rainey reitman
@reitman.bsky.social
Board President @Freedom.press | Author | Civil liberties advocate by day, runner and thru hiker on the side.
Author of "Transaction Denied," exploring speech & financial companies. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807019119/
Author of "Transaction Denied," exploring speech & financial companies. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807019119/
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As I said to the late great Dan Ellsberg - it’s is an honor to call you a friend ;)
My friend @johncusack.bsky.social was on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about our work at @freedom.press, including the new Penlight Prize for excellence in FOIA reporting. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld...
John Cusack Discusses the Viral Video of Him Catching a Foul Baseball at a Chicago Cubs Game
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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September 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
As I said to the late great Dan Ellsberg - it’s is an honor to call you a friend ;)
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My friend @johncusack.bsky.social was on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about our work at @freedom.press, including the new Penlight Prize for excellence in FOIA reporting. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld...
John Cusack Discusses the Viral Video of Him Catching a Foul Baseball at a Chicago Cubs Game
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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September 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
My friend @johncusack.bsky.social was on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about our work at @freedom.press, including the new Penlight Prize for excellence in FOIA reporting. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld...
My friend @johncusack.bsky.social was on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about our work at @freedom.press, including the new Penlight Prize for excellence in FOIA reporting. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld...
John Cusack Discusses the Viral Video of Him Catching a Foul Baseball at a Chicago Cubs Game
YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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September 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
My friend @johncusack.bsky.social was on Jimmy Fallon last night talking about our work at @freedom.press, including the new Penlight Prize for excellence in FOIA reporting. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ld...
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This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.
September 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.
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Statistics can be a force for good, but how?
In this profile by @amstatnews.bsky.social HRDAG's director of research Patrick Ball shares how he got into human rights work and what advice he has for students who want to use statistics to make a difference.
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In this profile by @amstatnews.bsky.social HRDAG's director of research Patrick Ball shares how he got into human rights work and what advice he has for students who want to use statistics to make a difference.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Statistics can be a force for good, but how?
In this profile by @amstatnews.bsky.social HRDAG's director of research Patrick Ball shares how he got into human rights work and what advice he has for students who want to use statistics to make a difference.
stattrak.amstat.org/2026/09/01/h...
In this profile by @amstatnews.bsky.social HRDAG's director of research Patrick Ball shares how he got into human rights work and what advice he has for students who want to use statistics to make a difference.
stattrak.amstat.org/2026/09/01/h...
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For those unclear about the reason for arresting the librarians over this book, a handy illustration:
July 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
For those unclear about the reason for arresting the librarians over this book, a handy illustration:
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It's been awesome to see @flfreedomread.bsky.social champion this and some sterling newsrooms like @wired.com and @404media.co picking up the transparency torch bsky.app/profile/reit...
The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only.
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Penlight Prize Offers $25,000 Award to FOIA Journalism Outside of Paywalls
I hear a lot about what’s broken in the economics of online journalism. It’s a topic that’s always coming up at SF happy hours I go to, maybe because so many of my friends are former journalists or…
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August 11, 2026 at 11:41 PM
It's been awesome to see @flfreedomread.bsky.social champion this and some sterling newsrooms like @wired.com and @404media.co picking up the transparency torch bsky.app/profile/reit...
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This is a good idea. It ain’t right to do a huge FOIA-based investigation and then put the danged write-up behind a paywall.
The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only.
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
Penlight Prize Offers $25,000 Award to FOIA Journalism Outside of Paywalls
I hear a lot about what’s broken in the economics of online journalism. It’s a topic that’s always coming up at SF happy hours I go to, maybe because so many of my friends are former journalists or…
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August 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is a good idea. It ain’t right to do a huge FOIA-based investigation and then put the danged write-up behind a paywall.
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I’m so proud to work with Rainey all these years since we founded FPF and the incredible work she Trevor and the entire org do on a daily basis
fighting and defending the rights and principals of a free press - under assault in so many ways.
