"The first duty of the press is to obtain the earliest and most correct intelligence of the events of the time, and instantly...
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Spy Balloon's European tour has been cancelled. Promoters will be refunding ticket purchases.
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Julia, congratulations on this incredible work and paving a new path for tech journalism
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I’m sad to report that I am leaving to pursue other projects, which I will announce soon. It was an honor and a privilege to found five years ago to create an investigative newsroom that integrated engineers and journalists. /1
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"The NEWS-PAPERS!—Sir, they are the most villainous—licentious—abominable—infernal—Not that I ever read them—No—I make it a rule never to look into a news-paper." --"The Critic" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan bit.ly/3I6VsEx ht
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I went to Paul Manafort's apartment.
Ate my first ham sandwich.
Got him to admit for the first time that he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset.
Here are 8,000 words about it, no paywall...
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Who can forget "Battle Beneath the Earth" (1967), in which the Chicoms dig a tunnel under the Pacific to major American cities where they intend to detonate A-bombs?
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"The Shark's Parlor," poem by James Dickey, discussed in Chris Buckley's piece about him in the Atlantic.
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Does George Santos employ a staff of lie-writers or does he come up with all the fibs himself?
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“Mr. President, we must not allow a BALLOON GAP!”
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The Chinese balloon won't be a real story until we find out there is a stowaway kid dangling from it.
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not only was lorre the first bond villain, but the first actor to play m.
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"Questioned on Biden documents, his press secretary has only one answer"
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Journos: You thought Otter was good? James Somers has identified something better. "Whisper is basically as proficient as I am at transcription." And he explains what comes next. "...things move very fast."
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"Columbia Journalism Review’s Big Fail: It Published 24,000 Words on Russiagate and Missed the Point"
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Beware of anyone who tells you there are hard and fast writing rules. There are conventions- you can learn to work within or against them. But rules? Nah.
As Flannery once said- As a writer you can get away w whatever you can get away w— but nobody’s ever gotten away w much.
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#Geosophy book reco: Sea People by Christina Thompson.
Just finished this brilliant narrative of how we pieced together what we know of the prehistoric Polynesian migrations.
It artfully blends history, geography, archaeology, anthropology & the science of natural navigation.
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"Hunter Biden finally admits infamous laptop is his as he pleads for criminal probe"
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If you're reading 's exhaustive expose of the "serious flaws" in the media's reporting of the Trump/Russia story, there's a story behind the story that you should know:
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"Giant hogweed: What is it, what does it look like - and hotspot areas in Leeds"
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Grand news for : eminent economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey has joined us on a full-time basis as the Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought, Cato president and CEO Peter Goettler announced today. Hurrah!
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"Grifter" needs a timeout.
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"Winter Dance Party," tomorrow 1959:
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Miss manners has been deranged lately
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How Republicans Let You Know They Aren't Serious About Cutting the Defense Budget
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A SANTOS SCOOP: The 2022 Santos campaign reported that a Santos family member donated $5800. We spoke to this person. They say they never gave any money. Yet another questionable donation for Santos. From and me. 1/2
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Six-song BBC set by Dry Cleaning.
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As I discussed with , the Constitution protects ’s publication of the audio: “This is yet another frivolous lawsuit by Donald Trump intended to punish and chill freedom of the press that once again displays his complete misunderstanding of journalism.”
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News outlets are still struggling to cover trump. The latest example: Coverage of the Bob Woodward lawsuit. More in @ReliableSources: cnn.it/3JNmLF9
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My book on QAnon and the future of conspiracy theories comes out in three weeks! Available for preorder everywhere now, "Trust the Plan" is filled with new stories about our increasingly unhinged politics.
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"The present-day green movement is best viewed as a puritanical moral crusade like Prohibition, with Demon Oil and Demon Gas substituted for Demon Rum and Demon Whiskey."
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