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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 17h

Felt lucky to have gotten of the last ones at Costco (I suppose the chicken truck comes Monday?!)

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 18h

Chicken in the crockpot for a later Sunday dinner

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 2d

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Radiolab

Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someo...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"The move marks a striking departure from government procedure for funding the military, which traditionally relies on public funds appropriated by Congress."

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 2d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 3d

🍁🍂🍁🍂

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to learn that Adobe, Nikon, and Leica have launched this effort to create an encrypted signature that distinguishes real digital photographs from AI imagery, and preserves the chain of custody, and that Nikon and Leica now have cameras with it.

Content Authenticity Initiative

Join the movement for content authenticity and provenance. The CAI is a global community promoting adoption of the C2PA Content Credentials standard.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 3d

www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...

How a WWII vet created one of the most beloved comic strip characters

When Charles M. Schulz came up with the concept of Snoopy, he recalled the tragic loss of his mother as he was leaving to go to war.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 4d

www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...

In Medill’s latest State of Local News report, a “festering, 20-year-old problem” looms larger than ever

“Digital news sites don’t come close to replacing the number of newspapers and journalism jobs being lost. And the digital news providers are almost entirely concentrated in metro areas, leaving vast ...

www.niemanlab.org

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 4d

if you're a fan of Austen and free the afternoon of Thur., Nov. 6, stop by the Sternberg Salon French House to hear a really fun lecture on the objects of Austen's world -- sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, LSU English and LSU_Honors !

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 4d

Buried in France in 1840, a U.S. president’s daughter comes back home /
www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...

Buried in France in 1840, a U.S. president’s daughter comes back home

Barbara VornDick was researching the fifth U.S. president’s daughter. It turned into a years-long odyssey that cast her into the roles of sleuth, genealogist and more.

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 4d

Colorado food banks plead for help as federal food assistance is cut off

Food pantries across the state posted urgent messages for extra donations, volunteers as 600,000 Coloradans stand to lose benefits

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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 5d

Trump wants us to believe he's unstoppable

But social scientists have found that 52% of all attempts to build autocracies are relatively quickly reversed by democratizing "U-Turns" — and, within the last 30 years, this number has risen to 73%

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 5d

Proud of my kids for being most into #jazz of all the music we played on the way into daycare this morning wbrh.org/kbrh-listen-...

KBRH Listen Live – WBRH 90.3FM

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 5d

Caught in a very #louisiana style mid-October rainstorm with the doggo and almost-two-year-old daughter 🌧️

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 6d

www.cbsnews.com/video/the-tr... -- got to watch this in #mediahistory class @ManshipSchool with my students -- fun stuff!

The trailblazing cartoon art of Barbara Shermund

Artist Barbara Shermund (1899- 1978) was one of the first women cartoonists for The New Yorker and other major magazines, from the 1920s into the '60s. But she died with barely a trace – and her reput...

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 8d

www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Photos: More ‘No Kings’ Protests Across the U.S.

Organizers expected millions of Americans to attend rallies in cities and towns across America, protesting the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.

www.theatlantic.com

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the student newspaper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition. The dispute has left student journalists and press advocates accusing the university of censorship.

Indiana University Fires Adviser to Student Newspaper and Bars Print Publication

The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the paper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition.

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Ruth Moon @ruthmoon.bsky.social · 9d

This is a super cool book, and not only because I have a chapter in it 😂 check it out!

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 10d

My new book is out, edited with the great James West and Carole O’Reilly: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... — if your institution doesn’t have access, please email me for a PDF! #mediahistory

Media Building

This book interrogates the enduring and evolving relationship between journalism, mass communications, and the built environment.

link.springer.com

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 9d

and a huge shoutout is also due to @ruthmoon.bsky.social, who not only has what is arguably the coolest chapter in the book, but was hugely supportive and helpful through the long process of working on it

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Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · 10d

One thing I wish these jackals could understand is that people wanting to move to your country is actually a good thing & we should stop punishing people for it.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 10d

My new book is out, edited with the great James West and Carole O’Reilly: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... — if your institution doesn’t have access, please email me for a PDF! #mediahistory

Media Building

This book interrogates the enduring and evolving relationship between journalism, mass communications, and the built environment.

link.springer.com

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 10d

Tomorrow!

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 13d

Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 10d

"The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents."

Gee, I wonder why...

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 10d

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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