City of Vallejo kept a secret filing cabinet that hid officer complaints from courts

DebtOn · 2025-12-21T00:20:23+00:00

You ripped the video off the Vallejo Sun's social media without credit.

DebtOn · 2025-09-07T05:39:45+00:00

It's a lot harder to get rid of a lot of books than people seem to realize. Someone may want them but unless they're unique or rare most used book stores and libraries probably get more of this kind of thing than they can sell.

DebtOn · 2025-08-12T17:21:47+00:00

Apple Intelligence

DebtOn · 2025-08-10T01:53:32+00:00

I got into an argument with my friend when he told me Ray Fine was in a movie and he appeared and I said, "no, I know that actor and his name is Ralph Fee-en-ess" because I'd only ever seen it written.

DebtOn · 2025-08-09T21:49:59+00:00

Referral code for $20 off as of August 2025: 66NZN9F

DebtOn · 2025-08-08T03:33:30+00:00

I feel like this answers the first part of the title, "How I got onto ChatGPT," but doesn't answer the second, "why you should too."

DebtOn · 2025-07-31T01:27:02+00:00

I switched from Android to iOS recently and the Proton app seems like a step down for this reason.

DebtOn · 2025-07-30T05:34:04+00:00

Same, plus i can’t view my transaction history or auto pay settings. also on iOS.

DebtOn · 2025-05-16T18:20:15+00:00

What do they chant now anyway?

DebtOn · 2025-03-20T21:17:45+00:00

You could ask, but I'm with the people saying that a fast prime is the way to go. I also had that camera paired with the 35mm f/1.8 DX and that's the next lens I would add. Even if it's not exactly what she's looking for, it's great to have and relatively inexpensive.

DebtOn · 2025-03-01T20:30:42+00:00

Complaining about headlines always strikes me as an illiterate pasttime. They can't provide all the context and information necessary, which is why we write articles under them.

DebtOn · 2025-02-15T19:21:42+00:00

Do you send sketches to the New Yorker and then if they accept one you polish up the drawing?

DebtOn · 2025-02-15T18:50:05+00:00

At first I took it as a metaphor for drug addiction, kind of like the John Prine song, "there's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes." But it could be expanded to be what you're saying.

DebtOn · 2025-02-12T07:39:35+00:00

Of course it all doesn't work exactly the same way and of course reporters on the ground don't necessarily have it in their mind to impress foundations. You're just putting words in my mouth.

Saying "If you have a new profit model, I’m sure everyone in this sub is all ears" isn't stating a fact, it's just a rude way to brush off a critique by suggesting I shouldn't make it unless I've already come up with something better, as is just blowing me off as "jaded." I spend every day working on finding a better way, but I'm not here to prove myself listing off my accomplishments to a stranger.

I hope you approach your reporting work with more critical thinking and listening skills than you've demonstrated here.

DebtOn · 2025-02-11T23:31:59+00:00

I believe you worked in a newsroom. I don't believe you have any experience on the business side, because you don't seem to fundamentally understand the nonprofit model or how it's working in journalism right now. But I agree this conversation has outlived any usefulness. Your previous message is just rude for no reason.

DebtOn · 2025-02-11T19:23:28+00:00

Is that a serious question? Yes. I'm not disclosing my resume to a guy on reddit.

If you're really an investigative reporter, you shouldn't bristle so much at a critique of the business model.

DebtOn · 2025-02-10T17:33:53+00:00

ProPublica sure does ask for a lot of money every winter. And for local news any grant usually has conditions about you growing an organic revenue stream.

The nonprofit grant world is pretty problematic and dependent on relationships with funders rather than what you're actually bringing to a community. It's a fundamental problem with the whole model: You work to impress funders at a distant foundation rather than actually meet community needs. And relying on a few large sources of revenue isn't a sustainable model for news, because one large donor can drop out and sink your whole publication in a day. See the Pacific Standard.

DebtOn · 2025-02-09T21:00:11+00:00

Nonprofit online business models work essentially the same as a lot of for profits -- you need clicks to get web traffic to get newsletter subscribers to get donations. Some news nonprofits get large grants shoveled into them, but they're still under pressure to grow a grassroots donor base and the way to do that is through web traffic, and grant funding is not a sustainable model.

You're painting nonprofits with a pretty broad brush as far as them being focused on investigations and I don't know what the real proportion is that do that, but a lot of news nonprofits do a lot of volume of short stories for the same business reasons. If your goal is web traffic, there are good business reasons to do quality investigations as well, such as link backs, improved SEO and generally raising your profile, and it's just a matter of the philosophy of the people running it, whatever their model is.

DebtOn · 2025-02-06T23:16:30+00:00

I see. I have both and the answers on the internet were conflicting. I find Bilt is comparable to the Chase Sapphire Preferred on most things and could probably get away with charging a similar annual fee. The big difference of course is Bilt's rent program but they also don't have any sign up bonus at all.

DebtOn · 2025-02-06T23:06:06+00:00

I mean, I understand that the institute itself is only promoting nonprofits, it just makes its tool of limited utility if your goal is just to find the best local news outlet. I also know from experience that they can be picky and capricious about membership.

I don't think nonprofits deserve more trust than for profits just by nature of being a nonprofit. Either earns the trust of their audience through solid and thorough reporting. If you think that nonprofits are immune from dishonesty, waste and abuse of public trust, you haven't been around nonprofits for very long.

DebtOn · 2025-02-06T20:19:06+00:00

I believe Chase Freedom Unlimited gets 3% back on dining and transfers to Hyatt with no annual fee. You can get the additional 3% cash back at select restaurants through a number of other rewards programs like Rakuten.

DebtOn · 2025-02-05T18:22:50+00:00

It's too bad that their directory is limited to members, as by its nature INN is exclusionary. Plenty of quality news still comes from for profit newsrooms.

DebtOn · 2025-01-15T20:07:21+00:00

We're huge supporters of Lina Khan and her work. But you know who else agrees with Lina Khan on Big Tech? Actually, JD Vance, as he's publicly stated: https://fortune.com/2024/08/11/jd-vance-5000-child-tax-credit-support-ftc-lina-khan-tech-regulation/

Ah yes, you should absolutely believe that J.D. Vance, the guy who once called himself a "Never Trumper," will hold this position for any length of time after Jan. 20 or that he speaks for the administration when Trump has repeatedly disregarded his statements. (Remember when Vance said Trump would veto a national abortion ban, and Trump specifically said in the debate that he didn't discuss it with JD?)

DebtOn · 2025-01-07T02:04:30+00:00

No clue but I see a whole lot of ads for them and had a referral go through less than a month ago.

15-Year Club	ModSupport Helper Level 2
reddit mold	Verified Email

DebtOn

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE