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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 11h

Don’t worry she’ll be hosting a CBS News show soon.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 17h

Questions:
. Why is there so much attention now?
. Why are these drones flying over critical infrastructure?
. How dangerous are these drones?
. What can be done against such drones?
. Why have German authorities not taken action before?
. What needs to happen now?

All answers 👇

Germany’s ‘Drone Fever’ Prompts Long-Needed Action

After having ignored the dangers of drone overflights of critical infrastructure, German authorities are finally taking action.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Colin Wood @californiawood.bsky.social · 16h

This quote explains a lot of modern discourse. Especially (but not entirely) on the right.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."

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Eos @eos.org · 1d

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 11% of its staff today, including many people working on an active Mars rover mission. “There’s no whitewashing the ‘doomsday-eve’ feeling that's looming over all our heads,” wrote one JPL’er. eos.org/research-and...

JPL Workforce Decimated - Eos

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its workforce.

eos.org

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16h

I’m not offended that they’re trying to remake “Amadeus.” I’m just puzzled. That movie is flawless. It’s as re-watchable as it gets. How do you even improve that?

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

huh, missed that Neil Young is pulling his music off Amazon and quit Facebook back in August www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

Neil Young Pulls Music From Amazon: “Don’t Go Back to the Big Corporations Who Have Sold Out America”

"Take America Back together, stop buying from the big corporations, support local business," the rock star wrote.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 16h

I didn’t know airports had a choice.

Tom Eblen @tomeblen.com · 19h

Proud of my excellent local airport.

www.kentucky.com/news/local/a...

Blue Grass Airport declines to show Kristi Noem’s new TSA video. Here’s why

The video released last week blames Democrats for the government shutdown. Airport officials say partisan messages violate policy.

www.kentucky.com

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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 16h

I’m ecstatic to have him as a colleague, but It’s also terrible for the NYT, in one important way. He was far and away the best media reporter covering the Times and holding us to account.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important story about not giving in to bullies. It's also @erikwemple.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com instead of his longtime home at the @washingtonpost.com. Great for the Times and its readers, but it's sad to see the hollowing out of the Post. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

www.nytimes.com

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 1d

Turned in the badge today.

My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.

Danlamothe.30

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Stephen DeCasien, Ph.D. @sdecasien.bsky.social · 17h

I was asked recently what the “big debates” are in ancient naval studies, the maritime equivalent of the hoplite debate. Three stand out clearly. Here is a short summary of some!

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Steve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · 21h

A few weeks ago, as the military imposed the policy that eventually caused almost all reporters to turn in their press passes and leave the Pentagon, I wrote “Censorship Makes You Dumber.”

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

one of the realest tributes to Prince anybody did after he died. Somebody major needs to get on TV and do for “The Charade” what D’Angelo did here

youtu.be/FeV7A6VWjL8?...

D'Angelo ft. Princess Sometimes It Snows in April

YouTube video by samuel

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2d

Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who helped to keep pandemics at bay.
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

www.nytimes.com

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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 2d

Man that reminds me — Ira Levin had a hell of a run. Rosemary’s Baby, Stepford Wives, Boys from Brazil and Deathtrap — all made into solid films.

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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 2d

I love soccer so much but FIFA is the absolute worst. All big pro sports organizations court corruption, but few as brazenly as FIFA has over the years.

Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 2d

Reports that FIFA President Gianni Infantino has arrived in Sharm el Sheikh for the Middle East peace summit. Unclear why he would be required or what his role is.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 3d

Switching the frog from a right-wing meme to a left-wing meme would inspire an entire generation of semioticians

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Lush has a Scooby-Doo tie-in range, and they've really missed the opportunity to have a bath bomb shaped like a ghost which fizzes away to reveal a normal man inside.

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ceej @ceej.online · 3d

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 3d

A friend sent me a glorious postcard with a picture of Frederick Douglass, and a statement by him: "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence."

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Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social · 3d

One thing that sucks about being in Germany is that I can’t watch clips from SNL — which, I gather, was pretty good this week? Ow well there always this: youtu.be/zm_mM019qDg?...

Bernd das Brot ist so ein Fiebertraum

YouTube video by 2 Bored Guys

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Patrick Sauer @pjsauer.bsky.social · 3d

NOV 11, 7PM JOIN @risenc.bsky.social & I for a discussion of our new Commies NYC overlord, Joe McCarthy’s cirrhotic ghost & if the HUAC is here again!

In the new Heritage Wines Backroom space. Better red (wines) than dead (minds).

237 DeKalb Fort Greene, USA

www.eventbrite.com/e/1810526315...

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d

I love my kids, and I love my job, but man would I love to have nothing to do for a few days and just watch old Robert Redford and Diane Keaton movies

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 5d

As a child of the 80s, I can say that I've never met a person who likes any form of TRON ever

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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