Bill Levin
@epistrophy01.bsky.social
Minneapolis Downtown Denizen | Impactful Citizen | Follower of Moli (Laysan Albatross) migration | ….
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The attack on Pearl Harbor 83 years ago today reached Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Japanese destroyers shelled the atoll (to keep PBYs from taking off), killing 1st Lt. George H. Cannon & damaging several structures—an early point on the road to the Battle of Midway.
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An Infamous Day: the 82st Anniversary of the Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Midway Atoll
YouTube video by Friends of Midway Atoll NWR
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December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The attack on Pearl Harbor 83 years ago today reached Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll). Japanese destroyers shelled the atoll (to keep PBYs from taking off), killing 1st Lt. George H. Cannon & damaging several structures—an early point on the road to the Battle of Midway.
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Did you know the Boundary Waters is the largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world? 🌌 Join Friends of the Boundary Waters in Grand Marais for Dark Sky Stories and Bonfire at the Cook County Dark Sky Festival. More info: https://www.visitcookcounty.com/dark-sky-festival/
Dark Sky Festival
All day long, catch the documentary “Northern Nights, Starry Skies.” A visually stunning celebration of our spectacular starry skies above the world’s largest designated Dark Sky sanctuary. Ojibwe, Dakota cultural astronomers and other experts share the wonders of the heavens. The documentary, which…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Did you know the Boundary Waters is the largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world? 🌌 Join Friends of the Boundary Waters in Grand Marais for Dark Sky Stories and Bonfire at the Cook County Dark Sky Festival. More info: https://www.visitcookcounty.com/dark-sky-festival/
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Giving Tuesday 2x impact. See how in comments. #Birds
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
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Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
Voyage of Wisdom
YouTube video by Hōkūleʻa Crew
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December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Giving Tuesday 2x impact. See how in comments. #Birds
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
Mahalo nui loa for helping protect the future of Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll).
Act before year end— make sure your impact is doubled:
🔗 friendsofmidway.org/-match-donat...
Enjoy attached by (Oiwi TV Production 2016)
youtu.be/5suKa0zSEVA?...
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“Some of this (attitude) is earned, but much of it is based on misperception," says NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @apnews.com story.
⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Some of this (attitude) is earned, but much of it is based on misperception," says NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @apnews.com story.
⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
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🤔 Lake County Gazette. Southern Wisconsin Times. Names of publications, no?
🧠 They may sound like legacy, standards-based newspapers, but they’re actually mimicking legit local news as pink slime sites.
🔗 Today's special edition of The Sift has a quiz for students on these sites.
#NewsLiteracy
🧠 They may sound like legacy, standards-based newspapers, but they’re actually mimicking legit local news as pink slime sites.
🔗 Today's special edition of The Sift has a quiz for students on these sites.
#NewsLiteracy
The Sift: Special issue: Pink slime quiz - The News Literacy Project
This special issue of The Sift includes a new quiz on pink slime “news” sites.
go.newslit.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🤔 Lake County Gazette. Southern Wisconsin Times. Names of publications, no?
🧠 They may sound like legacy, standards-based newspapers, but they’re actually mimicking legit local news as pink slime sites.
🔗 Today's special edition of The Sift has a quiz for students on these sites.
#NewsLiteracy
🧠 They may sound like legacy, standards-based newspapers, but they’re actually mimicking legit local news as pink slime sites.
🔗 Today's special edition of The Sift has a quiz for students on these sites.
#NewsLiteracy
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This fall’s shutdown is in the past, but the issue of expiring ACA subsidies is still unresolved. Congress has until the end of the month to prevent premium hikes for millions of Americans.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This fall’s shutdown is in the past, but the issue of expiring ACA subsidies is still unresolved. Congress has until the end of the month to prevent premium hikes for millions of Americans.
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Wisdom’s mate joins
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!
Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!
Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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A cartoon by Michael Maslin, from 2013. #NewYorkerCartoons
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A cartoon by Michael Maslin, from 2013. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Despite Trump's popularity in the crypto community, bitcoin prices are lower than they were when he took office.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Despite Trump's popularity in the crypto community, bitcoin prices are lower than they were when he took office.
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Teens overwhelmingly used negative words like "biased," "boring," "chaotic," and "bad" to describe the news media and journalists in a new @newslit.org survey.
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Teens overwhelmingly used negative words like "biased," "boring," "chaotic," and "bad" to describe the news media and journalists in a new @newslit.org survey.
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
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When they arrive, the mature albatross will be searching for their lifelong mate. Those who have a mate that didn’t return may be dancing to try to attract a new spouse.
#Birds
Memberships & Donations keep the equipment going and pay internet fees:
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#Birds
Memberships & Donations keep the equipment going and pay internet fees:
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Friends of Midway Atoll NWR · Donation and Membership, Live Cam
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October 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When they arrive, the mature albatross will be searching for their lifelong mate. Those who have a mate that didn’t return may be dancing to try to attract a new spouse.
#Birds
Memberships & Donations keep the equipment going and pay internet fees:
secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
#Birds
Memberships & Donations keep the equipment going and pay internet fees:
secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
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Live From Midway!
Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
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Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
friendsofmidway.org/experience-k...
Experience Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) LIVE!
Welcome to Midway Atoll’s (Kuaihelani’s) live cam! This live cam is brought to you by the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (FOMA), which is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the e…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Live From Midway!
Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
friendsofmidway.org/experience-k...
Starlink brings you there, funded by the Friends of Midway Atoll. Any day the Laysan Albatross will make their migratory return.
See more in comments.
friendsofmidway.org/experience-k...
Gatsby at 100.
See this before it leaves in March, if #Gatsby or #FSF fan. #minneapolisinstituteofart
See this before it leaves in March, if #Gatsby or #FSF fan. #minneapolisinstituteofart
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Gatsby at 100.
See this before it leaves in March, if #Gatsby or #FSF fan. #minneapolisinstituteofart
See this before it leaves in March, if #Gatsby or #FSF fan. #minneapolisinstituteofart
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A cartoon by Frank Cotham. #NewYorkerCartoons
See more from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U-UJUh
See more from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U-UJUh
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A cartoon by Frank Cotham. #NewYorkerCartoons
See more from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U-UJUh
See more from this week’s issue: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/U-UJUh
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America’s world-class universities are one of our best exports – it’s a shame Trump is diminishing that advantage.
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
America’s world-class universities are one of our best exports – it’s a shame Trump is diminishing that advantage.
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Obamacare slashed the ranks of uninsured in America. But within the next 10 years, 70% of that progress will be undone. I explain why in my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | These 6 Charts Explain Why the Government Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Obamacare slashed the ranks of uninsured in America. But within the next 10 years, 70% of that progress will be undone. I explain why in my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
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"Users can create fake clips that depict themselves or their friends in just about any scenario imaginable, with consistently high realism & a compelling soundtrack complete with voices."
Good story by @drewharwell.com & @gerritd.bsky.social on #Sora + a reminder on why #NewsLiteracy is so needed.
Good story by @drewharwell.com & @gerritd.bsky.social on #Sora + a reminder on why #NewsLiteracy is so needed.
Everything is fake on Silicon Valley’s hottest new social network
The new Sora social app from ChatGPT maker OpenAI encourages users to upload video of their face so their likeness can be put into AI-generated clips.
wapo.st
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Users can create fake clips that depict themselves or their friends in just about any scenario imaginable, with consistently high realism & a compelling soundtrack complete with voices."
Good story by @drewharwell.com & @gerritd.bsky.social on #Sora + a reminder on why #NewsLiteracy is so needed.
Good story by @drewharwell.com & @gerritd.bsky.social on #Sora + a reminder on why #NewsLiteracy is so needed.
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In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I break down the health care provisions Democrats are fighting for in this government shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
Opinion | These 6 Charts Explain Why the Government Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I break down the health care provisions Democrats are fighting for in this government shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”
—E.B. White
—E.B. White
September 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”
—E.B. White
—E.B. White
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Wildlife needs you!
#Birds
#PapahsnaumokuekeaMarineNationalMonument
#RefugeStrong
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#Birds
#PapahsnaumokuekeaMarineNationalMonument
#RefugeStrong
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Advocacy
Volunteer bird counters transit Eastern Island at daybreak Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Dec. 2024 Photo by: Dan Rapp The Threat Fall 2025 The Friends of Midway Atoll just received updated guidance fro…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
VLADIMIR: Well? What do we do?
ESTRAGON: Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.
ESTRAGON: Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.
September 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
VLADIMIR: Well? What do we do?
ESTRAGON: Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.
ESTRAGON: Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.