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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 13d

Oct 13th - The #hackers discover that the Da Vinci virus was a distraction for a hidden worm designed to steal $25m, and the virus is going to capsize an oil fleet the next day as a distraction for the theft.

📽️📅 Hackers (1995)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Hackers" (1995): First, a character with braided hair and a sleeveless vest reads a memo on a subway, with the subtitle "Check this out. It's a memo about how they're gonna deal." Second, the same character stands in the subway with a group, one person wearing a bright blue shirt and shiny black pants, while another sits, all with the subtitle "Whoa, whoa. Yo, brain-dead, today is the 13th." Third, the group continues their discussion in the subway, one character is seated and another is standing, with the subtitle "Well, this hasn't happened yet."

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · 17d

Please give me more dog related stories to do because this one was so much fun 🐶🐑 @jpradio.bsky.social #publicradio #sheepdogs #bordercollie #journalism www.ijpr.org/outdoors-lei...

In rural California, the best sheepdogs compete to be North America's top dog

The top 150 sheepdogs in the U.S. and Canada gathered in rural Modoc County, California, this month for the national sheepdog finals.

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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 29d

From @jpradio.bsky.social @romanbattaglia.com — another example of why we need reporters everywhere.

OPB @opb.org · 29d

Environmental advocates say that excluding the public and press from timber auctions limits government transparency and prevents meaningful oversight of public land management.

The Bureau of Land Management says the auctions are business meetings, not public events.

BLM timber sales in Oregon and Washington are now closed to the public

An environmental advocate in Southern Oregon said a new policy excluding the public from federal timber auctions hurts accountability and transparency.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Sep 10

Although it's rarely expressed in outright terms, people often use a very simple heuristic when solving fashion problems: they wish to look rich, which is often disguised as "respectable."

I will show you why this rarely leads to good outfits. 🧵

Jeff Bezos in a black polo and a gray puffer vest

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Aug 29

Sometimes you find a writer's style just doesn't work for you, or the pacing is wrong. And that's okay. Not every book has to be perfect for every reader. There are hundreds of millions of books, more than enough to meet everyone's preferences.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Aug 28

Dude I was gonna say something about this! Why do the spammers think that hot women will get people to click through on a gay hookup app????

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Aug 25

It's also literally wrong?? It's not because of timing 'issues', it's because you can't get to the next scavenger spot by the deadline. That's preplanned

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Aug 20

I'll be honest, been expecting this for months. He's definitely been less of a presence on the airwaves recently and focusing more on book + tours

Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Aug 20

scoop: "All Things Considered" co-host Ari Shapiro is leaving the network.

That makes the third major departure announced in the last several weeks, including founding mother Susan Stamberg and top editor Edith Chapin.

Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Aug 8

I literally don't understand what it's even saying here. It's saying the y is a b, but no it's not, but oh wait, there's another secret b

How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry?
ChatGPT said:

The word blueberry has the letter b three times:

Blueberry (capital B at the start)

blueberry (second letter b)

blueberry — oh wait, no more b’s there, but there’s one in blueberry (third letter b).

So: 3 times.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Aug 1

Stop that living room looks sooo comfy!

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 29

Hello, I'm a journalist in a film. I will set up an elaborate cork board with pictures and string connecting the dots on my investigation. I will never be seen filing public records requests or sitting for hours listening to boring city council meetings.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Jul 29

Hello, I'm an author in a film. I will be seen doing anything but writing a book, because typing is boring. Then I will have a 30-second montage of clicking away at a keyboard, I will hand a ream of paper to my editor who will declare it to be genius and a week later I will be atop the NYT list.

MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hello, I'm an attorney in a film. I have a pure and perfect knowledge of every area of practice in every jurisdiction. Nevertheless, I will be corrected by a plucky law school grad who just passed the bar. After some stubborn resistance, I will silently nod and take her under my wing.

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 24

Today, President Trump signed a bill into law that will eliminate $1.1B of federal funding for public media. This devastating act tipped the threat against journalism in America into a crisis.

Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you.

Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq

Public media is under threat. Millions depend on the NPR Network every day. Silencing journalism is one way to silence truth and erode the power of the people.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 24

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 23

Finished Wind and Truth and jumped straight into a nonfiction book on the history of Sicily. The whiplash is wilddddd #booksky

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · Jul 23

back on my Mooyazaki bs

edited screenshots from the animated film Spirited Away.

Shot 1: Amorphous shadowy figures with cow ears and horns hang around a small open-air food bar with various dishes and cow tools on the counter.

Shot 2: in a bathhouse, a large shadowy spirit with a white mask offers a lump-with-handle cow tool to a young girl as a crown of bathhouse staff look on wide-eyed.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 22

I enjoyed the political intrigue in The Stormlight Archive. Might not be as deep as GoT but I enjoyed it. Lots of slow-burning stuff, backstabbing especially in the beginning of the series.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 18

Ah yes, because an exclusive article is meant to be a secret and only shown to staff at the WSJ.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jul 18

WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

16. The Article was published in The Wall Street Journal as an exclusive.' However, since publication, Defendants have widely disseminated it to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 18

Yeah seems like these categories haven't been updated since cell phones have gotten big. One of the "leisure computer" activities is "checking Myspace"

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 18

This makes me sad. I wish more people read, it's the best. 📖

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Jul 17

The American Time Use Survey came out recently, giving the most detailed look at how the country spends its days, so here's a quick thread

1st, the share of Americans reading for personal interest on an average day has fallen to the lowest level on record, down 10% from 2003🧵

Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 18

I think that mostly falls under the "computer use for leisure" category

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 18

On page 48 of their activity codes lexicon they provide examples for the "Reading for personal interest" which includes reading books/magazines/newspapers, library activities doing personal research and listening to audio books www.bls.gov/tus/lexicons...

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Jul 18

GOOD MORNING IT IS A GREAT DAY TO KEEP REPORTING THE NEWS

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hello just wanted to say:

Public media is a useful public good. It is a source of great local news at a time when local news is being decimated. Also, in my 10 years in public media, I can say people who work here do it because they believe in the mission of informing people.

Just noting.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jul 15

Love how they managed to make a lounge with seating that is even more uncomfortable than the ones at the gate.

Edward Russell @byerussell.com · Jul 15

Meet American Airlines' new grab-and-go lounge concept: Provisions by Admirals Club.

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Roman Battaglia @romanbattaglia.com · Jun 26

I won a first place #PMJA award for this environmental story I did last year. It's honestly one of my favorites, so happy it's got some recognition. @pmja.bsky.social @jpradio.bsky.social #PubMedia #PMJAAwards
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Threatened bull trout in the Klamath Basin thriving after 30 years of conservation work

Bull trout have populated the Klamath Basin for thousands of years. But, they’ve nearly been wiped out by competition from non-native fish. The 30-year recovery of this trout is proving to be a rare s...

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