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Ryan Singel

@ryansingel.net
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All into Indie publishing. Cofounder of Outpost Publishers Cooperative, (outpost.pub), not yet recovered former journalist, Contextly.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h
"About 5.2 million Americans like Covelli have lost SNAP benefits since the OBBBA was enacted..."
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Millions of Americans are losing SNAP benefits: "It feels as though people are being punished"
More than 5 million Americans have lost food-stamp benefits since 2025. "I have to prove that I'm sick," one SNAP recipient said.
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404 Media @404media.co · 11h
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 29/09/2026
Good to know, America.gov
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/09/2026
oh man, I just tried it and america.gov really does get REAL weird when you tell it to “play Minecraft”
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America.gov
Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 28/09/2026
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 26/09/2026
I was at a journalism conference at a hotel and went into a small men's room and there was just one person in there standing by the urinals looking at his phone. Just feet away, he didn't move as I used the urinal Awkward AF I looked at the name on his badge. That name but not his face was famous
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Jake @jakesalterego.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oh to live in a world where people are instead obsessed with Deadwood, sticking it to the powermad cocksuckers, and making something good out of this combative earth
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good luck banning kids from social media lmaooo
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 16/09/2026
If you can correctly guess which venue has appeared the most times on the calendar over the past year, I will send you a prize! DM me or email your guesses to calendar@coyotemedia.org
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 16/09/2026
The Trump admin is attaching an illegal condition to broadband grants. California will get $1.4B if Newsom signs, but signing means it agrees to not enforce net neutrality, public safety or affordablity protections for 14 years. Newsom should say no and sue. cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2026/09...
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California Is Being Asked to Give Up 14 Years of Broadband Protections. It Doesn't Have To.
Accepting $1.42 billion in federal broadband funding would require California to give up enforcing its net neutrality, affordability, and public-safety laws against its biggest providers. The state ca...
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 15/09/2026
I'm sorry but I simply don't know how I'm supposed to take someone seriously who *starts* a Substack in 2026.
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 08/09/2026
A Taiwanese English Lit major working on an masters, while also doing his military service, paid me to tape record academic papers about Foucault to listen to on his commute to the base. It was hard! I had no experience or real equipment. And academic prose about theory is hard to sight read.
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 27/08/2026
My favorite quote from today's get your welcome flow converting session from @ryansingel.net "don't be boring, have fun, ask for money"
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton did what literally no techbro billionaire would even think of doing: filling her life with good deeds that make people mourn her when she dies. Not one of these assholes would even think of this, they are all right now completely and honestly baffled by the outpouring of love for her.
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 25/08/2026
Got a site with a newsletter or a newsletter with a site? Come learn how to optimize your welcome flow emails to convert free folks to paying ones. Free webinar Weds Aug 26 at noon Pacific with @lexroman.com in partnership with @outpost.pub outpost.pub/events/why-i...
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Why isn't my welcome flow converting?! Free event with Outpost
Your welcome flow should greet free newsletter subscribers and convince them to become paid subscribers. Do welcome flows really work? Why isn't mine working? In this session, we will unpack what ma...
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 05/08/2026
Sic transit gloria
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 05/08/2026
Can you imagine being a journalist who writes this headline up as if it were real? Does one just pretend they didn't write the same shit two weeks ago and four weeks ago and two months ago, etc etc etc? At long last, do you have no sense of dignity?cà
Same shit different day
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 27/07/2026
Deep breath: do not get annoyed about people calling blog posts blogs. Deeper breath: do not get annoyed and post about it Deepest breath: stop being a snob and just be happy people write stuff on their own site and other people read it
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 22/07/2026
I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
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Baltimore Banner Sports @sports.thebaltimorebanner.com · 20/07/2026
“The more people play alongside trans athletes, the more they can see their assumptions were wrong.”
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A trans ban came to rugby. Baltimore’s Ferals played on.
In February, USA Rugby banned transgender women from competing with other women at all levels. Something interesting happened: Many teams refused to listen.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
IMO every New Yorker who can afford to should subscribe to @hellgatenyc.com. I am a subscriber and read their newsletter daily. I really like what they are doing along with their irreverent tone.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 20/07/2026
I wrote about the game
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Ode to Spain, Our Competent Kings of the World Cup
Spain’s style may be dull, but their logistical excellence is strangely inspiring
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 19/07/2026
My TV remote died in the middle of the semifinal game. But we live in the future and with a few clicks in an app, this awesome tech specialist came to the rescue
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 19/07/2026
If you did not see the third place World Cup game, hide your phone, avoid all news and have some set up a replay and watch it straight through
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 17/07/2026
If you need a DYI air purifier, here is a great recipe. Build Your Own — Common Humanity Collective share.google/GsVz9W3S6Adp... You don't need a corsi box, and you could do this recipe with just the fan, filter and bands Also Hurricane brand window fans have higher throughout than Lasko ones.
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Build Your Own — Common Humanity Collective
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 11/07/2026
i genuinely think that maga hates america. they hate america because america makes them feel small.
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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fuck any anti-American motherfucker who cannot say with pride: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
New: Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers By Arelis R. Hernández Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting. Gift link! @arelisrhdz.bsky.social
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Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
i'm proud of the book and am also a little scared about how prescient it continues to be www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
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To Catch a Fascist
“Absorbing.” —THE NEW YORKER, BEST BOOKS OF 2026 A searing, provocative investigation into the rise of white nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in...
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 03/07/2026
Marcus Thompson writing about Flo Balogun. Hell yes. Unlocked link www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
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Folarin Balogun channeled LeBron and made himself America’s newest sports star (Gift Article)
His goal Wednesday at the World Cup energized the country. His red card earned him even more supporters. This was Folarin Balogun's moment.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"Send the Mexicans home, make the blacks work." The "philosopher" of the tech-fascist movement
Tweet from Curtis Yarvin. The philosopher of the technofedualist movement. Author of the "Dark Enlightenment" says:

