In my endless (and endlessly annoying) quest to find somewhere to post on the internet that doesn't suck:

- TikTok www.tiktok.com/@juliaccarpe...
- Instagram www.instagram.com/juliaccarpen...
- Substack Notes (kinda fun, honestly) juliaccarpenter.substack.com

Anyway! Good luck out there, y'all!

what a gift

Cascading shelves of salmon colored False Turkey Tail mushrooms grow down the side of a lichen speckled log All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

making money moves

every single time I walk into the library I'm like "wow I fucking LOVE THE LIBRARY" and that has been the case since I was 5 years old

i love the public library. an elderly woman helped me print out some interview transcripts and i helped her print out some photos of roosters she pulled off google. two queens maximizing their joint slay.

Journalists have a ‘messaging problem’ when it comes to defending fact-based media - Poynter At a time when trust in the media is low, journalists must be more transparent about their work, experts say

As part of the Poynter Institute’s National Advisory Board, I sat on a panel w/Politico’s Anita Kumar led by fact checking expert Angie Holan on state of fact checking and attacks on press. My take: Supporters of a free press expect us to fight. READ: loom.ly/XAIEInc

Journalists covering all things animal, vegetable & mineral have really been bright spots in my feed of late

Inside Candace Owens plans to dominate women's media The conservative influencer is launching a multi-platform women's media brand, book club and fitness app aimed at targeting young mothers.

While Owens says she wants to cover mainstream issues affecting mothers and women, she primarily rallies her audience around conspiracies that attack women.

Is it just me or is everyone in a collective mid-life crisis

Hi Bluesky! I'm looking to chat with new aunts and uncles for a story for @wsj.com.

I want to talk about how you're financially involved in the new baby's life, how you're budgeting for travel and gifts, the convos you've had with the new parents, etc. Please DM if this is you!

Graffiti wall art by @Steeke13. Text reads “THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS”

Seen in Venice Beach today

My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.

Lastly!

- my avatar is my favorite painting from the incredible Dayris Felix
- my banner is but a small segment of my favorite Lisa Yuskavage painting — please admire its entirety below 💖

In 2024 I left my full-time job at The Wall Street Journal to host Apple News's flagship podcast, Apple News in Conversation. I'd love to host a podcast again — I had the best time working with that phenomenal team!

see what she has to say about life Ella Watson, Gordon Parks and more

- the queen of the Times Square porno theater juliaccarpenter.substack.com/p/scarf-of-m...
- the women who survived the Manzanar War Relocation Center juliaccarpenter.substack.com/p/some-thing...
- the muse behind Gordon Parks's "American Gothic" juliaccarpenter.substack.com/p/see-what-s...

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I write a weekly newsletter profiling once-forgotten women from history — check it out! juliaccarpenter.substack.com

I'm linking to some especially interesting editions below

Hi, Bluesky! I'm a writer based in Brooklyn.

I write and report on all sorts of things:

- the wealth gap between single people and couples
- the rise of the divorce memoir as its own subgenre
- the ways in which burnout and anxiety affect our spending
- how people get books past prison censors