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Jim Clarke

@jimclarkeden.bsky.social

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The Associated Press director of membership and major accounts. Four decades as an ink-stained wretch. Denver based. I contain multitudes, and they never get along. Native Rhode Islander. Dad. Husband. Apparently descended from Roger Williams.

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 2h

Hmmmm … I’d love to hear you expand on this during the next few months. Given your background, I’m especially interested in whatever historical parallels you can map to this moment. Helps me understand things in real time.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 3h

New York Board of Elections says city surpasses 2 million votes in NYC.

Read more here: www.msnbc.com/politics/liv...

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 2h

As the kids say, the vibes, they have shifted.

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 2h

Mamdani gets next week’s New Yorker cover:

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 5h

The Churchill War Rooms tour is really cool if you're into that sort of thing.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 6h

A UPS plane crashed on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, airport | AP News apnews.com/article/kent...

UPS plane crashes on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, airport, igniting huge fire on ground

Officials say a UPS plane crashed on takeoff from the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, igniting a huge fire on ground.

apnews.com

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 12h

Nerdy/extremely cool piece on potential concussive injury from shooting at indoor ranges

This applies newer military findings about accumulated blast damage to the brain over time (as especially reported re special operators)

Much additional research needed /1

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries (Gift Article)

The Times tested the blast waves of several popular civilian guns at an indoor range and found that repeated firing could add up to potentially harmful exposure.

www.nytimes.com

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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 15h

A great day for New York, a city for everyone, except: people who don’t take their backpacks off on the subway, tourists and families who walk down the street in a horizontal line, people who stop in the middle of the street to look at their phones, you guys unfortunately have to go

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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

This year, for the first time since 2016, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC and the Associated Press are working together to produce exit polls, in collaboration with SSRS, a nonpartisan research company that also conducts CNN’s polling. https://cnn.it/48TVi0W

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Journalist trend story. We traded our Sportwagen TDI in for the Outback. It helped that VW bought it back from us because of their emissions naughtiness.

Bust out the measuring tape.

Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Also, just buy a Subaru Outback. Can't go wrong.

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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 1d

R.I. public school quotes $117k fee for records request involving teacher who criticized Charlie Kirk
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...

R.I. public school quotes $117k fee for records request involving teacher who criticized Charlie Kirk - The Boston Globe

A local mom and transparency advocate asked for nearly 10 years of emails and 15 years of curricula to see what the Barrington, R.I., educator was teaching students. The district proposed a $5,500 fee...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 2d

That river cleanup has been remarkable. Not many factories left dumping anything into it now. Bradford Soap in Riverpoint, maybe the old Hoescht plant in Coventry.

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 3d

"Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets

Since the start of summer, "Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms.

www.niemanlab.org

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 4d

Also, let’s just say it plainly: those Van Pelt kids are damaged. Lucy’s a sadist; Linus is a bit teched in the head.

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 4d

That’s right. I’m watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” while waiting for the first trick or treaters. What are you doing with your one precious life?

Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 4d

It would be wrong not to.

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 4d

Heartened to see Indiana University resume print publication of Indiana Daily Student, dropping bizarre demand that newspaper not print news. I often say I learn from my students. Looks like the student editors of the IDS taught IU leaders something, too. https://loom.ly/JMYaFSU

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course

Our next edition will hit the stands Nov. 20.

www.idsnews.com

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 4d

There is a very long time horizon for these projects. Oil companies need decades to get these Arctic project done and profitable. The history of Prudhoe Bay is instructive here. Also, if you can say what demand looks like in 10 years, you’re smarter than me.