Andy Bechtel

Yes, although hotels charge extra for that.

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I'd go with "senator" because I bet most people outside Texas do not know who Cornyn is. How about: "Senator asks FBI to arrest Texas lawmakers who left state"

another AI fail; checking the CNN schedule for tonight i’m pretty sure it’s not correct unless Larry King is being raised from the dead

Screenshot of partial Linked In post. Embedded text reads: "just received a public records request for my course syllabus, and it looks like the request came from The Oversight Project (an affiliate of the Heritage Foundation). The stated goal for the records request? To assess UNC Chapel Hill's "institutional compliance with current Executive Orders" that ban DEI."

Posted without hot take. But y'all should know this is happening. Seen on an individual UNC professor's LinkedIn.

My friend @madelynrosenberg.bsky.social had an idea for a museum of mission statements.

We have the Durham Bulls. Great game experience, great venue, great tradition. No need for MLB here.

"Paradise lost"

I'm at 32. I have been to Dallas but not Fort Worth and Minneapolis but not Saint Paul. I have been to Tampa and St. Pete and lived in Raleigh and Durham, but no chances for easy credit there.

Is Trump a libel-proof president? How his reputation hinders his WSJ lawsuit | Opinion A federal judge in Florida became one of just a handful of courts nationwide ever to recognize the 'libel-proof plaintiff' doctrine.

Is Trump a libel-proof president?

There's a Fashionphile store in an office park in Carlsbad, between L.A. and San Diego. I was there last month with my wife. Gated building with fancy purses and tight security.

Interested to watch how this story gets covered.

Is it going to be like most sports gambling scandals, where it's framed as individual bad actors? Or do we start seeing more coverage that interrogates the larger system?

Seldes

Chicago Tribune

July 27, 1925: Italy expels Chicago Tribune correspondent George Seldes, accusing him of using his dispatches to paint the Fascist regime "in the worst possible light." He is targeted for reporting that connects Mussolini to hit squads. Seldes had also been banned from the USSR.

Perfect bookend: "Sharkey's Day" and "Sharkey's Night"

Album cover for Ocean Rain by Echo and the Bunnymen. The band members are depicted in a rowboat in a blue cavern

Ocean Rain by Echo and the Bunnymen

Herr Goebbels Angered By Anti-Nazi Wit Comedians Banned For Humorous Remarks on Leaders --The Montreal Star, 4 Feb 1939

1939

"Bluesky is dying." This week, I learned of the deaths of Ozzy and Hulk Hogan, and the return of Air Bud. All on this platform.

Early favorite for next year's Pulitzer Prize for Photography.

A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full mouse costume being arrested by Tallahassee police for credit card fraud.

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Q&A with Norman Gomlak of The Baltimore Banner Norman Gomlak is local editor at The Baltimore Banner. In 30 years in journalism, he has worked as an editor and reporter at The Houston Chronicle, The Associated Press, The Charlotte Observer and …

An interview with Norman Gomlak, local editor at The Baltimore Banner: "My goals are to make smart choices about what we cover, coach staffers through the reporting and writing process, and elevate stories." editdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/q...

The problem with political media, conveniently distilled into 3 paragraphs.

Government as a social game, where the mere exercising of power is met with adulation while the actual substance is of no material interest. They don’t actually care what politicians do, just whether a politician can do it.

this is why layout matters

Kale salad is delicious when prepared well. I recommend this recipe from a pizza place in my city. www.pepperplate.com/sharedrecipe...

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Rufus D. Lynx

The suggestions for the New York Post headlines is what makes this art

My view from inside higher ed is that most DEI efforts were a lot more modest than they are now made out to be. Like the sinister sounding "diversity statement" which in practice was just a couple of paragraphs explaining your approach to ensuring that all students could learn.

What about those of us who are fine with the Bulls and have no interest in MLB here?

Remember: it’s not “don’t worry, it’s just a few bad apples,” it’s “a few bad apples spoil the bunch.”

A quiet evening for the sports copy desk, as I recall.

Houston Chronicle managing editor Fernando Alfonso writes: "In what appears to be the first time in Hearst Texas history, all the major newspapers owned by the company ran the same front page today absent ads...