Matt Pearce
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May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct) https://mattdpearce.substack.com
Just sped through Volume I, it was good, but is it “five more volumes of this” good?
Did you know the local news shortage is costing communities about $1.1B a year? On the Keep It Local podcast, our director of research, Matthew Baker, explains the unexpected link between local news and the municipal bond market. Listen now at @lma-lmf.bsky.social: localmedia.org/2026/07/when...
When local news dies, cities pay more to borrow
Communities that lose their local news source end up paying more to borrow money — an estimated $1.1 billion more a year, nationally, according to new research from Rebuild Local News. In this episode...
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in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say
The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.
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Like wasps and hornets, the Tiresome Literature Boy may be irritating on a one-on-one level, but they are crucial parts of the ecosystem.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2d agothey were very annoying and were also already a species in decline by my college years - but I mean, I never thought the Tiresome Literature Boy would ever really go *extinct*, and now we’re facing a truly catastrophic population decline.
Sunday blog: Sometimes “community” is all in the head. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/on-books-a...
Making the most of an imaginary community
Ursula K. Le Guin, Machiavelli and finding your community.
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Sunday blog: Sometimes “community” is all in the head. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/on-books-a...
Making the most of an imaginary community
Ursula K. Le Guin, Machiavelli and finding your community.
mattdpearce.substack.com
The only creative industry that is inarguably both doing well and doing great work right now is "new baseball guy names."
Bobby Nightengale@nightengalejr.bsky.social · 5d agoJhomnardo Reyes is going to the Orioles for Dean Kremer, per source.
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everybody's talking about the odyssey, but america has a meaty epic poem with countless interpretations all its own: john henry www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-john-henr...
On John Henry, American Epic Poem
It's a nice idea that "This Land Is Your Land" should be our national anthem, a wonderful song full of generous and idealistic sentiment that's actually easy to sing. (That the Star-Spangled Banner sh...
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At a coffee shop in Bend, Ore., and just overheard the phrase “Ja Rule is performing at the Deschutes County Fair.”
Rebuild Local News has released the Community News Fellowships Act, a model law that helps states rebuild local reporting capacity by creating a program that places trained journalists in local newsrooms and expands community coverage. Learn more: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/solutions/mo...
Community News Fellowships
Best practices for creating a community news fellowships program that bolsters reporting capacity and increases coverage of local issues.
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I cannot boost this enough. The lack of local journalism is at the root of so many problems.
Matthew Moore@matthewrmoore.bsky.social · last wk.The cost of losing local journalism is more than just a metaphorical one. A group of finance professors found that fewer local reporters are leading to higher municipal borrowing costs for local governments. Thanks to @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social for chatting - www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-...
honestly, good on Joyce Carol Oates for interacting in good faith with Twitter replies from people like *checks notes* 420birthdaybOyz
