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@andrewjballou.bsky.social

Geek, historian, National Parks lover, teacher, writer, and probably the tallest guy you've met.

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Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 13h ago

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16h ago

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob- lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti- democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
Jennifer Smith Richards@jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 19h ago

With @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and a team of local reporters across three states, we conducted an experiment in establishing private and microschools. And you can see for yourself what it takes -- just take this quiz by @zisiga.bsky.social.

It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours. — ProPublica

Private school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be.

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Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d ago

Let me say a couple words about paywalls. They’re annoying. I feel that (as a news consumer) and know that (as a news publisher). But asking for your email, either to read an article or even to access a gift link (someone said this happened to them a a Times gift link a moment ago) isn’t some …

Flaming Hydra@flaminghydra.com · 2d ago

TODAY: @raxkingisdead.bsky.social on what we’ve seen in the men of Cornell University. “I want to diagnose it. I’m the naive fool who believes that in diagnosing it, I can cure us all of it.” flaminghydra.com/gentlemen-an...

Gentlemen and Scholars of the Ivy League

I heard the two men talking, this morning, before I saw them. Then I saw them, and then they saw me, walking up the steep ramp toward them to the pedestrian bridge over the expressway. Their talking s...

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Three years ago, the Free Beacon ironically named me man of the year on their website. "Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to," they wrote. This year, I was on a TIME100 list. I would take this moment to tell them how they can suck me: from the back. Thank you.

We don’t know about Ben’s family or personal finances, but we certainly can’t disagree about his lack of skills. But for someone with absolutely no ability, Ben has found the perfect gig. Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to. Only now, when you do nothing, you'll do it as a Free Beacon Man of the Year.I win.
404 Media@404media.co · 3d ago

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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Bartleby Would Prefer Not To@andrewjballou.bsky.social · 3d ago

This might turn out to be true. BUT w motivated by inertia, “norms,” cowardice, or other reasons, it is a dereliction of duty for journalists to uncritically reprint what powerful people say about events instead of reporting the truth of those events.

Pilot May Have Attempted to Crash Flight to Israel, Netanyahu Says Passengers intervened and "prevented a disaster" after one pilot stabbed another during a flight from Dubai, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.