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interested in all creatures great and small. Human and otherwise.

wbur.org/inside/staff/r…Joined March 2012

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Robin Young’s Tweets

Steven Hassan, PhD

@CultExpert

Thank you Robin and

for the opportunity to shed light on the epidemic of undue influence! And thanks for posting my piece connecting the dots to #Jan6th , #QAnon and election deniers. #igotout of the Moonies #FreedomofMind

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Thank you @CultExpert Steven Hassan, weighing in on the @hulu documentary about the #SarahLawrenceCult , some survivors used his book. "How easy is it to get trapped in a cult? #Cult deprogrammer says it can happen to anybody". wbur.fm/3S1BkqI via @hereandnow

Hope all had a lovely #ValentinesDay .. we’re all hearts in progress !

Thank you

Steven Hassan, weighing in on the

@hulu

documentary about the #SarahLawrenceCult , some survivors used his book. "How easy is it to get trapped in a cult? #Cult deprogrammer says it can happen to anybody". wbur.fm/3S1BkqI via

How easy is it to get trapped in a cult? Cult deprogrammer says it can happen to anybody.

Over nearly a decade Larry Ray used sexual, physical and psychological abuse to brainwash his daughter's college roommates.

Feb 14

Stunning. How did a group of students end up in #SarahLawrenceCult

@Hulu

doc #StolenYouth' charts terrifying path wbur.fm/3YjDPXz via

How did a group of Sarah Lawrence roommates end up in a cult? 'Stolen Youth' charts terrifying path

Last month, 63-year-old Larry Ray was sentenced to 60 years in prison for extortion, sex trafficking and forced labor, after luring his daughter's roommates from Sarah Lawrence College into what...

Thank you

- The Drama!! The excitement! The blindfolds!!The world's best #sommelier crowned in Paris in emotion-packed championship #wine #wineParis2023 wbur.fm/3lBiQBe via

The world's top sommelier crowned in Paris in dramatic, emotion-packed championship

Latvian Raimonds Tomsons rose above the other 70 contestants.

Coming up next hour

… the new

doc that tells the story of the #sarahlawrence #cult from a survivor. Worth ears.

Feb 13

Ok #farmersdog - I’m still crying. #flagfootball #BenAffleck #Dunkin (although Casey’s SNL was better yes?) maybe travolta?? Thoughts? #SuperBowl #SuperBowlAds

Feb 13

What if we made the game all passing just like that!! No one gets hit!!! #SuperBowl2023 #Hurts #Eagles

Look out below. There’s an element of “you know we can see you, right?!” To this. #downedobject

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Rep. Elissa Slotkin

@RepSlotkin

The object has been downed by pilots from the US Air Force and National Guard. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. We’re all interested in exactly what this object was and it’s purpose. 1/ twitter.com/repslotkin/sta…

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Yep. This is why we talked to

@RealSirTomJones

a bit ago. He’s still got the thing. She went way too soon.

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Danny Deraney

@DannyDeraney

Tom Jones and Janis Joplin are the duet I never knew I needed to see.

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Ken Wahl

@KenWahl1

Feb 11

#wiseguy "Dead Dog Records"

@watchretrotv

@WatchHeartland

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José Andrés

@chefjoseandres

Feb 11

Yesterday Elbistan north of Kakhamanmaras…found this kitchen run by an amazing group of chefs and friends from different parts of Turkey. This is all across Turkey, pop up kitchens and Government Kitchens. It takes all of us!

@WCKitchen

did Yesterday 90k meals…#ChefsForTuerkiye

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

@HC_Richardson

This is chilling. These people screaming at the president of the United States have no sense of the importance of their positions, or of the meaning of our democracy.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

@HC_Richardson

Just back. Got tossed off Twitter.

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Has anyone ever seen a president engage with detractors like #biden just did?! And did they give him the opportunity to come back at them? Nite.

How Biden's Recent Executive Order Could Help Restaurant Workers Find Better Jobs

This is what #biden was referring to in #StateoftheUnion2023 when republicans scoffed he said look it up so I did! “How Biden's Recent Executive Order Could Help Restaurant Workers Find Better Jobs foodandwine.com/news/restauran via

@foodandwine

foodandwine.com

Non-compete clauses for chefs, cooks, and fast food employees are set to become a thing of the past.

