Charles Apple
@charlesapple.bsky.social
Creator of nationally-distributed Further Review pages for the Spokesman-Review. Based in Lilburn, Georgia. First book was published in November 2024.
I thought some of you might be hoppy to know that Mark Twain published his first short story, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," 160 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I thought some of you might be hoppy to know that Mark Twain published his first short story, "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog," 160 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
Somebody mentioned my career a couple of weeks ago, so I thought it might be time to update my career job longevity chart... Yeah, I've held my current job much longer than any other job I've ever worked.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Somebody mentioned my career a couple of weeks ago, so I thought it might be time to update my career job longevity chart... Yeah, I've held my current job much longer than any other job I've ever worked.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Heads up, everybody...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson receiving a form of life support after being hospitalized last week, a family source says | CNN
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson remains hospitalized and is now receiving a form of life support to stabilize his blood pressure, a source close to Jackson’s family told CNN on Sunday.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Heads up, everybody...
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"Home Alone" starring 9-year-old Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern and Catherine O'Hara was released 35 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Home Alone" starring 9-year-old Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern and Catherine O'Hara was released 35 years ago today. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher was released a half-century ago next Wednesday. It would win five Oscars, including Best Leading Actor and Actress, Best Director and Best Picture. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher was released a half-century ago next Wednesday. It would win five Oscars, including Best Leading Actor and Actress, Best Director and Best Picture. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
So we get back to Rock Hill today ... we decide to stroll through the buildings where most of my art and communications classes were held ... and we run slap into Terry Plumb, who was my editor at the Rock Hill Herald from 1988 to 1993.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So we get back to Rock Hill today ... we decide to stroll through the buildings where most of my art and communications classes were held ... and we run slap into Terry Plumb, who was my editor at the Rock Hill Herald from 1988 to 1993.
85 years ago today, Walt Disney's orchestral masterpiece "Fantasia" premiered at New York's Broadway Theater -- the same venue where "Steamboat Willie" had debuted, 12 years before. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
85 years ago today, Walt Disney's orchestral masterpiece "Fantasia" premiered at New York's Broadway Theater -- the same venue where "Steamboat Willie" had debuted, 12 years before. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
Well! This quote seems particularly timely today.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Well! This quote seems particularly timely today.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
I've never seen this quote before. Came across it today while researching topics to consider building pages on next year.
Sharon and I are headed back to our old college town (Winthrop College) of Rock Hill, S.C., this week for Sharon's 40th graduation reunion. This will be the first time we've set foot in that city -- where we lived for so long in the early 1990s -- since my aborted move back there in 2008.
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Sharon and I are headed back to our old college town (Winthrop College) of Rock Hill, S.C., this week for Sharon's 40th graduation reunion. This will be the first time we've set foot in that city -- where we lived for so long in the early 1990s -- since my aborted move back there in 2008.
55 years ago next Monday, Douglas Englebart of the Stanford Research Institute was granted a patent for the computer mouse. Most of us didn't see a mouse until the introduction of the Macintosh computer, 14 years later. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
55 years ago next Monday, Douglas Englebart of the Stanford Research Institute was granted a patent for the computer mouse. Most of us didn't see a mouse until the introduction of the Macintosh computer, 14 years later. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
India-born Journalism professor Sonora Jha @sonorajha.bsky.social released her fourth book last month. It's getting all sorts of great reviews. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
India-born Journalism professor Sonora Jha @sonorajha.bsky.social released her fourth book last month. It's getting all sorts of great reviews. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
35 years ago Sunday, "Dances With Wolves" produced by, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, went into limited release in U.S. theaters. The film would be nominated for 12 Oscars. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
35 years ago Sunday, "Dances With Wolves" produced by, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, went into limited release in U.S. theaters. The film would be nominated for 12 Oscars. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
60 years ago today, the U.S. and Cuban governments agreed to allow regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families who had loved ones in the U.S. Freedom Flights would begin Dec. 1, 1965. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
60 years ago today, the U.S. and Cuban governments agreed to allow regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families who had loved ones in the U.S. Freedom Flights would begin Dec. 1, 1965. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
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Sentence of the moment:
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November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sentence of the moment:
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The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior a half-century ago next Monday. And a year later, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot released a song about the sinking. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior a half-century ago next Monday. And a year later, Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot released a song about the sinking. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
85 years ago this coming Friday, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state twisted and danced in a windstorm and then collapsed. The bridge was only four months old. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
85 years ago this coming Friday, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state twisted and danced in a windstorm and then collapsed. The bridge was only four months old. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
The best TRUE Halloween story you'll read this year.
(Gift article from The New York Times)
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(Gift article from The New York Times)
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Kentucky Woman Receives Package of Human Body Parts by Mistake, Coroner Says
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November 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The best TRUE Halloween story you'll read this year.
(Gift article from The New York Times)
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(Gift article from The New York Times)
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Also in today's paper is our basketball preview section, which is themed with Halloween, and trick-or-treating in comic book hero costumes. In my page about Gonzaga, I focused on the treats. Text by our sports editor, Ralph Walter.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Also in today's paper is our basketball preview section, which is themed with Halloween, and trick-or-treating in comic book hero costumes. In my page about Gonzaga, I focused on the treats. Text by our sports editor, Ralph Walter.
15 years ago tonight, the zombie apocalypse TV series "The Walking Dead" debuted on AMC. It would last for 11 seasons and spawn several spinoff series. This is the first of my two Further Review pages in today's Spokesman-Review.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
15 years ago tonight, the zombie apocalypse TV series "The Walking Dead" debuted on AMC. It would last for 11 seasons and spawn several spinoff series. This is the first of my two Further Review pages in today's Spokesman-Review.
95 years ago today, "American Gothic" by Iowa painter Grant Wood first went on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. The models were Wood's sister and his dentist. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
95 years ago today, "American Gothic" by Iowa painter Grant Wood first went on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. The models were Wood's sister and his dentist. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
Squeaky wishes you all a very happy National Cat Day.
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Squeaky wishes you all a very happy National Cat Day.
75 years ago Saturday, while renovations were going on at the White House, two men attempted to shoot there way into the Blair House to assassinate President Harry Truman. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
75 years ago Saturday, while renovations were going on at the White House, two men attempted to shoot there way into the Blair House to assassinate President Harry Truman. My Further Review in today's Spokesman-Review.
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“You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why having wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous
You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why having wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
Alexandre Calderón, Graphic Editor at El Financiero, Mexico, on the creative process behind developing infographics and data visualizations.
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Redefining Visual Journalism: Alexandre Calderón Speaks on Creativity, Data, and Trust - News Paper Design
Alexandre Calderón, Graphic Editor at El Financiero, Mexico, speaks with TK Sajeev Kumar, Editorial Director of NewspaperDesign.org, about the creative process behind developing infographics and data ...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Alexandre Calderón, Graphic Editor at El Financiero, Mexico, on the creative process behind developing infographics and data visualizations.
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