Julia Barton
@bartona104.bsky.social
Editor, podcaster, script and research consultant at RadioWright.com. Nieman Fellow '24, founding executive editor Pushkin Industries. Newsletter: https://continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/
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Stoners Kept the Flame
A guest post from Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who romped through the old "mecca" of Golden Age radio drama, paying tribute while also mocking the past.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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like a LeCarre novel where all the ops are moronic. Karla is selling beef tallow options in Jersey City and Control accidentally keeps butt-dialing the group chat.
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
like a LeCarre novel where all the ops are moronic. Karla is selling beef tallow options in Jersey City and Control accidentally keeps butt-dialing the group chat.
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also, all these people are fucking nuts
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
also, all these people are fucking nuts
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
tl;dr never trust a robot that uses a Yeti mic www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The dangerous fantasies driving the quest for super-intelligent AI
More Everything Forever dissects the techno-utopian vision gripping Silicon Valley and Washington DC.
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
tl;dr never trust a robot that uses a Yeti mic www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I am not loving the feudalism. Which transcription bots spell (compellingly) futilism.
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I am not loving the feudalism. Which transcription bots spell (compellingly) futilism.
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According to the documents, FBI personnel clocked in a total of 4,737 hours of overtime between January and July. Of that, more than 70% occurred during the month of March while personnel reviewed the Epstein files, the documents show.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
According to the documents, FBI personnel clocked in a total of 4,737 hours of overtime between January and July. Of that, more than 70% occurred during the month of March while personnel reviewed the Epstein files, the documents show.
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A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough (also known as pertussis) this year as the state faces its largest spike in cases since 2012. Cases are only expected to continue to rise, highlighting the importance of widespread immunization. Learn more: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough (also known as pertussis) this year as the state faces its largest spike in cases since 2012. Cases are only expected to continue to rise, highlighting the importance of widespread immunization. Learn more: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Ok, high-brow art world. What are you doing for public broadcasting?
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ok, high-brow art world. What are you doing for public broadcasting?
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
Of course he did.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Of course he did.
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Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
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Oh my god it's up for another round of debate! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh my god it's up for another round of debate! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
In cities targeted by ICE, empty desks and school disruptions follow
One in 5 students in Charlotte missed school after a recent ICE crackdown began. It’s the latest city where schools felt the impact of Trump’s deportation effort.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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More stubborn politicians should be encouraged to keep busy with weird quests like spending 21 months on a boat trying to navigate from Ft. Worth to Chicago and back, while refusing to shave or cut their hair, to prove that it can be done. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
From Fort Worth to Chicago by water? This Trinity River booster proved it could be done.
Commodore Basil Muse Hatfield made the journey from Fort Worth to Chicago in 1933-34.
www.star-telegram.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
More stubborn politicians should be encouraged to keep busy with weird quests like spending 21 months on a boat trying to navigate from Ft. Worth to Chicago and back, while refusing to shave or cut their hair, to prove that it can be done. www.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...
Oh my god it's up for another round of debate! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh my god it's up for another round of debate! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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“The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
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"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters
Amid a wave of departures from the Justice Department, some of its former officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
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My Ukrainian friends are freezing in the dark, and my own government is trying to shove them out the window.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My Ukrainian friends are freezing in the dark, and my own government is trying to shove them out the window.
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Good god, this story!
Bloomberg unfolds the history of the Vance-Dmitriev initiative... Dmitriev put it to Witkoff and Vance in a meeting in Miami, Axios published it, Trump and Rubio knew nothing of it. But then Trump decided to simply bless Dmitriev's draft after the fact. A perfect biopsy of "diplomacy" under Trump.
Secret US-Russia Talks Led to Peace Plan That Blindsided Ukraine
The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Good god, this story!
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Thanks, @bartona104.bsky.social for inviting me onto her great Continuous Wave newsletter. This week's installment features an excerpt from the radio/How Can You Be in Two Places at Once chapter of Firesign (with color photos). @firesigntheatre.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
Find out how @firesigntheatre.bsky.social are the missing link between radio's creative past and present, thanks to this fantastic guest post by @jbraddock.bsky.social continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/stoners-ke...
Stoners Kept the Flame
A guest post from Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who romped through the old "mecca" of Golden Age radio drama, paying tribute while also mocking the past.
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thanks, @bartona104.bsky.social for inviting me onto her great Continuous Wave newsletter. This week's installment features an excerpt from the radio/How Can You Be in Two Places at Once chapter of Firesign (with color photos). @firesigntheatre.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
Wreckers. Fakers. Grifters. Hoarders.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wreckers. Fakers. Grifters. Hoarders.
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Because he can. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump HIV prevention plan shuts out South Africa — the nation most affected
Administration officials say South Africa has “significant means” to fund a promising new drug, lenacapavir, on its own. Critics call the move self-defeating.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Because he can. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...