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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 10h

Got drinks with a contractor who helps train federal law enforcement hires tonight. They said new ICE agents with no experience are getting just 42 days of training before being sent out to make arrests. That's a fraction of the time it takes to be a cop.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday. @npr.org has dropped EVEN MORE crop tops in the shop today! And restocked "Active Listener" sweatshirts. All proceeds go to supporting our member stations this month. shopnpr.org

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 3d

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 4d

Planet Money is partnering with Exploding Kittens to make a board game! And you can test the prototype here. (I am in the picture below being very confused trying to play an earlier, worse prototype.) www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

The Planet Money Game: Test our prototype : Planet Money

It’s here! It’s free to download and playtest! It’s the Planet Money game! (Download here.)Download and playtest the game go here Sign up for the 11/1 virtual AMA event and get updates about the gameS...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 5d

Populist platform up for grabs to either party: Allow FSAs to cover routine self-care cosmetic procedures.

Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 10d

It is. Now we have to clamor for some tote bags.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 10d

NPR relaunched its shop today, Oct. 1, our first day without federal funding. All proceeds in October will go toward member stations. Some great new designs too! shopnpr.org

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 11d

Regretting the decision to buy tix to see Aziz before learning about this Riyadh Comedy Festival. It is very hard to be an ethical consumer in a society of sell-outs.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 12d

Respecg is how they say respect in NZ.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 12d

Respecg to my colleague @darianwoods.bsky.social, who shared his personal story about the H1B visa fallout last week. No one is getting through this administration unscathed. www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

We're about to lose a lot of foreign STEM workers : The Indicator from Planet Money

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitioners. Today on the show, we talk to an economist about how much H-1B visa holders have contributed to US gro...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 12d

This meeting could've been an email.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 14d

'HIM' was a solid parable on toxic masculinity and sports worship, but I wish Peele had ended it with him signing. More grim and more honest.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 19d

Not scientific, but her theory was that's it's an inexpensive, visual response to negative events and taking control of something when your personal circumstances feel out of control.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 19d

Full disclosure: I got bangs.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 19d

Asked my hair stylist for her recession indicators. She says 1) More people getting bangs, 2) Clients taking pics of products but not buying them, 3) Booking out longer between appointments. She thinks it's happening.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 20d

The economies for both remarkably strong.

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Goofrider @goofrider.bsky.social · 22d

NPR Planets Money: the money situation in Gaza. All the hoops one has to go thru to get money into Gaza, and what it can buy

Since the Israel-Hamas war began, no new shekels have entered Gaza. : Planet Money www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...

In Gaza, money is falling apart : Planet Money

Israel has been blocking the flow of physical money into Gaza since the start of the war. So whatever paper cash was in Gaza before the war, that’s all that’s been circulating. It’s now falling apart ...

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 22d

I don't really like watching TVs on the tread unless it's this or AKC's Fastest Dogs.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 22d

Was on a tread at Planet Fitness yesterday with this race on one of the TVs and it was incredibly motivating. Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone is dazzling to watch.

NBC Sports @nbc-sports.bsky.social · 24d

RT @NBCOlympics: CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD! 😱

SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE IS A 400M WORLD CHAMPION! #WorldAthleticsChamps

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 23d

How is it not Friday.

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 24d

I guess this is what passes for enlightenment when you go to Burning Man.

Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 24d

Think it was @justinwolfers.bsky.social who said on Marketplace this morning that Tim Cook and the tech CEOs don't even spend their time making or improving products because they are dancing for the King to stay in business. State capitalism, crony capitalism, whatever you call it, it's rotten.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 24d

Look who came with

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 24d

Will a reboot of the McCarthy hearings be airing in the same time slot?

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 26d

"Boy, what is it with you people? You think not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?" RIP Robert Redford, cinematic truth teller and eternally hot. youtu.be/9w3E3eFMsLg?...

Three Days of the Condor (10/10) Movie CLIP - We Play Games (1975) HD

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 26d

You should tho.

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