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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 7h

Seems like a good time to celebrate this especially accomplished soldier in the war on bullshit — come by and support the Museum's work drawing attention to excellent watchdog journalism.

Museum of Political Corruption @corruptmuseum.bsky.social · 7h

#YesFacts
#YesAccountability
#YesDemocracy
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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 10h

Tomorrow is the deadline for reporters to sign the amended Pentagon press agreement. Here's what the Times Union's editorial board said about the initial version — and we see nothing in the revision that has changed our advice to the @apnews.com and other other outlets: Don't sign.

Editorial: Leashing watchdog journalism

As the Pentagon moves to turn reporters into mouthpieces for the state, news organizations need to hand in their credentials — right now.

www.timesunion.com

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Times Union @timesunion.com · 11h

The woman, who was severely injured, was arrested by State Police soon after she was released from the hospital.

Albany woman charged with drunken driving in single-vehicle crash that killed 2 on I-787

The woman, who was severely injured, was arrested by State Police soon after she was released from the hospital.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 12h

CBS replatforming Free Press content as tell-me-about-your-article interviews on their chat shows is going to be fantastic, compelling TV.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 13h

Excellent data visualization from the Hearst Dev Hub wizards that allows you to track price fluctuations at the grocery store — short-term and over the long haul. www.timesunion.com/projects/alb...

See how grocery prices have changed over time in the Capital Region

This dashboard uses weekly grocery data from thousands of stores to show how prices have changed over time

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 17h

What’s most devastating here is the analysis of lazy-ass journalism.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

John Oliver is good at his job

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

John Oliver is good at his job

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 21h

Pollsters to Cuomo: youtu.be/cS3612EIcF4?...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know that Marc Benioff was the grandson of Marvin Lewis, the godfather of BART.

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 1d

Marc Benioff called for the National Guard in S.F. The city doesn’t need the military on its streets. It needs the Salesforce founder to follow his grandfather’s example, Peter Hartlaub...

Marc Benioff wants troops in S.F.? There’s a path back to sanity, and it’s close to home

Marc Benioff called for the National Guard in S.F. The city doesn’t need the military on its streets. It needs the Salesforce founder to follow his grandfather’s example, Peter Hartlaub...

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Emilie Munson @emiliemunson.bsky.social · 23h

We heard immigrants held at Border Patrol stations across northern NY often cannot be located or reached by their attorneys, with CBP refusing to confirm their custody. More on these “legal black holes” in @timesunion.com

Emilie Munson @emiliemunson.bsky.social · 23h

NEWS: Immigration authorities are increasingly detaining migrants including kids in temporary holding rooms at ICE and Border Patrol offices around NY for 3 days or more. These spots have no beds, showers, hot meals and were never meant for overnight detentions

www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Migrants languish in ICE, Border Patrol hold rooms across New York

In Buffalo, Albany, New York City, and along the Canadian border, detained migrants are waiting longer and longer in temporary holding facilities.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 2d

So many memories of Diane Keaton, including that time the state Catholic Conference agreed with my assessment of her enduring beauty. (I simply do not believe the claim that it was a PIO using the wrong Twitter account.)

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 2d

Joseph Gregory, who played Tom Hagen’s son in “The Godfather” and grew up to become an Albany deputy fire chief, recalled Diane Keaton on the set with the youngest actors: “She took care of us. She was concerned about us. She made sure we had water, something to eat. I'll always remember that."

Savoring thrills as a movie extra

The 2016 Academy Awards brought Hollywood stars to local screens, but meeting celebrities...

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 2d

A remarkable and very weird movie — a divorce drama with every nerve ending exposed.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight I watched a Diane Keaton movie I hadn't seen in decades, Shoot the Moon (easily rentable on various services). She's so remarkable as a mother of four watching her marriage break up--she goes from crushed to liberated to uncertain to furious to resolute in a completely idiosyncratic way.

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 3d

computer, enhance

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
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Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Sara Foss @sarafoss.bsky.social · 3d

"Her baby’s health is not the only concern that has upended her life. In mid-August, her husband and Tadeo’s father, Jose Amador, was detained by immigration authorities in Albany while he was on his way to work. He was the family’s breadwinner."

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ICE detention removed a father from Troy family to other side of country

With her husband detained by ICE and sent to Washington state, a Troy mother struggles to care for a baby with DiGeorge syndrome and her other children amid mounting bills as she weighs next steps.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 3d

Family values. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

ICE detention removed a father from Troy family to other side of country

With her husband detained by ICE and sent to Washington state, a Troy mother struggles to care for a baby with DiGeorge syndrome and her other children amid mounting bills as she weighs next steps.

www.timesunion.com

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 4d

Where were the editors who could have prevented this type of monumental beclownment?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 4d

This entire interview will be studied by future generations as an example of sanewashing, unless the society this joker wants to bring slouching into existence outlaws the study of such things. And it’s so LONG

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 4d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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Museum of Political Corruption @corruptmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

We were thrilled to honor Jane Mayer with our 2020 Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. Now, we're equally thrilled to honor the great Glenn Kessler!

Join us in #AlbanyNY on 10/16!

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#FactsOverFiction
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