David DeKeyser

Encounter on the Bund by Mimi Wong — KWELI / Truth From the Diaspora's Boldest Voices He watched as his companion for the past hour left, not bothering to cast even a backwards glance as she exited the bar arm in arm with another man.

I’m excited to share I have a work of short fiction published in @kwelijournal.bsky.social. The story is excerpted from my novel set in mid-2000s Shanghai. I’m so honored the story found a home in a journal whose contributions the community I admire so much.

www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025...

YouTube video by Movieclips Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (9/12) Movie CLIP - Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season (2001) HD

honestly I know this scene because of it being referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back so there's that youtu.be/nnESedN4vSI?...

After the Cut, Public Radio Stations Are Solidifying Trust, Audiences, and Their Future Public Radio Music Day spotlights a public media ecosystem amidst a time of huge change, and the shared work of keeping music discovery, curation, performance, and community essential.

But the most important and inspiring story with talking to a stations @wxpnfm.bsky.social, Delmarva Public Media, & @wvpublic.bsky.social about the very real future of new income streams, further community commitment, and what hope helps bolster the work to come noncommusic.org/stories/prmd...

After Public Media Rescission, the Music Industry Focuses on What’s to Be Done Venues, labels, and artists are doing work to help public radio chart both local and national plans to keep essential services and local culture alive, from the grassroots to the big ideas

After taking time to regroup, refocus, and listen to the stations after the rescission vote, we wanted to chat with the industry, including friends and colleagues @co-sign.bsky.social, @heyrobwilcox.bsky.social, as well as NIVA and Radio Rescue about what was next noncommusic.org/stories/musi...

At NON-COMMvention 2025, Public Radio Rallied Amidst Funding Threats At the noncommercial Triple A gathering, stations focused on the urgent steps that can be taken to protect public media’s unique blend of music, culture, and community service.

The mood in the room as @npr.org's Marta McLellan Ross laid out the stakes of the different reality of what until then was a perennial defunding threat. NON-COMM attendees were at the time feeling some hope, but saw very real stakes and a need for collective planning noncommusic.org/stories/non-...

The last 3 stories I did this year are of a set around the detestable GOP campaign & vote to defund public media in America of billions already set aside and voted on. This sadly might be a new norm for America, and we're worst of for it. But there's a hope this builds new, lasting forms of support

The bummer I’ve felt doing these public media article wrapups on Bluesky the past two years is how few of the stations have accounts. If @npr.org can do it, so can you, local station! Promoters and music folk- do what you can to encourage them. I try to mention it at the end of my interviews now

Inside Maine Public’s Mission to Connect Every Corner of the State Careful planning, local enthusiasm, and federal support come together to give every Mainer a chance to tune in through Maine Public's rural expansion efforts.

When I talked to @mainepublic.org about their efforts to connect more and more of a hugely rural state, what stuck with me was the reminder of the radical nature of public media: it's free for all. The idea of media for and by the people is fundamental to democracy ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

How a Kentucky Community Radio Station Found Its Home in an RV After catastrophic flooding hit eastern Kentucky in 2022, WMMT and Possum Radio kept local voices alive from an unorthodox but cozy studio.

I don't like to play favorites but I think talking to WMMT and learning about their Possum Den studio and rebuilding their studio after awful floods was one of my favorites. This is an uplifting, progressive station built on listening to and sharing underserved voices ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

A Day in the Life of a Public Radio Promoter From emerging artists to GRAMMY winners, Concord Label Group’s radio strategy contributes to the sound of noncommercial radio.

We continued our "A Day in the Life" series with something near and dear to me: being a radio promoter! The truly exceptional Ayappa Biddanda offered some of his busy schedule helping run Concord's promotions team to share what it means to connect artists to radio noncommusic.org/stories/radi...

Harvest Public Media Is Telling the Heartland’s Stories Harvest Public Media offers coverage of our food system from the heart of the country, rich in detail and regional perspective.

"Everybody eats" was the genius idea that prompted the development of Harvest Public Media, which explores food systems and the worlds around them, showing that public media offers a chance to tell the necessary stories that commercial stations think aren't worth it ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

Across Northern Nevada, a One-Woman Station Amplifies Elko’s Voice KNCC's Lori Gilbert blends deep local roots with public radio’s collaborative spirit, connecting even the most remote corners of Nevada.

One person stations aren't that uncommon across public media but Lori Gilbert at KNCC in Elko, NV was inspiring in the way she not only helps run this local affiliate that partners with KUNR but how she's the area's lone reporter championing local stories and causes ruralpublic.org/blog-and-new...

Sunday Mornings Are In Harmony on WXXI’s 'With Heart and Voice' WXXI's 'With Heart and Voice' connects communities across public radio airwaves through a decades-long legacy of sacred choral and organ music.

In talking to @wxxieducation.bsky.social's Peter Dubois, I saw the kind of history that comes with hit shows like "With Heart and Voice" and how what some might see as niche genres find communion across the country (and globe) noncommusic.org/stories/with...

Was my 7th year having the privilege to write for 2 public media support orgs, the noncomMUSIC Alliance & the Alliance of Rural Media. I got to talk to a diverse set of people across the country about the unique joy of public radio. It was heartbreaking year but there is still enough to celebrate:

It Happened to Me: I recognized someone I work with on a company-wide call as a person I first met via an anime message board 26 years ago

Judy, I just want to you be prepared for two different versions of "All The Things She Said" to be remixed into each other across multiple scenes. I wasn't even watching it (this is a @mimiwong.bsky.social show) and I was flabbergasted just listening to it

Supporting The Offing every year has meant I’m exposed to new writers and artists and helping give people the break they deserve. @mimiwong.bsky.social and I are committing this year to matching $500 in donations and we’re halfway there so we hope you can make a tax deductible donation today!

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what if the pope... blasted cigs

Honestly, the fact that my feed isn't all Young Pope memes rn proves how much the discourse has declined over the past decade

YouTube video by Angelo Picone The Young Pope - Sexy and I Know It

Hell yes American pope youtu.be/Pf7wyUw1R6c?...

Cat looks like he just called Drake a pedophile

We Must Save Public Media to Change It We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.

New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.

Felt the same way but I think that stuff is pretty much plug and play luckily and all the work/money from the last few years seemingly made this one pretty seamless and easy

If you did automatic deposit, it should be quick. Mine was the fastest it’s ever been- barely a week

*sigh*

time to break this one out again, huh

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The final breakdown: 15 stories, 17 stations featured (plus 2 extra pulled in from past stories), and 21 people interviewed. And we’ve already got a few lined up for 2025! I know it’s cliched but I’m really honored to help share these stories and support put these amazing public radio alliances!