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kate conger @kateconger.com · 3h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 5h

Prof. Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian born to refugees in Jordan, shares the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Alf Mabrouk! news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/u...

Photo Credit: Brittany Hosea-Small. Omar Yaghi shown in his lab at UC Berkely.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3d

we lost a queen 👑

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 4d

CA Governor Newsom: “California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Newsom threatens to cut state funding to universities that sign Trump’s political compact

The White House asked nine major universities, including USC, to commit to President Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Califor...

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 5d

"We live in a world of compromises.” GL

Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 5d

For more on the history of CBS News, here's a doc on Edward R Murrow's reporting and commentary on Joseph McCarthy www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLBg...

American Masters: Edward R. Murrow

YouTube video by NewsActive3

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 5d

From Walter Cronkite to this…

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Judge Young's opinion is resonating with a lot of people. A student wrote to me: "Every once in a while, you read an opinion that gives you heart and reaffirms your faith in the law and in the profession of lawyering and, for me, this is one of those cases." knightcolumbia.org/documents/ah...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, the university's acting president did say that, but it's not correct. Here's @knightcolumbia.org's analysis of the Columbia settlement. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 13d

Stand corrected 🤣

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 13d

Friend who’s an okra expert pointed out that frozen okra is excellent for stews. Freezing helps curb slime factor.

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 15d

Sure he did war crimes, but he helped promote my book. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 16d

Alaa is pardoned!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

Egypt Pardons Most Prominent Political Prisoner

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 18d

The Legendary Children’s Librarian of Harlem

Raised in a family of storytellers, Augusta Baker continued that tradition, imparting a love of books to readers of all ages.
daily.jstor.org/legendary-ch...

The Legendary Children's Librarian of Harlem - JSTOR Daily

Raised in a family of storytellers, Augusta Baker continued that tradition, imparting a love of books to readers of all ages.

daily.jstor.org

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 21d

Grateful for the life Robert Redford shared with us. Now more than ever, we need to remember the enduring impact one person can make. May he rest in power.

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · 21d

Among the last films I saw in Iran was Three Days of Condor. With revolution unfolding around me, I was transfixed. I was 14; nuances escaped me. Still I was struck by the power of cinema to teach us about the world we live in, how we can overcome fear & try to create alternative futures.

close up of Redford in Three Days of Condor

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Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis.bsky.social · 26d

Today with @haleaziz.bsky.social :
Most of the Korean workers detained during an ICE raid on a Ga. battery plant last week were on short-term businesses visas. In at least one case, ICE acknowledged a worker hadn't violated his visa, and forced him to deport anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas

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Martin Jay @martinrjay.bsky.social · 28d

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is reported to be on a list of prisoners...

Egypt: Jailed activist expected to be given presidential pardon

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is reported to be on a list of prisoners...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 29d

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Imagine trying to evacuate from one place to another under endless bombardment while also trying to feed your family. The situation is beyond description." - reporting from Hind Khoudary

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 7

BREAKING: At least 31 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources in the besieged enclave’s hospitals have told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wi1o8m

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Sep 7

Egyptian activist and blogger
Alaa Abdel Fattah resumed a full hunger strike on September 1 following unfulfilled promises made to him by national security officers that he would be released within days after his removal from the terrorist list. He is only drinking water.

#FreeAlaa

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Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social · Sep 6

Every time I get exhausted by elderly care, I think of what Palestinian elders are enduring. And I remember what a gift it is to care for our elders.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Sep 3

“A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it froze more than $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard, striking down the freeze in its entirety and delivering the University a major legal victory.”

Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Funding Freeze to Harvard as Unconstitutional | News | The Harvard Crimson

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it froze nearly $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard, striking down the freeze in its entirety and delivering ...

www.thecrimson.com

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