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@billcsmith.bsky.social

East Ramapo alum. LGM.

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Well said.

26.01.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1708    πŸ” 429    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 11
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Baseball immortality.

Carlos BeltrΓ‘n is heading to Cooperstown! πŸ‘

20.01.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 25
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PR Firm News: PRSA/NY Names Cohen '26 President The New York Chapter of PRSA names Attention Comms CEO Paul Cohen as 2026 president of its board of directors.

PR Firm News: PRSA/NY Names Cohen '26 President www.odwyerpr.com/story/public...

14.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s pretty fucked up to sack Aaron Rodgers instead of debating his ideas

13.01.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2777    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 9

BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity.

The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.

21.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 11506    πŸ” 4288    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 128

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

10.05.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 25642    πŸ” 5638    πŸ’¬ 845    πŸ“Œ 341
News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World | Costs of War The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate ab...

new report from Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs - since 10/7/23, war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the US Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the US war in Afghanistan combined
watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

02.04.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia A Democratic lawmaker has drafted a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.

Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

19.03.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These five newspapers prove journalism can thrive without billionaire owners Owned by their journalists, these outlets from Argentina, France, Scotland, Spain and Uruguay see their model as key to their independence.

β€œThe people who write for the newspaper and own it live in their local communities and are well invested in them,” explains MacKenzie. β€œYour ownership is not distant. Your ownership reacts to the demands of your community.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/these-f...

26.02.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brief break from hawking The Onion to tell everyone I just subscribed to Wired. Please support publications who do brave work right now.

www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

03.02.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10613    πŸ” 1628    πŸ’¬ 263    πŸ“Œ 212
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dang...we were all rooting for you, Davos

21.01.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Storm Inside There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone.

It's a genuine honor to publish this beautiful and brave personal essay and call to action by @AymanOghanna, about journalism's failure to properly care for freelancers, and his own struggles with mental health www.cjr.org/wartime/ogha...

15.01.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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