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Rebecca J. Ritzel

@rjritzel.bsky.social

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Fellow @rjionline.bsky.social‬ Views = mine Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. [email protected] https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · Jan 9

"Why do you have so many tabs open?" -- My niece, age 9.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 1h

Perfect for those days when life in America seems so complicated that you want to wail like a banshee.

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Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (1865)

EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Articles of Agreement in Regard to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee, April 10, 1865; War Department, Record and Pension Office, 18...

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 1h

Blue State lawmakers better get busy figuring out how to withdraw from the Articles of Agreement Grant signed at Appomattox.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 17h

He says, "I've been a journalist for a while," and my brain says, "Yep. I am more qualified than him."

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 19h

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 19h

can we get a folk singer on "the ballad of sandwich guy and the inflatable frog man"

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 21h

Hey arts admin friends: For my @rjionline.bsky.social project, I'm looking to hire someone to draft an MOU for donors interesting in funding arts journalism. Anyone interested?

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Judd Greenstein @juddgreenstein.bsky.social · 21h

in my experience, the difference between arts consultants and general consultants, very roughly speaking, is that the former tend to apply a set of prefabricated tools from the outside whereas the latter help develop specific tools from within the organization. exogenous vs. endogenous

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 23h

Eurovision here he comes.

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Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight I see 2+2=5, the new documentary about George Orwell, while living in DC during a shutdown and *waves hands* all THIS. The Q&A after will be moderated by Terry Moran, who was fired from ABC News for describing Stephen Miller accurately.

Does “Orwellian” even have any use? Guess I’ll see!

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 2d

The WPA murals are a vital part of our nation’s artistic history, and to the extent that they can remain public, they should!

Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 5d

Nobody else is writing about this, so please re-post my two-part series about the imminent sale of what one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.” Preservationists need to move fast.

Part one:

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The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 2d

This is the kind of story I'm hoping @theassemblync.bsky.social will jump on -- they do some good arts and entertainment investigative work -- although then it would be paywalled/siloed as North Carolina news.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 2d

"Dad! Stop comparing me to Trump every time you go on TV."

Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 2d

Whole episode was veeeeery week. 😪

Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 2d

I am a professional dogsitter/petsitting consultant we can work this out.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 3d

The executive branch calling the enforcement of the law by judges "insurrection" is a five-alarm fire for democracy.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 2d

Whoa! There has got to be more to this story. In this local arts reporting effort I will ...

Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 3d

This is my kind of campus revival.

Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 5d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 3d

Welp. Based on hour number 1, I'm done with SNL Season 51.

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ALT: a woman holding a xxl rap roundtable sign

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for for sharing this one, Soraya. Sadly helpful.

Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 4d

Max Martin and The Mysterious Midtempo Mehs.

Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 4d

If you all haven't watched "Is This a Room," the play-based film where Sidney Sweeney plays Reality Winner, you really should.

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 5d

As always when a musical aimed (mostly) at women is not great, I wonder if men outnumbering women on the creative team 8-2 is part of the problem?

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Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 5d

OMG My high school American history made sure we all new that Roger Taney was from Maryland and we should *not* be proud of him. At all.

Rebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 5d

More higher-skilled workers are trying to immigrate to Canada through the country's Express Entry program cannot possibly imagine why. www.cicnews.com/2025/10/octo...

Number of top-scoring Express Entry profiles increases

From August 17 to September 28, the number of top-scoring Express Entry profiles rose, even as the total number of profiles in the pool fell by 3,120. The 501–600 score range increased by 1,601 profil...