… and apparently #Biden just walked republicans into agreeing no cuts to #Medicaid or #socialsecurity. #StateOfTheUnionAddress

To republicans applauding cuts to Medicare “that’s ok! But as my high school coach used to say, good luck in your senior year”. Did #biden walk them into that?” #StateOfTheUnionAddress

WBUR news anchor Jack Lepiarz signs off. His next act? Performing in the circus full time. - The...

TAKE ME WITH YOU!!! Jack

@Lepiarz

@WBUR

or Jack le Whipper (rhymes with whipped pear)-a pleasure,like Clark Kent, and then BAM!!! when you got into that get up.Never again will we have an anchor who ran away to rejoin the circus. Happy trails my friend.

bostonglobe.com

After more than a decade at WBUR, Lepiarz is stepping away from the news desk and his role as an anchor to take his act to the next level: performing as “Jack the Whipper” full time.

Feb 6

CanNOT taken my eyes off this #GRAMMYs .

just broke the #redcarpet (ok I’m working but yes I have it on in the background don’t judge) #GRAMMYs

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Why am I thinking about Winnie the Pooh aloft, and Christopher Robin with his pop gun?

Chris Bentley

@Cementley

So glad we got to share more of

@stevesilberman

’s reflections on David Crosby on the

Remembering David Crosby: A good friend shares their decades of music and banter

podcast. Listen wherever you get your podcasts now:

open.spotify.com

Listen to this episode from Here & Now Anytime on Spotify. For the last 30 years, writer Steve Silberman and late rock legend David Crosby remained in constant contact. Now, the author is still in...

Marshall Shepherd

@DrShepherd2013

Given some of the boneheaded and hyperbolic comments I have seen about the spy balloon, I keep thinking of that scene in "Don't Look Up" in which the guy is trying to shoot down the approaching comet with a rifle....

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We’re currently struggling with three dimensions

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Would you like to spy in my snoopiful balloon?

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Let the songwriting begin.

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You know George Santos was really the one who really shot it down.

Rapscallion Thee Stallion

@tedhessmahan

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That was sort of anticlimactic. I'm feeling somewhat deflated. I'll show myself out.

Ok, #Balloon is no more.

Now: from

, #faa is restricting air space and grounding planes off #Carolinas coast perhaps to bring #balloon down over water also #Balloon is at 60 k, planes at 30k, maybe not good idea to shoot #ChinaSpyBalloon (also known as #chineseweatherballoon) down into a plane.

ppl are posting pics pointing weapons at the sky,they could bring the equivalent of 3 busses down on their heads… But what if, like an old coke ad,hundreds of children waved hello? Farmers carved “come for the espionage,stay for the democracy!”Into fields. Just sayin. #Balloon

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My heart!

Late nite waiting to see if the pipes freeze thought. What if the #ChineseSpyBalloon was trying to defect? Going rogue?? “Hal, open the podbay please. Hal?” “I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Nite.

Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

Jan 31

Some day I will post things that are not about my dad. But not yet. This is my brother's tribute to him.

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Allan A. Ryan, Dogged Pursuer of Nazi Collaborators, Dies at 77

Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

Feb 1

The

@nytimes

wrote a nice obituary for my father. Even though I was the one to talk to them and email with them, they still managed to spell my name wrong. At least they got his right.

nytimes.com

As the director of the U.S. Office of Special Investigations, he identified and prosecuted dozens of former camp guards and other henchmen.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

Allan A. Ryan, who hunted down Nazis hiding in America, dies at 77

Another wonderful tribute to my dad in the

@washingtonpost

. Thank you to Mike Rosenwald for including some of my words and my favorite picture of my dad (the last one).

washingtonpost.com

Mr. Ryan served as director of a Justice Department unit designated to find and expel anyone in the United States who had assisted the Nazis.

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So enjoyable, and on one level fun, but the underlying idea is a serious one. I’m curious why Icelanders’ belief in elves persists. I’m Welsh, and my childhood community was full of the Tylwyth Teg. #elves. Today the belief has all but gone. (I must now buy this book!)

Feb 2

It's so rare I get to use as many #'s as I'm about to.. fascinating look at #Iceland #Elves #Climatechange #Tolkien #DarkMatter #ProtestantReformation etc. 'Hidden Folk' book explores whether belief in elves and can save the environment wbur.fm/3WUf8PP via