Julia Barton
@bartona104.bsky.social
Editor, podcaster, script and research consultant at RadioWright.com. Nieman Fellow '24, founding executive editor Pushkin Industries. Newsletter: https://continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/
Pinned
Haunted
Why ghostly spirits have always flowed with the electrons. Plus: spooky listening recs.
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
I don't know how you feel about being haunted, but personally I hate it! However, in the audio business, it's inevitable. Special 🎃 edition of my newsletter this week. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/haunted
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People who scream about indoctrination in education usually just want their preferred indoctrination. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
People who scream about indoctrination in education usually just want their preferred indoctrination. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
uh oh tranches
We’re in the “Goldman-now-has-two-AI-baskets” part of the cycle:
“High-Profit AI” vs “Vulnerable AI”
(via GS desk)
“High-Profit AI” vs “Vulnerable AI”
(via GS desk)
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
uh oh tranches
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"what began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president, that is at least as focused on bullying the residents of Democrat-run cities as it is on deporting undocumented migrants" www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"what began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president, that is at least as focused on bullying the residents of Democrat-run cities as it is on deporting undocumented migrants" www.economist.com/interactive/...
I will stop at nothing to mention the Blattnerphone whenever possible. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/like-falli...
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I will stop at nothing to mention the Blattnerphone whenever possible. continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/like-falli...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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No Country for Young Women
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
No Country for Young Women
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“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.”
Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID
“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande,...
www.democracynow.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.”
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I love the nerdy analysis here! I guess we can't expect too much technical proficience from TV shows that still insist upon giving actors empty coffee cups, but still.
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I love the nerdy analysis here! I guess we can't expect too much technical proficience from TV shows that still insist upon giving actors empty coffee cups, but still.
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“Deporting immigrants to make room for “real” Americans is therefore both about a belief that only certain types of people can be American in the first place and a demand that these authentic Americans be provided an array of nostalgic comforts through government largess.”
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Deporting immigrants to make room for “real” Americans is therefore both about a belief that only certain types of people can be American in the first place and a demand that these authentic Americans be provided an array of nostalgic comforts through government largess.”
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The photos crossed our radar first and we genuinely thought they were faked but nope! The Pope hates Illinois Nazis! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Tales of Pope Leo, the Blues Brothers fan ‘on a mission from God’
Friends and family of the young Robert Prevost share tales of his Chicago antics before he became head of the Catholic church
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The photos crossed our radar first and we genuinely thought they were faked but nope! The Pope hates Illinois Nazis! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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It really would be nice to have some serious discussion of this or other mechanisms to support independent (non-rich) media. It is nuts that people apparently think campaign ads can influence elections, but what people see between the ads doesn't.
Economists Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social often goes into detail of an idea of how to do this, via a tax credit.
cepr.net/publications...
cepr.net/publications...
Fixing the Media and Campaign Spending by the Rich
Explore the issue of media spending by the rich and its impact on democracy. Discover potential strategies for addressing this problem.
cepr.net
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It really would be nice to have some serious discussion of this or other mechanisms to support independent (non-rich) media. It is nuts that people apparently think campaign ads can influence elections, but what people see between the ads doesn't.
Penny sure picked a day to drop.
RIP, the Lincoln penny
The Penny Dies at 232
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Penny sure picked a day to drop.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
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November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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“In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“In one of the messages, Mr. Epstein flatly asserted that Mr. Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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"UK no longer sharing intel with US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes & believes the attacks are illegal..."
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Good.
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Good.
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"UK no longer sharing intel with US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes & believes the attacks are illegal..."
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Good.
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Good.
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
he is still useful to someone
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
he is still useful to someone
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Oh cool they made home loans into student loans
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Oh cool they made home loans into student loans
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
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Republicans keep trying to reinvent serfdom
A 50-year mortgage is great for anyone who never actually wants to own his house or build equity. It’s like renting but being responsible for repairs.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Republicans keep trying to reinvent serfdom
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.