Lisa V Gray
Lisa V Gray
@lisavgray.bsky.social
All up in the weeds about marketing, words, images, nonprofits, leadership, and culture. O, and dogs. Mostly dogs. She/her/pro DEI
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The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."
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🧵 on how to personalize Bluesky & make it more useful. DYK on Bluesky, algorithms are call feeds. You can see a list of the ones you are currently using right now here: bsky.app/feeds and if you prefer, you can also make your own custom algorithms, aka custom feeds atproto.com/guides/custo...
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Godspeed to the economist because as recently as this Monday I’m still fighting with people telling me I don’t understand inflation. I mean people show up at places to yell at me over it. 🤷🏾♀️
I think this explains in the language of econ what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has been arguing in the language of sociology, but which many people deny because it doesn't show up in the charts. People grasp how vulnerable they are to life's vagaries, even if the lexicon they use is affordability.
Nope. @cnn - nope.
‘Not an Appealing Quality!’ Democrats on CNN Panel Rip Abdul El-Sayed Over ‘Cockiness’ The same pundits who tell female candidates to "smile more" now tell the Muslim Senate candidate to be more respectful to the white bigot who smears them with lies. #STFU www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
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I endorse this message.
No Kings response to Meta: “In the 24 hours before our account was shut down, we posted only a handful of times and livestreamed to thousands. Meta's "high-frequency" excuse doesn't add up…We need answers about why this happened & immediate action to ensure it never happens again.”
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A trillion dollars in interest expense — in one year. And a 100 basis-point rise across the yield curve would drive up 2027 interest costs by another $310 billion. “A snowballing of debt.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...
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27,000 New Yorkers lost their SNAP benefits due to cruel cuts from the federal government. If you’re one of them, NYC is here to help. As of October 1st, you can re-enroll for SNAP benefits. But there are new rules. Call 718-SNAP-NOW or visit nyc.gov/ACCESSHRA for help re-enrolling.
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In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org
I would like to be called a doctor pls.
Zacharia: "A lot of the misinformation, miscommunication is around the fact that I labeled myself a lawyer. I consulted for a long time many people in the field -- 'Is it ok if I label myself a lawyer?' -- and they said, 'Absolutely. You can call yourself a lawyer. You have a JD'"
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PS - is it just me or does Bannon look like he's auditioning to play Ben Franklin?
Steve Bannon issues warning to voters if they vote for Democrats in the midterms: “I think you’ll see Bobby Kennedy impeached, I’ll think you see Pete Hegseth impeached. I think you’ll see subpoenas flying every day. They will look to destroy Trump, and we’ll be bogged down for two years.”
Could congress possibly be more bogged down than it's been this year?
Steve Bannon issues warning to voters if they vote for Democrats in the midterms: “I think you’ll see Bobby Kennedy impeached, I’ll think you see Pete Hegseth impeached. I think you’ll see subpoenas flying every day. They will look to destroy Trump, and we’ll be bogged down for two years.”
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Theater/homosexual red alert! The epic 8-minute Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the 1982 Tonys has been remastered. Look at it! Listen to it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PsF...
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Does anybody anywhere find this compelling??
Dr Oz: "There are 5 times more people in parts of Obamacare in Florida than live in the state. It's impossible More than a third of people on Obamacare have never used the insurance policy once. If you were gonna pay your hard-earned money to buy insurance, would you ever use it? The answer is yes"
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@financialtimes.com - maybe move the mention of an illegal bribe from last paragraph to first paragraph?
The US president's promise is inescapably at the heart of the midterms campaign, a brazen gamble that could change the dynamic of the race. ft.trib.al/vsh8jRK
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Why even quote or care about Giuliani? How much disgrace does it take to make someone politically irrelevant? (I guess that bar is moving lower every day...)
In a story that's built on questions of Giuliiani's credibility vs. Mamdani's, the New York Times should have pointed out that Giuliani has been disbarred in both Washington, DC, and New York.
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"To his critics, it raises questions about the authenticity of some narratives that New Yorkers are viewing about their mayor." Is NYT a critic of the strategy that displaces MSM as the arbiters of "authentic narratives?" I'm not clear whether influencers are more trustworthy, but sheesh.
There is a story here—I think the emails quoted here suggest a degree of friendliness that’s shade past standard greasing. Maybe the relationships should be disclosed. But the story is not “used taxpayer money,” which is the serious charge that will get taken up elsewhere.
Are marketing and outreach illegal? Unethical? #confused
There is a story here—I think the emails quoted here suggest a degree of friendliness that’s shade past standard greasing. Maybe the relationships should be disclosed. But the story is not “used taxpayer money,” which is the serious charge that will get taken up elsewhere.
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“The Science Panel has reviewed all technologies that are available and there is not anything new and flashy on the horizon ... So there’s just not a magic silver bullet.”
The CRC Science Panel's analysis and recommendations on proposed fixes for the Outer Banks' severe beach erosion were not what the commissioners opposed to the state ban on oceanfront hard structures wanted to hear, nor was the chair's sharp rebuke. coastalreview.org/2026/09/crc-...
But why? How do Americans benefit? Is there anyone at @nytimes.com willing to question the cognitive sinkhole this type of silliness represents?
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Like his order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it most likely requires only federal entities to recognize the change. It does not have to be recognized by other countries.
Come on, @npr.org - shouldn't the headline more clearly state that this guy doesn't work for us??
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, held a rare meeting with Hamas leadership Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. n.pr/4zle6kh
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This whole thread yikes
NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/
@cnn.com - why not have ER Docs who worked Covid wards appear when you have Trump Admin folks on to talk about Dr. Fauci? You do have footage of those tents from 2020 and 2021, right?
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.