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Aileen Day and cohost Maia Warner-Langenbahn launched the "People of Agency" podcast out of a belief that it’s easier to advocate for our institutions once you know their history.
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“There are so many people who don’t think teenagers care about what’s going on, and maybe those people seeing us do this will spark a whole different movement,” D’Nice said. “Maybe because we started something, the adults will want to take action, too.”
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One of the most dangerous things about America’s relationship with drug use is the co-occurring social stigma associated with addiction and recovery – deeply held beliefs rooted in moralizations that are often used as cudgels and as frameworks for bad policies.
New from @jackshuler.bsky.social.
“I mean, what else am I going to do? If it fails, it fails.. … And I knew it was a massive gamble. But I’d rather have gambled on the culture that exists here, and that can exist and thrive here, than have not.”
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has bari weiss published an article sympathetic to the chase center assistant prof yet
12.02.2026 00:19 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I mean, what else am I going to do? If it fails, it fails.. … And I knew it was a massive gamble. But I’d rather have gambled on the culture that exists here, and that can exist and thrive here, than have not.”
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columbus!
10.02.2026 14:50 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0on the lookout for a new labor columnist. feel free to message me or drop a comment if you know of any local writers who might be a good fit.
10.02.2026 14:47 — 👍 4 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
it also reminded me of this from a few years back
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this should be posted in every facebook neighborhood forum.
10.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Crime. “Crime.” “Crime!” It is a conceptual delivery system for an unhappy life of fear. Reject it as a category of being. Reject it as an intellectually coherent object. Reject it as a lens with which to view the world.
always read hamilton nolan.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remove-you...
“I did not provide any clinical care for Jeffrey Epstein or any of his victims,” Landon wrote in a statement issued in response to an interview request sent by Matter News to the Wexner Medical Center, which declined further comment.
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“Having a job is horrible. Not having a job is horrible. … And that sort of thing used to bog me down, where now I’m like, this is actually kind of fucking hilarious. We’re just these horrible little meat puppets that drive to work and pay taxes to pay for terrible wars all over the world.”
09.02.2026 14:24 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Collective bargaining can protect journalists from arbitrary firings, stagnating wages, and unsafe or exploitative working conditions. But a union contract cannot fix a broken funding model argues Will Klatt.
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Collective bargaining can protect journalists from arbitrary firings, stagnating wages, and unsafe or exploitative working conditions. But a union contract cannot fix a broken funding model argues Will Klatt.
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“Having a job is horrible. Not having a job is horrible. … And that sort of thing used to bog me down, where now I’m like, this is actually kind of fucking hilarious. We’re just these horrible little meat puppets that drive to work and pay taxes to pay for terrible wars all over the world.”
09.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0and that was the last time any of us had to concern ourselves with this kind of thing
08.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
nine years ago today
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In America’s most famous Haitian community, everyone is now forced to just hunker down and wait for the Supreme Court to say when it is okay to come and try to deport them.
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“Some of these more simplified [paintings], they’re cool, but they’re more focused on formalist aspects: tone, perspective, weight – that kind of thing. And I wanted to focus more on plants as characters, thinking about them as going through the same strife and struggles that we do.”
06.02.2026 15:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“We want this to be a hub where people can meet and share their art,” Theresa Ann said, “but also a launching pad to bring music and art to places it typically wouldn’t be able to go.”
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“We want this to be a hub where people can meet and share their art,” Theresa Ann said, “but also a launching pad to bring music and art to places it typically wouldn’t be able to go.”
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“We tell them to continue to lay low. Because you cannot give yourself the luxury of living as if everything was normal,” Dorsainvil said.
New at Matter News from Hamilton Nolan, originally published at How Things Work.
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“We tell them to continue to lay low. Because you cannot give yourself the luxury of living as if everything was normal,” Dorsainvil said.
New at Matter News from Hamilton Nolan, originally published at How Things Work.
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As a region, we brag about our growth, but we have a small-town view of our transportation needs. Columbus remains one of the largest cities in the world without intercity rail connections – largely because of recent governors who were indifferent or even hostile to rail.
New from Brian Williams.
As a region, we brag about our growth, but we have a small-town view of our transportation needs. Columbus remains one of the largest cities in the world without intercity rail connections – largely because of recent governors who were indifferent or even hostile to rail.
New from Brian Williams.
shams on twitter/shams on tv
04.02.2026 21:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Even in this crazy environment and in these crazy times, I feel like a really fortunate person, because I love my family so much. And so, I was just trying to juggle those two emotions, where half the record is what the hell is happening? But the other half is love.”
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Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
#wapo #journalism
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