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· Oct 16
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. n.pr/4qjVMDS
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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Susan was the master of news hosting's rarest quality: she listened to what the guest actually said and responded accordingly, without ever letting the main thread of the conversation get away from the audience.
She was also damn kind to me despite not knowing me from Adam.
She was also damn kind to me despite not knowing me from Adam.
Green Giant is yoked tho
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Green Giant is yoked tho
Had ABC not worked so hard to bleed 538 to death, Clare Malone would never have been at the New Yorker to write the bear cub story and none of us would have to live through this timeline
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Had ABC not worked so hard to bleed 538 to death, Clare Malone would never have been at the New Yorker to write the bear cub story and none of us would have to live through this timeline
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listen, i've seen a lot of bullshit that turned my stomach and sent me to therapy etc but lmao this shit's got every gc buzzing like "sorry what the fuck" LITERALLY ALL OF US THINK THIS IS WEIRD
I assume journalists do this stuff all the time. Maybe more on the editorial side, but as a non-journalist, I don’t particularly care what part of the organization is tasked to do the consent-manufacturing. This assumption is based on my observations of journalism in the run up to the Iraq War.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
listen, i've seen a lot of bullshit that turned my stomach and sent me to therapy etc but lmao this shit's got every gc buzzing like "sorry what the fuck" LITERALLY ALL OF US THINK THIS IS WEIRD
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you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
AP: Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AP: Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly
I am not “open to work” but I will happily launch Colbert’s next project, call me
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I am not “open to work” but I will happily launch Colbert’s next project, call me
There's a good analysis piece here but I don't know what it is
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
There's a good analysis piece here but I don't know what it is
It's been two years and I'm still thinking about this
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's been two years and I'm still thinking about this
I came *this close* to focusing on American 1920s short stories for my masters thesis and did not know this
wait f scott fitzgerald's full name was francis scott key fitzgerald?? this is not a dril tweet this is real. the fuck?
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I came *this close* to focusing on American 1920s short stories for my masters thesis and did not know this
wait f scott fitzgerald's full name was francis scott key fitzgerald?? this is not a dril tweet this is real. the fuck?
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
wait f scott fitzgerald's full name was francis scott key fitzgerald?? this is not a dril tweet this is real. the fuck?
U.S. manufacturing jobs down year-on-year, continuing ~2 years of losses
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 59k as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
U.S. manufacturing jobs down year-on-year, continuing ~2 years of losses
U.S. manufacturing jobs down year-on-year
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 59k as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
U.S. manufacturing jobs down year-on-year
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
This is one I never mastered
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is one I never mastered
With a very human kicker
This from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social is very well done and exceptionally grim
"...this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment."
"...this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment."
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
With a very human kicker
The prevailing editorial impulse for that Times Nuzzi story seems to be, "someone is going to do the glossy profile, might as well be us"
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The prevailing editorial impulse for that Times Nuzzi story seems to be, "someone is going to do the glossy profile, might as well be us"
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Washington Spirit goalie and team captain Aubrey Kingsbury saved the day last weekend.
But the pressure is on for today's NWSL Championship semifinal at Audi Field against the Portland Thorns.
Our reporter @maustermuhle.bsky.social interviewed Kingsbury ahead of the game:
But the pressure is on for today's NWSL Championship semifinal at Audi Field against the Portland Thorns.
Our reporter @maustermuhle.bsky.social interviewed Kingsbury ahead of the game:
The Washington Spirit move on in the playoffs
Goalie and team captain Aubrey Kingsbury saved the day last weekend, but the pressure now ramps up.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Washington Spirit goalie and team captain Aubrey Kingsbury saved the day last weekend.
But the pressure is on for today's NWSL Championship semifinal at Audi Field against the Portland Thorns.
Our reporter @maustermuhle.bsky.social interviewed Kingsbury ahead of the game:
But the pressure is on for today's NWSL Championship semifinal at Audi Field against the Portland Thorns.
Our reporter @maustermuhle.bsky.social interviewed Kingsbury ahead of the game:
when my emails get released, I hope that I am remembered fondly for how patient I have been with Epson Store USA's customer service in the last three weeks.
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
when my emails get released, I hope that I am remembered fondly for how patient I have been with Epson Store USA's customer service in the last three weeks.
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There was another incident tonight where a Homeland Security agent shot at someone in D.C., the second such shooting in a month. For context, MPD has had five officer-involved shootings in the *entire year* thus far.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There was another incident tonight where a Homeland Security agent shot at someone in D.C., the second such shooting in a month. For context, MPD has had five officer-involved shootings in the *entire year* thus far.
Remembered this today when thinking about how cool and important the Kehinde Wiley VMFA sculpture is
www.wnyc.org/story/when-y...
www.wnyc.org/story/when-y...
When You Find Out Your Coworker Was Painted by Obama's Portraitist | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
Former President Barack Obama joins WNYC's Darnell Jefferson as one of Kehinde Wiley's muses.
www.wnyc.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Remembered this today when thinking about how cool and important the Kehinde Wiley VMFA sculpture is
www.wnyc.org/story/when-y...
www.wnyc.org/story/when-y...
Consumer Sentiment remains at roughly at "great recession" levels
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Consumer Sentiment remains at roughly at "great recession" levels
When the US stopped minting the half-cent, it had nearly 20 cents in equivalent purchasing power.
We should get rid of all coins that aren't the quarter.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
We should get rid of all coins that aren't the quarter.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
The U.S. just produced its last penny after a more than 200-year run
After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
When the US stopped minting the half-cent, it had nearly 20 cents in equivalent purchasing power.
We should get rid of all coins that aren't the quarter.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
We should get rid of all coins that aren't the quarter.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Realized I was missing some posts because I still had “emails” on the mute list I brought over from Twitter
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Realized I was missing some posts because I still had “emails” on the mute list I brought over from Twitter
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
Federal Infrastructure Spending on Transportation, Four Years after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is up for reauthorization in 2026. New analysis shows that the act increased spending on transportation infrastructure, but…
www.urban.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM