Ned Wharton
nedwharton.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
Ned Wharton
@nedwharton.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
Retired Senior Producer at
NPR for Weekend Edition, where I crafted music features and directed the show. I love to bike, travel the world, speak French.

[bridged from https://journa.host/@nedwharton on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Now on Bluesky nedwharton.bsky.social and bridged to Fediverse @nedwharton.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
April 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Mood.

#songthatcameuponmyshuffletoday #Stromae

Mais qu'est-ce que ma journée est bonne!
Me suis levé du bon pied
Oui j'vais l'prendre mon pied
Et je l'lèverai seulement
Pour la danse de la joie
C'est la danse de la joie

https://youtu.be/MrLfuXF4fqM?si=gncqLc8LyUsH14GB
April 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
Nearly all staff laid off today at the US-government funded Middle East Broadcasting Networks. President/CEO Jeffrey Gedmin tells staff that Kari Lake "is deliberately starving us of the money we need to pay you..."
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
April 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Cocktail hour #milesdavis #vinyl
March 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
Today on the latest episode of the Hegseth Follies:

"I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m."
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Getting very little traction/interaction on Mastodon despite bridging to Bluesky, is it time to cave and go ahead with a proper Bluesky account? Will still stay bridged to the Fediverse #bluesky #mastodon #fediverse #bridgyfed
March 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A friend posted an invoice that included a new “tariff amount” — Anyone else seeing tariffs now itemized in their bills? #tariffs
March 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A sign of democracy flickering? I noticed the “democracy dies in darkness” motto no longer shows on my app when I launch it. (Still on the print masthead, however) #washingtonpost #democracy #journalism #bezos
March 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth​, are being silenced this weekend […]

[Original post on journa.host]
March 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I love the peek into the creative process in this song. David Byrne once explained that he would sing gibberish over a groove when songwriting then flesh out the words later. In this “unfinished outtake” we hear both Byrne and Brian Eno singing different kinds of gibberish together… great song […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
March 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland

State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport:
The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"

-- That's only several thousand people
NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland

State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"
March 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
Right to Read ND will host Read-Outs outside libraries across North Dakota on Saturday, March 1st, from 2 to 2:30 PM CST.
Current Read-Out locations:
📚#Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library
📚#Dickinson Area Public Library
📚#Fargo Public Library (Main branch) […]

[Original post on c.im]
Original post on c.im
c.im
February 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
The view from the wood chipper.

"My family has left behind our home and all our belongings as a result of our service to the United States of America overseas, and we have been harassed through a combination of malignant, violent rhetoric and threats of financial ruin from the officials […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
February 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
We are now evidently a country devoid of compassion or generosity
February 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I had never heard of these critters when I came across this chilled-out pair in a park in Uruguay in 2020. I was told it’s a carpincho, or #capybara in English. Today of course it seems they’ve gone fully viral. Here’s an amusing Gary Schteyngart article about […]

[Original post on journa.host]
February 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
“Every year, LCBO sells nearly $1 billion worth of American wine, beer, spirits and seltzers. Not anymore,” announces Ontario Premier Doug Ford. “Starting Tuesday, we’re removing American products from LCBO shelves.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-lcbo-tariffs-trump-1.7448423
February 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
The board of the Pentagon
Press Association says it’s “greatly troubled by this unprecedented move by DOD to single out highly professional media who have covered the Pentagon for decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations.”
February 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer and data systems," one of the officials said. "That is creating great concern. There is no oversight. It creates real cybersecurity and hacking implications." #musk #cybersecurity #opm […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Question: How do you block a hashtag on #metatext ?
January 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Reposted by Ned Wharton
This is entertaining. Twitter has been flooded with ads leading to a fake CBC site promoting poilievre-endorsed crypto.
#canada

Real CBC link:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-ads-fake-investment-scheme-1.7439812
January 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
January 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM