read this 👇 among the (!) details in this report, here are some from the first two paragraphs:

Texas stock exchange gets federal approval as state tries to compete with New York heavyweights via Paul Cobler texastribune.org/2025/10/06/tex… Texas Tribune #txlege

read the books you bought … read the books you bought… read the books you bought.

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if you have time this week and live in texas, you should go vote. it doesn't take very long and you get to decide how billions of your tax dollars are spent. this week is the last week to early vote.

Stay tuned for my think piece about how media literacy is so cooked people think that the highest marker of journalistic quality is “spelling every word correctly” instead of marveling at the miracle of two people producing a newspaper covering 12,000 square miles every week

have never once heard a local reporter talk like this lol

lowkey wanna fall in love but monday to friday is work, saturday is laundry, sunday is mental prep for monday. the butterflies in my stomach is actually decomposing

Teen Vogue gave me my first chance as a writer on a national platform. And again, as a senior editor. I have never loved a team the way I love that one. They care so deeply about young readers and helping them navigate life. Devastated doesn’t begin to cover it.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers on other sections, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

As Condé Nast folds Teen Vogue into Vogue’s website, Condé United and its parent union, NewsGuild, condemn the plan. hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

STATEMENT: (1 of 2) We strongly condemn Condé Nast's consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. ...

Instagram not having a pause button for reels is so irritating

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC this weekend:

Whether you’re interviewing Sydney Sweeney or Zohran I really need journalists to show idealogical consistency + ask tough questions *We’re not fans we’re critics* I think people are so desperate for access / engagement they’re willing to sacrifice journalism’s core tenets

One consequence of Zohran Mamdani appointing some 400 people to his transition committee is that those folks have been directed not to speak to media and it is making it challenging for journalists to find informed expert commentators, not even for inside info, just on policy.

everyone doing last minute thanksgiving shopping at HEB is an idiot except for me

If you woke up on this Black Friday looking to spend money, might I suggest putting it toward independent journalism? Yesterday offered a reminder of what this work can actually do—especially with a mainstream media that refuses to hold power to account. The settler I documented