Spitballing/bargaining stage of grief: A “Washington Banner” outlet, spun off the successful Baltimore Banner and taking advantage of its backend, built out of laid off Washington Post Metro and Sports staffers and funded via a mixed nonprofit and subscription model…
If you ever want to feel like you live in “the ruins of a once great civilization,” then read a local daily paper from the middle of last century — our predecessors had more and better knowledge of their neighbors, their societies, and their local democracies than we do about our own.
Sports coverage is more than scores. It’s about the people, politics and cultural factors that drive it. Sports journalism adds vivid color and context to these dynamics. Without it, every sports fan suffers. Some of the best sports journalism all-time came from WaPo. Inexcusable loss.
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Growing up (especially in the pre-internet 80s/90s) the best part of my morning= digging into the Washington Post sports section before school. It was everything. Then there was the Sunday paper with a big breakfast, the best combo. So many talented people let go because of another evil Billionaire.
Everything about how we got here is just heartbreakingly, mind-bogglingly, irredeemably, self-servingly stupid.
So much incredible work done under trying conditions for low pay by smart people to educate us when we desperately need it, just tossed aside.
And for what? www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
It’s also important to note the importance of physical newspapers for accidentally reading things you might not have read ordinarily. And as I keep saying, give kids a chance to read something in their house.
Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives
now (and any time) would be a good time for liberals to make investments in media (instead of burning money on useless campaign ads like they have for the last 40 years)
the gutting of wapo is about using yet another legacy brand (like cbs) for right wing agitprop, while theres no left voice
As I waited for two buses that did not show with groceries for a family of 4 (because I can’t get my car out of the alley still), I realized it could be worse. So unacceptable @mayorbowser.dc.gov
As TX heads into what may be the biggest ice storm of the year, let’s get one thing straight before the disinfo starts.
Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places.
The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.
The House of Representatives just passed a bill to cancel energy efficiency standards for new manufactured homes…the bill would allow annual energy costs to be, on average, $475 higher than they would be under the standards www.aceee.org/press-releas...
Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
It is impossible to explain California Raisins to younger generations
“It was sort of an ad, but claymation, also they had a Christmas special? Where they sang Motown. We all had their action figures…”
"The growing demand for energy- and water-intensive hyperscale data centers, many of which are sited in rural areas due to land availability and lower energy costs, is further straining rural power systems and rural communities" ruralclimate.org/2025-rural-e...
New analysis from @climaterural.bsky.social: Rural America produces almost as many climate emissions as all of Russia, nearly 2x the emissions from global aviation & shipping, 3x emissions of Canada, and 6x the emissions of the UK ruralclimate.org/2025-rural-e...
The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too.
www.eenews.net/articles/rur...
I would love to see some independent investigative reporting on this - I honestly don’t know what to believe about this issue and I’m a Rad owner www.geekwire.com/2025/rad-pow...
