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This idea of training content creators to be effective sharers of trustworthy news will be *very important* for public health to engage in. Go where the trust is, instead of flailing around trying to 'rebuild trust' in distrusted sources.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 16h

In June I announced that I was retiring from NYU after 39 years, but I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press.

Today I can explain what I meant by not leaving the field. I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Read on. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news...

I joined up with News Creator Corps by putting two and two together… Allow me to explain. - News Creator Corps

The consumers of news and information, the people formerly known as the audience, have gone into the production side.

newscreatorcorps.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

THESE PAGAN LIBTARD WAR DANCES CAN ONLY PRESAGE CALAMITY!!

MEIN LEADER PRÄSIDENT TRUMP, HERR REICHSCOUCHVUCKER VON VANCE, HERR VERRÜCKTPSYCHO STEPHANMÜLLER, DER VOLK DEMAND YOU DEPLOY DIE PANZERBRIGADEN NOW!!!

Vielen Damk für your attention to this matter

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 18h

we are breaking new ground in Civ-Mil relations (I feel extremely nauseous ngl)

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 19h

Oregon National Guard general said that if they were deployed, his troops would be instructed to protect the protesters, not ICE.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know that this is the *most* unethical thing David Frum has ever done, but in terms of professional *journalistic* ethics? Whooo boy

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

*black* shoes

Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

True! More intriguingly missing also was psychoanalysis of why the man is so obsessed with back shoes and ties. Also why women are so invisible to him that they appear not to need a dress code imposed.

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe George Saunders & Percival Everett can keep up with this sort of thing but few others. Kafka lives at the FBI now.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

Big miss by Mel Brooks not to have done this.

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

Is that what continental philosophers look like these days? So burly and ironic unto that very cap?

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

This Carney profile @stephenmaher.bsky.social is good but leaves many dropped intellectual threads. What happened to Carney's progressive sympathy w Galbraith & Michael Sandel? How does a Davos man come to think in 2025 that Canada's essential capital lies in our natural (not human) resources?

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

First big shocker: the Carneys' house in London formerly belonged to T.S. Eliot. Wild juxtaposition.

Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 1d

Very good profile of Mark Carney, by @stephenmaher.bsky.social. Jives with what the Ottawa bubble says about him and the shoes memo too macleans.ca/politics/mar...

Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca

His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.

macleans.ca

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 1d

In which Jason Kenney freely admits that he sees Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE as models for suppressing dissent.

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

That is a bleak bleak article, jfc

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 1d

In light of @jrobson.bsky.social's useful analysis here: *why* in 2025 would an amply smart economist/banker really believe that stuff to be shipped around, rather than what people do, is key to Canada's future? Truly, what worldview, interests, allies are convincing PM Carney of this?

Budgeting for an economy without people

Ever since Mark Carney promised, in the federal campaign, to “balance the operating budget” so government could invest more in “capital”, there has been some mystery about exactly how the PM might be ...

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 2d

New measure of political longevity: not a lettuce but an avocado

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

wait it's possible to move from pilot studies to permanent implementation of basic income? please tell everyone except Andrew Yang about this

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 2d

!!!! When did those go away?

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 2d

🤩 yes, Canadian kids must grow up knowing the goofy truth

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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 2d

As of today they don't, to their great relief.

CBA National Magazine @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court has debuted new ceremonial robes for the justices. @journodale.bsky.social has that story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

Supreme Court of Canada holds first ceremonial opening in 39 years

CBA President Bianca Kratt says the court is a testament to the stability a country can enjoy when its legal institutions remain respected, independent, and grounded in the rule of law

www.nationalmagazine.ca

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