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Kaari Pitkin

@kaaripitkin.bsky.social

Editor of The Opinions podcast at NYT Opinion. Formerly at Radio Rookies and WNYC. New Haven

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Was coming here to say this. Blue Lights and the Sean Duffy detective book series tell a whole story…

01.11.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore

Gift link. Excellent reporting www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

17.10.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this yearβ€˜s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

08.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4737    πŸ” 1840    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 83

Can confirm!

30.09.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

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It seems that the only trans person known to be in the orbit of this horrific Kirk assassination saga expressed shock and horror, and immediately cooperated fully with law enforcement.

16.09.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4446    πŸ” 813    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 48

WNYC creates community, has been a lifeline during emergencies and helped raise me. Radio Rookies helped teenagers report on their own lives. Public radio forever ❀️

18.07.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still here, still working for you: with Michel Martin in NPR Studio 31 at 5:19am.

17.07.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 361    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 0
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The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came? Silence. Podcast Episode Β· The Opinions Β· 07/08/2025 Β· 24m

After Uvalde, GOP congress members fought for a bill to focus on mental health in schools… they got it! But when cuts came? Listen to this deeply reported episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

08.07.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down

27.06.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3786    πŸ” 403    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 71

Also, the most expensive tomatoes I’ve eaten in my life were the ones I grew (soil, container, fertilizer etc).

03.05.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on 100 Days of Trump’s β€˜Fake Reality’ Podcast Episode Β· The Opinions Β· 04/30/2025 Β· 30m

Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on Trump’s 100 days. What are they most worried about? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

30.04.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Valerie the dachshund rescued after 17 months in Australian wilderness The eight-pound miniature dachshund had transformed from an β€œabsolute princess” into a rugged survivor.

For 528 days, Valerie the miniature dachshund survived in the Australian wilderness by eating roadkill and eluding the grasp of humans who wanted to rescue her. All the while, her owners worried about whether they would see her again.

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Lawyers Urge Courts to Halt More Deportations of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act More than 50 Venezuelans were believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act.

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And we’re not even 100 days in

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The Emergency Is Here Podcast Episode Β· The Ezra Klein Show Β· 04/17/2025 Β· 1h 12m

The top of this episode lays it all outβ€”this is where we are: the emergency is here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

17.04.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts β€” likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating β€œyour parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

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From the immigration community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the immigration community

These Reddit threads about this DHS email going out to citizens telling them they should self deport is very scary. Clearly went to them in error-still scary www.reddit.com/r/immigratio...

12.04.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will require the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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I feel like the sharp yet also cozy embrace of Hacks is just what this moment calls forβ€”Even if repetitive. I can’t do high stress right now.

10.04.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s today’s current tariff outlook? Not tiny

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JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this. Studies have shown this. And if you're out working, like building robots like Harold, you are around other guys. You're not around HR ladies and lawyers that gives you estrogen.

JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this. Studies have shown this. And if you're out working, like building robots like Harold, you are around other guys. You're not around HR ladies and lawyers that gives you estrogen.

What a rich text

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Now, of course, the majority of Americans own stock, because our jobs and the government INCENTIVIZE INVESTMENT - which is a tacit promise to keep your money safe

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JUST IN: UConn crushes defending champion South Carolina to win its 12th NCAA women's basketball title. cnn.it/4iVeBJh

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i feel like i'm going insane

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Photo of Cory Booker in a black suit and tie

Photo of Cory Booker in a black suit and tie

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

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An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1

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β€œwe are currently clean on opsec” as my assigned north korean agent watches me in this coffee shop

26.03.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 564    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.

I recorded a brief podcast about the reckless Signal security breach. My tone was calm, but my words were not. This was an extraordinarily dangerous failure. Hegseth should resign or be fired, and he's not the only guilty party. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...

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