by Barb GrayClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This is a very good essay from Helen Lewis, with a Bluesky easter egg 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Men Who Want Women to Be QuietA virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right. 812352
Reposted by Barb GraySean A. Morgan @memphisbelle1114.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I want to announce that I have recovered. After nearly 8 years of hardly reading at all, I read AN ENTIRE BOOK last night. I'M SO BACK. #Booksky 1624696158
Reposted by Barb GrayDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue! 13685381849
Reposted by Barb GrayThe Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 04/05/2026May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19. 604265446261
Reposted by Barb GrayAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years. 377203175131
Reposted by Barb GrayJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I’m at the Met Gala blowing the fashion world away with my fiercest look. 0578
Reposted by Barb GrayJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Every time Matt Damon takes on a period role he ends up looking like a third baseman for the Phillies. 15392551509
Barb Gray @profgray.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A small city just voted on AI, and the result could ripple nationwide www.fastcompany.com/91524538/a-s...fastcompany.comA small city just voted on AI, and the result could ripple nationwideThe decision is being called a first of its kind, and other communities are watching closely. 000
Reposted by Barb GrayJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 14/04/2026NPR using the Tiny Desk YouTube series for fundraising is such a good idea. A very different relationship with a much different audience than the folks clicking on links, listening to the podcasts, tuning into terrestrial radio etc 0192
Reposted by Barb GrayBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...apnews.comPittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper openOwners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down. 584553846
Reposted by Barb Grayemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Wouldn't you know it, there are stupid Jan6ers and REALLY stupid Jan6ers. 30716131
Reposted by Barb GrayDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I'm kind of fascinated by that big Lauren Sanchez Bezos feature in the Times. There's just nothing going on there at all, no insight or conflict or notable color, so the hook is just "this unfathomably rich but otherwise fatuous person enjoys their lifestyle a great deal." Fantastic stuff. 1593997327
Reposted by Barb GrayBrian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 02/04/2026A WIRED investigation has identified multiple members of the paramilitary units behind some of the most egregious immigration enforcement actions of the last year. from @awinston.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.socialwired.comUnmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration CrackdownA WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history. 018272
Reposted by Barb Graynilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Wait till they find out there are thousands of unsettling deepfakes of her all over X and TikTok with virtually no moderation in place 31286
Reposted by Barb GrayBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Government censorship of the media is the "preferred weapon of choice" of autocrats around the world. Free speech rights are "often the first 'domino' to fall when countries autocratize." And V-Dem says America is "rapidly autocratizing." More here >>> www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/m...cnn.comUS downgraded in democracy index as press freedom concerns grow | CNN Business“The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history,” one of the world’s top democracy researchers says in a new report. 522295
Barb Gray @profgray.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...nytimes.comCesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years 000
Reposted by Barb GrayMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Perhaps not a huge surprise Elon Musk is in the Epstein files 882215486
Reposted by Barb GrayThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/01/2026Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u... 1812904883
Reposted by Barb GrayPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026“Doctors won’t tell you this,” Kennedy said as he dropped to the floor… theonion.com/rfk-jr-demon...theonion.comRFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across CarpetWASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ... 2020548
Reposted by Barb GrayDave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Macaulay Culkin on Instagram. 😢 149120911971
Reposted by Barb GrayProPublica @propublica.org · 26/01/2026NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.socialpropublica.orgGovernment by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial IntelligenceThe Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer.... 188940526
Reposted by Barb GrayCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026this is why i worry we may be stuck in an infinite doom loop of the party out of power promising lower prices, the incumbents getting ejected, incoming party unable to reduce prices either, rinse and repeat 4837644
Reposted by Barb Grayjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/01/2026i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed 409159973020
Reposted by Barb GrayNick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade. 28491213218
Reposted by Barb GrayHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/01/2026This is really freaking weird. 39502105
Barb Gray @profgray.bsky.social · 06/01/2026'Diet Alex Jones': Demonstrators roast Joe Rogan outside Austin comedy club www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/ar...mysanantonio.com'Diet Alex Jones': Texans roast Joe Rogan's comedy club on NYESo a unicorn, a cow and an Eric Cartman impersonator walk into a bar....or protest outside a comedy club. 010
Reposted by Barb GrayProPublica @propublica.org · 23/12/2025NEW: Medical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious Deaths Oncologist Thomas C. Weiner will never practice medicine in Montana again after a decision by the state medical board. A 2024 ProPublica investigation detailed how Weiner had long been suspected of hurting patients.propublica.orgMedical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious DeathsOncologist Thomas C. Weiner will never practice medicine in Montana again after a decision by the state medical board. A 2024 ProPublica investigation detailed how Weiner had long been suspected of hu... 1001199348
Reposted by Barb GrayCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/12/2025probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities 1171636441
Reposted by Barb GrayHarley Rustad @harleyrustad.com · 19/11/2025"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." Brilliant essay/investigation by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social into journalism scammers in the age of AI. thelocal.to/investigatin...thelocal.toInvestigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The LocalA suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites. 11211
Reposted by Barb GrayCNN @cnn.com · 21/11/2025North Korean operatives created a fake job-application platform targeting applicants to major US artificial intelligence and crypto firms as part of a new effort to steal money and know-how for the Kim Jong Un regime, researchers said. cnn.comNorth Korean operatives running fake job portal targeting US AI firms | CNN PoliticsNorth Korean operatives created a fake job-application platform targeting applicants to major US artificial intelligence and crypto firms as part of a new effort to steal money and know-how for the Ki... 45122
Barb Gray @profgray.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Trump’s Spending Abuses Are Out of Control. He Shouldn’t Have That Power in the First Place. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Spending Abuses Are Out of Control. He Shouldn’t Have That Power in the First Place. 000
Reposted by Barb Grayhaterofhate62.bsky.social @haterofhate62.bsky.social · 04/11/2025In case anyone has forgotten how we went from clutching our pearls and impeaching over a BJ job and turning a blind eye to daily corruption without missing a beat! This is the GOP now. Shameless! 40546234
Reposted by Barb GrayBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"??? 101184893377
Reposted by Barb GrayKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 04/11/2025TIL from Naomi Klein that 100,000 volunteers have canvassed for Zohran Mamdani 314912