Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) | On the Media | WNYC Studios The history of public broadcasting and its adversaries; and the modern place of public radio in covering community and crises. 

A friend asked me about the potential risk of losing public broadcasting funding. If you're interested, I recommend this comprehensive report from "On The Media," which explains what's always saved CPB funding in the past, and why it might not now.

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

RIP David Lynch

Ukraine war briefing: US House speaker dumps key Ukraine backer Mike Turner Mike Johnson removes his fellow Republican as chair of powerful intelligence committee; Poland says Europe must take care of itself. What we know on day 1,058 Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, on Wednesday removed his fellow…

Ukraine war briefing: US House speaker dumps key Ukraine backer Mike Turner

People want to know…

If Russia can invite a foreign nation (N Korea) to kick Ukraine off its territory, why can’t Ukraine invite foreign nation to help kick out Russia?

Still many months from peace. I don’t think that Russia will let that happen…

I don’t think that e we are even close to peace in Ukraine. Russia won’t let it happen…

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@freedomforukraine.bsky.social
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Unbelievable

Me too!

Math can be a lot of fun. A Guinness brewer invented an important statistical technique
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Why the Monty Hall problem is so hard
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
And the paradox of 1-1+1-1…
www.scientificamerican.com/article/1-th...
(4/n)

Scientific American's climate coverage has been urgent and clarifying. Every record-hottest year will be one of the coolest of our lifetimes. www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
But there is still time to fix this.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ther...
(2/n)

Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:

Vaccines are a miracle and amazing

X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.

Thank you to the more than 400 (!!) people who offered to speak for this piece—Bluesky is now the top-charting free app, with daily traffic that has surpassed Threads! www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

THIS

The cover of The Atlantic says it all…👀🥴

RSVP to Twitter Funeral! | Partiful The Verge mourns the passing of Twitter... (and celebrates the publication of Zoë Schiffer's book Extremely Hardcore). There will be, socializing, and zero speeches or readings. Ticket gets you a cop...

If you’re in New York on April 1, come to a Twitter funeral / Extremely Hardcore book party hosted by @verge. Tickets are $40 and get you a copy of the book + a drink: partiful.com/e/navY1dWDaB...

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that
Indiana's gender affirming care ban, including an aiding and abetting provision, is likely constitutional.

It cites Dobbs 21 times.

The ruling was a divided 2-1 ruling, with the two judges being a Bush and Trump appointee.

16M in ~24hrs 🦋

The Axis of Resilience Israel is underestimating Iran and its allies.

Israel’s strategy of total war may yield short-term tactical victories, but it is unlikely to eradicate the so-called axis of resistance—a network of groups allied with Iran that includes Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, writes Renad Mansour.

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Guys, please lobby all institutions and your state institutions to open a bsky branch, to prepare a #FullscaleRelocation. We must actively draw the energy from twitter. When institutions are here, journalists will follow. #infowars #fightback