Emma Jacobs
@ecjacobs.bsky.social
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Journalist, etc. Sometimes @npr. Alum @whyy, @wnyc. Summer & Montreal enthusiast.
Thanks to the great work/edits of the
@planetmoney.bsky.social
production team.
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3 months ago
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Truly a delight to work with
@wailinwong.bsky.social
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@juliaritchey.bsky.social
on this episode of
@npr.org
The Indicator.
www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...
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Can you copyright artwork made using AI? : The Indicator from Planet Money
Copyright is the legal system used to reward and protect creations made by humans. But with growing adoption of artificial intelligence, does copyright extend to artwork that’s made using AI? Today on...
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5511382/can-you-copyright-artwork-made-using-ai
3 months ago
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Jason Mark
4 months ago
So the greatest growth of water intensive Data Centers for AI slop is in the arid West that’s experiencing a record drought. Yep, makes perfect sense. (Data courtesy
@highcountrynews.org
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What an incredible project and love letter to radio.
radio.garden/balloon-ride
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Take a Balloon Ride on Radio Garden
Listen, look and guess where you are!
https://radio.garden/balloon-ride
4 months ago
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NPR
4 months ago
Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the potential impact of the loss of that funding on children's programming.
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Flimmaker Ken Burns: Public broadcasting is a 'purely American expression'
Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR's Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the potential impact of the loss of that funding on children's programming.
https://n.pr/46OsFB2
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What a Quebec-style controversy in Belgium.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/w...
4 months ago
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew in the
@theglobeandmail.com
on wildfire-related evacuations in the province:
6 months ago
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This order is going to *most directly* impact your local public radio member-stations.
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7 months ago
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I am begging the
#HardFork
podcast team to go read any of their own paper's reporting on environmental impacts of AI before they go uncritically repeating "good ideas" like waiving environmental regulations to power AI data centers.
8 months ago
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If Flow does not win best animated film tonight, something has gone terribly wrong.
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9 months ago
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Frances Meh
10 months ago
the change in the canadian electoral landscape since the us inauguration is really something to see
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Meanwhile, someone has x-country skied to my local coffee shop.
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9 months ago
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Anecdotal signs that despite the trade war “delay”, some Canadians are still making changes, including boycotting the Superbowl.
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10 months ago
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Wait for it….
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10 months ago
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Covering Climate Now
10 months ago
Even as the Los Angeles fires and a rapidly melting Arctic all but scream that climate breakdown is worsening, some of the most accomplished journalists on the climate beat have had their jobs threatened or eliminated.
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Beat reporting works.
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10 months ago
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Matt Novak
10 months ago
“So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once."
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And we get to do this all again in another month.
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10 months ago
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Clara Jeffery
10 months ago
This. And a thing YOU can do is to support media you care about.
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Dave Vetter
10 months ago
Transport is the biggest source of US emissions. The US transportation secretary has ordered the removal of the words "climate change" and "greenhouse gas emissions" from all departmental material.
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Wow, Trudeau just said in his press conference he's been trying to speak with Trump since the inauguration, but hopes to speak with him soon.
10 months ago
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David Gura
10 months ago
From
@shannonkoneil.bsky.social
's
@cfr.org
analysis of President Trump's new
#tariffs
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Meanwhile, in Canada ...
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10 months ago
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Bobby Silverman
10 months ago
Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment
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Alex Segura
10 months ago
Pretty big deal.
@bookshop-org.bsky.social
is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
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Bookshop.org US
Explore digital books on Bookshop.org
https://bookshop.org/ebooks
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Déprimant.
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10 months ago
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Jonathan Berk 🏠
10 months ago
Montreal will continue the largest pedestrian street program in North America, committing $12mil to 9 pedestrian streets over 3-years. “These projects are not only good for the economy, they also contribute directly to the quality of life of the population.”
@valplante.bsky.social
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100% agree. Beautiful, totally unique film. More showtimes in Montreal this week at the Cinematheque:
www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/cinema/fl...
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10 months ago
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Clara Jeffery
10 months ago
This was reported. A lot. Not just by
@motherjones.com
etc, but by the biggest outlets. The bigger question is: why didn’t people see/believe/care about that reporting. Stop blaming reporting entities for information ecosystem issues outside of their control. Also…subscribe to some stuff ffs.
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The Tennessee Holler
10 months ago
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This is an exceptionally weird stance for the ADL.
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10 months ago
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Damian Carrington
10 months ago
Trump plans to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time - The fossil fuel industry donated $75m to Trump’s campaign
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump plans to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time
In 2021, Biden had rejoined 2015 treaty that seeks to curb climate crisis effects after Trump first pulled out in 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-paris-climate-agreement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Josh Gondelman
11 months ago
I received this in a small group chat of flustered writers, and I think it's good and bleak and conveys some thoughts and feelings a lot of people are having!
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what the fuck are we doing anymore
yes this is about social media
https://www.late-review.com/p/what-the-fuck-are-we-doing-anymore
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Why do this?
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11 months ago
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Katya Rogers
11 months ago
We made a great show this week.
@brookegladstone.bsky.social
spoke to the guy who authored the chapter about defunding public media in Project 2025.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) | On the Media | WNYC Studios
NPR and PBS stations are bracing for war with the incoming Trump administration. On this week’s On the Media, the long history of efforts to save—and snuff out—public broadcasting. Pl...
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/public-broadcasting-is-in-danger-again
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A former home of climate scientist and vocal advocate for mitigation, Peter Kalmus was destroyed in the LA wildfires this week.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
11 months ago
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A guy just arrived at the outdoor hockey rink by winterized bicycle. Bless you, Montreal. Never change.
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Brian Goldstone
11 months ago
An utterly damning and horrific image.
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Just wait until you hear how easy Americans think it will be for them to move to Canada.
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11 months ago
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kate conger
11 months ago
public media funding is always under threat — but now Elon Musk is targeting NPR and PBS for budget cuts.
@benmullin.bsky.social
and I found out how stations are preparing:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/b...
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NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump
Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades. With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-trump-musk.html
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How can I undermine my own employees and trust in journalism at the same time?
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12 months ago
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I am kitten-sitting these guys next week. What are the odds I come out of this without adopting a kitten?
12 months ago
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Mike Keller
12 months ago
Headlines in this afternoon's email from
@inquirer.com
Note the number of gun-related articles. Do we have a
#gunproblem
or do we have a Gun Problem in this country?
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Quinta Jurecic
12 months ago
relatable
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A lot of the dumbest things I see cyclists doing in Paris relate to remaining problems with infrastructure. If there aren’t enough places for cyclists to safely pause, and poor signaling, then yeah, they’ll run lights. These feel like growing pains, not a culture war.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/w...
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Death of Cyclist in Paris Lays Bare Divide in Mayor’s War Against Cars
Paul Varry was run over on a city street in what prosecutors suspect was a deliberate act of road rage, as bikers and drivers choose sides.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/world/europe/death-of-cyclist-in-paris-lays-bare-divide-in-mayors-war-against-cars.html
12 months ago
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Had a class move online today because of this weather and finding it *hilarious*.
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about 1 year ago
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What an absolute heartbreaker to lose this wonderful, experimental space for audio.
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about 1 year ago
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Promising a "small, eco-friendly footprint" for your eventual launchpad for recreational space travel really takes greenwashing to a whole new level.
nytimes.com/2024/11/18/u...
about 1 year ago
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I went to a renewable energy conference this month and found an atmosphere of ... cautious optimism?
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/n...
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https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/nx-s1-5188394/a-scottish-archipelago-is-testing-ways-to-source-renewable-energy-from-the-ocean
about 1 year ago
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Meta has been saying for years that it wants out of the news business.
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about 1 year ago
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