“Send the Mexicans home, make the blacks work” isn’t just a slogan. It’s a holistic policy approach demanding integrated implementation
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 02/07/2026
A $10 word? In this economy?
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 02/07/2026
California
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/06/2026
sure is funny how right wing billionaires keep buying up media outlets, converting them into right wing propaganda mills, and driving journalists into exile
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by user Jeff Barker (@JeffBarkermedia) announcing his resignation from The Baltimore Sun.

The text of the post reads: "I've resigned from The Baltimore Sun after 25 years of politics and sports reporting. I was proud to have been there during a long period when our reporting followed the facts wherever they happened to lead. I'm not saying anything readers can't see for themselves, but The Sun has changed since its purchase by David Smith, executive chairman of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. I no longer fit there. I'm grateful to the sources whose trust enabled me to report responsibly, and to the readers who supported our work. I'm exploring new opportunities inside and outside journalism. My DMs are open."
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 24/06/2026
Outpost office hour this Thursday. Does not overlap with World Cup Register here for free! luma.com/4x6tq0a5?ref... outpost.pub/office-hour-...
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Outpost Office Hour Q&A Thursday, June 25 1 PM PT
We know you have big plans for your publication and that it's not always simple to stay on top of everything. We’re here to help with a live events series this summer where you can get your Outpost q...
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 18/06/2026
A collection of custom WordPress plugins does not a platform make How is that not embarrassing to claim?
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 18/06/2026
Ranch dressing is not a liquid; it's a religion
Tsa warns foreigners about taking ranch dressing on a olane
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The trillionaire mark is just a milestone. Musk already had enough money to personally buy a whole company or single-handedly influence a presidential election. But we should consider what it means that one man has amassed so much wealth and power — and the speed at which he is doing so.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
the most brutal obit headline I've ever seen heatmap.news/daily/lee-ra...
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Lee Raymond, 311 ppm – 421 ppm
The former ExxonMobil CEO left his legacy both on the Earth and in the sky.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I’m a pretty cynical person, yet I never thought I’d live to see a post-Jim Crow American political party take the position that “racist pogroms are good actually.”
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 11/06/2026
I'm guessing the folks who said Knicks in 4 didn't mean consequetive
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 10/06/2026
Google's AI is from the future (Yes, Plank has said it's planning to close down on August 2nd)
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 09/06/2026
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Trump's Team Is Not Qualified to Use FISA - emptywheel
Democrats should do more than refuse to reauthorize FISA 702 until Trump pulls his bid to put Bill Pulte in charge of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Todd Blanche's history of lying a...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/06/2026
Don't plan to come to the US for the World Cup. Trump will deny you entry last minute and cost you thousands. Especially if he thinks your country was mean to him. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scotland fans 'heartbroken' as travel permits to World Cup withdrawn last minute
People travelling to the World Cup have had their ESTA applications changed from approved to "travel not authorised".
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 06/06/2026
JEDI MASTER! #USMNT
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Ryan Singel @ryansingel.net · 06/06/2026
SF's The Makeout Room and The Latin are for sale "The Make-Out Room ... has been a band incubator and dance hall, a rock ’n’ roll employment agency where the doorman and beer server and swamper are likely to have as much musical chops as the players on stage. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...
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For 30 years, these Mission bars nurtured S.F. musicians. Now they’re for sale
Marketing materials for both establishments tout “a rare opportunity to become the next owner of two of San Francisco’s coolest, sexiest bars.”
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/06/2026
BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 05/06/2026
Steyer improved from a 20% to 38% chance in tonight’s VoteHub WinCast update, driven by ballots in key counties shifting toward him and confirmation of high outstanding turnout in urban areas. Hilton still has a slight edge, now tracking to defeat Steyer by 0.6%.
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