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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · 1h

“Five life-changing things that shaped Bruce Springsteen”--Journey to Nowhere, the book I did with Michael S. Williamson, is included in the 5th thing in this BBC Radio podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/.../five-lif....

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · 15d

fuck nimbys www.latimes.com/california/s...

Newsom signs historic housing bill to bring density to transit hubs

Newsom signed Senate Bill 79 into law on Friday. The historic bill, which looks to add density to transit hubs across California, is one of the most ambitious state-imposed housing efforts in recent m...

www.latimes.com

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Sep 25

BUZZARD SWARM--Today a cloud of turkey vultures suddenly swirled overhead. There are 41 birds in the frame of this picture. Another 30 or so are out of frame. Never seen anything like this. One could interpret this as a sign of something, but I’m not sure I want to think too much about that.

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Sep 19

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Jul 12

Sweet! Choke #paulweiss and other #lawfirms such as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom #caving to #Trump. Hope you suffer millions/billions in losses. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The Fallout Is Growing on Trump’s Deals With Law Firms

The deals are looking worse and worse — for Trump and the law firms.

www.politico.com

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fuck my #AI copilot. Die pilot. Leave me alone. Analog baby.

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Jul 8

TOTALLY OFFGRID-Power profile for June. ZERO grid electric because of the batteries at night. Exported power every day. Total of 355KW. C02 reduction: 1,400 pounds. we live in a bleak era, who knows what the fools who are now running things will do. Here at this casa, we will never be without power.

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Jun 3

ST. LOUIS, 1983--We hopped on a freight train that March with Don, who we documented as he headed west seeking work. I took the pic of Michael S. Williamson either moments before or after he made the image of Don, which appears in our 1985 book Journey To Nowhere.

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 27

#FLORIDAMAN! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Florida man bitten by alligator then fatally shot by deputies after ‘rampage’, sheriff says

Man believed to be high on methamphetamine swam in alligator-infested waters before charging at officers

www.theguardian.com

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 22

GRADUATION DAY Columbia Journalism--The final graduation ceremony after 34 years of teaching. Next to me is Sam Freedman. It's fitting we "retire" at the same time. We both started at Columbia in 1991. Dean Jelani Cobb gave us a shout out at the end of the ceremony. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 17

NEW YORK CITY--May 16, 2025. #trump #fascism

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 16

THE LAST DAY--Waiting for students on Thursday at the Columbia Journalism School. My final class after 34 years.

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 7

NEW YORK CITY, May 6, 2025--Amsterdam Avenue in the low 100s. This sheaf of plastic was in the gutter, these words written upon it. I asked myself this: WWMSWD? (What would Michael S. Williamson do?) And that is how I shot it.

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 6

CLOSE TO THE END-The final reading packet for my @columbiajournalism.bsky.social class, the last in my 34 years of teaching. We're going to talk about demons, how to avoid them and have a good career. Being aware as you go along is critical.

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 5

This is our future--even more stupid. A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful

A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.

www.nytimes.com

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 4

MAY 4, 1970--Fifty-five years ago today, the National Guard executed students at Kent State University. They were killing us then. And I fear that kind of thing is not over, not in this current climate. I will always remember Kent State Day. #kentstate

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · May 3

‪ I sound like Joyce Carol Oats in this #writerland post by my
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social
colleague Michael Shapiro. I wish I were as productive. ‪ thedelacortereview.substack.com/p/chapter-18...

Chapter 180: Limbo, or Between Stories

And so you have written.

thedelacortereview.substack.com

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congrats to my former @columbiajournalism.bsky.social student (1992)@robinmcdowell.bsky.social and to a writer I've long admired, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, for winning Hillman prizes! This award honors journalism about the struggles of real people. www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

2025 Hillman Prizes

The Sidney Hillman Foundation honors journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good.

www.hillmanfoundation.org

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Apr 25

Two wars, riding the rails, six collaborated books, several hundred stories, and a doc film with Ron Wyman coming-we had a lot to catch up on. Michael S. Williamson was in town for The Association of International Photography Art Dealers. On display: two of Michael’s photos of Sally Mann.

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Apr 14

Unlike @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @harvard.edu has a spine. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...

www.thecrimson.com

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dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Apr 12

@cuimcstandsup.bsky.social I'm a J-school prof coming to the rally Monday. I'd like to talk with someone from CUIMC. If you could DM me on BSky directly that would be most appreciated! Or Signal: WillSpecter1.75 Thanks!

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Apr 11

Glad we're not one of those theocracies in the Middle East. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’

“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.

www.politico.com

dalemaharidge.bsky.social @dalemaharidge.bsky.social · Apr 8

FEELING BLUE--like everyone else I know. But getting out of the city a few days ago, I experienced a different kind of blue. Nature. Regeneration. A reminder that one must remain strong, stay healthy. Otherwise, they will win. Being strong means one can continue the work to affect change.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Apr 6

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff

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