Ariana

Blatina 🇵🇦 Chicagoan. abolitionist. bad feminist. comms person. Talk to me about: the Golden Age of Hollywood, books, dance, pop culture, sports, travel.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Kristof deserves no credit for this; this is how he and the NYT continue their clean up job of manufacturing the case for genocide. Not only did he spend much of the past two years spreading pro-genocide propaganda - even urging us to consider why the Israelis would want to kill everyone - but he even slips in here the still unproven Israeli claim that women were raped on Oct 7.

Imagine sharing a piece in which you share actual testimonies from Palestinians about the sexual violence they’ve experienced at the hands of their occupiers, their genocidaires, and you still propagate a pro-genocide claim without any evidence.

[Parul Sehgal @parul_sehgal]

And this, which is so beautiful to me. As she says later -- "It’s an inability to be self-critical, which I see as key to all brutality."

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women https://t.co/qFbYQnCT1B

[Jada Yuan @jadabird]

Actually I’m going to tell the @washingtonpost story. My father in NM had a mini-stroke (he’s doing great now) and then The Post implemented RTO. I asked for a week every other month to work remotely from there because it’s impossible to do a quick trip to rural NM from NYC.

[Daniel Singer Prize @singerprize]

We are excited to announce the launch of the 2026 Rosa Luxemburg Journalism Fellowship. We will award $30,000 to an early to mid-career journalist with a history of progressive writing. Learn more and apply here. https://t.co/cpLFgc8eLi

[Ariana @AriValde]

He's so ridiculous

[Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt]

At Raja Krishnamoorthi’s election night party. In case you’re wondering, the senate candidate has spent more than $20 million on succeeding Dick Durbin but the campaign party is cash bar.

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

Brandon Johnson met with men incarcerated at Sheridan Correctional Center Sunday, during an extraordinary visit by a sitting Chicago mayor to an Illinois prison. https://t.co/8q7RpshB5R

[Chicago Int'l Film Festival @chifilmfest]

Happy birthday, Chicago!

To celebrate, we made a @letterboxd list of our favorite Chicago movies — take a look (and tell us what we're missing!): https://t.co/HUDmHxKPE1

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Pro-Israel groups spent millions to unseat @CoriBush in 2024. Now, she is running for Congress again.
https://t.co/DvbPnZOS5F

[Charles Preston @_CharlesPreston]

.@ChicagoMag's decision to name an ardent white nationalist among Chicago’s ‘Top 50 Most Powerful’ isn’t just embarrassing, it’s a staggering failure of judgment. What the fuck are y'all doing over there?

Not only are you boosting the profile of a white supremacist, but you're seeking to profit from it too.

Also, the racist doesn't even live in Chicago and streams from Berwyn, IL.

You all went out of your way to include him on the list, which speaks volumes about your editorial decision-making and lack of concern for Chicago's communities.

[Jay Jones @jonesjay]

The closing of the Richmond Free Press is a loss for our Commonwealth. A pillar of Virginia’s Black community, it told our stories and demanded justice. Growing up, my grandma Corrine had my dad bring copies home to Norfolk from Richmond as those pages carried our voice and our history.

[Emmanuel Felton @emmanuelfelton]

The other reporter on my team covering race was also laid off as well as the editor in charge of race coverage across national. The team covering America beyond DC is now 90% white.

[Ron Charles @RonCharles]

I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done. https://t.co/9wlYlVMgWK

[WIRED @WIRED]

Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones. https://t.co/ZjzRsQ2CGG

[Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson]

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. https://t.co/eYkzrxoGwR

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

NEW: Every morning for the past week or so, a group of ~24 clergy in Portland, Maine drive out to a business.

They form a line near a door, shielding a group of mostly immigrant workers as they exit their shift.

Then faith leaders stare down DHS agents. https://t.co/n2msOapSov

[Ariana @AriValde]

I don't even live in Philly but I love the Inquirer especially their culture section

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable
https://t.co/foxBIJk7yS

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The Border Patrol’s killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota sends a message that “masked federal agents can murder you in cold blood, simply because an American citizen exercising their Second Amendment rights scares them,” @Tyler_A_Harper argues: https://t.co/gfr25e5Ajt

[Ayesha A. Siddiqi @AyeshaASiddiqi]

this is a good time to develop a plan for what martial law and restrictions on movement/travel could/would look like for you in your community and in your life; ways to continue meeting needs, who around you might need help or could offer it etc. I would do this by end of march

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026