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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 9h

@HNRAirshow #HammondAirShow25 #local #community #aviation

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

Breaking News: Diane Keaton, who played some 100 movie and TV roles and won the best-actress Oscar for “Annie Hall,” has died at 79. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...

Diane Keaton is smiling and looking to her right. She is wearing a black jacket, a white blouse, a black hat and glasses. A headline reads: "1946-2025: Diane Keaton." Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 1d

www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

Saturday's election brings 2 judgeships, 3 funding propositions to vote in East Baton Rouge Parish

The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

www.theadvocate.com

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 1d

"I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you’re doing even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years."
Thelonious Monk, born on this day in 1917

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

Carr has been demolishing media consolidation limits, consumer protections, and corporate oversight and pretending it's improved government efficiency

it's pure regulatory capture and corruption, but outside of places like the Ars and The Verge, most outlets parrot his efficiency framing

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 2d

*fallen

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*postal

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 2d

Just saw a local post worker help an elderly neighbor who had fall into her bushes — my daughter and doggo made sure she got back inside — check on your older neighbors, folks! Falls are no joke

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Josh Russell @jrussjruss.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 2d

Pork, vegetable-forward chili in the crockpot with a dash of @cholulahotsauce.bsky.social for a bit of a kick

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 3d

reason.com/2025/10/08/s...

Supreme Court declines to address Section 230 in two cases for this term

Weakening or removing Section 230 would not fix the problems of social media, and in fact it could make things worse.

reason.com

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 3d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X33K...

Guarded by Predators | Inside Idaho’s Prisons, Where Guards Get Away With Sex Abuse

YouTube video by InvestigateWest

www.youtube.com

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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 3d

Reading a lot recently on the intersections of gaming, violent extremism, extreme violence, and politics. Still so much we don't know about even the most elementary processes and functions. This is of the better books I've come across so far. Great starting point for anyone wanting to learn more.

Cover of the book Gaming Democracy, by Adrienne Massanari.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 3d

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | Ted Cruz Wants to Make It Easier to Sue the Government for Censorship

The senator said he hopes the reaction to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension might help his new bill find bipartisan support.

www.wsj.com

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3d

Trump declares that Mayor Johnson of Chicago and Gov Pritzker of Illinois "should be in jail."

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 3d

www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/federalism...

The ‘Chipocalypse’ is now

A training ground for the military?

www.ifyoucankeepit.org

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 4d

CFP: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Creativity and copyright in the shadow of GenAI

Creativity, copyright, and GenAI. Submit your work on the interrelation of creativity and copyright within the GenAI context.

think.taylorandfrancis.com

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 5d

www.aclu.org/campaigns-in...

Banned Books Week 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union

Find an event or learn more about your First Amendment freedoms.

www.aclu.org

Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 6d

www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

Baton Rouge man restores media and memories up to a century old: 'You get people crying'

Floor-to-ceiling stacks of old film and media players live throughout Randy Wheeler's house, an archive he's collected since the '90s.

www.theadvocate.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6d

It’s hard to find much evidence of a true youth movement rallying behind Kirk beside the conservatives who were already fans.

Instead, we see a top-down effort from powerful people to use a controversial man’s death to create a cult of personality where one didn't exist. trib.al/pAP5Egz

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 8d

Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 8d

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 8d

www.cjr.org/news/pentago...

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Will Mari @willthewordguy.bsky.social · 8d

learned today that I have a licensed drone pilot in my @manshipschool.bsky.social media-law class! she had some good thoughts for our activity on privacy this morning ...

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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 8d

Hand holding a frying pan with a fried egg in it, with the words “This is your university if you sign” at the top. Image is from the 1980s “This is your brain on drugs” campaign.

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