It an honor to work with such great human beings
fighting and defending the rights and principals of a free press - under assault in so many ways.
It an honor to work with such great human beings
I'm so proud of @freedom.press and my colleague @johncusack.bsky.social for launching this initiative.
August 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I’m so proud to work with Rainey all these years since we founded FPF and the incredible work she Trevor and the entire org do on a daily basis
fighting and defending the rights and principals of a free press - under assault in so many ways.
It an honor to work with such great human beings
fighting and defending the rights and principals of a free press - under assault in so many ways.
It an honor to work with such great human beings
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The goal is freeing public interest journalism from paywalls - and we will win eventually -
Even a two week window -( keeping it behind a paywall and then releasing to a public data base ) would make a huge difference -
Even a two week window -( keeping it behind a paywall and then releasing to a public data base ) would make a huge difference -
The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only.
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
Penlight Prize Offers $25,000 Award to FOIA Journalism Outside of Paywalls
I hear a lot about what’s broken in the economics of online journalism. It’s a topic that’s always coming up at SF happy hours I go to, maybe because so many of my friends are former journalists or…
raineyreitman.com
August 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The goal is freeing public interest journalism from paywalls - and we will win eventually -
Even a two week window -( keeping it behind a paywall and then releasing to a public data base ) would make a huge difference -
Even a two week window -( keeping it behind a paywall and then releasing to a public data base ) would make a huge difference -
The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only.
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
Penlight Prize Offers $25,000 Award to FOIA Journalism Outside of Paywalls
I hear a lot about what’s broken in the economics of online journalism. It’s a topic that’s always coming up at SF happy hours I go to, maybe because so many of my friends are former journalists or…
raineyreitman.com
August 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Penlight Prize is the first step. My hope is that, in the coming years, publishing FOIA-based investigations outside the paywall becomes the default at news organizations across the country—even when the rest of the publication remains subscription-only.
raineyreitman.com/2026/08/10/p...
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“There's a reason Claude makes an announcement and Thomson-Reuters stock goes down.” @michaeljaylissner.com on @free.law and AI taraherman1.substack.com/p/freeing-th...
Freeing the Law: An Interview with Free Law Project's Executive Director Mike Lissner
A conversation with the Executive Director of Free Law Project on how AI can expand public access to the law, and building access to justice from the outside in
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August 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“There's a reason Claude makes an announcement and Thomson-Reuters stock goes down.” @michaeljaylissner.com on @free.law and AI taraherman1.substack.com/p/freeing-th...
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"What they do is very rigorous statistical extrapolations of information that’s not in the record, about wars, civil wars, coups, oppressive states, and they’re used for truth and reconciliation, human rights tribunals, war crimes trials."
July 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"What they do is very rigorous statistical extrapolations of information that’s not in the record, about wars, civil wars, coups, oppressive states, and they’re used for truth and reconciliation, human rights tribunals, war crimes trials."
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"I have a friend, Patrick Ball, who is the best programmer I know, and he founded and works at an NGO called the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). They’re one of the most important NGOs that no one’s ever heard of...
July 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"I have a friend, Patrick Ball, who is the best programmer I know, and he founded and works at an NGO called the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). They’re one of the most important NGOs that no one’s ever heard of...
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Author Cory Doctorow raves about HRDAG in his most recent book, a Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.
July 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Author Cory Doctorow raves about HRDAG in his most recent book, a Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.
I finished 'Yesteryear," after multiple friends raved about it. So now I can be the friend telling you: yes, you should read this weird and addictive book.
www.amazon.com/dp/059380421X
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Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel: Burke, Caro Claire: 9780593804216: Amazon.com: Books
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July 29, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I finished 'Yesteryear," after multiple friends raved about it. So now I can be the friend telling you: yes, you should read this weird and addictive book.
www.amazon.com/dp/059380421X
www.amazon.com/dp/059380421X
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Debanking — when financial institutions close the accounts of those flagged as problematic, including at the behest of the government – appears to be growing. @reitman.bsky.social reflects on the use of debanking, from Wikileaks to the Southern Poverty Law Center to the NRA. kpfa.org/episode/agai...
Financial Censorship | KPFA
Imagine, as a journalist or activist, trying to access your bank accounts and mysteriously finding them frozen. Debanking — when financial institutions close the accounts of those flagged as problemat...
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July 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Debanking — when financial institutions close the accounts of those flagged as problematic, including at the behest of the government – appears to be growing. @reitman.bsky.social reflects on the use of debanking, from Wikileaks to the Southern Poverty Law Center to the NRA. kpfa.org/episode/agai...
EFF Executive Director @nicoleozer.bsky.social just published her first blog post on Deeplinks - always such a milestone after joining @eff.org. Check it out.
New EFF Executive Director @nicoleozer.bsky.social discusses working to ensure a future of openness, security, and fundamental rights, not fear, surveillance, and centralized power. "I am proud to take the torch and help lead our EFF community forward at this pivotal time in history." 🧵 (1/5)
Building Our Future Together
In my first weeks as Executive Director of EFF, I’ve been reminded every day how consequential this moment is in determining what kind of future we will have. We are on the edge. What each one of us s...
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July 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
EFF Executive Director @nicoleozer.bsky.social just published her first blog post on Deeplinks - always such a milestone after joining @eff.org. Check it out.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission getting inundated with drawings of horses on Bluesky is really improving my week.
It would be the most beautiful front-facing horse you've ever seen. Thank you, Amanda!
Well, all right, since the US Consumer Product Safety Commission asked
July 11, 2026 at 1:25 AM
The Consumer Product Safety Commission getting inundated with drawings of horses on Bluesky is really improving my week.
So much truth in this — open.substack.com/pub/gregluki...
‘Pick Your Ten’: The best advice I ever got in my life
I used to think FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate’s wise words were only useful for people trapped in the middle of the culture war. But now we all are, so it’s useful for everyone.
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July 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
So much truth in this — open.substack.com/pub/gregluki...
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Want a compelling summer read that also supports press freedom?
Our board member @reitman.bsky.social's new book, “Transaction Denied,” explores how financial companies can become censors — and why that should concern anyone who values free expression.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
Our board member @reitman.bsky.social's new book, “Transaction Denied,” explores how financial companies can become censors — and why that should concern anyone who values free expression.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
July 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Want a compelling summer read that also supports press freedom?
Our board member @reitman.bsky.social's new book, “Transaction Denied,” explores how financial companies can become censors — and why that should concern anyone who values free expression.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
Our board member @reitman.bsky.social's new book, “Transaction Denied,” explores how financial companies can become censors — and why that should concern anyone who values free expression.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
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Sunday Long Read: How @hrdag.org and our coalition partners are lifting up the names of police officers who kill through an ambitious data and public records project. hrdag.substack.com/p/naming-pol...
Naming Police Officers Who Kill in California
Structural Zero 12: New Functionality in the Police Records Access Project Highlights the Names of Individual Police Officers
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July 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Sunday Long Read: How @hrdag.org and our coalition partners are lifting up the names of police officers who kill through an ambitious data and public records project. hrdag.substack.com/p/naming-pol...
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I'll be speaking with author and owner of indie bookstore Obodo Serendipity Books on July 9. Registration info here.
June 29, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I'll be speaking with author and owner of indie bookstore Obodo Serendipity Books on July 9. Registration info here.
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Author @doctorow.pluralistic.net describes why he loves HRDAG and our work using AI to analyze and find hidden patterns in records of state violence.
July 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Author @doctorow.pluralistic.net describes why he loves HRDAG and our work using AI to analyze and find hidden patterns in records of state violence.
I'll be speaking with author and owner of indie bookstore Obodo Serendipity Books on July 9. Registration info here.
June 29, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I'll be speaking with author and owner of indie bookstore Obodo Serendipity Books on July 9. Registration info here.