Feeling beat down (already) by the semester/Texas/the never-ending, wet heat (which is a lot like Louisiana in this part…)
Will Mari
@willthewordguy.bsky.social
Media historian/dog/human dad/husband/flawed Christian/hiker/dancer; https://artsci.tamu.edu/comm-journalism/contact/profiles/will-mari.html
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Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — ‘All I want is to see my husband back,’ said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also...
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Seattle Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging they trained their AI on its journalism
Microsoft was sued Friday by the parent company of its hometown daily newspaper, The Seattle Times Co., which joined with Newsday to accuse the Redmond tech giant and OpenAI of using their journalism ...
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Really important reporting here on the NIL madness in Louisiana, by @piperhutch.bsky.social: lailluminator.com/2026/09/01/n...
NIL insiders in Louisiana report unrealistic expectations, exhausted donors • Louisiana Illuminator
Athletics and campus administrators from Louisiana colleges convened last week to tackle one of their biggest challenges: How to deal with the downstream financial effects in the new era of paying stu...
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“If I had my choice, I would kill every reporter in the world, but I’m sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast.” — Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Excited with @ruthmoon.bsky.social to get this @framebridge.bsky.social print up from @bigbendsentinel.bsky.social #journalism #texas
need this on a syllabus: “Sure, we can speak our minds, but that doesn't mean we won't get persecuted for it, or that we don't need to watch our mouths. But we do have freedom of speech. We're able to be free, to walk free and to be who we are. That's America.” -Dolly Parton
One thing that's struck me in covering the Spokane wildfires: churches aren't just responding to the immediate crisis, but are already thinking about the long recovery. I talked with NWPB about how faith communities are helping—and what comes next. bit.ly/4xnmfn9
Unpacked: Faith and fire recovery in Spokane
After devastating fires earlier this month in Spokane, several churches and religious organizations are stepping in to help people recover.
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what's funny about this is that monks were perfectly delighted with the printing press, the myth that the late medieval church resisted printing is false, you can actually embellish printed books and people did, illuminators and scribes are not the same people, and simon should read more.
Simon Evans@sevans.bsky.social · 2w agoAcademic BlueSky is becoming an echo chamber about AI. Like a monastery chuckling about how the printing press can’t embellish a letter with gold leaf.
Excited to talk to colleagues at @tamu.bsky.social Libraries about a potential event this fall celebrating our #USConstitution, free speech, and civics education/ engagement in honor of both #constitutionday and #Freedom250 — stay tuned for more details
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Disable the AI Features in Gmail and Google Docs
New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.
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Putting out one more call for any folks still at @aejmc.bsky.social #aejmc26 #neworleans this evening— I’ll be going out to listen to some jazz on Frenchmen Street tonight — DM me if you’d like to join!
Setting a precedent that taking the 5th in front of Congress can lead to a contempt of Congress vote is something. I am not really sure what that something is, but it is something. I hope the Senate Dems are paying attention. I'd love to see some DHS and ICE folks in front of Congress next year.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last mo.Putting this out extra early for anyone still around @aejmc.bsky.social #aejmc26 in #neworleans on Saturday night — hoping to put to hear #jazz that evening with some friends and colleagues — DM me if you’d like to tag along! I’ll put out another reminder closer to then too
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Hacked, Leaked, Reported: Journalistic Practices and the Logics of Disclosure in a Turbulent Cyber Landscape
Journalists increasingly report on data that surface through direct hacks, hack-and-leak operations, cybercrime leaks, and large-scale data dumps. In this environment, the motives and ethical bound...
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This looks like contemporary art, but it is a seismograph of a swarm of hybrid seismic events that took place this week in Tenerife. Via @involcan.bsky.social .
A month after a pair of history-making earthquakes ripped across Venezuela, the country’s hardest-hit state, La Guaira, remains a scene of grueling, painstaking searches for the dead. Two brothers dug every day for 26 days to find their mother, brother and grandmother. trib.al/l6gv8Bu
I hope you'll take a few minutes to watch this CBS Sunday Morning story. It's a chance to hear Marvin tell his story in his own words and hear his voice.
When the employed are pushed into homelessness
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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