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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 9h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

Wonder Woman coming out of a WW1 trench from the movie Wonder Woman. She’s in her typical red and gold costume with a shield on her back and wearing her gold headband. She’s also wearing her silver bracelets.

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 12h

A lot of 💡’s here on much needed new communications strategies

This is why truth in the participatory media landscape often looks different than truth in a peer-reviewed journal. It is shaped less by argument than by affirmation. A message feels true because the community says it is—because trusted voices repeat it, in familiar language, within a shared emotional world. People do not just believe what they see. They believe what they help spread.

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 14h

83% of local nonprofit news organizations have increased revenue growth by at least 10% over the last three years, compared to 71% of state and regional publications and 76% of national and global outlets.

Nonprofit news is growing strong — especially local nonprofit news, a new report shows

Nonprofit news outlets of all types are enjoying revenue growth — but those that focus specifically on local news, rather than state, national, or global news, are doing especially well, according to…

www.niemanlab.org

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 14h

A must listen, regardless of geography. It’s time to wake up.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16h

A coalition of health care providers, religious groups and educators filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop the H-1B fee, saying it would harm hospitals, churches, schools and industries that rely on the visa. https://to.pbs.org/48heMw8

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals reliant on immigrant workers

Some groups are now seeking exemptions from the Trump administration for health care professionals and K-12 educators as experts warn the fee will prove insurmountable for rural communities lacking th...

to.pbs.org

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 16h

When this happens I make a mental note to NEVER buy what’s advertised. Annoying your customers ain’t it.

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Good

California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services | TechCrunch

Starting July 1, 2026, streaming services won’t be allowed to “transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany,” according to the bill's text...

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 16h

🙃

two men are sitting in front of a crowd talking about strategy

Alt: Bold strategy meme. Two brown haired men wearing headsets (one on left wears a light blue dress shirt and tie and one on right i wearing a patterned white an royal blue long sleeve casual one) are sitting in front of a crowd talking about strategy and let’s see if it pays off form ‘em. Scene from Dodge Ball.

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 16h

lol

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

“.. Disney's Inspire Key Pass .. its highest-tier .. now costs $1,899, and the Believe Key costs $1,474.”

@cbsnews.com $DIS
www.cbsnews.com/news/disney-...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 7d

According to our ongoing analysis of 1.6M+ X Community Notes, only 11% are ever made visible and displayed in the X app. That means ~89% of Community Notes never see daylight. See the data here: notetracker.socialmediadata.org

NoteTracker Dashboard

App for Discovering and Analyzing X Posts with Community Notes

notetracker.socialmediadata.org

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · Nov 23

A Just Asking Questions Effect for spreading false information.
This thread is an overview of my lab’s research that I presented at Psychonomics this morning. #psynow24

TLDR: Getting people to generate their own false answers leads them to believe that info. 1/

Just Asking Questions: Can an Implication Generate an Illusory Truth Effect?
Ira E. Hyman, Jr., Jasmine Balmelli-Morales, Macallan Enns-Ford, Annika Fiala, Zoe Gadbow, Macy Kneipp, Isabel Nguyen, Gwen Pane
Western Washington University

Madeline Jalbert
University of Washington

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 1d

There are still good people doing good things.

"All profits are pledged to stations that use content from distributor American Public Television."

jaguarr 🐆 @the-jaguarr.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make a happy little post, shall we?

apnews.com/article/bob-...

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

apnews.com

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 1d

Feature, not a bug?

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

@britt-kathryn.bsky.social rounds up the most banned books of 2025.

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

As we round out #BannedBooksWeek, it’s time to observe a grim new tradition. PEN America has announced its annual most-banned-books-of-the-year list. This year’s crop of “objectio…

buff.ly

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

NATO goes to school (complimentary)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-TI...

Drones | Lessons from Ukraine 🇺🇦

YouTube video by NATO

www.youtube.com

JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

On the plus side you can use it as a bookmark

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

😂

a black and white dog is sitting in front of a computer screen and says `` good lord '' .

Alt: A black and white dog is sitting in front of a computer screen and says `` good lord '' .

media.tenor.com

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

🫶 this account

depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23d

Perry, a miniature donkey in Palo Alto, served as the uncredited model for Donkey in the Shrek animated film franchise for $75.

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Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 2d

see you guys i'm heading into the mastodon now

han solo stuffing luke in the body of some fuckass beast

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

Leaders are saying this out loud more and more. An informed public is a good thing actually.

Alex Raufoglu @ralexdc.bsky.social · 2d

NEW!! Merz accuses Putin of waging hybrid war on Germany, saying Moscow's campaign "extends beyond Ukraine to target all of Europe."

"He is waging an information war against us. He is waging a military war against Ukraine and this war is directed against all of us"

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

The music is reminiscent of this.

It doesn’t have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbOT...

Pink Floyd - Keep Talking (Official Lyrics Video)

YouTube video by Pink Floyd

www.youtube.com

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

What a beautiful timeline cleanse

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

Flowers cover Chile's Atacama Desert in spring.

The Atacama Desert, in northern Chile, is covered in colourful flowers. The phenomenon, known as the 'flowering desert,' occurs in certain years when rainfall and temperatures coincide, awakening the desert's dormant seeds

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 2d

Technology and the internet are the driving forces behind today's global populism and the particular form it has taken in the modern era, writes @frankfukuyama.bsky.social in Persuasion. ow.ly/h0p650X6tA7

It’s the Internet, Stupid

What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.

ow.ly

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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 2d

Moldova has written a playbook for defeating hybrid warfare, and it is one that others can learn from, writes Linda Robinson.

Moldova’s Victory over Russia

A majority of voters in Moldova reaffirmed the country’s desire to break free of Russian interference and continue its path to join the European Union. The victory for reformist leader Maia Sandu, wh…

www.cfr.org

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JJ @jaynegallaghe20.bsky.social · 2d

"Deterrence by punishment"

Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 3d

Ukraine seems determined to prevent another winter of Russian attacks on its power grid by adopting an eye-for-an-eye approach. This shows that Ukraine is now confident enough in its strike capability to use it not only for ongoing attacks, but also as a tool of military deterrence. ⬇️

What is Ukraine saving its missiles for?

YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen

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