floodlights & darkness

floodlights & darkness seeks to provide a media space for good faith actors to help build a society based on human dignity, solidarity and collective action.

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

"Let them eat cake" - Marie Antoinette
"Let them wear pearls" - New York Times

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

Kyle Beach posts the Blackhawks “continue to attempt to destroy my case in court" after filing a motion Tues. asking his lawsuit be dismissed.
(The team says it had to file those docs then to meet court deadlines.)
Kyle grateful for an “outpouring of endless love and support…”

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@rwesthead Keep up the great work.

[Daniel Carcillo @CarBombBoom13]

As a sexual abuse survivor, I need to thank Rick Westhead publicly

Without his reporting & real journalistic practices, we would never have such a bright spotlight on all of hockey’s shortcomings, and victims would continue to suffer in silence

Much love @rwesthead

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

Here @AlizaChasan asks a noted race baiter for video of his most recent stunt for use at @PIX11.

Journalism is in such a bad place.

[Matthew Howard @gpkalltheway]

Pronounced me-me.

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

the 12 u.s troops who died at the kabul airport received more media attention than the following deaths

2400 u.s troops
3846 contractors
72 journalists
51 191 taliban fighters
444 aid workers
1 144 allied service members
66 000 afghan military members 47 245 civilians

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@michaelharriot This site is poison.

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@TSN_Sports @CanadiensMTL If you are tired of 'boys will be boys' or 'let's pile on this kid' dichotomy, read this:

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@spittinchiclets If you are tired of 'boys will be boys' or 'let's pile on this kid' dichotomy, read this:

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@CBCAlerts If you are tired of 'boys will be boys' or 'let's pile on this kid' dichotomy, read this:

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@Sportsnet If you are tired of 'boys will be boys' or 'let's pile on this kid' dichotomy, read this:

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@ImCSH @stockey63 @willardsworld @Sportsnet If you are tired of 'boys will be boys' or 'let's pile on this kid' dichotomy, read this:

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@MarkFurman16 @ThatNoahHanley @polish_man23 @Sportsnet @OHLHockey If you are tired of 'boys will be boys' or 'let's pile on this kid' dichotomy, read this:

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@InkAndOxide @jessmfla @Sportsnet A bigger context on this issue.

https://t.co/hRL7zjP6tg

[Lee Fang @lhfang]

Congressman Mike Waltz wants the US military to relaunch the Afghan war. He just sold an Afghan-focused defense contractor for a personal profit of up to $26 million. The deal was w/a contractor responsible for training the failed Afghan security forces. https://t.co/YrpsQRTVXg

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

And the U.S. is out of Afghanistan. It's hard to be positive about this withdrawal because the media is so hostile to the very idea of admitting defeat, but it was quite successful.

[Matthew Howard @gpkalltheway]

While this is a weird word salad of nonsense, it also perfectly exemplifies liberal ideology;
woke language & identity politics sold as virtue to deflect from policies that allows for more pipelines & greater wealth inequality. #canpoli

[Matthew Sitman @MatthewSitman]

Since "Orange Man bad" isn't a viable posture anymore, what we're seeing is that a decent number of high-profile commentators, journalists, etc have learned nothing these past 20 years and are simply reverting to form

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@ggreenwald from your thread.

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

Twitter, a two act play.

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@stepshep @BernieSanders Exactly

[floodlights & darkness @FloodlightsD]

@stepshep @BernieSanders You do not need to be part of a party to critique it. And you most certainly should not hold back criticism of a party you support, especially if you are a journalist.