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Susie Cagle

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writing THE END OF THE WEST for Random House / enterprise editor @sfstandard.com / Signal: susiecagle.24

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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So who’s got the 4,000 word think piece on why sparkly stress balls are the most popular childrens toy in the U.S. right now and What That Says. www.businessinsider.com/squishy-toys...
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Squishies became the toy of the year. Then came the explosions, burns, and poison-control calls.
As squishy toys boom, reports of burns, leaks, and explosions are raising new questions about their safety and ingredients.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's been a privilege to work closely with @anyaviolet.bsky.social on this reporting for the last several months leading up to today, my first of parental leave. Please read -- there's more to come.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This UFC event is accelerationist Christmas.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This event is tomorrow (Thu) morning, and you can still sign up to watch live! It will also be recorded. There has been a big uptick in wildfire activity in recent days, so this will be a timely opportunity to discuss bigger picture surrounding the "fire information landscape."
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It’s that time of year again when Watch Duty becomes my top-used app.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Absolute Howard Jarvis galaxy brain slop that would further decimate California public schools and municipal budgets. I’m sure we will see it on the ballot. www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/20/a...
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A proposal to exempt homeowners ages 60 and older from property taxes could cost local governments billions
The proposed statewide measure has been cleared for signature-gathering.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 23/12/2025
AI will force us to be more ambitious, more human storytellers. by @suze.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/ai-w...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
My Nieman Lab prediction is more a wish than fortune telling: more humanity in our news gathering and storytelling to push back against the AI that’s hoovering our traffic. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/ai-w...
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AI will force us to be more ambitious, more human storytellers
"The human hands behind news will need to be more obvious."
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The Trump administration has fired 57% of the judges at SF immigration court so far this year. Now the court is emptier and less likely to grant asylum than ever. The gutting, by the numbers, by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell. @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/12/04/s...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
California has positioned itself as a beacon of hope post-Roe. But 1 in 3 hospital beds in the state is controlled by Catholic religious directives that deny life-saving maternal care in crisis. New from @anyaviolet.bsky.social: sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/c...
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She begged for help. The hospital sent her home — citing religion
A young couple rushed to the ER during a pregnancy emergency. What happened next wasn’t medical care — it was religious doctrine. Their case exposes an emerging crisis in California’s maternal health ...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
For the last few months, @anyaviolet.bsky.social has delved into SF's mishandling of domestic violence. Today's installment in the series is a heartbreaker. Family court dysfunction forced one father to become an expert in international child abduction. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
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How one judge’s decision led to a child’s abduction — and exposed a broken system
A toddler was abducted after a court ruling that allowed one of his parents to take him out of the country. Our investigation reveals how SF family court’s secrecy and lack of oversight puts families ...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
For the last few months, @anyaviolet.bsky.social has delved into SF's mishandling of domestic violence. Today's installment in the series is a heartbreaker. Family court dysfunction forced one father to become an expert in international child abduction. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
sfstandard.com
How one judge’s decision led to a child’s abduction — and exposed a broken system
A toddler was abducted after a court ruling that allowed one of his parents to take him out of the country. Our investigation reveals how SF family court’s secrecy and lack of oversight puts families ...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My husband dresses his music venue up every year for Halloween with a Spirit Halloween banner, but things are so grim for Bay Area bars in 2025 that some people think it’s actually a Spirit Halloween now
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decorative gourd @taco.cat · 21/10/2025
Incredible reporting by @sfstandard.com on the non-profit legal team representing people in SF's immigration courts. Their work to secure same-day release and avoid transfers to remote immigration jails via on-site intake and immediate habeas petitions is life-saving. sfstandard.com/2025/10/20/c...
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The pro bono attorneys performing miracles at immigration court
Just before the judge arrives at immigration court, attorney Diana Mariscal prepares the dozen migrants for their hearings. She explains in Spanish that there’s a chance ICE will detain them today. Bu...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Just before the judge arrives at immigration court, attorney Diana Mariscal prepares the dozen migrants for their hearings. She explains in Spanish that there’s a chance ICE will detain them today. But what comes next surprises them all. New longread from Jesse Alejandro Cottrell @sfstandard.com:
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The pro bono attorneys performing miracles at immigration court
Just before the judge arrives at immigration court, attorney Diana Mariscal prepares the dozen migrants for their hearings. She explains in Spanish that there’s a chance ICE will detain them today. Bu...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Another thing they don’t tell you is that Play Doh does not in fact come in dozens of colors. This is but the transient state of Play Doh before it matures into its true and only color: brown.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Something they don’t tell you about parenthood is how many different types of small batteries you will be forced to own. Sizes and styles you never would’ve dreamed of, each of them bespoke for just one toy, but only sold in packs of 144.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This post-disaster angle always perplexes me. We should do everything possible to support people after a community-destroying fire, but slow rebuilding isn’t necessarily failure. Where I’ve seen towns fast-track rebuilds, they’ve guaranteed the same future hazards. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The LA Fires Destroyed 11,000 Homes. Less Than 10% Have Permits to Rebuild
Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned. The TV and stage director had remodeled his Malibu home just...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The U.S. relies on undocumented workers to clean up and rebuild after disasters but will not help when those undocumented people are the disaster victims. bsky.app/profile/zoes...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Read this gut punch by Hannah Dreier and you might better understand some of the genuine moral impulse behind a gold rush to fight fire with more tech and fewer people. But you still have to care for the people before the robots can do the job (assuming they ever can). bsky.app/profile/broo...
