Years of sweat and advocacy.

Elise Cutts@elisecutts.bsky.social · 3d ago

Wow. $15,000-20,000 refundable tax credit (you get the money like a grant if your taxes aren't as high as the benefit) for keeping journalists hired. $15,000 for hiring new ones. $7,500 for hiring part-time. For-profit, nonprofit, **sole-proprietors** — doesn't matter. How did this happen???

I was walking home from the library and wanted to say thanks to anyone who’s been rooting and pushing for me thus far. Starting a business is hard for anyone. Lots of hard days mixed with glimmers these last almost two years. The fact that I’m still able to work at all is quite a blessing.

Full gallery/usage: www.nwachukwu.works/-/collection... A first half goal by Paige Metayer and strong second half defense guide Washington Spirit past Bay FC 1-0. #NWSL #WoSo #Washington #Spirit #BayFC

All my accounts are negative, but I still try take extra waters or snacks from a media room when I see folks with signs. My coin bag is for emergency Metro fare and b/c someone needs it, too. Not easy always but important. I’m lucky there’s a consistent income in our home. Lots aren’t so lucky.

cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug@hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 6d ago

today, can YOU, person reading this, say that YOU are also feeding & assisting oppressed people???? if no, why not?

I added some archival work and re-edits for the print shop! It felt stressful at first, but good doing some housekeeping. All human seen and produced. I hope that you find something that you like or might gift to someone else! www.nwachukwu.works/-/collection...

any statement like ‘Gen z have no literacy/cannot write/spell/communicate’ that is not also coupled with ‘their means of learning has been eradicated by tech fascism and government removal of funding’ is not worth listening to or boosting. the kids are living under the regime we allowed

For @xtramagazine.com, I spoke to organizers of the trans joy rally outside Barclays before the Liberty/Fever game, as well as the organizers of the “Trans People Belong in Sports” sign distribution inside the arena: “We believe that fans made this league, so fans can lead the way.”

Anti-trans hate came to the WNBA. Fans are fighting back | Xtra Magazine

From organizing a “Trans Joy Rally” to handing out supportive signs at games, fans aren't letting anti-trans discourse define the league

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30-45 minutes of necessary blowing off steam.

With help from the Bears, Ace Hardware, pro athletes and more Keith Lee and the City of Gary brought a day of relief, community and sorely needed joy to Gary. Over 1,000 meals, 1,000 drinks and 2,000 buckets of emergency supplies were delivered. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news... #BlackskyNews

Influencer Keith Lee holds massive storm relief giveaway for residents in Gary, Indiana

Thousands of Gary residents lined up for everything from food to household essentials.

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It’s been a long weekend. I’ve been on the receiving end of some good energy, and my body is tired from stress + contorting myself like a pretzel. My eyes are crossing from staring through a 1” viewfinder and at a computer screen with thousands of images. No editing tonight; just a treat and sleep.

Are there any #Booksky folks — readers, authors, press — also here?

Tim Nwachukwu@timnwachukwu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Photographing panels and whatnot at the National Book Festival today, and the day’s FLOWN by so far. So many great panels; I‘m really grateful to be here. I wish that I had shadow clones for the other cool installations and programs.

Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.

Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help

A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...

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Photographing panels and whatnot at the National Book Festival today, and the day’s FLOWN by so far. So many great panels; I‘m really grateful to be here. I wish that I had shadow clones for the other cool installations and programs.

Gallery/usage: www.nwachukwu.works/-/collection... The Minnesota Lynx get double figures from four players — including 20+ for Olivia Miles and Natasha Howard — and force 14 turnovers to defeat the Washington Mystics 94-84. #WNBA #TheW #Minnesota #DC #Basketball #Photography

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Running an indie photojournalism service is hard. As bills stack up, a voice in my head sometimes says “Dawg, just give it up. No one cares.” Tho, people like to understand parts of the world and where they connect. Being trusted to share stories with consciousness and consideration is a privilege.

I hit a really nice groove on my World Cup zine and now it’s time for bed. It’s been a month-long labor of love between other work. I’m excited for folks to see it when it’s done. If 100 people ordered digital and/or print copies, I’d ugly/happy cry. Idk how some casually sell thousands/millions 😂

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Gonna pin this for a bit while I do some more research and find some other fun side quests beyond the usual sports + event coverage. It'd be dope to get in touch with a shop or customers within a few hours of the DMV! Doesn't have to be a fancy/classic car rebuild, but those are welcome 🚘

Tim Nwachukwu@timnwachukwu.bsky.social · 3w ago

Do you/someone you know run a gas-to-EV conversion company? I‘d like to learn about + photograph the labor and economic processes for Nwachukwu Works. My goal is to unpack the sustainability and affordability for businesses and consumers. Please share! DMs are open or email me: tim@nwachukwu.works

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Even if I wanted to: I’ll never forget Christian Petersen calling me and an Asian colleague “The Diversity” during the Tokyo Olympics. I’ll never forget reporting it and upper management doing nothing about it, but making me rehash the story to them for weeks. THAT was when I realized the game.

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 3w ago

I didn't follow the Arday story closely. It's pretty clear though that plagiarism allegations against Black professors are seen as a major news story because many ppl see Black success and intelligent as automatically illegitimate. So the real "scandal" is that Black ppl are professors at all. 1

Do you/someone you know run a gas-to-EV conversion company? I‘d like to learn about + photograph the labor and economic processes for Nwachukwu Works. My goal is to unpack the sustainability and affordability for businesses and consumers. Please share! DMs are open or email me: tim@nwachukwu.works

A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported to Honduras. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents

After their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents.

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Water in this Western Maryland community is so expensive that residents put off bathing

Water in this Western Maryland community is so expensive that residents put off bathing

In Allegany County, water rationing is driving a government takeover of a corporate-owned utility.

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Played some dank records, read a bit from “Basketball: A Love Story,” and had some friends over for our family dinner. Life is hard. But the balance often is what we take in and the people we include (or who choose to include us) in community. If something good is in the glass, it’s full to me.

I swear, the keys were in my bag! Except when I took them out to look for something in the car (that actually was in my camera bag) on my way out, and set them on the dining table. Shit, I’m running late 🥴

Full Snack Developer@chocl8grl.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Just lock in!" Friend, I have ADHD. I am locked out with the keys inside.

Gallery/Usage: www.nwachukwu.works/-/collection... The Washington Commanders open the NFL preseason with a 20-7 win over the Miami Dolphins. #NFL #Football #Commanders #RaiseHail #Dolphins #PhinsUp #Photography

Gallery/usage: www.nwachukwu.works/-/collection... Author Dave Zirin released his newest book “The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn” yesterday in Washington, D.C. The book focuses on events and people who shaped Zinn, and his approaches to commentary and social activism.

Nine PBS lost access to its archives in March when Open Source Storage, failed to renew its annual contract. Nine PBS should have had 30 days to retrieve its data, according to the lawsuit. Instead, OSS cut access to the data, attorneys alleged. | Shelly Bradbury www.denverpost.com/2026/07/29/s...

70 years of St. Louis history is stuck in a Denver data center, PBS station claims

A St. Louis PBS station says its 70-year archive of programming is stuck in a Denver data center after a storage company cut off the station’s access to the 50 terabytes of data this spring.

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I hate to get the begging bowl out, but I need more paid subscribers to keep 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 going! Post-World Cup freelance landscape is a bit bleak. I'm running a $5 season ticket offer. Have written an open letter here 👇

📫 An open letter from Graham (the guy who writes this newsletter)

The Soccer Dispatch really needs your support to continue!

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