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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 5h

a hall of fame editor’s note

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 14h

doing journalism

me emailing Tori Amos to ask if she invented the pumpkin spice latte

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film. n.pr/4n4s82s

How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 5h

Hey, anyone wanna buy a former NASA tracking station? (cc: @ncrabbithole.com)

Out of this world: Former North Carolina NASA campus for sale, listed for $30M

The former satellite tracking facility for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Rosman, North Carolina, is now up for sale.

wlos.com

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Daily Manul (Unofficial) @manul.day · 1d

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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

Founded in 1966, during the Vietnam War, the original 'Rag' emerged out of a sense that free speech was under fire. It's back again. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ut-underground-newspaper-the-rag-revived/

These UT Students Are Fed Up With Social Media. So They Revived a Newspaper From the Sixties.

“Instead of stalking our ex-boyfriends online, we started a newspaper.”

www.texasmonthly.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

one of the realest tributes to Prince anybody did after he died. Somebody major needs to get on TV and do for “The Charade” what D’Angelo did here

youtu.be/FeV7A6VWjL8?...

D'Angelo ft. Princess Sometimes It Snows in April

YouTube video by samuel

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TheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 2d

End of an era: TiVo stops selling the DVRs that made it famous.

End of an era: TiVo stops manufacturing, selling DVRs

TiVo, the company behind those famous television DVRs, says it no longer sells the device that helped it build its brand.

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Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 2d

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
@nymag.com -->

nymag.com/intelligence...

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

nymag.com

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov threatened Ukraine and the West with destruction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TewC...

Vladimir Solovyov threatens Ukraine and the West with destruction

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. a nagging worry is beginning to grow louder on Wall Street: What if these kinds of collapses, capable of taking bonds from par to cents on the dollar in a matter of days or weeks, are not an aberration after all?” 👀

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands with the words `` thanks for the effort ! ''

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands with the words `` thanks for the effort ! ''

media.tenor.com

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 3d

Oh man. I was curious if you had a chance to visit the HQ.

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 3d

@caseym.org slick new look

[NEW] RTP Notícias Start-up (2025)

YouTube video by Tera

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 4d

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 4d

Excuse me, sir, you can't park there...

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 5d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 4d

Just sitting at home on a dreary Saturday night and thinking how awesome it was to be back in Germany this summer.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 5d

At 76, cabaret artist Joey Arias’s resume reads like the movie Big Fish. The tales are almost too tall to believe, but he’s really done them all.

What an honor to help tell this legend's story.

www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

Joey Arias has plenty of art left to give: 'I want to live to be at least 200 years'

Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.

www.npr.org

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah I’m a little jealous lol

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a great piece 😻

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 5d

Promoing during my host shift!

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Bradley George @bradleygeorge.bsky.social · 5d

I get it, Benny.

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 5d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 11,1948

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY IS WALKING DOWNTOWN WHEN IT BEGINS TO RAIN
NANCY : HERE COMES THAT BOY THEY CALL BASHFUL BENNY

HE IS USING A LARGE UMBRELLA

P2-NANCY: HE DOESN'T LOOK so BASHFUL TO. ME

P3- NANCY: HEY---ARE YOU REALLY
AS BASHFUL AS THEY SAY?

P4- BENNY HAS CLOSED THE UMBRELLA AROUND HIM AND KEEPS WALKING

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 5d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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