smerald.bsky.social
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation.

It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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An interesting investigation in @upshot.nytimes.com today evaluating some of the challenges to improving buses in NYC—whether through speed or fares www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link!)

Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
October 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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It's hard to overstate the reach of YouTube in the US. 85% of adults use it, as do 90% of teens. A new @pewresearch.org survey shows that 85% of kids 12 and under use it, too (according to their parents) – including a majority of kids under the age of 2. www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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NEW from @pewresearch.org: 20% of US adults now regularly get news from TikTok, up from 3% in 2020.

Among the youngest adults, 43% now regularly get news there, up from 9% in 2020.

Full analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Yes, Your Morning Coffee Has Gotten More Expensive

Coffee prices are up nearly 21 percent over the past year, partly because of Trump’s punishing tariffs on Brazil and Vietnam.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/b...
September 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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When the labor market is hot, workers who switch jobs can usually expect a pay bump. Right now, job switchers are experiencing the same wage growth as stayers, a sign that employers have the upper hand.
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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film still #55

Patricia and crew in Bonavista, Newfoundland
April 2023.

#severance
March 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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film still #47

Irving pulling Helly from the water.

#severance
February 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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film still #45

Irving at desk in dream.

#severance
February 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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We were going to shoot on the cliff but the fog rolled in and we pivoted to the dream location.
February 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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film still #43

Irving’s dream. Filming pov.

#severance
February 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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UPDATE: Elon Musk says DOGE staffer who resigned for racist X posts will be brought back. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-...
Elon Musk says DOGE staffer who resigned for racist X posts will be brought back
Marko Elez resigned after The Wall Street Journal reported he had posted racist messages to X that included “normalize Indian hate.”
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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New BTS look at the opening scene of #Severance S2 🎥
January 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The amount of rigorous scrutiny that #severance fans are engaging in is kind of incredible.

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January 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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As #Severance s2 finally streams tonight, I just wanted to say thanks to all the incredible fans who have waited so long and stuck with us. Our hope is you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.

It’s never finished till you engage with it. So excited for the dialogue to begin.

Praise Kier
January 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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The time we put Tramell on a dolly to make him float away from the camera which was on a dolly too…

#Severance
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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December 24, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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An NBC News crew in the Gaza Strip caught striking images in the immediate aftermath of an overnight airstrike on a U.N.-run school-turned-shelter, which killed 13 people, according to The AP, citing Nasser Hospital where the bodies were taken.
Women and children killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza shelters
An NBC News’ crew caught striking images in the immediate aftermath of an overnight airstrike on the Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz school-turned-shelter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:49 PM