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Perhaps you all are interested in hearing Don Dixon and Mitch Easter talk about @remhq.bsky.social right now! www.youtube.com/live/Mj9pKkn...
Live Audiophile Roundtable: Producers Easter & Dixon on R.E.M.’s Chronic Town & Murmur One-Steps
YouTube video by Steve Westman
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Perhaps you all are interested in hearing Don Dixon and Mitch Easter talk about @remhq.bsky.social right now! www.youtube.com/live/Mj9pKkn...
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At least 46 people have died in Mississippi’s county jails since 2020, according to lawsuits, news reports and law enforcement records reviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson. But those lost lives do not appear in any official statistics or records.
Why No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails
Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so.
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
At least 46 people have died in Mississippi’s county jails since 2020, according to lawsuits, news reports and law enforcement records reviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson. But those lost lives do not appear in any official statistics or records.
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In 2026, older adults and people with disabilities will pay almost $203 per month in 2026 for their Part B premium.
The projected jump greatly outpaces inflation and will put a strain on Medicare enrollees who lived on fixed incomes. www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/m...
The projected jump greatly outpaces inflation and will put a strain on Medicare enrollees who lived on fixed incomes. www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/m...
Medicare premiums to jump 10% heading into 2026
Most Medicare enrollees will face premiums that are 10% higher next year, creating budget anxiety for millions of seniors.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In 2026, older adults and people with disabilities will pay almost $203 per month in 2026 for their Part B premium.
The projected jump greatly outpaces inflation and will put a strain on Medicare enrollees who lived on fixed incomes. www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/m...
The projected jump greatly outpaces inflation and will put a strain on Medicare enrollees who lived on fixed incomes. www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/m...
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
Why We’re Running a Series About Access
Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment.
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
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Morgan E. Daugherty, 35, the principal of Hamilton Christian School; Dominique D. Washington, 35, a coach at Hamilton Christian, and Stacy E. Bargeman, 58, an employee at the school were all charged in connection with reports of multiple sexual assaults that happened between students.
Three arrests made after investigation at Lake Charles Christian school
Morgan E. Daugherty, 35, the principal of Hamilton Christian School; Dominique D. Washington, 35, a coach at Hamilton Christian, and Stacy E. Bargeman, 58, an employee at the school were all charged in connection with reports of multiple sexual assaults that happened between students.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Morgan E. Daugherty, 35, the principal of Hamilton Christian School; Dominique D. Washington, 35, a coach at Hamilton Christian, and Stacy E. Bargeman, 58, an employee at the school were all charged in connection with reports of multiple sexual assaults that happened between students.
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Just a few days left until our next Hidden Brain live show! Join Shankar at the Orpheum in Los Angeles on November 22. He’ll be sharing seven key insights from Hidden Brain’s first decade. More info and tickets at hiddenbrain.org/tour/
Hidden Brain on Tour! - Hidden Brain Media
Are there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? This question launched the Hidden Brain podcast ten years ago. Since then, the program has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals, im...
hiddenbrain.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just a few days left until our next Hidden Brain live show! Join Shankar at the Orpheum in Los Angeles on November 22. He’ll be sharing seven key insights from Hidden Brain’s first decade. More info and tickets at hiddenbrain.org/tour/
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: “A "large" and "unusual" collection of animal bones has been found near Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh after a wildfire in the summer.” www.bbc.com/news/article... - BBC News
#Edinburgh #Paleontology #Scotland #Wildfires
#Edinburgh #Paleontology #Scotland #Wildfires
'Unusual' animal bones found near Arthur's Seat after wildfire
The bones, thought to be hundreds of years old, were revealed after a blaze tore through Arthur's Seat in August.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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“I cannot help but wonder what stories are not written today—not for a lack of a willing author, but due to an imperiled free press.”
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“I cannot help but wonder what stories are not written today—not for a lack of a willing author, but due to an imperiled free press.”
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
—Lauren Stroh details “The Angolite,” the prison news magazine produced within Louisiana’s State Penitentiary.
🔗: https://shorturl.at/QqC9U
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This is the first time there has been an effort to publish a dictionary of the Mississippi Choctaw language and dialect.
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Choctaw Dictionary Project Helps Preserve Language
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Choctaw Dictionary Project is designed to help teach the language and encourage more daily use.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the first time there has been an effort to publish a dictionary of the Mississippi Choctaw language and dialect.
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
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✨Radio Rebel Gael✨🎸🎃🍁💚🍀
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✨Amble, LANKUM, Brògeal, Ciarán Murphy, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Dropkick Murphys, Cutthroat Shamrock, Kier Byrnes, Sinéad O'Connor, Rory Gallagher, The Mahones, Fontaines D.C., Thin Lizzy, The Deadlians, The Tossers✨
www.podcasts.com/radio-rebel-...
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✨Amble, LANKUM, Brògeal, Ciarán Murphy, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Dropkick Murphys, Cutthroat Shamrock, Kier Byrnes, Sinéad O'Connor, Rory Gallagher, The Mahones, Fontaines D.C., Thin Lizzy, The Deadlians, The Tossers✨
www.podcasts.com/radio-rebel-...
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
✨Radio Rebel Gael✨🎸🎃🍁💚🍀
archive.org/details/radi...
✨Amble, LANKUM, Brògeal, Ciarán Murphy, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Dropkick Murphys, Cutthroat Shamrock, Kier Byrnes, Sinéad O'Connor, Rory Gallagher, The Mahones, Fontaines D.C., Thin Lizzy, The Deadlians, The Tossers✨
www.podcasts.com/radio-rebel-...
archive.org/details/radi...
✨Amble, LANKUM, Brògeal, Ciarán Murphy, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Dropkick Murphys, Cutthroat Shamrock, Kier Byrnes, Sinéad O'Connor, Rory Gallagher, The Mahones, Fontaines D.C., Thin Lizzy, The Deadlians, The Tossers✨
www.podcasts.com/radio-rebel-...
Near Ideal!!!
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Near Ideal!!!
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🌹 Upcoming Events 🌹
👥 Join us for our monthly General Meeting this Saturday, November 22nd.There will be a potluck after the meeting in the Blue Room (208).
Bring a coat to donate for our upcoming Coat Drive and Brake Light Clinic.
RSVP at: bit.ly/DSA-GM-NOV22 🔗 in bio
👥 Join us for our monthly General Meeting this Saturday, November 22nd.There will be a potluck after the meeting in the Blue Room (208).
Bring a coat to donate for our upcoming Coat Drive and Brake Light Clinic.
RSVP at: bit.ly/DSA-GM-NOV22 🔗 in bio
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌹 Upcoming Events 🌹
👥 Join us for our monthly General Meeting this Saturday, November 22nd.There will be a potluck after the meeting in the Blue Room (208).
Bring a coat to donate for our upcoming Coat Drive and Brake Light Clinic.
RSVP at: bit.ly/DSA-GM-NOV22 🔗 in bio
👥 Join us for our monthly General Meeting this Saturday, November 22nd.There will be a potluck after the meeting in the Blue Room (208).
Bring a coat to donate for our upcoming Coat Drive and Brake Light Clinic.
RSVP at: bit.ly/DSA-GM-NOV22 🔗 in bio
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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This is so cool. I interviewed Calvin Duncan - exoneree, and now Orleans Parish Clerk of Court - back in 2023 about his work as a jailhouse lawyer for the folks on death row in Louisiana. I remember being really struck by his words:
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is so cool. I interviewed Calvin Duncan - exoneree, and now Orleans Parish Clerk of Court - back in 2023 about his work as a jailhouse lawyer for the folks on death row in Louisiana. I remember being really struck by his words:
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A vote to sharply lower rent hikes for 1.5 million Los Angeles tenants caps years of wins for local activists and comes amid a national focus on affordability punctuated by Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Los Angeles limits rent hikes in historic vote
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to cap rent increases for most apartments, a decision that continues a wave of tenant victories in the city and across the country.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A vote to sharply lower rent hikes for 1.5 million Los Angeles tenants caps years of wins for local activists and comes amid a national focus on affordability punctuated by Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Tulane protesters allege TUPD violence, university denies wrongdoing
Tulane University students and activists are alleging that the TUPD used violence to break up a protest opposing an event where members of the Israeli Defense Forces were giving a talk earlier this month. Several of the…
Tulane University students and activists are alleging that the TUPD used violence to break up a protest opposing an event where members of the Israeli Defense Forces were giving a talk earlier this month. Several of the…
Tulane protesters allege TUPD violence, university denies wrongdoing
Tulane University students and activists are alleging that the TUPD used violence to break up a protest opposing an event where members of the Israeli Defense Forces were giving a talk earlier this month. Several of the protestors say they were threatened with arrest for violating a noise ordinance and were injured as a result of the police action.
