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casey morell @caseym.org · Oct 26

me looking in the mirror at the end of the day after managing to eat three square meals and stay relatively upright

Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · Oct 26

Frame #77150 from S05 -E02 - France Special - Part 2-629260

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WNBA @wnba.com · 14h

The Las Vegas Aces are your 2025 WNBA Champions 🏆

This marks the Aces' 3rd title in 4 seasons!

#WelcometotheW | WNBA Finals | YouTubeTV

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 19h

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

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casey morell @caseym.org · 21h

A+

casey morell @caseym.org · 22h

oh, i definitely know, haha

casey morell @caseym.org · 22h

reach out to a connection at NPR

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the full memo.

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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casey morell @caseym.org · 1d

sigh.

Budget cut means D.C. Streetcar will shut down in March

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) stripped funding for the doomed streetcar service from future budgets.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 1d

NEW: L.A. Times journalists just voted to authorize the newsroom’s first open-ended strike.

Eighty-five percent of the @latguild.bsky.social voted to support the strike. Just over 200 workers — 98% of members — took part in the historic vote.

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casey morell @caseym.org · 1d

so

what is everybody up to this weekend

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casey morell @caseym.org · 2d

excellent @rorysmith.bsky.social joint today on that fickle friend, nostalgia

Vogue for nostalgia exposes yearning for a time football ...

There is a reason why we have a fascination with the late 1990s and early 2000s

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Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 2d

Here is when Inside The NBA will be on during the NBA regular season.

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casey morell @caseym.org · 2d

huh. that's a choice

NCAA Division I votes to allow college athletes to bet on professional sports

If Division II and Division III also vote to approve the change, the new rules will go into effect Nov. 1.

www.nytimes.com

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casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

A+ headline here, no notes

Running an airline is hard without planes - RÚV.is

The Maltese subsidiary of the collapsed airline Play is making efforts to lease aircraft so that it might continue operations.

www.ruv.is

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casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

in fairness, this made me look out the window and go, wow, really coming down out there

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casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

today in softbank, more robots

SoftBank to buy ABB’s robotics unit in $5.4bn deal

Japanese group’s acquisition aligns with founder Masayoshi Son’s vision to realise ‘artificial superintelligence’

www.ft.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile. A manned paraglider with a motor dropped a bomb on the festival, they said.

Myanmar Military Paraglider Bombs Buddhist Festival, Killing Dozens

The junta targeted a festival in the Sagaing region where people were also protesting army rule, according to witnesses and the civilian government in exile.

nyti.ms

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casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

somebody brought a ton of cherry lifesavers to the office and i am ashamedly eating Many

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

singing "joe flacco" to the tune of "goldfinger"

casey morell @caseym.org · 3d

a very fun read as usual ->

mundialmag.bsky.social @mundialmag.bsky.social · 4d

No one did it like Ian Holloway’s Blackpool.

Featuring interviews with Gary Taylor-Fletcher and the fans who were there for this lightning-in-a-bottle moment, this is the story of the Premier League’s most entertaining underdogs.

www.goal.com/mundial/tang...

No one did it like Ian Holloway's Blackpool

No one did it quite like Ian Holloway’s Blackpool…

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casey morell @caseym.org · 4d

get your popcorn ready

Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting: I've gotten reports (and screenshots) of an online poll asking questions about a possible head-to-head contest between Chairman Phil Mendelson and former Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans for D.C. Council Chair. Mendelson has told me he's running for re-election.

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Hannah Bloch @hannahbloch.bsky.social · 4d

Many congratulations to @npr.org’s Anas Baba on this wonderful, hugely deserved recognition of his “steadfast and factual coverage of the war in Gaza [that] is making a singular contribution to public understanding of the conflict at great personal risk.”

www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-r...

Press Release | The Academy’s 2025 Ross Media Award Winners Announced | American Academy of Diplomacy

In a statement issued on October 6, 2025, the American Academy of Diplomacy announced that the winners of the 2025 Ross Media Award for Reporting and Commentary on the Practice of American Diplomacy a...

https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-release-%7C-the-academy’s-2025-ross-media-award-winners-announced

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casey morell @caseym.org · 4d

tennis night in america when?

NCS | NewscastStudio @newscaststudio.bsky.social · 4d

NBC to launch ‘Basketball Night in America’ with on-site coverage and Lenny Kravitz show open https://nca.st/ED4DS

NBC to launch ‘Basketball Night in America’ with on-site coverage and Lenny Kravitz show open

NBC Sports will debut “Basketball Night in America,” a new on-site studio show, when its ... Read More

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