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Jim Clarke

@jimclarkeden.bsky.social

The Associated Press director of membership and major accounts. Four decades as an ink-stained wretch. Denver based. I contain multitudes, and they never get along. Native Rhode Islander. Dad. Husband. Apparently descended from Roger Williams.

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If The Clash released another album that might take the edge off a little.

09.03.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOJ docs, FBI interview, raise new questions about Epstein's "suicide" Notes from an FBI interview indicate that prison guards discussed "cover-up"

New: Prison guards discussed cover-up in Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

08.03.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5553    πŸ” 2770    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 113

My strong-willed, highly intelligent and accomplished daughters would pass out from laughter at any young man who copped this attitude. What the actual hell?

08.03.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sign me up! (For a booster.)

08.03.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but his greatest role was as an editorial assistant in the AP’s LA bureau. He could have been a heck of a wire service reporter. Instead he wasted his time acting. A shame.

08.03.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And for pro-level copy editing, use this trick: Read it backwards.

07.03.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I want the Weiner Circle in Chicago to give this a shot. The LLM running this program would launch itself out a high window.

07.03.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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61 years ago today at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama.

07.03.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1869    πŸ” 831    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 42
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Iran Hits Key US Radar, Deepening Gulf Missile Defense Woes Iran has destroyed a key $300 million radar system crucial to directing US missile defense batteries in the Gulf that risks further straining the region’s ability to counter future attacks, according ...

Iran destroyed a key $300 million radar system crucial to directing US missile defense batteries in the Gulf that risks further straining the region’s ability to counter future attacks.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 6

On the Mach E? Yeah, probably. Haven’t tried.

07.03.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You should run the numbers. A small-ish house like the ones in your neighborhood, with the appropriate south-facing exposure, might be able to fit enough panels to match your load plus an EV. (Not having AC really helps me too.)

06.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For survivors, Rhode Island clergy abuse report brings vindication and renewed demands A report by Rhode Island’s attorney general detailing decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy is giving survivors a sense of vindication while renewing calls for accountability and support.

A report by Rhode Island’s attorney general detailing decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy is giving survivors a sense of vindication while renewing calls for accountability and support.

06.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

When it snows it stops working until the snow melts. Some people clean the panels, which is an excellent idea if you can reach. Mine are a bit high. They've been tested to survive extreme hail, and mine have been through a few storms without damage. I live at 6,000 feet west of Denver.

06.03.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My rule in any newsroom I'm responsible for has always been "No one panics until I panic." But now, with this new information, revisions are called for. Fire trucks. Yeesh. Makes sense.

06.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me to my dogs: why on earth are yall barking right now

Dogs: last time we checked we're dogs

Me: touchΓ©

06.03.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3644    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 13

I have a solar array on the roof and my wife commutes in a Mustang Mach E, which runs on sunshine.

I knew decades of working the energy beat would yield some benefit. Here we are. The payoff on those panels just gets shorter as electricity and gasoline prices increases. Because math.

06.03.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

These men have not met my daughters.

06.03.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just thinking out loud....

04.03.2026 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our New Iran Correspondent | The New York Times Company

This is the kind of journalist an editor yearns for at a time like this: A Persian-fluent reporter w/ deep experience covering Iranian politics and policies.

She used to work at the Washpost.

Then Bezos dismantled the international coverage.

Now she’s at the NYT

www.nytco.com/press/our-ne...

06.03.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1149    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 4

King!

06.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral

By Triton Corsair

If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral By Triton Corsair

Commentary: If Females Could Get Pregnant, There’d Be An Abortion Clinic On Every Coral https://theonion.com/if-females-could-get-pregnant-thered-be-an-abortion-clinic-on-every-coral/

05.03.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1709    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

Let's go with "blurps."

05.03.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bring back The Thing!

05.03.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One was an auto mechanic in Pawtucket. That man could fix anything, and I learned a boatload from him. The other founded an insurance agency in 1928 in my home town of West Warwick that's still there today.

05.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EDITORIAL: $78,000 is a lot to cede the public has a right to talk back to Aurora lawmakers - Sentinel Colorado 'The city has now stipulated, in effect, that it cannot pick and choose when the public may speak based on discomfort or inconvenience'

β€˜The city has now stipulated, in effect, that it cannot pick and choose when the public may speak based on discomfort or inconvenience’

sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...

#AuroraCO #1A #FreeSpeech

05.03.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I dropped breakfast in Newt Gingrich’s lap when I was a waiter at the JW Marriott in DC in 1984.

05.03.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A crulla, in the vernacular ...

04.03.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preach it sister. FLASH also launches me across the Universe.

03.03.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0