Bert Etling

Threebird

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“Working at The Post feels like being on the Titanic after it struck an iceberg — drifting aimlessly as it sank” If "Why I'm Leaving New York" was the cliché essay topic of the 2010s, "Why I Left The Washington Post" is making a strong bid as the 2025 equivalent. There are so many entries, from Ruth Marcus to…

“Working at The Post feels like being on the Titanic after it struck an iceberg — drifting aimlessly as it sank” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/work...

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The case that saved the press — and why Trump wants it gone The president isn’t just upset about reporting on him that he thinks is unfair. He wants to redefine what counts as libel and make it easier for public officials to sue for damages.

The case that saved the press — and why Trump wants it gone
"The ruling protects the right to criticize those in power and affirms that the press is not a nuisance, but an essential part of a functioning democracy."
#journalism
www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-... via @NiemanLab

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My bonnie lies over the ocean

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Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do.

Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.

YouTube video by GrantJacobReinhardt The Who - Sea And Sand

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Three & easy

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“(The) conflict that in many ways typifies our age — the conflict between data, expertise, and method on the one hand and power, bullshit and personalist rule on the other.”

Everything is twotiful in its own way

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Soldier of Fourtune

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I enthreet you: do not reject the hero in your soul!

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The Six Pistols

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Even WordleBot went bust

It was the bust of times, it was the worst of times

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Vote for the best small town in Oregon: Readers Choice Awards You can vote once a day until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025.

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Opinion | Brennan and Clapper: Let’s Set the Record Straight on Russia and 2016

Brennan & Clapper: Let’s Set the Record Straight on Russia & 2016. “The real politicization is the calculated distortion of intelligence by administration officials, notably Mr. Trump’s directors of national intelligence & the CIA, positions that should be apolitical” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...

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Five at Budokan

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MFR issues TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS FROM FLORENCE OREGON TO CRESCENT CITY CALIFORNIA for Curry County Coast, South Central Oregon Coast [OR] till 12:00 AM PDT
... at Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:50:23 +0000 via IEMbot
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One does not simply walk into Fourdor

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high threeson

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I bring you diamond rings and things right to your four

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