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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 22h

It's balanced.

Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 22h

Another recession indicator: Local restaurant started running a $25 'Girl Dinner' special: ceasar salad, plate of truffle fries and a martini. Place was packed, barely got a table. Girl Dinner rules.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

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...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 4d

Got drinks with a contractor who helps train federal law enforcement hires tonight. They said new ICE agents with no experience are getting just 42 days of training before being sent out to make arrests. That's a fraction of the time it takes to be a cop.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Friday. @npr.org has dropped EVEN MORE crop tops in the shop today! And restocked "Active Listener" sweatshirts. All proceeds go to supporting our member stations this month. shopnpr.org

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 7d

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 9d

Planet Money is partnering with Exploding Kittens to make a board game! And you can test the prototype here. (I am in the picture below being very confused trying to play an earlier, worse prototype.) www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

The Planet Money Game: Test our prototype : Planet Money

It’s here! It’s free to download and playtest! It’s the Planet Money game! (Download here.)Download and playtest the game go here Sign up for the 11/1 virtual AMA event and get updates about the gameS...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 10d

Populist platform up for grabs to either party: Allow FSAs to cover routine self-care cosmetic procedures.

Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 15d

It is. Now we have to clamor for some tote bags.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 15d

NPR relaunched its shop today, Oct. 1, our first day without federal funding. All proceeds in October will go toward member stations. Some great new designs too! shopnpr.org

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 16d

Regretting the decision to buy tix to see Aziz before learning about this Riyadh Comedy Festival. It is very hard to be an ethical consumer in a society of sell-outs.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 16d

Respecg is how they say respect in NZ.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 16d

Respecg to my colleague @darianwoods.bsky.social, who shared his personal story about the H1B visa fallout last week. No one is getting through this administration unscathed. www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

We're about to lose a lot of foreign STEM workers : The Indicator from Planet Money

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitioners. Today on the show, we talk to an economist about how much H-1B visa holders have contributed to US gro...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 16d

This meeting could've been an email.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 18d

'HIM' was a solid parable on toxic masculinity and sports worship, but I wish Peele had ended it with him signing. More grim and more honest.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 24d

Not scientific, but her theory was that's it's an inexpensive, visual response to negative events and taking control of something when your personal circumstances feel out of control.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 24d

Full disclosure: I got bangs.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 24d

Asked my hair stylist for her recession indicators. She says 1) More people getting bangs, 2) Clients taking pics of products but not buying them, 3) Booking out longer between appointments. She thinks it's happening.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 25d

The economies for both remarkably strong.

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Goofrider @goofrider.bsky.social · 26d

NPR Planets Money: the money situation in Gaza. All the hoops one has to go thru to get money into Gaza, and what it can buy

Since the Israel-Hamas war began, no new shekels have entered Gaza. : Planet Money www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...

In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money

Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 27d

I don't really like watching TVs on the tread unless it's this or AKC's Fastest Dogs.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 27d

Was on a tread at Planet Fitness yesterday with this race on one of the TVs and it was incredibly motivating. Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone is dazzling to watch.

NBC Sports @nbc-sports.bsky.social · 28d

RT @NBCOlympics: CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD! 😱

SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE IS A 400M WORLD CHAMPION! #WorldAthleticsChamps

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 28d

How is it not Friday.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 28d

I guess this is what passes for enlightenment when you go to Burning Man.

Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 28d

Think it was @justinwolfers.bsky.social who said on Marketplace this morning that Tim Cook and the tech CEOs don't even spend their time making or improving products because they are dancing for the King to stay in business. State capitalism, crony capitalism, whatever you call it, it's rotten.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28d

Look who came with

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