Bert Etling
@bertling.bsky.social
Editor, Ashland.news, Ashland, Oregon.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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By the fivers of Babylon, there we sat down
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November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Oft hope is born when all is fourlorn
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Oft hope is born when all is fourlorn
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Ashland's Oak Knoll Course is closed due to "extensive damage" from a wind storm Tuesday evening. ashland.news/ashland-offi...
Ashland officials close Oak Knoll Golf Course due to storm damage - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Ashland's Oak Knoll Course is closed due to "extensive damage" from late fall storm Tuesday.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ashland's Oak Knoll Course is closed due to "extensive damage" from a wind storm Tuesday evening. ashland.news/ashland-offi...
The First Fives Club
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The First Fives Club
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“Garland’s social status as an impartial administrator of justice was more important to him than the impartial administration of justice.”
1. MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian got his hands on an advanced copy of a new book that claims to reveal the nature of deliberations inside the US Department of Justice after the 2020 presidential election that “may have hampered the federal criminal investigations” of Donald Trump.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Garland’s social status as an impartial administrator of justice was more important to him than the impartial administration of justice.”
The Firth of Fourth
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The Firth of Fourth
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I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
Thoughts from a climate scientist on the Bill Gates climate memo
I wanted to offer my thoughts, as a climate scientist, on the widely discussed memo published by Bill Gates in late October 2025. While I actually do agree with some of the specific points made therein regarding the urgent global need to accelerate efforts to reduce global poverty and improve human
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
Reposted by Bert Etling
Thousands from across the Rogue Valley gaily garbed as ghosts, goblins, ghouls and assorted spectres, along with a casting director's wildest dream of assorted cultural characters, packed downtown Ashland for the annual Halloween parade Friday afternoon. ashland.news/fun-and-funk...
'Fun and funky': Ashland celebrates Halloween with annual downtown parade - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Thousands of residents from across the Rogue Valley gaily garbed as ghosts, goblins, ghouls and assorted spectres, along with a casting director's wildest dream of assorted cultural characters, packed...
ashland.news
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thousands from across the Rogue Valley gaily garbed as ghosts, goblins, ghouls and assorted spectres, along with a casting director's wildest dream of assorted cultural characters, packed downtown Ashland for the annual Halloween parade Friday afternoon. ashland.news/fun-and-funk...
For the last broadcast of "Evening News Plus," co-anchor John Dickerson discusses why he went into journalism. Nails it!
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Reporter's Notebook: John Dickerson on why he went into journalism
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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November 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
For the last broadcast of "Evening News Plus," co-anchor John Dickerson discusses why he went into journalism. Nails it!
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Local nonprofit Rogue Valley Street Dogs helps humans & companion animals affected by houselessness and poverty throughout the Rogue Valley. Learn how one local woman turned her life around with the help of Street Dogs and is now helping the organization help others. ashland.news/one-bead-at-...
One bead at a time: Bracelets for dogs - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Local nonprofit Rogue Valley Street Dogs helps humans and companion animals affected by houselessness and poverty throughout the Rogue Valley. Learn how one local woman turned her life around with the...
ashland.news
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Local nonprofit Rogue Valley Street Dogs helps humans & companion animals affected by houselessness and poverty throughout the Rogue Valley. Learn how one local woman turned her life around with the help of Street Dogs and is now helping the organization help others. ashland.news/one-bead-at-...
“there is little evidence that his tantrums, swerves and reversals are strategic and thought-out, as his supporters sometimes insist, rather than the products of impulsivity, mood and circumstance.”
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Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
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October 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“there is little evidence that his tantrums, swerves and reversals are strategic and thought-out, as his supporters sometimes insist, rather than the products of impulsivity, mood and circumstance.”
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"I believe that inaction in the face of this fascist takeover of America is immoral. But sometimes — often — it all becomes too much, and I must disconnect and find sanctuary in nature’s beauty."
Pepper Trail: This is the constant dissonance so many of us face. That is, the lucky ones, like myself, who are citizens, who are white, who are not in economic crisis, who live surrounded 1/2 ashland.news/viewpoint-it...
Viewpoint: It’s a great year for acorns, a terrible year for democracy - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Pepper Trail: This is the constant dissonance so many of us face. That is, the lucky ones, like myself, who are citizens, who are white, who are not in economic crisis, who live surrounded by beautifu...
ashland.news
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"I believe that inaction in the face of this fascist takeover of America is immoral. But sometimes — often — it all becomes too much, and I must disconnect and find sanctuary in nature’s beauty."
War, what is it good four?
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War, what is it good four?
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State of Local News '25 report: There are positive developments in local news but ...the scale of the collapse remains mind-boggling, not only in .. the number of news outlets but also the number of journalists. -Steven Waldman/@rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/were...
We’re losing the race against time - Editor and Publisher
The core news out of Medill’s extraordinary State of Local News 2025 report is: there are positive developments in local news but they’re being swamped by the negative trends. We’re losing the race a...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
State of Local News '25 report: There are positive developments in local news but ...the scale of the collapse remains mind-boggling, not only in .. the number of news outlets but also the number of journalists. -Steven Waldman/@rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/were...
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
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October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him
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Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.
Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...
They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.
Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...
Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Running a Local Paper? In This Economy?
They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.
Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...
They were journalists at major news outlets in New York and D.C. before taking big pay cuts to run the Midcoast Villager, a paper covering a rocky, coastal part of Maine.
Gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/s...
Life, liberthree, and the pursuit of happiness
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Life, liberthree, and the pursuit of happiness
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October 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
💰Ready to launch an impactful and financially sustainable newsroom?
Join the free online course “Launching Nonprofit Newsrooms: Practical Strategies for Funding and Growth.”
Learn strategies to build revenue and grow a sustainable newsroom.
🖱️https://f.mtr.cool/rmabdikfsf
#Journalism #News
Join the free online course “Launching Nonprofit Newsrooms: Practical Strategies for Funding and Growth.”
Learn strategies to build revenue and grow a sustainable newsroom.
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Reposted by Bert Etling
Ashland Oregon.
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ashland Oregon.
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Tulsa’s local news ecosystem recently lost 7 reporters, but it’s more than jobs. Local news is a bridge, turning neighbors into a community. Without those who produce local news, community identity fades.
But, we can still turn this around.
Learn more: thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
But, we can still turn this around.
Learn more: thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
Tulsa Doesn’t Exist Without Local News - The Pickup
Local news is essential for communities, but it’s declining nearly everywhere. We can all be part of turning that around.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Tulsa’s local news ecosystem recently lost 7 reporters, but it’s more than jobs. Local news is a bridge, turning neighbors into a community. Without those who produce local news, community identity fades.
But, we can still turn this around.
Learn more: thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
But, we can still turn this around.
Learn more: thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...
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a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall