Independent journalist covering internet culture, politics, and media in Spitfire News.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined December 2011
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I haven’t posted here in a while, but I wanted to let people who aren’t on Bluesky know something very exciting: I’m going independent.
Spitfire News launches later this month, where I’ll continue to cover internet culture, politics, and media.
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Daysia is hands down one of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with. Her expertise is so vital in this cultural era. Hire and commission her!!
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A few weeks ago, I was informed I was being laid off from NBC News. I’d been on bereavement and medical leave, so it was a bit of a shock. After taking some time to reset, I am now open/looking for work both in and outside of journalism. Get in touch at hello@daysiatolentino.com.
There’s a reason I don’t really tweet anymore, and it’s that moving to Bluesky has been much better for reaching an audience, seeing important content, and not being fed propaganda and rage bait. I’ll be writing about it more in my newsletter! See you there!
I’m launching as part of @beehiiv’s Media Collective, with more autonomy over my work than ever before. Subscribe now for free to get investigations, features, and commentary on news influencers, celebrities, misogyny, big tech, and more.
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Production Assistants are the backbone of NBC News NOW, but many of us struggle to afford basic necessities like food, rent, and transportation.
We’re issuing a clear demand to @NBCNews management today: pay us a fair wage NOW! (1/3)
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BREAKING: A lawsuit was filed against MrBeast on Tuesday by a former employee alleging they are owed unpaid wages and for "violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act."
A spokesperson for MrBeast declined to comment.
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I've had a lot of thoughts over the past week, but I keep coming back to the fact that I've spent the last decade trying to explain to editors and newsrooms why covering the internet is important.
And they didn't listen, so now we are here.
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I know everyone’s worried about what dudes are watching online rn but the gender war stuff is not limited to men. videos like this, which are all like, “hey girlies, that man you’re dating is in his ‘feminine era’ bc he wants to split the check” are everywhere and so regressive
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We need to have an frank talk about what it means — for journalists, for activists, for SWers, for anyone criminalized — that the owner of this platform will become a government official.
And what that means for DMs, bookmarks, burner accts— anything we thought of as "private"🧵
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omg the body keeps the score fr
We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in @NatureComms shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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calling women with male partners “male centered bird brains” living in “barbified shackles” is crazy btw
You need community. You need support. In order to get them, especially where there was none before, you need to engender them. Don’t look for who you can shut out. Look for who you can let in. Protect yourself, and then protect others.
I’m seeing a massive swell of rage from women and girls in response to the very real threats they’re facing—including threats of violence from men and boys, online and in real life. Remember: solidarity with the weakest among you. You have to help others to help yourself.
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so does anyone want to read my internet culture reporting and analysis, which particularly covers the gender gap and growing division of manosphere vs women's lifestyle content???????????
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I wrote about why Democrats won't "build their own Joe Rogan" and the vast differences in how the right wing influencers ecosystem functions vs left wing creator world usermag.co/p/why-democrats-w…
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This might sound like a stretch but a lot of bigoted platforms got legitimized and rose to fame via the Heard/Depp trial. Trash YouTubers, grifter ‘lawyers’, streamers, podcasters, etc grew their platforms by leading pile ons against AH, then were able to expand beyond the trial.
