Ryan Singel
All into Indie publishing. Cofounder of Outpost Publishers Cooperative, (outpost.pub), not yet recovered former journalist, Contextly.
- Reposted by Ryan SingelThe Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
- I love seeing posts like this building up indie publishers and then seeing @outpost.pub member publishers listed. In this case we get to help power all three of them! Rascal, Aftermath and Mothership all run on ghost with help from Outpost Indie publishers using indie tech.
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- Reposted by Ryan Singel@attackerman.bsky.social on how the politics of counterterrorism led to ICE and CBP completing their transformation into a death squad — and why the agencies are unreformable.
- Reposted by Ryan Singel@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
- Reposted by Ryan SingelHi, Senator expert here. @wyden.senate.gov only does this when he's very stressed:
- Reposted by Ryan SingelWith the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.
- Reposted by Ryan SingelRecommended reading for anyone trying to wrap their head around today’s WaPo news www.linkedin.com/posts/mabaro...
- Reposted by Ryan SingelCOYOTE's featured alongside a handful of our fellow worker-owned outlets in @niemanlab.org today, talking about the reality of doing democratically managed journalism. Summary: It's a lot of fucking meetings! www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
- Reposted by Ryan SingelMost of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
- Reposted by Ryan Singelalways bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
- Reposted by Ryan SingelFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelI’ve launched a Citation Needed membership drive to celebrate publishing my 100th recap issue! Citation Needed critically covers cryptocurrency, the crypto industry, and its influence on policy. Paid subscriptions support much more than just the newsletter — here’s what goes into this work:
- Reposted by Ryan SingelAre you switching to Ghost? Come learn how to use Outpost to get, keep and win back more paying subscribers. Ask the Outpost team your questions directly! Coming up next Tuesday and it's FREE luma.com/mp1i5386
- Reposted by Ryan Singelthis handful of independent journalists (my former colleagues at Motherboard) do more impactful journalism than 75% of the corporate tech press on a fraction of the budget
- Reposted by Ryan SingelToday on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
- The feds took the bait arresting journalists but the church protest *inside the church* was a stupid tactic Who thought that was a good idea?
- Reposted by Ryan SingelDon Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released. But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway. Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
- Reposted by Ryan SingelBovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones
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- Reposted by Ryan Singelguess what... i made a website www.mothership.blog
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelPeter Yazzie, a Navajo man, was asked by ICE agents to prove he was a US citizen. He produced both US and Navajo IDs. They didn't care. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelTrump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms. www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
- Reposted by Ryan SingelThe findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public records, and testimony from an ICE official, shows what kind of technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelThis is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
- Changing my Signal handle to Self. Wanna catch those strays
- Reposted by Ryan SingelPeople not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
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- Reposted by Ryan Singelsupport mothership! ive got a couple pieces on the works and hopefully more in-depth, investigative pieces to come!
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelIndependent journalism is absolutely a form of resistance, thanks to the important work of @marisakabas.bsky.social @autonomynews.co @404media.co @assignedmedia.org @boltsmag.org. My latest in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelICYMI: Bottom of the Hill, “the first place in SF your favorite band played,” will close at the end of 2026. Read our exclusive interview with the famed music venue’s owners … and then get to a show. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
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- Reposted by Ryan SingelThe California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org calmatters.org/investigatio...
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- Donations are great. But subscriptions are the gift that keeps giving.
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- Would some reporter out there follow up with @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social about the TSA turning its Secure Flight system into an dragnet instrument for ICE? He knows more about DHS databases, travel systems and admin law than just about anyone papersplease.org/wp/2025/12/0...
- Just remembering that only 1 person in corporate media paid a price for cheerleading the Bush Iraq war that killed 1M+ people, created ISIS, had the U.S. embrace torture, & led to mass EU immigration crisis and fascist response. The worst foreign policy disaster in US history. All still employed.
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