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StuFalk

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Living in Los Angeles, strategic marketing, previously New York Times (National Advertising Mgr),International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (President ICC Publishing), V. Ships, Monaco (Director of Marketing) and Law.com, San Francisco, Marketing Director.

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
Announcing the former presidential candidate as the winner on Friday, the committee said, 'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.'

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

Announcing the former presidential candidate as the winner on Friday, the committee said, 'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resi...

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 2h

War in Gaza: After Israel-Hamas deal, international diplomacy rallies to bolster US plan
Turkey could play a major role in the stabilization force that will disarm the Palestinian movement, while France convened a conference in Paris on the 'day after.'

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War in Gaza: After Israel-Hamas deal, international diplomacy rallies to bolster US plan

Turkey could play a major role in the stabilization force that will disarm the Palestinian movement, while France convened a conference in Paris on the 'day after.'

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 2h

The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility; the question is whether anyone will be dumb enough to build one.
By Stephen Witt

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 2h

“The text, structure and history of the Constitution already contain broad commitments to democracy, equal protection and liberty. Collective mobilization can make those promises real.”
By Kate Andrias

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

Thomas L. Friedman
Trump may end up deserving a Nobel Peace Prize. “Just stopping this terrible Gaza war — if it holds — is worthy of praise and the stuff of wonderful headlines. But seeing this whole plan through would be the stuff of history.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

Los Angeles Times Moves Closer to a Public Stock Offering
The company, which says it plans an initial public offering next fall, announced on Thursday that it would seek to raise up to $500 million selling private shares to investors.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

Los Angeles Times Moves Closer to a Public Stock Offering

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

DealBook
Who Gained From U.S. Aid to Argentina?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said stabilizing the country was in the United States’s interests. Critics say some investors may have also benefited.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Who Gained From U.S. Aid to Argentina?

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

The Los Angeles Times Media Group is moving forward with a private share offering (and a planned IPO next year) as Patrick Soon-Shiong looks "to raise up to $500 million.
The Los Angeles Times Guild announced its membership has authorized leadership to call for a strike by an 85% margin.

Los Angeles Times Media Group takes step to go public

The company will put the newspaper, a gaming company and production studio under one roof.

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

Weiss "continues to cover America as if it's still the summer of 2020," even though the key story now is "an authoritarian presidency that threatens to crush the very values of free speech and open discourse that Weiss pledged to uphold."
By Jonathan Chait

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Bari Weiss Still Thinks It’s 2020

She co-founded The Free Press as a bastion of liberalism in an illiberal time. Her arrival at CBS is paved with excuses for illiberal friends.

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

Defector's Patrick Redford blasted "Weissian anti-writing" and said The Free Press "only punches down and to the left, never at those who hold real power."

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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed.
"This is the glass cliff to end all glass cliffs."
by Elizabeth Lopatto

www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 3h

India’s Powerful Turn to Lawfare to Stifle the Press
A spate of new legislation is aimed at curbing free expression
By Vidya Krishnan

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India’s Powerful Turn to Lawfare to Stifle the Press - Nieman Reports

A spate of new legislation in India is aimed at curbing free expression, writes Vidya Krishnan for Nieman Reports.

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

DESPICABLE BIGOTRY: Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Sets ‘All American Halftime Show’ in Protest of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance

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Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Sets ‘All American Halftime Show’ in Protest of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA announced the 'All American Halftime Show,' a Super Bowl alternative in protest of headliner Bad Bunny.

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

A Stolen 50-Pound Dinosaur Named Clair Is Returned After Outrage
The theft of the beloved dinosaur statue upset residents of a Los Angeles neighborhood that was damaged by wildfires earlier this year. Then she was returned with an apology.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

A Stolen 50-Pound Dinosaur Named Clair Is Returned After Outrage

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

Why Many Students in Thailand Can’t Let Their Hair Down
For decades, Thai students have been subjected to unwanted haircuts in class. Many of them carry the humiliating memory into adulthood.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/w...

Why Many Students in Thailand Can’t Let Their Hair Down

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs

By Samuel Granados, Genevieve Glatsky and Annie Correal

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs

President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

www.nytimes.com

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

DANGER: He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.
Doug Wilson’s political project to “stop making God angry.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

Welcome to the era of fakery. The widespread use of instant video generators like Sora will bring an end to visuals as proof.

By Brian X. Chen

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your Eyes

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

The Conversation

Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court?
By Emily Bazelon and David French

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court?

www.nytimes.com

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

Zaho de Sagazan- Modern Love Festival de Cannes 2024 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJa...

Zaho de Sagazan- Modern Love Festival de Cannes 2024 14/05/2024

YouTube video by Versailles Culture

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

She’s Like Édith Piaf (but With Techno and Teen Angst)
Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, more dance-oriented audience.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/a...

She’s Like Édith Piaf (but With Techno and Teen Angst)

www.nytimes.com

StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 17h

Hamas Takes a Big Risk in Deal to Release Hostages
The Palestinian militant group is giving up much of the leverage it has with Israel, with no guarantee some of its main demands will be met.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/w...

Hamas Takes a Big Risk in Deal to Release Hostages

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 18h

An Invitation to President Trump: Come to Gaza
Promises of peace between Jews and Palestinians must be turned into reality.

By Samer Sinijlawi

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | An Invitation to President Trump: Come to Gaza

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 18h

I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer
I’m a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker. But I can’t help rooting against the Yankees.
By David Margolick

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer

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StuFalk @stufalk.bsky.social · 18h

Mozart’s Violin played in New York City
The violinist Lun Li, playing a 261-year-old violin that belonged to Mozart.

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Video: Mozart’s Violin played in New York City

The violinist Lun Li, playing a 261-year-old violin that belonged to Mozart.

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