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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 6d

I got to edit a bunch of them back in 2021-2! This was one of my favorites

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A mad scientist and his bird in a bubble: The story behind a peculiar painting

The Los Angeles-area Huntington Museum and London's National Gallery are swapping two paintings: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy for Joseph Wright of Derby's An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump.

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 6d

She took me along on a reporting trip to the Hirshhorn to preview their 2022 Yayoi Kusama exhibition, which was one of my favorite days of work, ever! So grateful I got to work with her

Susan Stamberg stands next to a curator in a yellow and black polka dotted room with a similarly polka dotted giant pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 6d

Susan Stamberg was an incredible colleague who, in our time working together, was incredibly generous with her advice and humor and taught me a ton about radio editing. May her memory be a blessing.

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 7d

It's a big lift to do a project like this but lots of my closest friends have started having kids. I just kept reminding myself... www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

Top panel is Homer Simpson at his nuclear-plant job with the reminder "Don't Forget, You're Here Forever." Below is the sign that he turned into "Do It For Her" with pictures of Maggie, except Emma has pasted photos of babies in her life over the Maggie pictures

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 7d

What a glorious day for picture books! So thrilled to have this list out in the world for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

65 Essential Children’s Books

Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 7d

genuinely so obsessed with this list, especially the inclusion of Hippos Go Beserk -- shoutout to @emmasarappo.bsky.social and the rest of the Books team for making this so fun

65 Essential Children’s Books

Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 7d

#SquirrelHole

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d

A team of researchers analyzed the anatomical dimensions of an infamous imprint on a Chicago sidewalk, sifting through photos and measuring mammal specimens in museum collections to put what they were seeing in context.

Their conclusion? The Chicago Rat Hole was not made by a rat.

The Chicago Rat Hole Was Not Made by a Rat

A statistical analysis of an infamous indentation in a sidewalk suggested a 99 percent likelihood that another rodent made the mark.

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 8d

"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."

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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NPR @npr.org · 9d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 8d

listen I know they’re called woodpeckers but I still am so thrilled every time I see them peck wood

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The 51st @51st.news · 13d

For 1,250 days, Alan has given out free water at a busy Brightwood intersection.

He calls it Alan's Oasis — and his constant presence has built a community that stood up for him recently when he seemed to be facing eviction.

For 1,250 days, Alan has given out free water at a busy Brightwood intersection

He’s built a community that stood up for him when the threat of eviction loomed.

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Caity Weaver @caity.bsky.social · 14d

I became a Revolutionary War reenactor for work! I went to Massachusetts and I couldn’t wear makeup!!! 😭 War is HELL

I Fought the Battle of Bunker Hill

What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 18d

took a walk around the block and was immediately rewarded with the sight of a bald eagle landing on top of an apartment building — and then got the joy of pointing it out to all of my neighbors who walked by! life is very beautiful sometimes!

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 19d

In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.

But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.

People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.

We visualized it:

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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 21d

Today is NPR's first day ever without the support of public funding. Thanks to everyone who has donated to your local stations. It means the world.

Today, the NPR shop also re-launched with a bunch of swag to help support us, too. I've always been partial to the 70s logo, myself.

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 21d

sorry to #HomophobiaPost but! got snickered at by a group of men this morning for giving my wife a hug and kiss when dropping her off at work.....god forbid I have a loving marriage with care and affection!

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 22d

Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents.

She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.

Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’

The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 27d

! @emmasarappo.bsky.social talked to @tricialockwood.bsky.social about WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU tonight and it absolutely ruled !

Emma Sarappo sits to the left of Patricia Lockwood in front of a Politics and Prose sign

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 29d

💥 @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social on Brian Lehrer talking about vaccines and public health 💥 www.wnyc.org/shows/bl

The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 29d

if you're in the D.C. area: @emmasarappo.bsky.social is talking to @tricialockwood.bsky.social about her new book tomorrow night at Politics and Prose! politics-prose.com/events?srslt...

Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 29d

my new book is OUT TODAY! it’s been described as "the writer at her best: mystified, curious, pathetic, absurd" — you can buy it here

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood: 9780593718551 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, USA TODAY, VULTURE, ROLLING STONE, W MAGAZINE, AND MORE “Lockwood has written a roving chronicle of the madness...

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · Sep 19

“Every day you wake up and there’s still uncertainty, if not more..."

I spoke with five families in the D.C. area about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard. They're deeply afraid of being targeted by the federal government — simply for navigating what's best for their kids.

What it’s like raising trans kids in Trump’s backyard

Families in and around Washington, D.C., are navigating the White House’s crackdown on gender-affirming care and a growing assertion of federal power.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Sep 14

On Thursday, NPR invited CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp to pay tribute to his friend, Charlie Kirk, which he did, at length.. But he ended up getting angry and cutting the interview short. This is what angered him:

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SCHLAPP: And the other thing that needs to happen is, quite frankly, people in the media - we need to stop villainizing people. You know, people have ideas, and, you know, might not like them. There's a lot of people whose ideas I think are abhorrent. But, you know, would I help them change their tire if they were on the side of the road? Hope I would.
MARTIN: But, you know, on Newsmax, yesterday, you called on leaders of the left to stop normalizing hatred and violence. Are you also calling on leaders of the right to do the same?
SCHLAPP: Everyone should stop doing that, but the only difference is in the age of Trump is that, you know, there has been a outrageous commentary that goes on and isn't stopped...
MARTIN: Two months ago...
SCHLAPP: ...By people...
MARTIN: ...Two elected Democratic state officials and their spouses were shot in Minnesota by a man who had a hit list of 45 elected Democrats he intended to kill. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked in his home, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's official residence set on fire.
This would seem...
SCHLAPP: Yeah, these were...
MARTIN: ...To be an equal opportunity problem, right?

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm working on a story for NPR on how high housing costs are causing some people to have fewer kids, or no kids, than they planned.

Is this you and you're open to being in the story? Drop a line with a bit about your situation, where you live, + your phone number to [email protected]. Thanks!

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 5

Your input will help shape a new NPR series on renting, homeownership and everything that comes with it.

Have questions about homeownership or renting? NPR wants to know

Your input will help shape a new NPR series on renting, homeownership and everything that comes with it.

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 5

NPR combed through court records and other data related to Trump's takeover of D.C. police to get a better understanding of who has been swept up in the federal surge and what charges they are facing.

Trump's D.C. takeover has led to more arrests. NPR looks at cases of those swept up

NPR combed through court records and other data related to Trump's takeover of D.C. police to get a better understanding of who has been swept up in the federal surge and what charges they are facing.

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