Larry Irving
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Patrick LaForge
21 days ago
When they write the obituary of this once great institution, call it what it was: a murder-suicide.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/washington-post-layoffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Coach Finstock
24 days ago
I mean, he told me and I told people
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Opinion | ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/ice-kids-liam-ramos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.stGS.vyZ32tsLYXAE&smid=bs-share
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Don Moynihan
about 1 month ago
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
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Mac William Bishop
about 1 month ago
Now the actual military has to dress like itās not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs? BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
about 2 months ago
Our inaugural photo contest for undergraduates yielded some incredible shots of our Buffett Undergraduate Research Fellows, Elliott Scholars, and International Senior Thesis Grantees embarking on research and community-based internships in locations ranging from Argentina to Thailand to Germany.
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BlackstarGotEm⢠(He/Him/His)
about 2 months ago
Let me go cop a Pixel before the prices jump
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What āThe American Revolutionā Says About Our Cultural Battles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/arts/television/ken-burns-the-american-revolution-documentary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k8.CrVZ.b4wVmgQI-O52
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Can Ken Burns Win the American Revolution?
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Can Ken Burns Win the American Revolution?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/arts/television/ken-burns-american-revolution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.hmpc.hPdEMM0rsNyT
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. Theyāve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally ā almost certainly incomplete ā includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
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A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It
The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-ai-on-the-rise-what-will-be-the-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-180987379/
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Going to have to miss Get Up! This morning, but I suspect the host will have some thoughts...
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Steve Herman
6 months ago
BBC - Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength as China unveils new weapons at huge military parade.
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Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength as China unveils new weapons at huge military parade
The three leaders meet publicly for the first time as laser weapons and nuclear ballistic missiles are paraded through Beijing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yl1e5gvznt
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The New York Times
6 months ago
A federal appeals court late Tuesday blocked President Trump from using an 18th-century wartime law to quickly deport a group of Venezuelans, rejecting the administrationās argument that the migrants were part of an āinvasionā of the U.S. Follow live updates.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Appeals Court Blocks Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act
The ruling was a setback for a key part of President Trumpās immigration crackdown. The case is almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court.
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Justin Hendrix
6 months ago
"The government has let A.I. companies lead a charmed life with almost zero regulation. It now ought to enact legislation that addresses costs and harms unfairly offloaded onto the public," argues
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Opinion | How to Rethink A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/opinion/ai-gpt5-rethinking.html
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Graig Mellon
6 months ago
Please give her a follow... we need her follower count to go up, especially when the Wisconsin Supreme Court race coming up on April 7, 2026 is really important.
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What Youāll Miss When Itās Gone
When the billion dollars allotted to public media was yanked back, some people may have assumed the end of the CPB was inevitable, if they thought about it at all. Perhaps thatās because the CPBās pri...
https://www.pbs.org/publiceditor/blogs/pbs-public-editor/what-youll-miss-when-its-gone/
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Dave Weigel
6 months ago
Data for Progress poll: A slight majority of GOP voters would support Trump for a third term, an unconstitutional move that he keeps posting and talking about anyway.
www.semafor.com/article/08/2...
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GOP voters favor third Trump term
At the same time, Republicans were less likely than Democrats or independents to think that Trump would try to run again.
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/27/2025/gop-voters-favor-third-trump-term
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Jesse Anderson
6 months ago
Tokyo is exploring kinetic tech where footsteps generate power ā”š£ Imagine Shibuya Crossing lighting the city! A step toward renewable energy + smart cities š
#Sustainability
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#SmartCity
#blueskynews
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Sarah Spain āØ
6 months ago
Former pro turned analyst Pam Shriver joined āGood Gameā live at US Open Fan Fest and discussed Naomi Osakaās continued work to find healthy ways to handle the media and other responsibilities of being a pro tennis player. Full episode:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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If youāre a New Yorker of a certain age youāll remember the Bronx fires in the 1970s and Iāll bet you didnāt realize they were about profit, not povertyā¦
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Paddy McFitzwacker Vanderielly O'Hare
6 months ago
PBS isnāt going anywhere and there was never a plan for PragerU to replace PBS stations because PBS stations are independently owned and nonprofit.
