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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 23m

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The Membership Assistant will be the first point of contact for members, major donors, visitors, staff, and vendors for Southern Oregon PBS (SOPBS).

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Southern Oregon PBS @sopbs.bsky.social · 1h

TONIGHT at 10 on Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra's Last Temple

A French explorer makes an unprecedented discovery in Alexandria's harbor that could reveal new information about Cleopatra's reign and her connection with the goddess Isis.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 9h

Indiana University Media School Dean David Tolchinsky terminated IU Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush on Tuesday afternoon after he refused to censor the Indiana Daily Student.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 22h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
https://to.pbs.org/42GW5hU

LISTEN LIVE: SCOTUS hears redistricting case that could reduce representation for Black voters

In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in red...

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Martin Clunes to guest star in American version of Doc Martin:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/f...

Fox’s ‘Best Medicine’ Adds ‘Doc Martin’ Star in Guest Role

Martin Clunes will appear on the series, which is based on his long-running British dramedy.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights. “I’ve been warned my entire life, ‘The FBI’s watching us.’”

Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.

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“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 2d

I thought he was a photographer?

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said on multiple occasions that safeguarding students with disabilities, and making sure they have access to the educational resources they're legally entitled to, is a top priority.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 3d

book covers featuring the muppets: thread

Elmo on the cover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5d

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government. https://to.pbs.org/4721d1s

'RIFs have begun.' Vought announces start of mass firings during government shutdown

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing government shutdown.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 5d

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 7d

horror movie posters but with muppets: thread

Oscar the Grouch in the movie poster for Alien.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 6d

Heads up, @jcbradbury.bsky.social

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Town hall planned on $500M Medford redevelopment project, ballot initiative | Rogue Valley Times

Residents and businesses will have the chance to ask questions next week about the proposed $500 million Creekside Quarter redevelopment project near downtown Medford.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 6d

Still Life, 1st novel in Louise Penny’s Insp Gamache series, adapted into a radio play to be staged by SOU School of Arts & Humanities
Sat 10/18 at 7pm
Sun 10/19 at 1pm
Meese Auditorium, SOU Art Building

Pay-What-You-Can Donation: www.pledgecart.org/home?campaig...
(541) 779-0808 to reserve tickets

Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 7d

How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, & David Schmidt in @theatlantic.com on what it took to film “The American Revolution,” which will air on SOPBS starting Nov. 16.

Read the article www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

What We Learned Filming ‘The American Revolution’

The co-directors of the new PBS series describe how they made a documentary about a war distant in time and shrouded in myth.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 7d

FCC Chair Brendan Carr expressed support for approving the transition to ATSC 3.0 at their next meeting. Pay-TV companies have raised concerns about costs of switching to new standard while the CTA opposes a mandate for TV manufacturers to include ATSC 3.0 tuners.
www.policyband.com/p/dc-memo-fc...

D.C. Memo: FCC's Carr Ready to Move Ahead on NextGen TV, Details to Follow

NAB in February submitted a plan to wrap up ATSC 3.0 by early 2030 that faced resistance from the Consumer Technology Association and MVPDs like DIRECTV

www.policyband.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 7d

CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media
www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 8d

TONIGHT at 10 on FRONTLINE: BORN POOR
The Emmy-nominated documentary "Poor Kids" explored poverty in the U.S. as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children.

"Born Poor" tells the stories of the same children, now grown, chronicling their lives from childhood to today
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Born Poor | FRONTLINE

An indelible look at the realities of growing up poor in America.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 8d

29 years ago today, the iconic Arthur premiered on PBS KIDS. Our friends in Elmwood City taught us how to be a good friend and family member. And most importantly, taught us the power and fun of a library card! 📚💜

You can still catch Arthur today: pbskids.org/videos/arthur and on the PBS Kids App!

Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 8d

Ken Burns’s obsession with this country can be felt in all 234 hours of his films — including his latest. At a moment when we are once again arguing about the definition of this place, Burns might be the one thing about which this 250-year-old nation of patriots can agree.
www.gq.com/story/ken-bu...

Ken Burns Loves America—and You Can, Too

Ken Burns’s obsession with this country can be felt in all 234 hours of his roughly 40 films—including his latest mega-doc, The American Revolution. At a moment when we are once again arguing about th...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9d

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, a former girlfriend and associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison term.

A jury in Manhattan federal court convicted Maxwell in 2021 on charges that included sex trafficking a teenage girl.

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Phil Meyer @peacemeyer.bsky.social · 9d

TONIGHT at 10 on SOPBS: Independent Lens
A look at Phil Sharp’s rise from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel Prize-winning scientist. The film reveals how Sharp’s RNA discovery transformed biology & launched the biotech revolution leading to life-saving treatments for millions.
www.pbs.org/video/cracki...

Independent Lens | Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution | Season 27 | Episode 1

Phil Sharp’s RNA discovery reshaped science, medicine, and the global biotech industry.

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