@petrinkae.bsky.social
Data & graphics 🧙 @chalkbeat.org. 2026
@jskstanford.bsky.social fellow. Cofounder @transjournalists.org. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. petrinkae.github.io
email if you need to reach me
@muckrock.comReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialWired (@wired.com) is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. H/T @freedom.press.
@eclectichutch.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialAfter 34 years taking their collection from 1,000 to over 150,000 movies, Scarecrow Video’s beloved longtime buyer Mark Steiner is calling it a career after having helped shape Seattle’s (and the world’s) largest physical media store📽️
My story @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
@them.usReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialA Washington Post headline about a “free fall” in LGBTQ+ identification has the conservative internet rejoicing.
@ericmgarcia.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialSome ~personal~ news:
After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is [email protected]. My signal is emgarcia.85
@kffhealthnews.orgReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialAs residents protest a proposed natural gas pipeline, public health fears spread: “I’m stressed and I can’t sleep at night,” one resident says. “I have been pushed as far as I can be pushed.”
@philinvestigates.comReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialRight-wing Christian nationalist podcasters are using the tragic Massachusetts case of Lindsay Clancy to make a radical argument: women should lose the right to vote, end no-fault divorce, and live under strict male supervision. Here is a breakdown of what they are saying on video 🧵👇
@anntastic.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialclick thru to listen to the trailer for Hate State, a three part miniseries about how Colorado became a testing ground for far-right policies targeting LGBTQ+ people, co-produced and co-hosted by yours truly. First episode drops Oct 20.
@51st.newsReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialThe Sun’s publisher, billionaire Robert Albritton, has had his sights set on building a true competitor to the Post for decades. Now the advertising blitz has begun. 51st.news/washington-s...
@petrinkae.bsky.socialI love when people post "but we're not ready for that conversation" about things that queer people were writing personal essays about in the 80s. what if we've been having that conversation and u just don't read or talk to anyone
@amendelson.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialI've just updated the ATF Gun Traces page on the Gun Violence Data Hub with newly-released 2025 numbers. Lots of interesting stuff in there, give it a whirl datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/atf-...
@them.usReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialBasic fact-checking reveals the ad has nothing to do with the state of Ohio or Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
@capitalb.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialDarnese Foster was one of the thousands of Black women who lost their jobs when Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency gutted the federal workforce.
More than a year later, she is still looking for work to support her family.
https://bit.ly/4y624cM
@propublica.orgReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialNEW: A heavily redacted report obtained by ProPublica shows SpaceX used videos from Club Med tourists and Disney cruise attendees to learn more about a Starship rocket crash last year, seemingly using “the public to fill the gap,” in the view of one expert.
@motherjones.comReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialFear kept immigrants away from Medicaid. Now many can't come back.
@assignedmedia.orgReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.social@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct
Daniela Fuentes, a trans Cuban woman deported from FL to the Central African Republic along with thousands deported to countries where they don't know the people or language, must now hide her breasts and femininity and pass as a man just to survive.
@thebuckeyeflame.comReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialToday is LOCAL LGBTQ+ MEDIA GIVING DAY, an opportunity to support 18 LGBTQ+ newsrooms across the country (including The Buckeye Flame!) doing this critical work of LGBTQ+ journalism.
Help sustain LGBTQ+ news here! - givebutter.com/LGBTQMediaGi...
@amendelson.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialThanks to @boltsmag.org for answering my Q about the American Community Survey!
@thebuckeyeflame.comReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.social⭐ BRAND NEW SO GAY PODCAST EPISODE! ⭐
This News is So Gay (10/7/26): Diving Into the Gap Between Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws and Their Consequences
Featuring: @hcomeriato.bsky.social (The Buckeye Flame) and @petrinkae.bsky.social (@transjournalists.org).
@jazzmyth.bsky.socialReposted by @petrinkae.bsky.socialAbsolutely horrifying. Fear of sexual violence prevents women candidates from running for office — a gendered burden that impacts representation overall. It is brave for Bernadette Greene-Placentia to share this.
(NB Article contains graphic descriptions)
@petrinkae.bsky.socialHad a blast making my debut on TNISG with @kenschneck.bsky.social and @hcomeriato.bsky.social. We dug into coverage analysis, upcoming anti-LGBTQ+ ballot initiatives, and more.
