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Americans are awash in bad deals Fighting each other, over crumbs, instead of focusing on the real problem

Well said, @bobsullivan.bsky.social redtape.substack.com/p/its-the-ba...

New FEMA flood maps prompt questions, concerns across Massachusetts   - CommonWealth Beacon Massachusetts property owners are navigating the need for flood insurance as disasters become more widespread and the state looks to reverse an urgent housing shortage.

New FEMA flood maps. And, as everywhere, people have to pay the bill that fossil fuel companies incurred. commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’

Pope Francis' encyclical is so powerful. I appreciate that the current Pope is embracing and amplifying it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Amazing. ♥️🙏🏽

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

For Birds to Win, Do Cats Have to Lose? – Part 1 | BirdNote Bring Birds Back Season 1: Episode 4

I don't subscribe, but the headline reminds me of this great two-parter @birdnote.bsky.social www.birdnote.org/podcasts/bri...

Trump’s delusional if he thinks this ends with Bubba from Oklahoma landing a tech job. Tech firms will just move operations overseas to reach top-tier talent.

📌 After Trump slapped a $100K fee on new visas, several passengers bailed minutes before takeoff, afraid they couldn’t get back into the US.

Claims denied 3x by my health insurance provider and resubmitted by me were finally approved. 💃🏽 Can I have a cookie?

😂 forgot about that one

I just signed a waiver releasing my kids' hiking group from all responsibility for her wellbeing and jeez, there sure are a lot of ways to die.

Against Platforms Dreaming of a more open internet

Yes. kirkhamilton.substack.com/p/against-pl...

I just followed you on LinkedIn. Feel free to connect! (Can't DM you on here)

Love it! (Not the last part) We should write our own history... someday...

New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!

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YouTube video by MSNBC 'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago

I just watched with my kids. Consider watching with yours. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0_...

Public radio stations have impossible choices ahead. This one will stop airing NPR programming. www.newsherald.com/story/news/l...

Last month, Congress voted to end public media’s federal funding. Now, local stations across the country are at risk of going dark.

That’s why we built adoptastation.org — a simple way to support a station in need.

Adopt one. Spread the word. Save public media.

In this case, the Wednesday farmer's market filled in the gaps. Not cheap, though.

Done.

That is a great idea, I will do that. I've felt so helpless watching this happen, and the other option in town is nearly as expensive with less choice.

Whole Foods in my town is completely enshittified. I've watched its decline since the Amazon acquisition. Now, empty shelves, rotting produce and flies (in summer, no less!), room temp meat in barely cool fridge section, almost no grains, etc etc.

Roll Call: Why Public Radio Matters - Transom Roll Call: Why Public Radio Matters - Transom

The folks at Transom invited a few public radio stations to share why they matter to their communities. ♥️ transom.org/2025/roll-ca...

Statement from Katherine Maher, NPR President & CEO, on Closure of Corporation for Public Broadcasting Today, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that it will begin a "wind-down of its operations" and ultimate full operational closure following the passage of a federal rescissions p...

Here’s our CEO’s statement. Factually, I just want people to understand that you can still help a lot if this is something you care about. And because at this very hard moment I am not in a position to answer for the network, I’m going to keep this closed. (3/3) www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g...

Opinion | This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts Education

"The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

YouTube video by AGE OF AUDIO Age of Audio Official Festival Trailer - 2025

Make no mistake: Many, many women have powered #podcasting, then and now. I know this because I am one of them (I worked with Roman and Ira, too). The filmmaker didn't know or didn't care.

Much of my audio work counters historical erasure. It's wild to see it here.
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What is divorce on biblical grounds

Former Librarian of Congress, fired by Trump, vows to improve public information in new Mellon role Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump, has joined the the country's foremost philanthropic supporter of the arts.

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Your Insurance Needs Insurance: Is it a Mitzvah to be Anxious? — Lehrhaus - A Tavern & House of Learning Kashrut, Shabbat, and even morning and evening rituals can make living a halakhically traditional life daunting, whether you struggle with anxiety and OCD or just find elaborate rule systems restricti...

The tavern near me makes me feel so SEEN. www.lehr.haus/classes/your...

S07E08 - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police In 1981, Sting brought a demo of a song he'd been working on down to AIR Studios in Montserrat to see what his bandmates thought of it... and they wound up keeping the demo and just recording their pa...

The newest episode of Strong Songs is about "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," by The Police.

It's an oddball song and was a stylistic departure for the band, but that's one of the things that makes it interesting IMO. Hope you dig the episode - thanks as always for listening! 🎶

🚨 DONALD TRUMP HAS OFFICIALLY BROUGHT THE UNITED STATES INTO A NEW WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST