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Liza Jane
@emtullos.bsky.social
All the comms things — pitch news, livestream

Comms/public policy dual-wielder, law-curious Nashvillian yelling into the void about media literacy, local news, democratic participation, and education.
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Welcome to Bizarro World, y’all
Happy New Comic Book Day Everyone!
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This...should have been two separate emails.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I totally get her reaction though. This would be me if I ever met Big Bird.
Saw this and momentarily thought Rachel Brosnahan had gotten engaged to Ernie.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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There's a new nostalgia for No Child Left Behind gripping parts of the education world .

I took a deep dive into the research to see whether it's really true that NCLB-style school accountability drove learning gains. Answer: yes—with several asterisks

cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/would-more...
Did scaling back school accountability and testing pressure hurt students?
Critics say ending No Child Left Behind and moving to the Every Student Succeeds Act can help explain declining test scores. Here’s what the research shows.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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This is a wild story from @cstephenson.bsky.social for @tennesseelookout.com: Former Memphis Police Department Officer Patric Ferguson was sentenced to 38 years in prison Monday for kidnapping and killing a man while on duty.
Former Memphis Police officer gets 38 year sentence for kidnapping, killing man while on duty • Tennessee Lookout
A former Memphis Police Department officer was sentenced to 38 years in prison Monday for kidnapping and killing a man while on duty.
tennesseelookout.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Why it matters
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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AVs wont fix this (they're going to make it worse). Private single lane tunnels wont fix this.

We need to get serious about getting people to and from BNA. That means buses in the near term and light rail in the medium term. We are not special and we do not need to reinvent the wheel here.
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Didn’t have my husband’s bassist explaining rick rolls to my father-in-law on my Thanksgiving bingo card, but here we are.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I saw my husband’s Joker laugh on New Year’s Eve 2020 and I do not want to experience that again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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As always, whenever a headline asks you a question, the answer is "no".
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Leaving this here.
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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the Trump FCC this week voted to completely neuter rules requiring that your Broadband ISP be transparent about the speed and limitations of your broadband connection at the point of sale, which will make it easier for them to rip you off:
FCC Votes to Gut Broadband 'Nutrition Labels.' Here’s What It Means for You
The Republican-led commission votes to eliminate requirements like itemizing broadband fees and displaying labels in customer accounts.
www.cnet.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My husband was trying to explain whatever happened to the Trapt frontman for some reason and all I got out of it is that he’s the @eve6.bsky.social Waluigi.
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Baby’s newest skill: yelling

Baby’s chosen venue: a quiet restaurant
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The rectangle rots our brains *and* informs us of the rot irl.
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Even the Pope is not safe from mansplaining reply guys
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
2025 has me wishing I’d stuck with my nursing major in undergrad instead of comms and poli sci. Now I’m an MPA in a world where the rules of public administration crumble before our eyes day after day but those stories are buried by the other 25 unprecedented events of the day.
September 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Got my performance review.
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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for years when academics warned about the problems with letting media consolidate at the hands of one of two companies people yawned, now every day there's another vivid example of why they were right
Sinclair joins the Trump administration’s much-criticized attempt to link Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism
www.mediamatters.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM