Senta Scarborough
@sentascar.bsky.social
ETSU journalism professor. Screenwriter. Journalist. Kundalini yoga teacher. she/they
It’s not everyday you get to work with an awesome former coworker and have a blast with students. Thanks Mark Robertson-Baker for the great guest lecture and workshop at ETSU!
March 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s not everyday you get to work with an awesome former coworker and have a blast with students. Thanks Mark Robertson-Baker for the great guest lecture and workshop at ETSU!
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"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard—and fast—about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across," writes @sulliview.bsky.social in her invaluable newsletter (with kind words for a recent NYT piece.) margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...
Four essentials for the press right now
If we have any hope of preventing a full slide into permanent autocracy, these must happen
margaretsullivan.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard—and fast—about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across," writes @sulliview.bsky.social in her invaluable newsletter (with kind words for a recent NYT piece.) margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...
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In all the buy Canada, there are things we Canadians should still support in the US - especially what media there that hasn’t bent a knee. There are more to consider, but here are some I recommend: @npr.org is massively under attack, and they depend heavily on donations www.npr.org/donations/su...
Donate : NPR
Power independent journalism in your community. Donate to your NPR station.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In all the buy Canada, there are things we Canadians should still support in the US - especially what media there that hasn’t bent a knee. There are more to consider, but here are some I recommend: @npr.org is massively under attack, and they depend heavily on donations www.npr.org/donations/su...
Sadie enjoying the sun on the front porch.
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sadie enjoying the sun on the front porch.
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The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
CDCGuidelines.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
I'm trying to save them.
You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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Finally some good news
The US Copyright Office has declared that generative AI art and text generated by prompts cannot be copyright protected.
(Read more: The Verge)
(Read more: The Verge)
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Finally some good news
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
feels so right on
Feels like a bunch of billionaires are ripping the copper wires out of the walls of this country before it collapses
January 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
feels so right on
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The central core of Trumpism is voter suppression and election subversion. Too many people only pay attention to this right before elections and forget it once elections are over.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
Trump Demands California Adopt Voter ID Requirement to Get Wildfire Aid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The central core of Trumpism is voter suppression and election subversion. Too many people only pay attention to this right before elections and forget it once elections are over.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
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Journalists. Please. Too many of you are going to call this a tax “on Colombia”.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
Nearly all coffee consumed in the United States is imported, and the largest source of that coffee is Colombia. Trump is putting a 25% tax on our top source of coffee, and that tax will be passed on to American consumers
BREAKING: Trump orders 25% tariffs on all goods from Colombia after 2 deportation flights were rejected
January 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Journalists. Please. Too many of you are going to call this a tax “on Colombia”.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
here we go again
This is what happens when we excuse or ignore attacks on trans people and abortion rights. We normalize the right wing’s agenda.
It’s just a matter of time until your rights are stripped away, too.
It’s just a matter of time until your rights are stripped away, too.
Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
here we go again
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The TikTok ban represents the most significant and widespread deplatforming of creators in American internet history. It far surpasses Vine's closure in 2017 in both scale and impact, and stands to permanently reshape the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape.
The Great Creator Reset
+ discount Cybertrucks, soup drops, Douyin goes global, a PNUT memecoin lawsuit, peak "it bag", and Gen Z's midlife crisis
www.usermag.co
January 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The TikTok ban represents the most significant and widespread deplatforming of creators in American internet history. It far surpasses Vine's closure in 2017 in both scale and impact, and stands to permanently reshape the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape.
I need to be working on my classes which start next week but all i wanna do is watch Blue Velvet.
January 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I need to be working on my classes which start next week but all i wanna do is watch Blue Velvet.
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A zoom-like effect in the Méliès film THE MERMAID (1904) accomplished by simply wheeling the fishtank closer to the camera.
January 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A zoom-like effect in the Méliès film THE MERMAID (1904) accomplished by simply wheeling the fishtank closer to the camera.
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Hear me out: What if, instead of infringing on Americans’ rights and taking stuff away from them, Congress gave them even *more rights*?
If that sounds good to you, that’s fundamentally what a national data privacy law — governing all companies, not just the Big Bad of the day — is all about.
If that sounds good to you, that’s fundamentally what a national data privacy law — governing all companies, not just the Big Bad of the day — is all about.
January 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hear me out: What if, instead of infringing on Americans’ rights and taking stuff away from them, Congress gave them even *more rights*?
If that sounds good to you, that’s fundamentally what a national data privacy law — governing all companies, not just the Big Bad of the day — is all about.
If that sounds good to you, that’s fundamentally what a national data privacy law — governing all companies, not just the Big Bad of the day — is all about.
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Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks
BREAKING NEWS: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAAD
Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate ...
glaad.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks
Awesome news!
President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach a commemorative site and part of the African American Civil Rights Network.
Robinson first suited up for the Montreal Royals at the ballpark before joining the Dodgers
www.axios.com/2025/01/06/j...
Robinson first suited up for the Montreal Royals at the ballpark before joining the Dodgers
www.axios.com/2025/01/06/j...
Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Florida now a commemorative site
The ballpark may get National Historic Landmark designation.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Awesome news!
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"In those moments where we don't think we're smart enough, or pretty enough, or skinny enough, or successful enough, or basically just not enough ... you CAN know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick." — Demi Moore
January 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"In those moments where we don't think we're smart enough, or pretty enough, or skinny enough, or successful enough, or basically just not enough ... you CAN know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick." — Demi Moore
Couldn’t be happier for Demi Moore’s Golden Glove win! Amazing speech too. Never, ever give up! And drop the measuring stick! #goldenglobes #demimoore
January 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Couldn’t be happier for Demi Moore’s Golden Glove win! Amazing speech too. Never, ever give up! And drop the measuring stick! #goldenglobes #demimoore
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Katie Porter is going back to UC Irvine, where she has been on leave for the last six years. (Leave policies in academia are their own interesting universe.) www.ocregister.com/2024/12/12/w...
What’s next for Katie Porter? For now, it’s teaching and learning, she says
The Irvine Democrat neither says she’ll run for governor in 2026 nor rules out a bid.
www.ocregister.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Katie Porter is going back to UC Irvine, where she has been on leave for the last six years. (Leave policies in academia are their own interesting universe.) www.ocregister.com/2024/12/12/w...
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Sadie wishes you all a Merry Christmas eve to all who celebrate
December 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Sadie wishes you all a Merry Christmas eve to all who celebrate
Happy Monday y’all.
December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Happy Monday y’all.