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Scott Harris @scohar70.bsky.social · 28m

We quit because of Bezos. We were subscribers for over twenty years.

Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 32m

"The Washington Post’s average paid daily circulation has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in 55 years...It's the sort of figure you’d expect to see from a mid-size regional paper...Not from a globally recognized newsroom with multiple Pulitzers to its name."
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 32m

"The Washington Post’s average paid daily circulation has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in 55 years...It's the sort of figure you’d expect to see from a mid-size regional paper...Not from a globally recognized newsroom with multiple Pulitzers to its name."
www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 21h

Of ALL the things to cheap out on in the construction of a building, stalls/doors/dividers in multi-person bathrooms is … a choice. A person should never be even slightly visible while they are using the toilet. Never ever.

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 21h

D.C. has opened its doors to a burgeoning cannabis market. Within the last year, over 50 new dispensaries have opened across all eight wards. However, newcomers and veterans of the industry are wondering how sustainable the cannabis business is moving forward.
wamu.org/story/25/10/...

District of cannabis: Is D.C.’s new weed economy sustainable?

Within the last year, over 50 new dispensaries have opened in neighborhoods across all eight wards. Both newcomers and veterans of the industry are wondering how stable the cannabis business will be, ...

wamu.org

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 23h

Anyone travel through DCA, Dulles, or BWI recently and see this video? Or did you notice that these airports were NOT running it?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/u...

Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown | CNN

Several major US airports - including Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International, Portland International, Seattle-Tacoma International, and three in New York - are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Ho...

www.cnn.com

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 23h

"With no reporters able to ask questions, it seems the Pentagon leadership will continue to rely on slick social media posts, carefully orchestrated short videos and interviews with partisan commentators and podcasters.

No one should think that's good enough. "
www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 1d

"The only publication that has said it will sign the agreement is the right-wing One America News."

wapo.st/3WAcdy5

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

wapo.st

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, look! My Stumpy bobble tree is here. 😍 🌸

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 1d

<whispers> no one called it AppleTV+ anyway

Kuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦 @mackuba.eu · 1d

Groundbreaking: www.macrumors.com/2025/10/13/a...

Apple TV+ Being Rebranded as Apple TV

Buried in its announcement about "F1: The Movie" making its streaming debut on December 12, Apple has also announced that Apple TV+ is being...

www.macrumors.com

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, look! My Stumpy bobble tree is here. 😍 🌸

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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 1d

Natural gas prices are relatively low now, but residential gas utility rates are nearing record highs. Customers are paying more for infrastructure, construction, utility costs and taxes than they are for the actual fuel. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 2d

I prefer a zip up. But my favorite hoodie is a pullover. You?

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 2d

Damn I love a good hoodie.

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 4d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

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

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 4d

And *this won't* pass

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 5d

Drinking plain water while eating cookies cancels out the calories in the cookies. It’s not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 5d

Drinking plain water while eating cookies cancels out the calories in the cookies. It’s not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 5d

Dolly ain’t done and neither is public broadcasting.

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Thomas A. Muething @tmueth1.bsky.social · 5d

Give to WAMU and leave @estherc.bsky.social alone!!!!!!!!

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 6d

Good luck Thomas! And thank you so much for always being there to listen, but more importantly, THANK YOU for giving to WAMU. I appreciate you!

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning to everyone who loves the longer, colder nights of fall and winter. I see you my moody, melancholy friends.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 7d

This is brutal.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

Kash was begging for a Community Note

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 7d

An airport in Los Angeles was completely without an air traffic control unit for several hours yesterday. That’s just the first such report of an effect this shutdown is having on the country.

Now tell those ATC’s that they won’t ever be paid. WTF is going on?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 7d

OMB has deleted the reference on its website to the 2019 law that mandates back pay to all federal workers who were not paid during a government shutdown. This is like when babies play hide and seek but only cover their eyes because if they can’t see you, you can’t see them.

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