Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 4h

Higher prices on coffee, beef, bananas, dairy, fruits, veggies, cereals...

via WSJ

Reposted by Mike Baker

Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

22 29 48

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 5d

Updates on explosion at Tennessee ammunition plant:
• 19 people missing
• Homes rattled many miles away
• Cause of the explosion remains unclear
• The scene is still volatile, with additional explosions possible

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

1 7

Reposted by Mike Baker

Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 6d

Journalism, he said, is how we know what's happening in troubled lands. "These extraordinary eyewitness accounts are the culmination of the daily efforts of countless people who work to ensure that information isn't manipulated for ends contrary to truth and human dignity“
apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

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

apnews.com

7 20

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 6d

People placed millions of dollars of bets to predict who would win the Nobel Peace Prize. Then, hours before María Corina Machado was announced as the winner, the odds rapidly shifted toward her.

There is now a leak investigation: www.ft.com/content/afc7...

4 2 18

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 6d

This solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau covers 162 square miles — seven times the size of Manhattan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

4 6

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 6d

The last three NFL games:
• Giants 34, Eagles 17
• Jaguars 31, Chiefs 28
• Patriots 23, Bills 20

The winning teams were a combined 11-40 last season. The losing teams were a combined 42-9.

2 13

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 7d

Today is the 30th anniversary of this iconic Seattle sports moment.

📸 by the great Elaine Thompson, who was on her eighth day working as a photographer for AP.

1 12

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 8d

I'm seeing a lot of people sharing an image of troops eating Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland. But it appears to be an AI or Photoshop that's based on an image published in years past.

3 6 29

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 9d

Major League Baseball keeps wondering how to get more kids to become fans of the sport. Then they go and schedule the playoff games for when the kids are all in school.

2 2 23

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump administration claims "far-left Democrat judges" are obstructing their efforts.

But here is Judge Immergut's background:
• Investigated Bill Clinton
• Became a Republican-appointed prosecutor
• Trump appointed her as a federal judge

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

In 2019, Trump Made Her a Federal Judge. In 2025, She Blocked His Troop Deployment.

www.nytimes.com

1 6 20

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 21d

Starbucks has abruptly closed the fancy Starbucks store that's on the ground floor of the Starbucks global headquarters.

www.seattletimes.com/business/sta...

1 6 28

Reposted by Mike Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23d

Trump's message to the world: "Your countries are going to hell." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Live Updates: Trump Attacks U.N. and Lectures Nations in Address to General Assembly

www.nytimes.com

85 110 460

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 23d

which news org do you trust most for tomorrow's rapture coverage?

1 6

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 24d

Full story. No paywall

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...

For Erika Kirk, a Husband’s Life Cut Short by Violence He Seemed to Foresee

www.nytimes.com

1 1

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 24d

This quote is quite something. Erika Kirk on whether she wants the death penalty for her husband’s killer.

From an interview with NYT’s Robert Draper.

5 13

Reposted by Mike Baker

Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 25d

The $50k in cash paid by undercover FBI agents to Tom Homan was inside a bag from the fast casual restaurant chain Cava, the @nytimes.com reports.

The sting grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Homan.

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

www.nytimes.com

15 63 140

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 25d

I can’t stop watching this game-saving Victor Robles catch. Out of nowhere. #mariners

2 2 45

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 28d

Some great news for both NYT and the Pacific Northwest: @agpnw.bsky.social is taking over my job.

1 21

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Charlie Kirk updates:
• Kirk's spokesman says he has died.
• University says "no suspect in custody."
• Law enforcement officers are sweeping the campus, building by building.
• Official says shooter fired from a vantage point at a building several hundred feet away.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Activist, Fatally Shot in Utah

www.nytimes.com

5 7

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Charlie Kirk shooting:
• Attack occurred ~20 minutes after he began speaking at Utah Valley University.
• A university spokeswoman says they do not know Kirk's condition.
• Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: “Those responsible will be held fully accountable."
• FBI responding.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Influencer, Shot in Utah

www.nytimes.com

2 3

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 9

New testing data on U.S. high school seniors:
• Lowest reading scores since 1992.
• Lowest math scores since 2005.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low

www.nytimes.com

1 4 7

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 4

More here from @anniekarni.bsky.social on the group willing to defy Trump, at least on the Epstein case.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

On Epstein Files, Women Lead the G.O.P. Resistance to Trump

www.nytimes.com

1 6

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 4

Earlier this summer, there were ~12 congressional Republicans ready to push for disclosure of all Epstein files.

Only 6 were needed because all Democrats were expected to support the effort.

But after Trump repeatedly called the files a "hoax," the GOP support has dwindled to only 4.

1 3 6

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · Sep 3

This year, movie theaters in North America had their lowest-performing summer since 1981 (excluding the 2020-21 pandemic restrictions).

Below is an inflation-adjusted chart of box office revenues.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

3 3 9