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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 9d

In case you were wondering:

Unless the DC Council passes legislation, you won't be able to (officially / legally) get married in the District during a government shutdown, but you *can* get divorced

What a government shutdown could mean for D.C.

In D.C., with its lack of statehood and close relationship with the federal government, the prospect of a shutdown is particularly troubling. Here’s what it could mean for the District.

wamu.org

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 15d

The Baltimore Banner names WNYC’s Audrey Cooper as its next editor-in-chief www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The Baltimore Banner names WNYC’s Audrey Cooper as its next editor-in-chief

The nonprofit newsroom won a Pulitzer Prize before its third birthday but is still pursuing financial sustainability. Banner news executives said to expect "an evolution, not a revolution” under the…

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 16d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 16d

Beautiful but also 😭

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Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @alikodjak.bsky.social · 17d

Spotted on the DC Metro today! @propublica.org

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 18d

100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source

More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source. The Loma Larga mining project, run by Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals, borders the 3,200-hectare (7,900-acre) Quimsacocha National Recreation […]

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 22d

Made a friend in the window of a Bethesda florist this afternoon

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22d

It’s not offshore wind that’s killing whales.

Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast

‘Heartbreaking’ drone footage has captured the moment a mother and calf became trapped. Four humpbacks have been snared in recent days

www.theguardian.com

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 23d

Sicily, western Mediterranean & South Asia is an absolute no brainer. Plus vegemite?!

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 23d

This guy is really intense about his wooden spoons but I can't stop thinking about this weird op-ed every time I cook

I boiled my wooden spoons – and what emerged from them will haunt me for ever | Adrian Chiles

A sleepless night of doomscrolling led me to dunk my cherished kitchen utensils in bubbling water. The murky results were horrifying, writes Adrian Chiles

www.theguardian.com

Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 24d

If Sepinwall’s job isn’t safe, what hope do the rest of us have

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 24d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Don't stop believing

Some news, as they say

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 25d

Here’s hoping

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25d

The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the U.S. by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

An outside view of a sliding door into a brightly lit 7-Eleven, with a person walking past. A headline reads: "Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens?"

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · 26d

I love DC — out at dinner, through mutual acquaintances (our young children), I struck up a conversation with a materials physicist. Not many towns let you fall into a involved conversation about materials under pressure & score you an invitation to an open house at a major science research hub

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PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 28d

Speaking of Rock Creek Park: “Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks! special events.” www.popville.com/2025/09/rock...

Speaking of Rock Creek Park: “Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks! special events.” - PoPville

"Boulder Bridge is an iconic landmark within Rock Creek Park. NPS Photo / Tony DeYoung" From NPS: "Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks!...

www.popville.com

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 10

Also, I guarantee these shows will steal IP and it's going to be impossible to know which/how many of these lazy productions are stealing our work

Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 10

"The company is able to produce each episode for $1 or less, depending on length and complexity, and attach programmatic advertising to it. This generally means that if about 20 people listen to that episode, the company made a profit on that episode, without factoring in overhead."

Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 10

I don't have enough negative things to say about the people behind this project

5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan

Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 10

I don't have enough negative things to say about the people behind this project

5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan

Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated c...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Margaret Barthel @margaretbarthel.bsky.social · Sep 9

Wrote this up here: wamu.org/story/25/09/...

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 9

100%. Couldn't agree more.

Also been wondering about journalism schools... I don't know how they can keep charging $35-60k / year to train students for an industry that barely exists outside of a handful of major media orgs in 5 markets

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Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social · Sep 9

Honestly, at this point, given the state of the media industry, I think the growing number of workshops charging people to learn how to freelance or land successful pitches if you do these 7 things or make XX amount of money working for yourself or whatever is getting kind of exploitative.

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ha yeah the gif was intended to ID the movie for the uninitiated. Although I’d love to hear a theory that makes him out to be the bad guy

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · Sep 6

#FreeDC Mass march hitting the streets of DC now.

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Justin O'Neill @jjoneill.bsky.social · Sep 6

It was magical watching my 5 year old understand that Hans was gaslighting Ana and Elsa all movie and realizing that HE’s the bad guy for the first time

a cartoon character with a beard wearing a colorful sweater and hat

ALT: a cartoon character with a beard wearing a colorful sweater and hat

media.tenor.com

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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · Sep 3

National Guardsmen now stationed outside our DC building confirmed that the only thing they can do if they witness a crime is call 911. The have no more authority than my office mate to intervene. Despite the handcuffs, they can't make arrests. They are very expensive mall cops.

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