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Kristy @moonypie.bsky.social · 23h

A beauty morning to take the ferry for so many reasons

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 17

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...

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Defend the Internet Archive.
Protect the Wayback Machine.
Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit.
Sign our open letter on change.org

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Kristy @moonypie.bsky.social · Mar 25

I listen to the Daily on the bus to work most days. I have found no episode as chilling as today's which is about the media landscape in America and the war on the freedom of the press.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 25

As President Trump set out to eliminate or intimidate those who stood in his way — inspectors general, judges, law firms — the news media loomed as one of his most stubborn obstacles. Or so it seemed.

Listen to "The Daily."

Nixon Dreamed of Breaking the Media. Trump Is Doing It.

The president’s heavy-handed approach to traditional journalists has the hallmarks of an attempted crackdown 50 years ago.

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · Feb 24

The Halifax Examiner is responding to Tim Houston’s bid to Dismantle Democracy www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...

The Halifax Examiner is responding to Tim Houston's bid to Dismantle Democracy - Halifax Examiner

The first part of responding to a crisis is to properly name it.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · Feb 21

‘Dangers in demanding alignment’: Dal prof concerned about province’s advanced education and research act
By Karen Foster

'Dangers in demanding alignment’: Dal prof concerned about province’s advanced education and research act - Halifax Examiner

The guardrails limiting government influence over research and teaching in our postsecondary institutions are there for good reason. Tim Houston’s government is taking them off in the name of accounta...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · Feb 21

Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me

Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government - Halifax Examiner

This is not about one election or another. Governments come and go, left, right, and centre. But never before have previous governments, even super-majority governments, made such radical changes in t...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 4

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him

Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Feb 5

Elon Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia, Lila Shroff writes. What happens if they succeed?

Wikipedia’s Elon Problem

Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia. What happens if they succeed?

www.theatlantic.com

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · Feb 2

This might be a good time to switch your subscription dollars to a locally owned independent publication.

Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · Feb 2

A U.S. hedge fund owns most of the newspapers in Canada.

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