Kevin Curry
LightNews LightNews
banner
kevincurry.bsky.social
Kevin Curry
@kevincurry.bsky.social
250 followers 470 following 53 posts
Associate Prof. - Journalism & Media Studies at Linfield U.
/ Ph.D./ Creative team: http://AngelPunkSaga.com / Host: Revisit the Moment pod/ Stalker of wary trout w/a fly.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Kevin Curry
lebrownlow.bsky.social
It almost looks like he killed the Stanford tree and skinned it and is wearing it as a pelt
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4d
I like Christmas Tree Puddles
Oregon Ducks mascot wrapped in green fake tree with lights and ornaments plus a gold star on the Oregon beanie
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
moudhy.bsky.social
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.

Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
opb.org
'Class of 2025: Growing up in Oregon schools' follows seven students on their 13-year journey through Oregon’s public schools. For a quick summary of issues and conclusions from the Class of 2025, watch a 10-minute “short cut” here:
Class of 2025: Growing up in Oregon schools resource guide
A quick summary of issues and conclusions from Class of 2025: Growing up in Oregon schools, as well as links to learn more about the issues and students in the project.
www.opb.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
kennysmith.bsky.social
The first breaking news info is often incomplete or inaccurate. Scanner chatter is watching the sausage being made. Social media is risky for Hot News.

People with a reputation for mis/disinformation should be regarded as such.

Wait for actual official announcements.

Follow the local media.
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
tlecaque.bsky.social
I want jobs for humanities experts to kill AI systems.
sm9eb.bsky.social Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 17d
I'm starting to see jobs out there for 'humanties experts' to train AI systems. I know we all need work, but don't do it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
natefederman.bsky.social
When I was a production assistant on The Office, the only writing of mine that anyone read was the catering menu I typed up each day for the crew. But I realized the menu was my chance to impress the writers. So here’s a quick #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread on HIDDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
🧵1
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
kevincurry.bsky.social
Terrifying the same high school students 2x, no arrests. Plus the baristas who locked themselves in the bathroom and called 911. No consequences for the perpetrators and no answer about it from them.
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
nikstreng.bsky.social
Video shows armed immigration agents surround Oregon high schoolers at coffee shop
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Video shows armed immigration agents surround Oregon high schoolers at coffee shop
“They just came out of nowhere and just started, like, swarming,” one terrified barista told a 911 dispatcher.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
docrevan.bsky.social
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
johnrogers.bsky.social
So this is apparently a very low tech theft, but a good reminder thats how most of the world works. An amusing story from PDX … 1/

www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati says the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
rodger.bsky.social
ALL-TIME NCAA RECORD BROKEN

Montie Quinn of the Division III Curry College Colonels ran for an all-division record 522 yards on just 20 carries, breaking a record set by Samaje Perine (424 yards)

he had touchdowns of 30, 58, 64, 78, 84, and 85 yards in a 71-27 win over Nichols College
football box score showing Montie Quinn having 20 carries for 522 yards with 7 touchdowns
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
kennysmith.bsky.social
How about the (also administratively beleaguered) Exponent at Purdue … putting up a special 3,000 run and distributing it in Bloomington.

#StudentMediaIsAwesome
lcakg631.bsky.social Jason Higbie @lcakg631.bsky.social · Oct 18
“What happens to one student media organization happens to all, and we hope that message continues to be made immensely clear.”

The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers. www.jconline.com/story/news/l...
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.jconline.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
jessicacalarco.com
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
fredvultee.bsky.social
This seems more than a little inappropriate
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
maxbernstein.bsky.social
Arrests outside Portland ICE building have dropped throughout summer

@oregonian.com

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Arrests outside Portland ICE building have dropped throughout summer
Current demonstrations involve dozens of protesters compared to the mass protests following George Floyd's death in 2020.
www.oregonlive.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
wyden.senate.gov
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
beebrookshire.bsky.social
Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring.

So Science did a study.

ChatGPT failed.

Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
www.science.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
philnel.bsky.social
If I were on TikTok, I would take the precaution of deleting my account. If you’re comfortable with the regime mining your TikTok data, I wish you luck & hope you do not live in (or have any need to visit) the US.
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
kevincurry.bsky.social
His ham radio…
ctothelos77.bsky.social Carlos Estrada @ctothelos77.bsky.social · Sep 18
What is Dad playing?
September 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
joshuajfriedman.com
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
scottnover.bsky.social Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · Sep 19
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Kevin Curry
katiefallow.bsky.social
"A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech on her behalf" NRA v Vullo

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
kevincurry.bsky.social
Seems about right…
September 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM