Middle school career day mission accomplished:
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It's clear that @bella_alarie left a major impact on the @IvyLeague women's basketball scene.
@jennhatfield1 gathered the reaction from @PrincetonWBB and from around the league to Alarie's retirement:
thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/mid-majo
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Also, ngl, once tweaks that drive to her right to make it harder to call offensive fouls, she's gonna be a real force in the Big Ten.
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It's easy to focus on the offensive output in the 90-54 win over Ohio State, but don't overlook the fact that the combination of & made Taylor Mikesell's return to CP kind of a nightmare.
Buckeyes never got going on offense & that's huge.
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I'm sure we can all agree that the process by which T̶w̶i̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ Elon decides what is "good content" for bots will be rigorous, fair and err on the side of users.
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If Twitter is going to charge for API access & says it wants to promote transparency, then it should make available the deletions of elected officials and candidates for elected office as a public service.
Let's see how important transparency & accountability actually is.
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hey journos going to next month! and I just perfected our Python for Data Analysis workshop and we think it's pretty great. If you've considered coding to crunch numbers but didn't know where to start, our class is for you!
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Ok, something is definitely wrong with this platform:
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Welcome to the new Twitter, where you have to pay to see what elected officials post and then delete.
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Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 
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I am struggling to recall the last time that a NYT story linked to 2 ProPublica stories in the lede, but then is a kind and generous colleague:
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Hoo-boy:
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NOW: HB 2916 in House Homeland. Let's review what this bill would do.
1) AG can designate any group a terrorist org
2) Membership in said org = jailable offense
3) Fentanyl = WMD
4) Delivery of drugs resulting in death = terrorist act
5) limit travel across state lines
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George Santos being elected to Congress in New York State says more about the Democratic Party than the Republican Party IMO
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JOIN US on TODAY at noon for a discussion of how to use data to tell impactful stories, featuring some of the best in data journalism. Panelists include , Jesse Klein, & , with moderating.
REGISTER: go.umd.edu/DJW
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While watching some games this season, it struck me that they were winning while being out-rebounded.
Turns out they aren't alone in that, even in the Big Ten, so I wrote about it for :
herhoopstats.substack.com/p/more-rebound
The House Republican Caucus should force Santos to sit on the Science and Small Biz cmtes and to do actual work like attend every meeting and ask questions. I want his time occupied, tbh.
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uhhhhhhh.....
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Bad news: You were just sentenced to prison in Massachusetts.
Good news: You have internal organs and bone marrow to spare and a new bill would allow you to trade those for up to a year off your sentence!
malegislature.gov/Bills/193/HD38
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JOIN US on Wednesday at noon for a discussion of how to use data to tell impactful stories, featuring some of the best in data journalism. Panelists include , Jesse Klein, & , with moderating.
REGISTER: go.umd.edu/DJW
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Luckily for Kevin McCarthy, members of Congress have good health care:
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Help us clear this list of materials that teachers still need at Richneck Elementary. This Amazon Wish List contains emotional support items teachers have requested. #richneckstrong
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We're hiring sports writers!🥍⚾️ Our sports desk is looking for reporters to cover women’s lacrosse, men’s lacrosse, baseball, softball and recruiting this spring. Apply at the link below by Feb. 4 ⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI
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Yes, and: you should learn to make the computer do the math for you.
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Journalism majors: you WILL need math. Don't believe the lies.
This has been a public service announcement.
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We were in class watching it, as many Xers were. And then the teachers turned off the TV and we moved on with our day while the kids didn’t know how to process what they just saw, which is also a pretty common Xer experience.
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If you remember the Challenger tragedy, today 1986, and are so inclined, please share how you got the news and how you and those close to you reacted.
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A reminder that in most states it’s difficult or impossible to get records on police disciplinary actions, even for victims.
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I don't know but as she's a Vandy grad & UMD student, gonna venture that she's pretty smart & you should listen to her:
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We need better media critics.
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A big goal entering the game was disrupting the offensive preferences of Michigan's Emily Kiser, Laila Phelia and Leigha Brown. Terps mostly did that, which led to turnovers & weaker-than-usual shot selection.
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Here's what did well last night vs Michigan, in order of importance:
* Mostly forced UM to shoot the shots UMD wanted
* doing Diamond Miller things
* providing critical 3rd scoring option
* had her best offensive game in awhile
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What have done well is dictate the shots Michigan is likely to take. Not a lot of UM’s preferred offensive sets. Still think Terps are 7-8 points short of where they should be.
Folks, deserves more fan support than it’s getting. Top-15 matchup and tons of empty seats.
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Only one reason to do this, and it ain't good governance.
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Arizona lawmakers vote to exempt themselves from state public record laws. Wow. wmicentral.com/news/legislatu
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This is just not true. Pelosi broke with recent practices but not precedent.
Prior to 1903-1905, minority leaders didn't even have the right to nominate members to committee. And even then, the Speaker ignored those recommendations when they disagreed with them.
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The honesty of on this episode is really a gift. Her willingness to talk openly about Mississippi, race and success is worth your time.
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Dice it Up is back this week with an incredible guest! @YolettMcCuin of @OleMissWBB joins @drmataya and @IceYoung23 for a great chat on the program Coach Yo is building in Oxford!
Watch the episode here:
youtu.be/lg9ssjN4zx0
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Marcus Flowers, the Georgia Democrat who raised $16M in order to lose to Marjorie Taylor Greene by 30 points, has turned his campaign cmte into a hybrid PAC, meaning it can accept unlimited contributions.
It's called Mission Democracy PAC.
No, really.
docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/
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Would be interested in which WV state agencies haven’t been promoting coal.
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“We think we [the coal industry] will continue to be a major part of the state's industrial job base and economy for many decades to come, but frankly we need a little help from our government,” said Chris Hamilton of @WV_coal1.
mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/01/24/coa
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While we are on break... I took a look at the Statehouse committee chairs list.
There are some interesting picks (Cont.)
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This explains all of my bad tweets.
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Hundreds of Twitter engineers can tweet as any Twitter user without detection, a new whistleblower has told Congress and the Federal Trade Commission. Only from the Post, washingtonpost.com/technology/202
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This was a bit overlooked yesterday but two of Trump's appointees on the federal appeals court in D.C. suggested yesterday that congressional *committees* might not be protected by the Constitution's speech or debate clause, as opposed to individual lawmakers.
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Would support a policy in which news orgs list the names and salaries of the heads of communications for any agency that does this.
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Spokespeople increasingly don't want information attributed to them by name, either.
They routinely ask to have their names omitted + instead attributed to unnamed "officials."
At @BlockClubCHI, we believe the public has a right to know *who* is speaking for govts. + corps. twitter.com/DTOhl/status/1…
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Incredibly excited to announce that I’m joining and adding to accountability reporting across the state. I’m starting in February, but my DMs and email are open: ren (at) theassemblync (dot) com. Give us - and my colleagues @mhewlettWSJ & - a follow!
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Some big news in today's @TheAssemblyNC - we're very lucky, excited, & grateful to announce 3 new reporter hires: @renLarson_, @carlibrosseau, & @mhewlettWSJ!
Ren + Michael start next month; Carli starts in April.
It's gearing up to be a big 2023 for a scrappy 2 year old outlet
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