whitney
@heyitswhitney.bsky.social
durham, nc. | public media. | big nerd for journalism, music, boardgames, genre fiction, videogames. | online MADC student @ UNC-CH, beware grad school brain worms
Good and necessary www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Good and necessary www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Set full of elemental benders and I got an Azula prerelease box and still built Jeskai Sokka
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Set full of elemental benders and I got an Azula prerelease box and still built Jeskai Sokka
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As a librarian working in a newsroom, this is super cool!
Love the Library Newsroom Project by my old partner in journalism crime @terryparrisjr.bsky.social www.librarynewsroom.com This is the way.
Your Newsroom at your library
www.librarynewsroom.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
As a librarian working in a newsroom, this is super cool!
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
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I think covering up involvement in child sex trafficking is bad and elected officials should not do that.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel
Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think covering up involvement in child sex trafficking is bad and elected officials should not do that.
Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel
Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel
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Not quite suited and booted, but coming with a bag of TTRPGs.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not quite suited and booted, but coming with a bag of TTRPGs.
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we're working on an advice column all about friends + money, send some q's our way! I'm thinking-- how to tell a friend you can't afford to be in their wedding, awkward venmo interactions, feeling pressure to support a friends business, etc. DM me or send to awilder at marketplace dot org!
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
we're working on an advice column all about friends + money, send some q's our way! I'm thinking-- how to tell a friend you can't afford to be in their wedding, awkward venmo interactions, feeling pressure to support a friends business, etc. DM me or send to awilder at marketplace dot org!
Ereader friends: thinking about getting a Kobo, but torn between the classic Clara BW (analogous to a kindle paperwhite) or the Libra (which has a color e-ink screen which I know presents issues BUT also google drive for side loading easier and physical buttons...) Any opinions?
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ereader friends: thinking about getting a Kobo, but torn between the classic Clara BW (analogous to a kindle paperwhite) or the Libra (which has a color e-ink screen which I know presents issues BUT also google drive for side loading easier and physical buttons...) Any opinions?
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I didn’t have Rabble bringing back Vine on my bingo card, but I clearly should have. werd.io/jack-dorsey-...
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive
I didn’t have Rabble bringing back Vine on my bingo card, but I clearly should have.
werd.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I didn’t have Rabble bringing back Vine on my bingo card, but I clearly should have. werd.io/jack-dorsey-...
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CBS just paid a $16 million bribe to Trump over a false accusation of lapse in judgement, so of course why would a news division need lawyers or standards?
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
CBS just paid a $16 million bribe to Trump over a false accusation of lapse in judgement, so of course why would a news division need lawyers or standards?
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This article is required reading.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This article is required reading.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
i am doing the jobs of too many people while trying to also do grad school 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
i am doing the jobs of too many people while trying to also do grad school 🫠
tfw someone uses your name correctly in an email then puts "wendy" on the zoom invite
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
tfw someone uses your name correctly in an email then puts "wendy" on the zoom invite
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Anyway, as a compromise, I support this map
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Anyway, as a compromise, I support this map
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Not entirely wrong. 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 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Not entirely wrong. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
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The Local News Impact Coalition’s Newsroom Census toolkit is now live on the website and registration is open for tomorrow’s webinar: www.localnewsimpact.org/2025/11/06/n...
New Report: Mapping your information ecosystem | Local News Impact Consortium
(Nov 6, 20205) — Today, the Local News Information Consortium released its first toolkit report: The Newsroom Census/Ecosystem Mapping Toolkit. Developed by Regina Lawrence, Research Director at the U...
www.localnewsimpact.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Local News Impact Coalition’s Newsroom Census toolkit is now live on the website and registration is open for tomorrow’s webinar: www.localnewsimpact.org/2025/11/06/n...
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Worth paying attention to: community-driven media that breaks the traditional models for journalism and is really impactful in the process.
I’m not as involved with @triangleblogblog.bsky.social as I used to be - but I think it’s one of the best examples of creating and spreading civic joy. A really fun model that can be replicated.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Worth paying attention to: community-driven media that breaks the traditional models for journalism and is really impactful in the process.
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The hundred-year flood events of journalistic self-sabotage are now occurring daily.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
Read: Trump transcript on crypto corruption claims that "60 Minutes" cut
Read the transcript of the tense exchange that CBS didn't broadcast here.
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The hundred-year flood events of journalistic self-sabotage are now occurring daily.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
Attempting to learn Tend while watching DS9
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Attempting to learn Tend while watching DS9
I would like to stop committing to things and having assignments and getting New Work Roles and would rather collapse into a puddle of goo for a few months thanks
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I would like to stop committing to things and having assignments and getting New Work Roles and would rather collapse into a puddle of goo for a few months thanks
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Ari Picker of Dante High catches up with @brianburns.bsky.social ahead of the band's final show on November 1 at Cat's Cradle.
www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...
www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...
Dante High takes a final bow
Ari Picker of Dante High catches up with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns ahead of the band's final show on November 1.
www.wunc.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ari Picker of Dante High catches up with @brianburns.bsky.social ahead of the band's final show on November 1 at Cat's Cradle.
www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...
www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...
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guess I'm going to this
NC! NEW SHOW ALERT: we are raising money for Jamaica storm relief @motorco.bsky.social NEXT WEEK:
THURSDAY NOV 6 @andmoreagain-nc.bsky.social presents
Superchunk
the Mountain Goats (solo set)
Dub Addis
Rosali
gonna be a great night for a great cause!
TIX: motorcomusic.com/event/storm-...
THURSDAY NOV 6 @andmoreagain-nc.bsky.social presents
Superchunk
the Mountain Goats (solo set)
Dub Addis
Rosali
gonna be a great night for a great cause!
TIX: motorcomusic.com/event/storm-...
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
guess I'm going to this
