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Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 10h

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and the publisher’s home, a district judge ruled Wednesday #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/10/15/j...

Judge orders ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper to stand trial for deleted texts • Kansas Reflector

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and t...

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 10h

"...where Miller takes flight is by bringing out the deep-dish philosophy within Almodovar's intricate, passionate stories." Read the full review of THE PASSION OF PEDRO ALMODÓVAR by James Miller from AIR MAIL. buff.ly/wh8mOaR @airmail.news

The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar

A new book studies the Spanish director through the lens of his most personal films.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 10h

CJR welcomes Betsy Morais as our new Editor in Chief! journalism.columbia.edu/news/morais-...

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Scott Pilkington @spil030.bsky.social · 1d

Ringing on Sunday went well, with this glorious break in the weather. We had a 7 ringers, and rang rounds, and Plain Bob, Grandsire, & Reverse Canterbury Pleasure Place Doubles.

🥰 #campanology #bellringing #changeringing

St Matthew in the City taken from the street looking up through the tropical garden at the White Ōamaru stone church tower punching through the foliage

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 6h

This is a very good paragraph.

From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

By Nancy A. Youssef

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16h

University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."

Also university administration:

Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2."

I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.

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Damon Kiesow @damon.kiesow.net · 8h

"Probably committed" is (appropriately) doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 9h

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and the publisher’s home, a district judge ruled.
Via @kansasreflector.com:
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Judge orders ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper to stand trial for deleted texts

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and t...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex.

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department’s policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 2d

I'll be fascinated to see if CBS--now under new management!--signs it.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 2d

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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stevewolgast.bsky.social @stevewolgast.bsky.social · 2d

So sad for what was once called the Tiffany network.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Damon Kiesow @damon.kiesow.net · 4d

This may come as a shock, but society does not always have to adopt or keep every innovation that Is developed. Like: chemical weapons, human cloning, DDT, CFCs etc. That’s how it works.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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stevewolgast.bsky.social @stevewolgast.bsky.social · 3d

To @mikebarthelauthor.com ‘s point, making a judgment about a well-researched article on a single sentence actually proves the point the article (and Harvard professors) makes: people don’t read anymore. (The Harvard report came out 9 months ago — the prof’s didn’t choose to talk to the NYT first.)

Damon Kiesow @damon.kiesow.net · 4d

With due respect to all of my friends who are grads - who cares?

Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com · 4d

Nothing more Harvard than for these professors to think the solution is “inform the New York Times” rather than “give the students lower grades.”

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 4d

"In prison, the power relations are so strong and the institution so rationalized that the individual’s own leeway becomes very small."—Alexander Schmidl on CAGE OF DAY, Human Studies

How to Deal with Time without Temporal Agency - Human Studies

Human Studies -

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stevewolgast.bsky.social @stevewolgast.bsky.social · 5d

Preparing for tomorrow’s Burgon Society meeting at The Charterhouse in London: Gown and two hoods. The Fellow’s hood on the right for the ceremonies; the festal hood on the left for the 25th-anniversary celebration. @burgonsociety.bsky.social

A master’s gown hanging with two hoods: the Fellow’s hood on the right for the ceremonies; the festal hood on the left.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 7d

Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.

A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.

Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks

Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 6d

The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade to reduce its reliance on Moscow.

www.occrp.org/en/news/us-s...

U.S. Sanctions on Serbian Oil Giant NIS Take Effect Despite Expected Delay

The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade to reduce its reliance on Moscow.

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 6d

A new mosque and Uyghur cultural center in London is owned by the son of a businessman who colluded with corrupt officials to dominate the flow of Chinese imports into Central Asia.

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Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque

The Satuq Bughra Khan mosque in Palmers Green is also a Uyghur cultural and educational center. The owner’s family is implicated in vast corruption in Central Asia.

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 6d

Rallies resume on Thursday despite signs the government is ready to tackle corruption

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Amnesty Slams Morocco for “Excessive Force” as Anti-Corruption Protests Resume

Rallies resume on Thursday despite signs the government is ready to tackle corruption

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 6d

Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover

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Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover

In authoritarian Turkmenistan, even a single airplane trip abroad is out of reach for most citizens. But the country’s ruling Berdimuhamedov family, which has held power across two generations, recently...

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 6d

We are pleased to announce that Maebh Long and Matthew Hayward's THE RISE OF PACIFIC LITERATURE is the Winner of the 2025 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. buff.ly/THSpdk5 @moderniststudies.bsky.social

Graphic announcing that Maebh Long and Matthew Hayward's THE RISE OF PACIFIC LITERATURE is the Winner of the 2025 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. It includes the book's cover and a 20% discount code with CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu

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stevewolgast.bsky.social @stevewolgast.bsky.social · 6d

Anybody else notice something backward about his scientific method?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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stevewolgast.bsky.social @stevewolgast.bsky.social · 6d

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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 6d

😂🤣 Newsom’s trolling is now at a whole new level 😂🏅
#NobelPeacePrize #Pinks 🌸

stevewolgast.bsky.social @stevewolgast.bsky.social · 6d

“You don’t even have stores anymore” in Portland.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 6d

Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling Barzani family are well-connected in the U.S. — Joe Biden once reportedly said that he knew all the grandchildren’s names.

Leaked documents show that five brothers spent $100m+ on U.S. properties and luxury shopping.

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Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.

The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury shopping sprees. At least some of the money came from major Kurdish…

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