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Who we gotta embarrass into saving PBS
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Who we gotta embarrass into saving PBS
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Medical Dialogues: 'Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why'
'Research published in Cell Reports Medicine reveals key biological differences that may explain why women with long COVID..'
medicaldialogues.in/pulmonology/...
'Research published in Cell Reports Medicine reveals key biological differences that may explain why women with long COVID..'
medicaldialogues.in/pulmonology/...
Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why
Research published today in Cell Reports Medicine reveals key biological differences that may explain why women with long COVID-especially those who develop chronic fatigue syndrome-tend to...
medicaldialogues.in
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Medical Dialogues: 'Women are three times more likely than men to get severe long COVID: Here’s why'
'Research published in Cell Reports Medicine reveals key biological differences that may explain why women with long COVID..'
medicaldialogues.in/pulmonology/...
'Research published in Cell Reports Medicine reveals key biological differences that may explain why women with long COVID..'
medicaldialogues.in/pulmonology/...
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I wear a mask simply because I'm following the data on repeat infections and trying to limit those. I've also known too many people with long or medium covid to want to fuck around. Even if I knew I was going to recover fully why would i volunteer to lose months to this illness?
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I wear a mask simply because I'm following the data on repeat infections and trying to limit those. I've also known too many people with long or medium covid to want to fuck around. Even if I knew I was going to recover fully why would i volunteer to lose months to this illness?
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years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)
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PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
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And then… it all happened. Prince “posthumously” got the Award of Merit at the AMAs, performing an edit of this greatest-hits medley, as well as a medley of songs from the album that Warner wouldn’t let him release. And he thanked Dick Clark for “letting him put Prince to bed”. youtu.be/XUQPw7TAMz4
PRINCE-RARE-Hits Medley Live & Award-1995 AMAS (1/30/1995) 4K HD-Best Copy
YouTube video by Tom Key
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November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
And then… it all happened. Prince “posthumously” got the Award of Merit at the AMAs, performing an edit of this greatest-hits medley, as well as a medley of songs from the album that Warner wouldn’t let him release. And he thanked Dick Clark for “letting him put Prince to bed”. youtu.be/XUQPw7TAMz4
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Y’all wanna hear a wild story? Charlie is right — this medley Prince made 30 years ago, blending many of his greatest hits & fan favorites into an extended mashup, is one of the most fun “only Prince could do this” things he made in the 90s. BUT: he told us he was gonna do it. In an AOL chat room…
Unpopular opinion: the Purple Medley is one of the best things Prince ever did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
Prince - The Purple Medley (Fan Music Video)
YouTube video by VDJ Vivacity
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Y’all wanna hear a wild story? Charlie is right — this medley Prince made 30 years ago, blending many of his greatest hits & fan favorites into an extended mashup, is one of the most fun “only Prince could do this” things he made in the 90s. BUT: he told us he was gonna do it. In an AOL chat room…
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You are absolutely right Mr. Carney that great cities need great public transit. That's why your government should fund ION light rail to connect Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge across the great rivers that divide them (Grand River, Speed River, Highway 401)
But seriously please fund ION expansion
But seriously please fund ION expansion
The REM is essential infrastructure — an automated light metro system across Greater Montréal that will connect more and more of the city as it grows.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You are absolutely right Mr. Carney that great cities need great public transit. That's why your government should fund ION light rail to connect Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge across the great rivers that divide them (Grand River, Speed River, Highway 401)
But seriously please fund ION expansion
But seriously please fund ION expansion
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People say the city is getting 'too busy' and 'there's too many people' -- but there are FEWER people in most of the neighbourhoods where people are complaining.
My guess is that there are more cars per capita though.
My guess is that there are more cars per capita though.
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
People say the city is getting 'too busy' and 'there's too many people' -- but there are FEWER people in most of the neighbourhoods where people are complaining.
My guess is that there are more cars per capita though.
My guess is that there are more cars per capita though.
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It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
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I generally treat land acknowledgements like I do corporate DEI trainings: I may inwardly roll my eyes on occasion, but I'm instantly suspicious of people who become outwardly aggrieved by them. For that reason alone I think they actually provide some value.
my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I generally treat land acknowledgements like I do corporate DEI trainings: I may inwardly roll my eyes on occasion, but I'm instantly suspicious of people who become outwardly aggrieved by them. For that reason alone I think they actually provide some value.
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This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
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I am just about to stop a man walking down the road to ask him about the incredible costume worn by the baby he is carrying, and then I realise that he is holding a Philodendron wrapped in a coat.
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am just about to stop a man walking down the road to ask him about the incredible costume worn by the baby he is carrying, and then I realise that he is holding a Philodendron wrapped in a coat.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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find someone who will wear a big overcoat with you
IG meetcutesnyc
IG meetcutesnyc
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
find someone who will wear a big overcoat with you
IG meetcutesnyc
IG meetcutesnyc
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I got a COVID booster because I continue to see “healthy” people lose their health to COVID and don’t want to risk it happening to me
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from the government and trusted medical orgs about the value of a shot. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I got a COVID booster because I continue to see “healthy” people lose their health to COVID and don’t want to risk it happening to me
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A person hospitalized in Washington has tested positive for H5N1, pending confirmatory testing (because that's the system).
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
Preliminary human bird flu case reported in Washington state
If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A person hospitalized in Washington has tested positive for H5N1, pending confirmatory testing (because that's the system).
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
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Oh my god IT'S THE MEME!!!
Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner “MOGAMBO” (1953) dir. John Ford
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Oh my god IT'S THE MEME!!!
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AI infidelity is reshaping family law
“More and more, courts are beginning to see clients cite emotional bonds with AI companions as reasons for marital strain or dissolution.”
my latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ai-rel...
“More and more, courts are beginning to see clients cite emotional bonds with AI companions as reasons for marital strain or dissolution.”
my latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ai-rel...
AI Relationships Are on the Rise. A Divorce Boom Could Be Next
Secret chatbot flings are creating new legal challenges for married couples when it comes to infidelity.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
AI infidelity is reshaping family law
“More and more, courts are beginning to see clients cite emotional bonds with AI companions as reasons for marital strain or dissolution.”
my latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ai-rel...
“More and more, courts are beginning to see clients cite emotional bonds with AI companions as reasons for marital strain or dissolution.”
my latest for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ai-rel...
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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as we saw with Elon Musk, observe how the prominent pundits at the forefront of building up unrealistic tech mythologies pivot immediately on a dime to pretend they wisely warned you of trouble the whole time
Scott Galloway warns of ‘nowhere to hide’ in markets if the OpenAI story unravels | Fortune
"If the music stops, there's not only not any chairs, there's like hot coals they're all going to sit on. It's going to be ugly."
fortune.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
as we saw with Elon Musk, observe how the prominent pundits at the forefront of building up unrealistic tech mythologies pivot immediately on a dime to pretend they wisely warned you of trouble the whole time
It’s so creepy
The video promoting this thing has convinced me that it's the most evil product to ever exist
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It’s so creepy
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.