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Kevin Curry
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Associate Prof. - Journalism & Media Studies at Linfield U.
/ Ph.D./ Creative team: http://AngelPunkSaga.com / Host: Revisit the Moment pod/ Stalker of wary trout w/a fly.
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kevincurry.bsky.social
Terrifying the same high school students 2x, no arrests. Plus the baristas who locked themselves in the bathroom and called 911. No consequences for the perpetrators and no answer about it from them.
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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nikstreng.bsky.social
Video shows armed immigration agents surround Oregon high schoolers at coffee shop
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Video shows armed immigration agents surround Oregon high schoolers at coffee shop
“They just came out of nowhere and just started, like, swarming,” one terrified barista told a 911 dispatcher.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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docrevan.bsky.social
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
So this is apparently a very low tech theft, but a good reminder thats how most of the world works. An amusing story from PDX … 1/

www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati says the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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rodger.bsky.social
ALL-TIME NCAA RECORD BROKEN

Montie Quinn of the Division III Curry College Colonels ran for an all-division record 522 yards on just 20 carries, breaking a record set by Samaje Perine (424 yards)

he had touchdowns of 30, 58, 64, 78, 84, and 85 yards in a 71-27 win over Nichols College
football box score showing Montie Quinn having 20 carries for 522 yards with 7 touchdowns
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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dbrody.bsky.social
You have a First Amendment right to wear a penis suit and hold up a ”No dick-tator“ sign. If you can wear it for a Halloween costume you can wear it to engage in political speech. It’s not obscenity.
thekoolaidmom.bsky.social thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · Oct 18
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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kennysmith.bsky.social
How about the (also administratively beleaguered) Exponent at Purdue … putting up a special 3,000 run and distributing it in Bloomington.

#StudentMediaIsAwesome
lcakg631.bsky.social Jason Higbie @lcakg631.bsky.social · Oct 18
“What happens to one student media organization happens to all, and we hope that message continues to be made immensely clear.”

The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers. www.jconline.com/story/news/l...
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.jconline.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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jessicacalarco.com
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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fredvultee.bsky.social
This seems more than a little inappropriate
www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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maxbernstein.bsky.social
Arrests outside Portland ICE building have dropped throughout summer

@oregonian.com

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Arrests outside Portland ICE building have dropped throughout summer
Current demonstrations involve dozens of protesters compared to the mass protests following George Floyd's death in 2020.
www.oregonlive.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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wyden.senate.gov
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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beebrookshire.bsky.social
Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring.

So Science did a study.

ChatGPT failed.

Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
www.science.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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philnel.bsky.social
If I were on TikTok, I would take the precaution of deleting my account. If you’re comfortable with the regime mining your TikTok data, I wish you luck & hope you do not live in (or have any need to visit) the US.
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
kevincurry.bsky.social
His ham radio…
ctothelos77.bsky.social Carlos Estrada @ctothelos77.bsky.social · Sep 18
What is Dad playing?
September 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
scottnover.bsky.social Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · Sep 19
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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katiefallow.bsky.social
"A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech on her behalf" NRA v Vullo

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
kevincurry.bsky.social
Seems about right…
September 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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michaelsderby.bsky.social
To the extent cultural literacy means anything anymore, Col. Kurtz attacked and destroyed a village in large part because he wanted to surf its beach, reveled in its destruction, took casualties and killed a bunch of civilians in the process. Also, Trump could have served in Vietnam but didn't.
trump war
September 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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drandrealove.bsky.social
Any Senators here?

I’m a biomedical scientist with immunology, cancer, infectious disease expertise.

RFK Jr lied to you in his confirmation hearings. Repeatedly. Provably.

He’s lied to EVERYONE for 30+ years. Repeatedly. Provably.

He WILL lie today. Repeatedly. Provably.

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September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
kevincurry.bsky.social
My wife loves to tell the story of having to go to the tavern across the street after her ballet classes to use the pay phone to call home for a ride. Late ‘70s/early ‘80s were the best.
johncastiglione.bsky.social John Castiglione @johncastiglione.bsky.social · Sep 1
Just had a long convo with my kids about “when I was a kid I had to use a payphone to call home and maybe someone might pick up to come get me and sometimes it didn’t work and you’d be at school until 8 pm” and their minds were BLOWN. It builds a little character, guys!
September 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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nikstreng.bsky.social
Tillamook County is home of the famous creamery and @billoram.bsky.social. It's also home to the story of the 2025 football season:
Players at Nestucca quickly responded as their coach had a medical emergency in June. Without their quick action, Frank Elsasser likely wouldn't have survived #opreps
August 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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kenplume.bsky.social
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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amybrown.xyz
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM