The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) board of directors voted on Wednesday to affirm the organization’s existing definition of who is a journalist and rejected claims it planned to change its definition to exclude particular groups. Read more: cpj.org/2026/07/boar...

Board votes to affirm CPJ’s existing definition of who is a journalist - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) board of directors voted on Wednesday to affirm the organization’s existing definition of who is a journalist and rejected claims it planned to change its de...

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Incredibly important statement from my colleague Sara Qudah given the recent misinformation directed around CPJ.

Committee to Protect Journalists@pressfreedom.bsky.social · last mo.

“I am writing to defend the very principle of documentation itself," writes CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah, in an op-ed for @thenewarab.bsky.social. Read more⤵️ www.newarab.com/opinion/sett...

Why Saying Things That Are Definitely Not The New Punk Rock Is The New Punk Rock

Ohhh look at me I'm New York City. I have an awesome basketball team with likeable players and a mayor that cares about making life better for every citizen man fuck you

Hungarian police said they will not prevent anyone from taking part in next month’s Budapest Pride parade, signaling a shift in LGBTQ+ policy in the country since PM Péter Magyar took office earlier this month.

Budapest Pride allowed to take place in 2026

The decision signals a shift in LGBTQ+ policy in the country since Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office.

politico.eu

If Knicks win the title, Mamdani gets to be Mayor for Life. Those are the rules.

I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...

Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain

AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.

404media.co

In this house we stand for the flag

Niko Stratis@nikostratis.com · 4mo ago

just in time for pride month, happy to announce I designed the Hot Dog flag

New Yorkers: Now's your time to shine. Years of watching cops stand around at turnstiles twiddling with their phones has us all geared up to take surreptitious photos of law enforcement agents doing nothing at all to solve problems around them. bsky.app/profile/cono...

Wow

Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather

This is a wonderful

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Johnny Carson once said the fastest measurable unit of time is that which elapses between when a light turns green in NY and someone honks their horn. But the speed with which Trump's name will be torn off his monuments to himself when he's gone will be greater. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Everything’s Antifa when you don’t know how to read.

🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪@murderxbryan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary

this old punk has whole lot of organizing skills. they come in handy.

Can confirm that the new Williamsburg bike entrance is as good as we all hoped for.

Eric Helms@ericphelms.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I am not exaggerating in least when I say that I cannot wait to get off work simply so I can ride through this new bike entrance.

I am not exaggerating in least when I say that I cannot wait to get off work simply so I can ride through this new bike entrance.

Miser@misernyc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

*extremely Dermot Shea voice* It's antifa

New York City Council@council.nyc.gov · 8mo ago

Wonder what right-wing influencers are thinking right now? This sheet-pan banitsa will make you feel like you're in Sofia.

This is a great start!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

getting dave portnoy out of new york is one of the most compelling arguments in favor of zohran

Your move, New York!

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In Milwaukee, police will now be able to impound any vehicle driven recklessly. City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”

NYC journalists: Be there.

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - vía @pressfreedom.bsky.social cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds

Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds

The International IDEA’s survey of democratic markers finds US is offering ‘encouragement’ to populist leaders Press freedom around the world has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years as global democracy weakens dramatically, a landmark report has found. According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), democracy has declined in 94 countries over the last five years and only a third have made progress. Continue reading...

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“It is outrageous that the Israeli army dares to first launch a campaign to smear Anas Al-Sharif as Hamas in order to discredit his reporting and then kill him and his colleagues for speaking the truth to the world,” UN #HumanRights Office of the High Commissioner experts said.

Gaza: UN experts appalled by murder of Al Jazeera correspondents in Israeli strike

GENEVA – The deliberate killing of four Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, including correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, was an attempt to silence reporting on the ongoing genocide and starvation campaign in…

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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

"The man who is not yet mayor is to blame for a shooting that happened under the watch of an ex-cop mayor who's thrown every available dollar at the NYPD," insists sex pest

Jeffery C. Mays@jeffcmays.bsky.social · last yr.

Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...

When my professional life collides with my personal life.

BrooklynVegan@brooklynvegan.bsky.social · last yr.

GWAR's Blothar encourages people to "rise up" in defense of public media: "This could very well silence music!" www.brooklynvegan.com/gwars-blotha...

ok new york you earned a week of talking about bodegas like they're not just a corner store

Ridgewood at the top!

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

See how your district voted in the New York City mayoral primary here. nyti.ms/3Tc4zs9