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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4h

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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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 5h

welcome to the new era of CBS News, where brave truth-telling takes precedence over spelling Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 6h

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d

The person with the single greatest access to real and true information in the history of humanity believes in his soul that Portland is burning to the ground because the tv told him so

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OPB @opb.org · 5d

Here’s a little news break for your social feed. There’s nothing like a crisp autumn morning in Portland, Oregon.

OPB captured the Rose City sunrise by drone on Tuesday, Oct. 7, showcasing the Willamette River, bridges, skyline and view of Mount Hood.

🎥 by Stephani Gordon, OPB

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 6d

Big breaking news AND I got to use the word ass in a story, what a thrill (technically it's in a quote but whatever still counts) www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/form...

After high-profile FDA exit, Peter Marks lands at Eli Lilly

Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., the former head of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Resea | Six months after his departure from the federal government, Peter Marks, M.D...

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 7d

That's a style thing for Fierce, definitely not my preference!

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 7d

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is here and it's a doozy: the discovery of regulatory T cells! I woke up at 2am to write this story so if you see any typos, no you didn't:

3 immunologists win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of regulatory T cells

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three pioneering immunologists for their work on regu | The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three pion...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

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taber @kvetch.gay · 9d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 11d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 12d

Devastated to hear that Jane Goodall has passed away. Interviewing her was one of the highlights of my career and was especially important to me as an early-career journalist. She was kind and sharp and really really loved dogs (and Dave Matthews) (and chimps) www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/s...

Jane Goodall Is More of a Dog Person, Actually (Published 2024)

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 12d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: All eyes have been on RFK Jr. since a gunman, believing the mRNA vaccine had harmed him, shot up the CDC campus on August 8.

But a number of Trump public health officials have spent years attacking the CDC and fear-mongering about the COVID vaccines.

We documented them in this big report.

Trump Public Health Officials Attacked mRNA Vaccines, CDC For Years Before August 8 Shooting

The violence has put misinformation spreaders under the microscope. Many are working inside HHS.

www.importantcontext.news

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 18d

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 18d

To understand how budget cuts could impact the NIH, economists looked to the past--and their alternate history revealed how Trump-level defunding would have undercut breakthrough new medicines of the 21st century 🧪 my story:

'Alternative history' of the NIH shows how a 40% budget cut may thwart new medicines

An “alternative history” has revealed the potential impacts a smaller National Institutes of Health would have had on past drug development—and the results

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 18d

I guess he's not an Amanda Seyfried superfan either!

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Darren Incorvaia @megadarren.bsky.social · 18d

"Let me check your story out" is a wild thing to say to one of the most infamous fraudsters of the 21st century

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 19d

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18d

Amid the [gestures at everything], I've been meaning to re-up this piece from April.

“‘Nonspeaking’ does not mean ‘non-listening,’” a formerly nonspeaking woman told me. “I was aware of the terrible things people were saying about me, when they discussed me like I wasn’t even there.”

Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.

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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 19d

acetaminophenomenon

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 20d

“The long history of trying to ‘cure’ or eliminate autism has been a history of terrible abuse and dangerous sham treatments."

I spoke to @autisticadvocacy.org's Greg Robinson and @drstevenkapp.bsky.social about the awful autism presser yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Disgust, horror, and "elimination": Trump and RFK Jr.'s eugenicist autism conference

The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.

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