veritenews.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tulane protesters allege TUPD violence, university denies wrongdoing
Tulane University students and activists are alleging that the TUPD used violence to break up a protest opposing an event where members of the Israeli Defense Forces were giving a talk earlier this month. Several of the…
Tulane University students and activists are alleging that the TUPD used violence to break up a protest opposing an event where members of the Israeli Defense Forces were giving a talk earlier this month. Several of the…
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First Black person elected to Congress not allowed to take seat
John Willis Menard was elected to Congress with 68 percent of the vote in an 1868 special election to fill the term of a deceased Louisiana congressman
John Willis Menard was elected to Congress with 68 percent of the vote in an 1868 special election to fill the term of a deceased Louisiana congressman
First Black person elected to Congress not allowed to take seat
John Willis Menard was elected to Congress with 68 percent of the vote in an 1868 special election to fill the term of a deceased Louisiana congressman
veritenews.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
First Black person elected to Congress not allowed to take seat
John Willis Menard was elected to Congress with 68 percent of the vote in an 1868 special election to fill the term of a deceased Louisiana congressman
John Willis Menard was elected to Congress with 68 percent of the vote in an 1868 special election to fill the term of a deceased Louisiana congressman
@crockett.house.gov @jasmineforus.bsky.social Calvin Duncan wins Clerk of Court race in New Orleans!
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@crockett.house.gov @jasmineforus.bsky.social Calvin Duncan wins Clerk of Court race in New Orleans!
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When Kyran Pittman gardens in her yard in the Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, she can’t dig for more than a few inches before hitting “old, gnarly, large” oyster
Why is my garden full of oyster shells? Curious Louisiana digs in.
When Kyran Pittman gardens in her yard in the Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, she can’t dig for more than a few inches before hitting “old, gnarly, large” oyster
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When Kyran Pittman gardens in her yard in the Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, she can’t dig for more than a few inches before hitting “old, gnarly, large” oyster
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It's your birthday and you deserve free stuff — it's as simple as that.
Happy birthday! An updated guide to the best birthday freebies in New Orleans
It's your birthday and you deserve free stuff — it's as simple as that.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's your birthday and you deserve free stuff — it's as simple as that.
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MICHELLE OBAMA, on whether a woman can get elected president:
“.. sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like: don’t even look at me about running ‘cause you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. We got a lot of growing up to do ..”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
“.. sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like: don’t even look at me about running ‘cause you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. We got a lot of growing up to do ..”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
MICHELLE OBAMA, on whether a woman can get elected president:
“.. sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like: don’t even look at me about running ‘cause you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. We got a lot of growing up to do ..”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
“.. sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like: don’t even look at me about running ‘cause you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. We got a lot of growing up to do ..”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...
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The pope’s Chicago and New Orleans Creole cousins having dinner together at Antoine’s fills me with joy. Just really happy for them and the long-delayed reunion of the family. Glad to hear gumbo and pralines remained family tradition in Chicago.
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The pope’s Chicago and New Orleans Creole cousins having dinner together at Antoine’s fills me with joy. Just really happy for them and the long-delayed reunion of the family. Glad to hear gumbo and pralines remained family tradition in Chicago.
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On Wednesday night, in a quiet corner of Antoine's in the heart of New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, two branches of Pope Leo's family that lost touch two generations before he
Two branches of Pope Leo's family reunite in New Orleans
On Wednesday night, in a quiet corner of Antoine's in the heart of New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, two branches of Pope Leo's family that lost touch two generations before he
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November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On Wednesday night, in a quiet corner of Antoine's in the heart of New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, two branches of Pope Leo's family that lost touch two generations before he