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The New York Times
6 months ago
A group of philanthropists is aiming to fund $50 million for roughly 115 local radio and TV stations most at risk after Republicans in Congress voted to strip hundreds of millions in previously approved funding.
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The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.
https://nyti.ms/3V8G4Nm
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
6 months ago
Ben Rhodes highlights a key problem in how Vladimir Putin considers Donald Trump: "Vladimir Putin thinks in long stretches of history. Donald Trump thinks in terms of news cycles."
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Insta Science
6 months ago
A carcal flexing its ears. Can you do this?
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez
6 months ago
I agree with these lawmakers led by
@repbarragan.bsky.social
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Forbes
7 months ago
Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.
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Canadian Car Visits To U.S. Plunge 37% In JulyāSeattle, Portland, Detroit Hit Hardest
Steep year-over-year drop in car and air travel solidifies steep economic losses for U.S. tourism this year.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2025/08/11/canadian-car-visits-us-plunge-37-percent/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Codify Baseball
7 months ago
42-year old Justin Verlander throwing 98 MPH is just completely ridiculous.
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Weather Service is now hiring back hundreds of positions that got cut in the DOGE chaos | CNN
The National Weather Service has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians just months after being hit hard by Department of Government Efficiency-related cuts...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/weather/nws-rehiring-doge-layoffs-climate
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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than stateās human residents
Proposed data center would demand 5x Wyomingās current power use at full deployment.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/ai-in-wyoming-may-soon-use-more-electricity-than-states-human-residents/
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Raider
7 months ago
U.S. CITIZEN SAYS ICE DETAINED HIM FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS
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The New Yorker
7 months ago
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds whoād just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. āIām willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,ā he recounted afterward.
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ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one yearsāincluding four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, āYou donāt have more rights than they do....
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/ice-agents-invade-a-manhattan-little-league-field?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Ava Laugh⦠š¤
7 months ago
This is so freaking adorableā¦. š« Snugglesā¦ š„° šÆ šÆ
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George Takei
7 months ago
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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PBS News
7 months ago
PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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Mychal Threets
7 months ago
Thank you for EVERYTHING,
@pbs.org
⨠We love you, we will never give up on you!The support from viewers like us for you is eternal! Public media teaches us kindness, teaches us to enjoy learning, teaches us that we all belong. PBS is my reason to stay. PBS, always and forever ā¤ļøāš©¹šš©µš
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Opinion | This Is Why America Needs Public Media
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/pbs-npr-cuts-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08.VV6L.KGh_kRysmTtm&smid=bs-share
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Maca IglesiasšŗšøThank You, President Bidenšŗšø
7 months ago
We have some good news in these dark times! Narcisso Barranco, the father of three U.S. Marines, has been released from an ICE detention center in Adelanto, California. I hope to see more releases and more families reunited. Small steps lead to great victories.š„ Please pass it on.
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George Conway āļøšŗšø
7 months ago
āAmericans as of Sunday faced a 20.6% average effective tariff rate, ⦠the highest since 1910.Ā The full effect of the tariffs might not be felt for months ā¦. But the ⦠resulting price increases could amount to the equivalent of a $2,800 hit in yearly household income.ā
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Little Rock Public Radio
7 months ago
The Senate is expected to vote as early as tomorrow on the rescissions package that would eliminate funding for public media, including support critical to stations like Little Rock Public Radio. Visit
ProtectMyPublicMedia.org
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#ProtectPublicMedia
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Protect My Public Media
Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.
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Paula Kerger is used to fighting for PBS. Now the stakes are higher.
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The New York Times
8 months ago
Breaking News: Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of X and a top lieutenant to its owner, Elon Musk, is leaving the company.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/t...
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Robert Reich
8 months ago
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP ā which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
8 months ago
For any attorneys general who may have been living under a rock and missed that immigration agents are staying masked, and why that is a problem, hopefully this helps:
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Not a NYC voter. If I was I'd be worried about his lack of executive experience. But this is the most fun/joyful campaign in decades and at a time when NYC voters need and deserve humor and joy...
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Acyn
8 months ago
Folds: If weāve been told our whole lives that we canāt spend money on the arts because theyāre not importantāthen why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did? It is extremely important. Itās the bedrock of self-expression.
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