“Legacy media is untrustworthy”.
“Real news comes from anon partisan clout chasers on legacy social media sites”
What astounding, heterodox ideas. And such a refreshing break from all the sheeple. Stunning, brave, accurate 😂

Short parable on the need for local journalism: My wife and I live in a small town (~25,000 people) in Middlesex County, NJ, where we recently had a referendum on whether or not to increase the fire department budget by about 60% (🧵 continues)

Excellent reporting by Mia Jankowicz on the Trump-NATO conundrum. Yes, Allies increased defence spending, but mainly due to the change in the security environment caused by Russia - and also by Trump making the US less reliable = the wrong way to do it.

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Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah was released on LE5,000 bail on Tuesday after the Cairo Appeals Prosecution questioned her on charges of “publishing false news” and “managing a website without a license,” said the website’s lawyer, Hassan al-Azhari.

The case, still…

Myself and Mia Jankowicz spent the past five months on this story about how the longest and bloodiest battle of Ukraine unfolded. Soldiers who survived told us how they fought for their lives and held on among trenches and collapsing buildings businessinsider.com/bakhmut-how-uk…

David Attenborough's agent tells me he's fine and working at home as usual.

This long read on the battle of Bakhmut is absolutely extraordinary. Proper first-draft-of-history stuff: In-depth, humane, forensic and deeply moving. Remarkable work by Mia Jankowicz & Sinéad Baker
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A powerful, forensic telling of the battle for Bakhmut in Ukraine from Sinéad Baker and Mia Jankowicz. The city had no strategic value at first glance, but became the symbol of the war and its longest and bloodiest fight. businessinsider.com/bakhmut-how-uk…

Today, we had a mini-package go up over at Insider Entertainment/Business Insider about the past, present, and future of fandom.

Here are three reported features that I'd be delighted if you checked out 👇

Russians destroyed a Ukrainian villager's beloved vinyl collection. The internet decided to replace them all. via Mia Jankowicz insider.com/reddit-faceboo…

my thoughts are with the Business vertical of Business Insider, formerly Insider, who was formerly Business Insider and will now presumably be called Business Insider Business. i love business i love inside

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: We're Business Insider! businessinsider.com/letter-from-bu… via Business Insider

Fast moving claims and counter claims, and Elon Musk has removed all the core features that made it even remotely possible to tell real journalists from fakes.

How did Hamas use drones to 'blind & deafen' Israel's border security & pave the way for its onslaught?

Here James Patton Rogers explains the tactics & tech behind the strikes & the impact they had on the attack: businessinsider.com/hamas-drones-t… Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy Business Insider Mia Jankowicz

A thought provoking assessment by Mia Jankowicz on how Hamas likely used rudimentary drones to 'blind and deafen' Israel's border and pave the way for its onslaught: businessinsider.com/hamas-drones-t…

Yes. And it’s called saving lives.