cassie
@cassieirwin.bsky.social
public media // opiehounddog // a gin cocktail
these are a few of my favorite things
these are a few of my favorite things
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Why is it that pledge weeks are the time when I watch PBS the least? Also, the best entertainment bundle you’ve never heard of.
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
Too Much TV: Nothing Says PBS Pledge Week Like A 10-Year-Old Peter, Paul & Mary Special
Why are PBS pledge weeks so terrible?
open.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Why is it that pledge weeks are the time when I watch PBS the least? Also, the best entertainment bundle you’ve never heard of.
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...
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Wrote a historical piece that defends funding for NPR and PBS. Whatever their problems, we cannot let Fox News become our default "public sphere." There needs to be alternatives, including imperfect yet aspirational ones.
Trump and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS − unraveling a US public media system that took a century to build
The precursors of today’s public media programs consisted of professors giving lectures about history and finance.
theconversation.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Wrote a historical piece that defends funding for NPR and PBS. Whatever their problems, we cannot let Fox News become our default "public sphere." There needs to be alternatives, including imperfect yet aspirational ones.
Attn John Mulaney!
How do paleontologists make educated guesses about dinosaur colors?
Learn more: www.sciencefriday.com/dinocolors
Learn more: www.sciencefriday.com/dinocolors
April 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Attn John Mulaney!
Public media funding is at risk and my local station put together this great guide on why that matters and what you can do to help, right now. www.wunc.org/2025-04-15/c...
How federal funding supports WUNC ... and what's at risk now
Federal funding makes up about 5% of WUNC's budget. That comes out to about $800,000 every year. This funding is vital to bring you the news you rely on every day.
www.wunc.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Public media funding is at risk and my local station put together this great guide on why that matters and what you can do to help, right now. www.wunc.org/2025-04-15/c...
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Federal Agency Deletes Website Page On Durham's Pauli Murray; Censors Other References to Queer History indyweek.com/culture/fede...
Federal Agency Deletes Website Page On Durham's Pauli Murray; Censors Other References to Queer History
Numerous National Park Service websites have been censored in recent weeks in response to an executive order.
indyweek.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Federal Agency Deletes Website Page On Durham's Pauli Murray; Censors Other References to Queer History indyweek.com/culture/fede...
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When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
propub.li
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
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After much community anticipation, the Wheels Roller Skating Rink in east Durham is reopening under city ownership. Roller rinks across the country have declined drastically since the 1990s. Since then, North Carolina has lost roughly half of its rinks.
www.wunc.org/race-class-c...
www.wunc.org/race-class-c...
'When rinks close, they don't return.' Reopening of Durham's Wheels bucks trend of shuttering rinks
After much community anticipation, the Wheels Roller Skating Rink in east Durham is reopening under city ownership. Roller rinks across the country have declined drastically since the 1990s. Since the...
www.wunc.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
After much community anticipation, the Wheels Roller Skating Rink in east Durham is reopening under city ownership. Roller rinks across the country have declined drastically since the 1990s. Since then, North Carolina has lost roughly half of its rinks.
www.wunc.org/race-class-c...
www.wunc.org/race-class-c...
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roses are red,
gymnasts do flips
here is a place
to send @propublica.org reporters your tips
www.propublica.org/article/seco...
gymnasts do flips
here is a place
to send @propublica.org reporters your tips
www.propublica.org/article/seco...
What ProPublica’s Reporters Will Be Covering During Donald Trump’s Second Presidency — and How to Contact Them
From Trump’s relationships with billionaires to immigration, here are some of the issues and topics our reporters will be keeping an eye on as his second presidency begins.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
roses are red,
gymnasts do flips
here is a place
to send @propublica.org reporters your tips
www.propublica.org/article/seco...
gymnasts do flips
here is a place
to send @propublica.org reporters your tips
www.propublica.org/article/seco...
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Finally, some good news.
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.
Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.
Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
NASA and the European Space Agency said the chance of impact is slightly more than 1%.
apnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Finally, some good news.
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For all our American neighbours who may be struggling to find accurate health information - thr Public Health Agency of Canada has a website you are more than welcome to use:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For all our American neighbours who may be struggling to find accurate health information - thr Public Health Agency of Canada has a website you are more than welcome to use:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Also many Americans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico | CNN
When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted ...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Also many Americans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
THIS is what I’ve been trying to articulate!
every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
THIS is what I’ve been trying to articulate!
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock reflects on MLK Jr.'s teachings, legacy
Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."
www.npr.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."
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A heartbreak
Rest in peace Cecile Richards
Rest in peace Cecile Richards
January 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A heartbreak
Rest in peace Cecile Richards
Rest in peace Cecile Richards
Science and medicine! What fantastic news!
A new study found a 62% reduction in cervical cancer deaths among women under 25 in the U.S.
Dr. Ashish Deshmukh joins us to discuss the study and why the HPV vaccine, introduced nearly 20 years ago, is likely behind this decline.
Dr. Ashish Deshmukh joins us to discuss the study and why the HPV vaccine, introduced nearly 20 years ago, is likely behind this decline.
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 show the success of the HPV vaccine.
buff.ly
January 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Science and medicine! What fantastic news!