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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As I said to the late great Dan Ellsberg - it’s is an honor to call you a friend ;)

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My friend @johncusack.bsky.social was on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about our work at @freedom.press, including the new Penlight Prize for excellence in FOIA reporting. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld...

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John Cusack Discusses the Viral Video of Him Catching a Foul Baseball at a Chicago Cubs Game

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John Cusack Discusses the Viral Video of Him Catching a Foul Baseball at a Chicago Cubs Game

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.

An adorable female Rottweiler named Maeve

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 14/09/2026

Statistics can be a force for good, but how? In this profile by @amstatnews.bsky.social HRDAG's director of research Patrick Ball shares how he got into human rights work and what advice he has for students who want to use statistics to make a difference. stattrak.amstat.org/2026/09/01/h...

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

For those unclear about the reason for arresting the librarians over this book, a handy illustration:

Two pairs of stick figures holding hands. The loving couple on the left is a man and a woman (as shown by a triangle dress and long hair). This couple is labeled “Pornography.” The loving couple on the right is two men (just lines, no dress or long hair). This couple is labeled “Pornography.”

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Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's been awesome to see @flfreedomread.bsky.social champion this and some sterling newsrooms like @wired.com and @404media.co picking up the transparency torch bsky.app/profile/reit...

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Mike Lissner @michaeljaylissner.com · 10/08/2026

This is a good idea. It ain’t right to do a huge FOIA-based investigation and then put the danged write-up behind a paywall.

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m so proud to work with Rainey all these years since we founded FPF and the incredible work she Trevor and the entire org do on a daily basis fighting and defending the rights and principals of a free press - under assault in so many ways. It an honor to work with such great human beings

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The goal is freeing public interest journalism from paywalls - and we will win eventually - Even a two week window -( keeping it behind a paywall and then releasing to a public data base ) would make a huge difference -

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only. raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...

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Penlight Prize Offers $25,000 Award to FOIA Journalism Outside of Paywalls

I hear a lot about what’s broken in the economics of online journalism. It’s a topic that’s always coming up at SF happy hours I go to, maybe because so many of my friends are former journalists or…

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 29/07/2026

"What they do is very rigorous statistical extrapolations of information that’s not in the record, about wars, civil wars, coups, oppressive states, and they’re used for truth and reconciliation, human rights tribunals, war crimes trials."

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 29/07/2026

"I have a friend, Patrick Ball, who is the best programmer I know, and he founded and works at an NGO called the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). They’re one of the most important NGOs that no one’s ever heard of...

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 29/07/2026

Author Cory Doctorow raves about HRDAG in his most recent book, a Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.

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Against the Grain @radioagainst.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Debanking — when financial institutions close the accounts of those flagged as problematic, including at the behest of the government – appears to be growing. @reitman.bsky.social reflects on the use of debanking, from Wikileaks to the Southern Poverty Law Center to the NRA. kpfa.org/episode/agai...

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Financial Censorship | KPFA

Imagine, as a journalist or activist, trying to access your bank accounts and mysteriously finding them frozen. Debanking — when financial institutions close the accounts of those flagged as problemat...

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

EFF Executive Director @nicoleozer.bsky.social just published her first blog post on Deeplinks - always such a milestone after joining @eff.org. Check it out.

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Consumer Product Safety Commission getting inundated with drawings of horses on Bluesky is really improving my week.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 08/07/2026

Want a compelling summer read that also supports press freedom? Our board member @reitman.bsky.social's new book, “Transaction Denied,” explores how financial companies can become censors — and why that should concern anyone who values free expression. @trevortimm.bsky.social explains.

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 05/07/2026

Sunday Long Read: How @hrdag.org and our coalition partners are lifting up the names of police officers who kill through an ambitious data and public records project. hrdag.substack.com/p/naming-pol...

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Naming Police Officers Who Kill in California

Structural Zero 12: New Functionality in the Police Records Access Project Highlights the Names of Individual Police Officers

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'll be speaking with author and owner of indie bookstore Obodo Serendipity Books on July 9. Registration info here.

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 01/07/2026

Author @doctorow.pluralistic.net describes why he loves HRDAG and our work using AI to analyze and find hidden patterns in records of state violence.

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'll be speaking with author and owner of indie bookstore Obodo Serendipity Books on July 9. Registration info here.

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Meet a Mathematician @meetamathematician.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

MEET Tarak Shah! 🥰 youtu.be/Xe0hnleGGdU Alt text: this is an image of Tarak Shah holding the Meet a Mathematician sign

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MEET a Mathematician! - Tarak Shah

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"The disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don't only expose a threat to our privacy but to our democracy itself. When the most important decisions being made affecting all of us are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control." - Laura Poitras, 2015

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 24/06/2026

Government agencies muzzle their employees by routing press questions to public information officers, or PIOs. It's a clear First Amendment violation — that's why courts strike them down virtually every time. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yes, financial institutions can and do censor free expression. I had a crucial discussion with journalist @reitman.bsky.social about what happens when a credit card company can decide what you're permitted to say online, fighting financial censorship, and more!

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On this day in 1918, Eugene Debs delivered an anti-war speech for which he was convicted under the Espionage Act and sentenced to a decade in prison. It's long past time to reform this law and end its abuse against dissent, against whistleblowers, & against the press, for good.

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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

On This Day in Espionage Act History On June 17, 2022, British Home Sec. Priti Patel signs an extradition order to send WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the U.S to face charges under the Espionage Act for publishing -- the first such charges for a journalist. Learn more: rightsanddissent.org

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Free Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 17/06/2026

We’re a proud signatory to this letter. Make PACER free and secure.

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Had a wonderful time talking to @annaleen.bsky.social on the Internet Archive's Future Knowledge podcast.

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WIRED @wired.com · 16/06/2026

The commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump’s UFC event. It criticized the $111 billion merger as a threat to the First Amendment. www.wired.com/story/paramo...

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Paramount Refused to Air an Ad Criticizing Its Merger With Warner Bros.

The commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump’s UFC event. It criticized the $111 billion merger as a threat to the First Amendment.

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I had a blast talking to @nicoperrino.bsky.social on this podcast. We discuss: --How banks have used "reputational risk" assessments --How financial policies can undermine online speech --A lawsuit against Visa that could be disastrous for online speech sotospeakpodcast.com/p/ep-274-fin...

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Ep. 274: Financial censorship: how banks silence speech w/ Rainey Reitman

Money makes the world go round. But for some speakers, banks serve as a choke point for sharing their message.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/06/2026

When police rely on facial recognition technology in an attempt to identify suspects, innocent people like our clients Robert Dillon and Kimberlee Williams get arrested for crimes they didn't commit. We're fighting back.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13/06/2026

Fifty-five years ago today, @nytimes.com began publishing the Pentagon Papers, leaked by legendary whistleblower and @freedom.press co-founder Daniel Ellsberg. The Espionage Act he was charged under still threatens press freedom, especially under Trump. @laurenleharper.bsky.social explains.

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The Espionage Act: What it is and what it means under Trump

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Kinda perfect that Section 702 expired today—on the 55th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers. A good day to remember: resistance works.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/06/2026

👇 HUGE NEWS: At 12:00 AM EST, Section 702 will expire. Here's what that means. Thread: 👇

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This was a fun podcast because the first question was about how and why @trevortimm.bsky.social & others & I founded @freedom.press. Yes: instead of wading through multiple chapters of my book to get to this story, you can just listen to the first 5 minutes of this awesome podcast.

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I so appreciate this review of my book from @liaholland.bsky.social in her newsletter, Touchgrass: "Frankly, we don’t think banks or their pearl-clutching shareholders or the governments pressuring them should be able to choose who gets to own the money that they’ve earned." 🔥

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm so excited to do this joint book event exploring free speech and the future of democracy. If you're in NYC, I hope to see you there.

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Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org · 03/06/2026

There is no single authoritative list of Sri Lanka’s dead and disappeared. There are fragments: survivor testimony, NGO reports, memorial lists, legal filings, handwritten records, and more.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/06/2026

EFF advisor @reitman.bsky.social joined @taylorlorenz.bsky.social to explore the terrifying reality of financial censorship as explained in her new book, “Transaction Denied” from @beaconpress.bsky.social. youtu.be/tyqEYDisiZA

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Visa Could Ruin the Internet

What if you woke up tomorrow and completely lost access to your ban...

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"We were at risk of going dark. If we didn’t solve the problem quickly, our website would be shut down. It also meant I had to reach out to our writers and tell them I couldn’t pay them on time. And if there’s one north star in how I run my business as a journalist, it’s paying writers on time..."

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This was one of my favorite interviews about the book because it got so philosophical. What forces compel financial companies to create their policies? Why are conversations about rights masked in terms of costs? And so much more, with @davidalruiz.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Payment apps are watching what you say (feat. Rainey Reitman)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · May 31 · 40m

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rainey reitman @reitman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This will be great. See you there!

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