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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 9h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 7h

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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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 10h

Unexpected good news!

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 10h

I do too! I simply refuse to believe that when it’s Trump vs Kermit, the orange one might win

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 11h

I think we all also need to take a moment and realize what the makeup of even pretty high level republican congressional staffers is right now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 12h

I just got an unexpectedly large one for my restaurant book! Books. People are buying books!! Even old ones.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 20h

A coup just took place in Madagascar. I wrote about it--and why it's the most interesting island you probably know nothing about.

The yogurt kingpin, the radio DJ coup, and the most interesting island on Earth

Madagascar is a fascinating island home to 30+ million people. It's also home to bizarre, volatile politics that virtually nobody knows about. And the president just escaped on a helicopter.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 15h

Girlfriend of founder of the Resistance

miss piggy from the muppet show sits in a directors chair

ALT: miss piggy from the muppet show sits in a directors chair

media.tenor.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 18h

I think it’s a “wren” but I would be happy to see your paintings of hand tools!

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 18h

I have slowly begun to accept that language usage changes and I am “old.” So while I see much that I want to edit, I am gradually relinquishing my red pen. Except in the context of my own prose!

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 20h

Private equity acquisition of hospitals have led to an increase in deaths among emergency department patients receiving Medicare, according to a recent study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 21h

For Businessweek’s November issue, I have a feature about the high-fee premium credit card war being waged by American Express and Chase for the hearts, minds, and swipes of America’s affluent supershoppers. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Inside the Credit Card Battle to Win America’s Richest Shoppers

The fierce fight between Amex and Chase is playing out over higher fees, extravagant events and every perk imaginable.

www.bloomberg.com

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Allison Morrow @amorrow.bsky.social · 21h

Incredible reporting and writing from the CNN investigative team on the scammy world of crypto ATMs

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

www.cnn.com

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1d

When is @chefjoseandres.bsky.social going to win a Nobel Prize?!

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s a misplaced adverb, nothing more. They mean “rejected first by MIT”

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for sharing good news!!

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 1d

Discussion with students about “first jobs.” I mentioned I had been a grocery store checkout person “before there were barcodes.”

“So you had to memorize the price of everything?!”

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

Join the October 18th peaceful No Kings protests. Remind Donald Trump that America is still the land of the free and the home of the brave. @gtconway.bsky.social