Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!

Here’s last night’s story about public media, who it serves, what we can do to counteract the Trump administration’s budget cuts to it, and why the answer is “sell Russell Crowe’s jock strap.” You’ll see. youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA

Over the years, we have accumulated many, many weird items on this show. Wax presidents, Russell Crowe’s jock strap, even a Bob Ross painting. Now, you can own them. Visit johnoliversjunk.com to bid on items that will help us raise money for The Public Media Bridge Fund!

Our season finale is about the vital role public media plays in the lives of many Americans, how the Trump Administration’s budget cuts could impact those Americans directly, and one small way we’re trying to make a difference. And yes, of course, there is a bidet involved.

If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker. This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…

This isn’t very hard, folks.

There’s plenty to learn from this week’s election if we care to learn it…. youtube.com/shorts/QgyGk...

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

Senate is back in session today. 1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown. You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

Each year, nearly 5,000 children are diagnosed with brain tumors, which are the leading cause of pediatric cancer-related death. In August, the Trump administration announced it would stop supporting a federally funded network dedicated to researching these deadly cancers.

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My floor speech yesterday: 1/ The rules change Republicans are pushing through the Senate - to confirm dozens of Trump nominees with one vote - is another sign of our vanishing democracy, as the legislative branch voluntarily bends the knee to the executive.

RJK Jr. has done next to nothing to limit microplastics and declined to propose restrictions on ultra-processed foods or pesticides. The HHS employees want Kennedy gone. Maybe it’s time the MAHA moms got on the bandwagon. trib.al/VmTyfiQ

Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago

The president has spoken. Will Missouri Republicans obey on redistricting? missouriindependent.com/2025/08/18/t...

KYLE CLARK: “The Trump administration is trying to get insider access to voting systems in Colorado…” REPUBLICAN officials stopped them, and are sounding the alarm🚨

WCK’s Relief Team is on the ground in Missouri and Kentucky providing meals and water to communities affected by powerful storm systems that caused several tornadoes and other severe weather like hail and damaging winds.

EVERYBODY WATCH THIS. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #HandsOffOurSchools

‘The parliamentarian may rule next week whether Republicans can use a novel accounting method to make Trump tax cuts permanent. Democrats call the idea "magic math."’ #Notaxcutsforbillionaires www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Remember when Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025? Guess what? We’re just over a month in and already 36% of Project 2025’s policy objectives have been achieved. Check out the tracker here, and tell a friend. www.project2025.observer Project2025

Don’t fall for Elon Musk’s smoke screen. What he doesn’t want you to know is that there’s a fix to extend Social Security’s solvency: end the tax cap. Billionaires like him reach the cap on New Year’s Day. Let them contribute all year long like the rest of us. Problem solved.

🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.” EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣

DOGE staffer steps down after racist posts emerge

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Pamela Hemphill has refused a pardon from Trump for her role in January 6. "Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation.”

🚨BREAKING🚨 I just released the full report on Congress trading in 2024. Like every year since 2020, some US politicians beat the market. From the start of 2024 to year end, many had unusual trades & huge portfolio gains. Here are the top political traders of 2024.

✅ DEI Job of the Day Director of Inclusion & Belonging - Corporate Functions, Gap, Inc. (Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta) This leader will have experience designing, implementing, and managing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategies and priorities www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

x X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m. Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app? If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

Huge changes across Facebook's platforms coming soon. Mark Zuckerberg says the recent elections "feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech..." www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/...

We need to add Bluesky to this for next time. “I Have Read and Agreed to the Terms…” A New Look at the Readability of Social Media ToS and Privacy Policies socialmedialab.ca/2024/04/10/i...

Students can record and share video responses all inside of Padlet. Read my post for the steps I take to create a padlet that functions like a Flipgrid topic. #EduSky #EdTech

Beautiful @Bluesky this morning *

I created a new video timer. Use it in the classroom, embed it in presentations, and for live-streaming. 2 Minute Timer (with upbeat music) youtu.be/ZYYza1cu9aw #TechTips411 #EduSky

This is how elephants protect their babies..

Lucille “Cille” MacDonald, who this spring was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her “Rosie the Riveter” work as a ship welder during World War II, died last week in Hawaii. She was 98. www.stripes.com/theaters/asi...

🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵

📢 App Version 1.60 is rolling out now (1/5) We have a new logo! 🦋  Bluesky is emerging from its cocoon of clouds to transform into a social butterfly. Read more about why we chose this logo here: blueskyweb.xyz/blog/12-21-2...

“Bluesky” was originally a placeholder name for the project started by Twitter to build an open social protocol. I kept it because it’s memorable and symbolizes the open space of possibilities: the Twitter bird freed from a closed platform to fly in Bluesky’s open ecosystem.

Why a butterfly? Well, of course, it flies. But more importantly, it is a symbol of change and transformation. Early on, people started using the 🦋 emoji to indicate they were on Bluesky. We’ve now officially adopted it, as it speaks to our mission of transforming social media into something new.

Waving at the #iss from Venice, Italy! #nasa

Hey folks, Bluesky has now passed 500,000 users! It's incredible to think only a few months ago we were celebrating 50k in a fun little club. It's wild to see how much the actions of a few people with bad money sense cause folks to flock to something new and exciting. I'm glad you're all here!

We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. Take a deep breath and think before believing the information you receive. #MotivationMonday #EDUsky

Responsible AI is one of the most important topics for discussion with students. #EDUsky

Happy 4th of July! Neighborhood parade in #STL #EDUSky