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine," That's... usually not the case! In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using. We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that? youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“The more Mr. Jones screams at the judge, the more visitation time he gets.” In SF, 9 out of 10 domestic violence survivors represent themselves in court cases that drag out for twice as long as the state average. New from Anya Schulz: sfstandard.com/2025/08/28/s...
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Survivors tethered to their abusers: An SF court’s lockdown on lives
“The more Mr. Jones screams at the judge, the more visitation time he gets.” In SF, domestic violence survivors seeking safety find themselves trapped in family court for years, co-parenting with th...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I've been wanting to draw immigration court in SF for years but could never get the assignment. Now I'm an editor so I could make the assignment. A heartbreaker from Jesse Alejandro Cottrell and Dan Bransfield. sfstandard.com/2025/08/11/a...
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The children facing quick deportation, alone, in SF immigration court
At rarely seen hearings, unaccompanied teenagers and families with toddlers face lawyers for the government.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Baby’s got opsec
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Journalist Anas al-Sharif with his daughter Sham and son Salah. Today's assassination of al-Sharif and four other Al Jazeera staff brings the number of journalists killed by Israel to 237. www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jaze...
Anas al-Sharif, smiling, sits outdoors holding his young daughter Sham on his left and his infant son Salah on his right. Both children are smiling; rubble is visible in the background.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11/08/2025
An entire team of journalists, outside a hospital in a tent for journalists, killed by Israel. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Prop 13 ground zero, Howard Jarvis' old house in L.A., available again after selling just last June but priced so high the sellers took it off the market in May, now for rent at $14,900: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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515 N Crescent Heights Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 | Zillow
This 3020 square feet Single Family home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. It is located at 515 N Crescent Heights Blvd, Los Angeles, CA.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"Ramon and Susana planned to wait things out, hoping the immigration raids would fizzle out. ‘But things just got more intense,’ Ramon says. ‘So we decided, no, let’s get out of here.’" New from Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, on the people hiding, and leaving, before ICE: sfstandard.com/2025/07/23/s...
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Bracing for the ICE storm: SF immigrants go underground
Empty shops, workers staying home, and some even self-deporting. This isn’t the calm before the storm, but an anxious scramble — a collective rush to bar the doors, board up the windows, and get the h...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
There are wildfire scenarios that would see Berkeley’s narrow roads filled to capacity before all residents could evacuate. It’s why the city has suggested preemptive evacuation in past fire weather. Walking is a bad idea imho but there aren’t many good ideas to be had here. bsky.app/profile/rebe...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The internet reminded me that I drew this ten years ago. Now everyone seems even more certain that the robots are taking our jobs imminently, but UBI seems further away than ever.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/06/2025
hard to predict the vibes tomorrow, but historically the instigators most likely to disrupt a protest with violence are the police
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Trevor Timm @trevortimm.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Come work at @freedom.press, and help us keep journalists and whistleblowers safe! We have an important job opening for the manager of our SecureDrop team. Apply in the next week, and reach out if you have questions:
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Me, weakly, pleading, cold and near death on the hill: “No more ‘clashes’ in headlines”
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 09/06/2025
Polite request to please credit the photographers whose L.A. photos you’re sharing. They’re out there risking getting their shins exploded by police munitions to get those shots.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries
Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This has been the fear since January. Disaster as a gentrifying force. bsky.app/profile/liam...
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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Restoring relationships among people and between people and fire: “The idea that there is a wilderness that existed on this continent is based wholly on racism and the ideals of white supremacy… partnerships and holistic management are keys to restoring any ecosystem.” Frankie Myers
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Why nature is not ‘wild’ | Frankie Myers | TEDxLaguna Beach
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Boom times for fresh death cults. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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FBI links California fertility clinic bombing to anti-natalist ideology
The attack left one dead on Saturday and injured four others.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Did not notice that my 4 year old had snuck out of his room after bedtime until he'd watched ten minutes of season 2 episode 3 of The Rehearsal and suddenly emerged from behind the couch to softly declare, "I do not like this podcast."
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
My galaxy-brain take on risk maps is that they do more to create a false sense of safety for those outside of labeled hazard zones than they do to promote risk-reduction within those zones. We don't need more maps, we need policies that socialize risk awareness everywhere. bsky.app/profile/opb....
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
If you haven’t already heard my “AI is a hand, not a brain” mantra (and also if you have!) you can read about it here as part of this thoughtful package of perspectives on our near and present future.
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How We’re Using AI
The rapid development of AI is already changing how journalists operate. Reporters, editors, executives, and others across the news industry share their advice on how to engage—and where to draw the l...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
At a certain point, the population with climate trauma will be larger than the group with simple climate anxiety. In California in particular that day feels closer all the time.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I told someone just a couple weeks ago that New Jersey was due for large wildfires and they looked at me like I had three heads. bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
THE END OF THE WEST has won the Lukas Work-in-Progress book award. Totally thrilling and slightly anti-climactic, because you can't read it yet. But here's what the judges think. journalism.columbia.edu/news/lukas-p...
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
tfw the state finally unseals the records you requested in 2023.
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Honored that THE END OF THE WEST made it to the Lukas Work in Progress shortlist along with these other heavy hitters.
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Columbia Journalism School Announces the 2025 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Shortlists | Columbia Journalism School
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Really looking forward to this conversation with @awalkerinla.bsky.social. Disaster gentrification and insurance; zone zero and vulcan vents; rebuilding and retreating; community design and shelter in place; fire and the future of California — tomorrow at 1pm. www.torched.la/torched-talk...
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Torched Talks with climate journalist Susie Cagle
Bring your questions about rebuilding and recovery and join us on Wednesday, February 19 at 1 p.m. on Zoom
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Susie Cagle @suze.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
#journalismjobs here. My DMs are open for questions.
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