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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 18h

For a short time, nonprofit news was a way for some newsroom leaders with marginalized identities to establish a lane for themselves and thrive. Now, mainstream folks are jumping off the sinking ship of for profit news and co-opting a culture created by those same marginalized trailblazers

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 20h

Baltimore is 60 percent Black. It’s also a city with a deep bench of journalistic talent and a deep history of high quality journalism outlets. Doesn’t the Banner’s audience deserve more than a white lady carpetbagger? Or are journalism jobs merely the purview of a mobile white elite?

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 16d

Baltimore Banner names Audrey Cooper, experienced newsroom executive, to top editing job

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 14h

Jays-Mariners. That is a terrific ALCS matchup. Wonder how many Jays fans make the trip to Seattle.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 20h

I wonder if that high arm slot might make him at all more injury prone than other pitchers.

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John "Chud" Chidley-Hill @jchidleyhill.bsky.social · 23h

Trey Yesavage's splitter turned heads when he struck out 11 hitters in the Yankees' lineup. But, well, why? Many pitchers have a splitter, including Blue Jays teammate Kevin Gausman. I spoke to Toronto pitching great Pat Hentgen about what makes the rookie different www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...

Jays rookie Yesavage’s splitter is his not-so-secret weapon. But why is it so good?

Trey Yesavage's devastating splitter turned heads as he mowed down the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series and the Blue Jays' rookie pitcher will likely be Toronto's

www.thestar.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

Get their asses, every one of these performers deserve to have this in the first paragraph of their obits

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‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chappelle and Jimmy ...

www.theguardian.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 2d

Did you see that goal he let in tho

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 2d

The Yankees fans social media crash out tonight is going to be glorious.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 2d

Hat tip to John Schneider for managing a terrific game tonight. #BlueJays

Ben Nicholson-Smith @bnsbaseball.bsky.social · 2d

Impressive work by Louis Varland, Mason Fluharty, Seranthony Dominguez, Eric Lauer, Yariel Rodriguez, Brendon Little, Braydon Fisher and Jeff Hoffman.

Combined, they limited the best lineup in baseball to just two runs on six hits as Blue Jays advance.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 2d

JAYS WIN JAYS WIN

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 2d

IT’S PRONOUNCED LOU-KAHS

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome, Karen.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

What is the other side of this exactly, Mr. Bryan?

Global News @globalnews.ca · 3d

"When you hear the rest of the song, you will understand the full context that hits on both sides of the aisle," Zach Bryan wrote.

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Zach Bryan responds to backlash over ICE lyrics in song ‘Bad News’ - National | Globalnews.ca

'And ICE is gonna come bust down your door, try to build a house, no bills no more, but I got a telephone, kids are all scared and all alone,' Bryan sings in 'Bad News'.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

Need a distraction from the ballgame gone to hell? John has our thoughts on Forrest Gump, a film that is deeply uncool to like but surprisingly underrated.

John "Chud" Chidley-Hill @jchidleyhill.bsky.social · 3d

It's time for another installment of Rating Best Pictures with me and my Lt. Dan, @tylerharper.bsky.social. This time we're reviewing a movie that had the monoculture in an absolute chokehold in our adolescence: 1994's Forrest Gump. We've both seen this one many times but not recently (1/14)

a man in a white tank top and hat is standing on a boat in the ocean .

ALT: a man in a white tank top and hat is standing on a boat in the ocean .

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

Judge is murdering us in this series.

Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not sure I can handle 6 more innings of this.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

Make the move, Schneider.

Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

Ayrton Senna.

Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

6-1!!!

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

LETS GO

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 3d

We could hear them laughing

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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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

Max Fried looks like his soul still hasn’t returned to his body.

Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 3d

VLADDY AGAIN

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 4d

There was no..ahem...graceful way of doing so.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 4d

Funny detail that didn't (for obvious reasons) make it into the story. As I was interviewing the reverend, Aziza shit in her carry box. The smell, as you might expect, cut the interview short.

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