Saturday, Bloody Saturday
Journalists showed up at the Voice of America to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Trump officials handed out mass suspensions.
All full-time staffers at the Voice of America and the Office for Cuba Broadcasting, which runs Radio and Television Martí, were affected — more than 1,000 staff
Its parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, must eliminate all activities not required by law.
#AureFreePress
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Brown Univ advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel after Asst Prof of Medicine Rasha Alawieh was held by customs officials at Boston Logan Airport on Thursday after travel to Lebanon. This despite Alawieh having a valid H-1B visa... On Friday night, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin ordered that Alawieh not be moved out of Massachusetts without 48 hours’ notice. But Alawieh has since been deported from the US to Lebanon.
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Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunday.Cate Latimer (The Brown Daily Herald)
New podcast:
Until new Star Trek cones back, we're taking fresh looks at the Star Trek theatrical movies. This time, Star Trek The Motion Picture.
Join us for our rewatch!
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#StarTrek #TMP #Podcast #AllStarTrek
Episode 153: Star Trek the Motion Picture by The Star Trek Academy Podcast
Michael and Rodney kick off their movie podcast series while waiting for new Star Trek. This time, Star Trek the Motion Picture, taking a fresh look at the production design, script, character development, plus the ethics, themes and philosophy of th…Spotify for Creators
Putting kids in a free pre-K program "raises parents’ average earnings by $5,461 per year, or 21.7 percent, during the one- or two-year period when the child is of pre-kindergarten age. ... Parents’ earnings remain higher for at least the next six years."
Ukraine willing to accept 30-day ceasefire with Russia as U.S. lifts freeze on aid and intelligence
Ukraine willing to accept 30-day ceasefire with Russia as U.S. lifts freeze on aid and intelligence
Ukraine said it would accept a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks with the U.S. in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.Jennifer Jacobs (CBS News)
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Polls in Ukraine show that Zelensky has a massive approval rating. Right behind him (or sometimes ahead, depending on how you ask) - not a politician, but the first wartime commander of the armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny.
It would take mind-bendingly much engineering to change the direction of Ukraine currently.
This would be a real possibility.
It depends on how insulated Putin is from reality.
If he's still surrounds himself with yes-men, he might send their proposal where sun doesn't shine. But if the quantity of yes-men has dropped since he started the war, then maybe. He might know that their economy is falling apart.
I'm almost sure that the Kremlin still polls Russian people for their opinions via VTSIOM, or at least bothers to read Levada when they publish their polls. Polls say that the public would accept simply stopping the war. What the public would not accept is giving up conquered territories. :(
So any real negotiations where Ukraine will demand its occupied land back, will be harder.
"You ain't getting the billion dollars"
"And son of a bitch they fired him."
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Musk blames Ukrainians for cyberattack on X. Experts aren’t convinced.
Cybersecurity experts including the United Kingdom's former cybersecurity chief are pouring cold water over Elon Musk’s suggestion that a large-scale cyberattack on his social media site X came from Ukraine.
Musk on Monday said X had been deluged by a “massive cyberattack" involving "either a large, coordinated group and/or a country." The tech mogul and close ally of United States President Donald Trump later told the Fox Business channel that "there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system, with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area."
But cybersecurity experts were quick to push back.
Politico Europe - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal cau…Media Bias Fact Check
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Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 deadRebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)
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Even Duterte admitted his drug war failed:
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Philippine president Duterte's drug war an 'utter failure', says vice-president
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war is an utter failure three years on, despite a state-sanctioned terror campaign that has led to thousands of extrajudicial killings, Vice-President Leni Robredo said on Monday (Jan 6).Raul Dancel (The Straits Times)
If you'll excuse my blatant fan-girling, I'm just going to fawn over the Princess #Leia of #StarWars herself, Carrie Fisher in these pics.
Who happens to be fangirling 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 over Peter Weller at a Giorgio Armani #fashion show in 1980 - both of whom acted in some rather fantastic #scifi films in their time (Leviathan is my pick of Mister Weller's)
I definitely suffer from that thing called 'Anemoia' (a feeling of nostalgia for a time you never lived)
IDK, she's just so damn gorgeous.
Canada’s Trumpian nightmare is the Liberal Party’s dream
Canada’s Trumpian nightmare is the Liberal Party’s dream
As the Liberals choose a leader, American aggression vaults them into contentionThe Economist
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Sure, it's absolutely valid that Trump has massively helped Liberals in the polls.
It's also true that the Conservatives attempt to emulate Trump's populist rhetoric also blew up in a post Trump victory, as they themselves drew the comparisons.
Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦
in reply to Nina Bernstein • • •@gleick
If only the #NYT had not so richly contributed to destroying free thought under the guise of fairness
James Gleick
in reply to Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦 • • •@paezha I get tired of having to say this same thing again and again, but it's something I believe is important: The Times is not a monolith; it's a complex combination of many different people, some of them talented professionals doing important work. You've got to be able to criticize institutions for their failures and praise them for their successes, and embrace contradiction.
Is there anything about Meghan's essay or this cover that you find objectionable?