👋 Heya folks, professional news: I’m joining at the end of January as a senior director of audience development. I’m honored by the opportunity and I am looking forward to flexing my skills in a different arena.
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Shooting at Nashville Christian school leaves at least 3 children and the gunman dead, officials say
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Really interesting new district-level dive out from showing how salient of an issue abortion remains for voters heading in 2024:
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Twitter and sports became symbiotic a decade ago, but Elon Musk's purchase left a complicated new reality for sports fans and the industry.
Data feature on , ft. insights from , , , , morningconsult.com/2023/03/27/spo… Show more
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IT IS SO, SO STUPID THAT THIS WORKED
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🧵🧵For years, Jared Woodfill has led extreme anti-gay campaigns in Texas, comparing LGBTQ people to child molesters.
And for years, he's known of child sex abuse claims against his longtime law partner and Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler.
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. spoke with dozens of team and league executives, digital marketers, advertisers and industry experts about the relationship between Twitter and sports in the Musk era. New in .
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“When it comes to nearly all travel behaviors, millennials are the generation most likely to engage — and they do so often,” our travel & hospitality analyst shares with .
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Gus was about to go on paid maternity leave. Please keep everyone at the Observer in your thoughts tonight and send job leads if you have them.
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Heard of this minutes before story pub'd b/c Trib asked for comment. I suppose I will be arguing tomorrow for this not to happen. Assuming that's in vain, I will need fairly urgent help from people who have worked with me or liked my work figuring out freelance and a new job. twitter.com/sewellchan/sta…
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I'm thinking right now about this piece about from /, which was published almost exactly a year ago to the day:
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The , a storied liberal magazine, is shutting down and laying off its 17-person staff after a 68-year run marked by feisty, combative and often humorous investigative work from a stable of renowned journalists.
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For #MaxFunDrive, the team open the mailbag to answer your burning questions, including:
If a game let you triple-click, what would triple-clicking do? 🤔🤔🤔
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The National Labor Relations Board just said that the new ruling banning overly broad non-disparagement clauses for layoffs is retroactive. If you're a laid of tech worker who previously signed one of these and are now free to talk shit, my DMs are open :)
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🚨 We're hiring two audience engagement producers to help connect our journalism & staff with people on social media and beyond.
• Salary range: $75k-$85k
• Remote within U.S.
• 17 days paid time off (+ Dec. 24-Jan. 2)
Read details & apply soon ⬇️
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I hoped I would never write this but of course I always had to, because the universe gifted me 18 years with the best and sweetest and saltiest cat:
I give you the ~ nice and accurate ~ story of Whiskey Bearcat, the 10,000 mile cat!
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Breaking: King Charles visit to France cancelled due to unrest
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Drag has deep roots in the Lone Star State.
Female impersonators got top billing at the State Fair of Texas a century ago, I found in the archives.
Drag's popularity leaped during Prohibition when folks went to underground clubs.
dallasnews.com/news/politics/ #txlege
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The millennial who heard Kesha at every dorm party to journalist pipeline is alive and well
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Note how WaPo funded a national representative survey to find uncovered narratives about trans people and are using that to guide their coverage rather than letting conservative nightmares serve as their assignment desk
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Top story on @washingtonpost this a.m.: Most trans adults say transitioning made them more satisfied. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/
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UH students protest for more mental health services, hold vigil after two on-campus deaths houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t via with and photos by
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How To Explain Drag To Your Children As They Hide During Active Shooter Drills
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I regret to inform you that this is working; this video is currently the most-viewed video on my channel.
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A person sitting next to us: “I was trying to be really loud with my shirt … and then y’all showed up.”
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Utah Rep. Burgess Owens — who has filed for bankruptcy protection five times — is against President Biden's student loan forgiveness program, saying, "debt cannot be canceled."
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🚨 NEW 🚨 TikTok Paid for Influencers to Attend the Pro-TikTok Rally in DC wired.com/story/tiktok-r via
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French President Emmanuel Macron has triggered widespread anger in France after bypassing the National Assembly to raise France’s retirement age, pushing his job approval rating to a record low. morningconsult.com/2023/03/23/emm via
Meta Verified? Twitter Blue? Most U.S. adults are not interested in paying for social media. morningconsult.com/2023/03/23/soc via
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Only 5% of consumers said they changed their primary bank provider as a result of the bank failures, but 23% are considering starting a relationship with a new bank in the next six months, an 8 point increase from February.
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Nearly 3 in 4 Americans (72%) said they prefer bottled water, while 28% said they prefer tap. morningconsult.com/2023/03/23/wat via
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America’s Favorite Bottled Water Brands:
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Pure Life: 42
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Crystal Geyser: 35
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...view the full list: morningconsult.biz/3K1u8IA
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I’ve long been a fan of the origin story of GREEN EGGS AND HAM (a bet from Seuss’s editor that he couldn’t write a book in just 50 words) but was unaware of these details
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