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My limited series for @coolzonemedia.bsky.social, Anti-Vax America, won the Webby People's Voice Award in the limited series news and politics category. I am now officially an award-winning podcaster.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

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Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

A "lost dog" flyer that has a robotic dog with Mark Zuckerberg's face

I'm Californicating

And if your portfolio automatically aggregates the featured image along with the article headline, you will likely receive a threatening email demanding money

Freelance journalists who use automated portfolio websites to aggregate links to their article are being hounded for alleged copyright violations because many automated portfolio websites also aggregate licensed images. I'd love to hear thoughts about this from lawyers with copyright experience.

He has met left wing people but was surprised by how traditionally minded they were but also what he said was obviously hyperbolic

A friend of mine from Dallas who enrolled in a masters program in Italy told me while on a recent visit home that he has become racist against Italians. I asked why. He explained: "imagine an American guy doing something really racist — that's the LEAST racist Italian guy." Also, no dive bars.

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

Good week of stories at the @texasobserver.org.

1. @stevanzetti.bsky.social on a right-wing news outlet publishing anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference: www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

One tidbit I forgot to mention: the Dallas Express didn't merely cite Zero Hedge, a far right blog known for promoting Austrian economics and conspiracy theories, as a justification for fake bylines — they have republished numerous Zero Hedge articles

dallasexpress.com/guest-author...

Chart showing declining pro-civil-rights rulings over time.

WaPo analysis confirms that because of Trump's justices, the Supreme Court has moved from expanding civil rights to curtailing them. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Is it standard practice to blow up a sword or is that only if it is a blade cursed with evil magic

1 in custody, no threat found after suspicious package investigation in Downtown Dallas, police say Dallas police have given the "all clear" after investigating a suspicious package Tuesday afternoon in Downtown Dallas.

If I understand this correctly, Dallas Police responded to an SUV parked in an intersection, the cops reported they "saw something" in the SUV, a bomb squad blew open the back of the SUV, no threat was found, and now the owner is under arrest for disrupting traffic.

www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/d...

A full week of Genius rank on Spelling Bee

I showed this to my wife and she said I'm starting to scare her

Read my latest article in the Texas Observer.

It is, in the words of UT Austin journalism professor John Schwartz, "A great look at sleazy tactics from the Dallas Express, a Republican website that claims to be a news organization."

I really hope Trump had been playing Civilization VI but I don't think he has the patience for that sort of thing

Things were a lot simpler when there was only one gender

lol

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

A great look at sleazy tactics from the Dallas Express, a Republican website that claims to be a news organization. @stevanzetti.bsky.social quotes me as a source on journalistic ethics, but don't hold that against him.
www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

I've got to correct the record here: I have never "doxxed" DOGE personnel, as Chris Putnam claimed I did, but I do have great respect for the journalists who did unmask various DOGE staffers.

A radical-left political hack who gets paid to write hit pieces for fringe-left, fake news outlets (and his own bizarre website) was big mad about our exclusive on Texas State Rep Gene Wu's son being reported to state law enforcement authorities for being a "school safety" risk after he pulled a knife on a teacher in front of students and a history of other troubling behaviors. a.) The story is true and the alert by local authroties to state law enforcement agencies was quoted accurately. b.) He did nothing to disprove the story's truthfulness or accuracy, and couldn't even get Wu on the record. c.) On-background sources are perfectly ethical if credible, and particularly if can be corroborated by a second source. There was once this thing called Watergate and a source named Deep Throat you might remember.

d.) Many outlets these days including ZeroHedge and others have embedded investigative reporters that use pseudonyms to protect their identities, and because so many were canceled by people like this clown. This guy doxxed DOGE personnel himself. DX did not name the child or school although we were perfectly within our legal right to. e.) This story was 100% in the public interest - the child's violent behavior was reported by local authorities to state law enforcement agencies as a public safety concern. The parents of other children at that school/ community have an absolute right to know. So in his silly/sad attempt to challenge DX's credibility he instead provided a perfect use case for why the far-left media propaganda liars are absolutely apoplectic about the wild success of independent new media.

They have lied for so long about so many things that they've lost all credibility and trust with all but the most TDS-inflicted. They are angry that they no longer have exclusive domain over what you read, think and influencing your vote and throwing tantrums like immature, petulant children. Truth is sacrosanct and DX's foundational, guiding principle. It's not just a suggestion - it's everything. The lying legacy media still hasn't learned that critical lesson yet can't seem to figure out why they've hemorrhaged their audience. But thanks for refreshing the story. Here it is again for those that missed it. Do me a favor and share it around some more. It's had over a million views across platforms and channels to date.

Chris Putnam, the Dallas Express CEO who did not respond to our request for comment, made a long post on X with his reaction to the story. As a part of his justification for admittedly publishing the article under a pseudonym is that Zero Hedge does it. He also compared DX to the Washington Post.

Perhaps in the same way that Sbarro is Italian food

A white boy with motion stays in motion

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

The right-wing Dallas Express published anonymously sourced allegations about a juvenile son of a Democratic lawmaker. The article was published under a fake name and republished on Yahoo News. Journalism professors said it violated basic journalism ethics.

www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

It's so cool how no one who lives outside of a major media market will know what's going on anymore

Last bullet point

It's a big club and unfortunately you're probably in it

‘Gossip and Sleaze’: Dallas Express Smears State Rep’s Son Under Fake Byline The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is likely an Ayn Rand reference.

This is excellent much-needed reporting from @stevanzetti.bsky.social holding the Dallas Express accountable for publishing a wildly unethical piece with a fake byline and unnamed “law enforcement officials” sources targeting the child of a Democratic lawmaker

www.texasobserver.org/dallas-expre...

NO RUNOFF