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Tim Carmody
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This is what Stringer Bell was talking about when he said there were games beyond the game qz.com/one-small-co...
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Francine McKenna@fmckenna.bsky.social |
381 followers 1381 following 734 posts
Teacher, writer, speaker, reader. I use tools so tools can’t use me. She/her “In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.” The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kundera TheDig.Substack.com Formerly @retheauditors
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Tim Carmody
@tcarmody.bsky.social
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This is what Stringer Bell was talking about when he said there were games beyond the game qz.com/one-small-co...
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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I know this is less than what you wish for but here is my shelf. I can talk Phillip Larkin all day long.
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Anna O Law
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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Because I've spent 21+ years studying US immigration policy and law, I have no doubt DHS would abuse it's power and be the federal agency that does the most harm to the most people. This agency is awash in resources & capacity to surveil immigrants AND citizens. See for details: shorturl.at/XfQZp
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮
@joshuafoust.com
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I dunno, it seems relevant that last month Clooney begged the White House to not sanction his wife over her participation in the ICC case against Israel. But that would soften the criticism and place it into context, which editor Kathleen Kingsbury simply does not consider part of her ethical duty.
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Music Box Theatre
@musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
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This Saturday & Sunday, join us for Southport Art Fest 2024 with FREE screenings of 35MM LOONEY TUNES cartoons on the big screen from 11am-3:30pm!
Plus, live music and beer & wine tastings in the Lounge throughout the day!
Visit our website for more info: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
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stacy-marie ishmael
@smi.bsky.social
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in the midst of everything else going on, people are finally actually reading the project 25 manifesto for themselves.
if you haven’t, Ctrl + f / CMD + f the topics that interest you here: static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...
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Paolo Bacigalupi
@paolobacigalupi.bsky.social
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Launch day!
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Veronica
@veronicaf.bsky.social
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Okay, this kitten is RIDICULOUS.
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Eileen Ridge
@eileen4ever.bsky.social
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Okay everyone, we got thru Monday, now we ride for Friday. Let’s go. Like these flowers that come back every year and shine
and shine
and shine
🌱 #FlowerReport
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Doug Mack
@douglasmack.bsky.social
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"Drake’s string of defeats against short geniuses continues apace."
www.theguardian.com/football/art...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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Recently, I was peer reviewing a paper, and it cited one of my papers. Except... it wasn't anything I had written. The title sounds like something I'd write. It included coauthors I work with, and was in a journal I've published in. But it wasn't real. AI is not good for science.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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My Solomonic view is that NYT—perhaps the president’s primary persecutor recently—showed its whole ass with this swiss-cheese Parkinson’s specialist story. It’s blatantly copied from right-wing charlatans, unvetted. And a nimbler White House and campaign would be making it pay dearly for that.
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🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼👻🥦💥🏠♫
@vegetablegremlin.bsky.social
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Was walking around river north when the barstool sports bar was setting up and it’s staffed by beardos with undercuts
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Gift link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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We’ve got a boil water order in my old Chicago neighborhood. #infrastructurefailure blockclubchicago.org/2024/07/10/b...
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Francine McKenna
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A lot of news about China Big 4 audit firms this morning including that PwC is laying off hundreds in the wake of signif client losses. No final word yet on Evergrande fine/sanctions. Reuters has a scoop about another sword of Damocles over all the Big 4. I am quoted. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Janet Yellin' & Screamin' & Cryin'
@kellylink.bsky.social
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Our household made a decision to have a 45 minute reading party every night after dinner—has to be a book we haven't read, has to be for pleasure. We just sit in the same room & read. My mom comes over & the dog jumps up to sleep next to her. It's now the part of the day I most look forward to.
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Gummi lifesavers
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Josh Rosenau
@joshrosenau.bsky.social
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After decades of activism, Joe Biden’s administration finally was the one to ban USDA’s Wildlife Services division from deploying cyanide bombs on federal BLM lands. These things have killed pets and injured recreationists, and killing carnivores is bad policy anyway. Biden got it done.
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Oh yay!
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Joshua J. Friedman
@joshuajfriedman.com
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NEW: Former WSJ health-care reporter Stephanie Armour files a disability discrimination lawsuit against the paper, alleging her editors kept trying to revoke her disability accommodation of working from home and ultimately made it impossible for her to continue there (via David Folkenflik)
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Where do I sign up?
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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“Among the requirements during her 30-day review period: produce a scoop a week. “No reporter produces a scoop a week — none,” the lawsuit contends.” If everyone who was told to produce one “scoop” a week sues WSJ gonna be hurtin’!
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Francine McKenna
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Francine McKenna
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Taxes! Gets them every time!
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Kim Shumway
@kimshum.bsky.social
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Getting back to the hidden cameras, the problem is so bad that there are all kinds of guides about how to detect them! They sell hidden camera detectors on Amazon! Love living in a "one tech company sells us the tools to detect abuse enabled by another tech company" kind of dystopia. What fun.
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Kim Shumway
@kimshum.bsky.social
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Airbnb later dropped its forced confidential arbitration, btw, so now you can sue them when lax safety measures leads to something horrific happening to you. What a world. Bloomberg has done very good reporting on all this. This company is bad and people should stop giving them money.
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Kim Shumway
@kimshum.bsky.social
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Good reporting on an entirely predictable problem. Fun fact: Airbnb also covers up thousands of sexual assaults every year! Its internal safety team has "cool-down rooms" to take a break from the trauma of what they hear. It's a bad company, a bad industry, and people should just stay in hotels.
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Jared Rutecki
@jaredrutecki.bsky.social
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Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke (14th Ward) had his annual city taxpayer-funded pension of more than $96,000 yanked immediately after being sentenced June 24 on federal corruption charges, according to records obtained by WTTW News. (w/ @heathercherone.bsky.social)
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Nicholas Slayton
@nslayton.bsky.social
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Again the best to prevent fascism is a robust social safety net, strong wages and active government efforts to help the poor. Neoliberalism and austerity carve away at this, leaving fascism able to grow.
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The New York Times
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The FTC criticized pharmacy benefit managers in a a scathing 71-page report on Tuesday, a turnaround from its longstanding tolerance of their practices. The report signals a significant rise in scrutiny of the companies under the agency’s chair, Lina Khan.
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Finally watched Killers of the Flower Moon. It was… a lot. Incredible performance by Lily Gladstone but everyone else phoning it in.
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Nina Metz
@ninametz.bsky.social
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Since I'm not seeing other news outlets writing about this, I did Column: Paramount’s new president was fired last year as CEO of NBCUniversal after allegations of sexual harassment
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Katie Martin
@katie0martin.bsky.social
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extra points to this story for quoting someone knowledgeable in the subject who also happens to be 101 years old
on.ft.com/3xKGfqd
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Conrail Twitty
@grenadine.bsky.social
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Residents in Sylvan Township (in Washtenaw County, Michigan) are advised not to drink the water after someone broke into the water plant and tampered with infrastructure.
Truly what the fuck
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
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Francine McKenna
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I was at a small dinner with him at Tavern on Rush back in the day when he was still governor. At that time I thought he was rather handsome.
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Francine McKenna
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I do not know what kind of intelligence you will glean given the trash heap it has become. I found myself distrusting every post-origins and agenda. No thanks.
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Melissa Gira Grant
@melissagiragrant.com
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We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...
www.mediamatters.org/project-2025
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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Got out of x completely 9 months ago, giving up 36k followers after 15 years. No excuse for anyone to stay and now big breach. Good luck to those who could not cut the cord previously.
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Melissa Gira Grant
@melissagiragrant.com
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I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper
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whet moser
@whet.bsky.social
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people used to assume that no reads the piece so the headline has to have the whole story perfectly. now they don’t even finish the headline
it’s a good piece apnews.com/article/heat...
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The Washington Post
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Exclusive: Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder, has invested in Smartmatic, an election technology company suing Fox News, and Newsmax over false claims of 2020 vote-rigging, intended to help the company sustain its costly litigation.
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Mediagazer
@mediagazer.com
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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman invests in Smartmatic, in part to help the company sustain its costly litigation against Fox News and Newsmax (Jeremy Barr/Washington Post)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Sarah Weinman
@sarahweinman.bsky.social
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I was angry and wrote about it.
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Seth Cotlar
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
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It’s amazing the extent to which our billionaire tech bro overlords are just telling us out loud that they are rooting for fascism. Makes me slightly nostalgic for the days when American plutocrats plotted against democracy in secret.
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Zamira Rahim
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The reported piece with extracts from the husband's letters is, if possible, even more sickening. Alice Munro was the great chronicler of how humans lie to ourselves + how we evade responsibility. The facts here should be included in every article about her life. www.thestar.com/news/in-the-...
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Matthew Cheney
@melikhovo.bsky.social
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All biographical approaches to the work of Alice Munro must be revised to wreckon with her covering up her 2nd husband's admitted (convicted) sexual abuse of Munro's daughter.
The story is horrifying, the reporting scalding: www.thestar.com/news/in-the-...
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Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
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Among the many evils of "crisis pregnancy centers": they are not medical providers and so do not follow HIPAA or medical privacy ethics. Instead, they gleefully give away (to right-wing orgs) and sell (to data brokers) all information you give them. They should be illegal.
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Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
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Google “Massachusetts crisis pregnancy” and this link pops up. It’s part of a statewide campaign, including public signage (highway billboards!), urging people to avoid crisis pregnancy/anti-abortion centers. The Commonwealth is not fucking around with this.
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Ed Burmila
@edburmila.bsky.social
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Btw he was savagely criticized for saying this because he was minimizing the number of cheeses. Apparently there are over 1000 local and regional varieties and they felt erased.
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