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Legendary Bluesman Buddy Guy on His Buzzy Movie Role in ‘Sinners’: ‘It’s a Dream Come True, to Be Honest… I Did It to Help the Blues’ Chicago’s own Buddy Guy Via Variety

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I owe so much to @sassycrass.bsky.social and @blackamazon.bsky.social they were the first role models and on days like this I can't thank them enough for their pioneering work. Check them out slate.com/technology/2...

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This piece doesn't use the phrase "political prisoner," but that's what it's describing. Ozturk is a political prisoner. She's not the only one, and if Trump and Rubio have their way, there will be many more. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

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Misinformation research often focuses on English due to data availability. That's why we created GERMA, a freely accessible corpus of 230K+ German news articles from fact-checker-classified unreliable sources. It provides large-scale data for misinformation detection, linguistics and psychology. 1/6

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Former EY and PwC bosses launch UK boutique targeting Big Four clients https://www.ft.com/content/04acbcb7-592d-4607-98eb-87a4f1e9738d

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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

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Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

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“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help. If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite." -Pope Francis

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I wrote something about how we're seeing the rise of the online "alpha male." This is someone who speaks in clipped imperatives, squeezes into tight suits, and performs for our feed. They present a vision of masculinity shaped by politics, tech, and 100 years of cultural history 🧵

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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

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How it started How it’s going Tim Pool in the White House Press Briefing Room edition

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REUTERS: Bessent “described future negotiations with Beijing as a ‘slog’ that hasn’t started yet ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/bessen...

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Also includes this about the late pope. Francis wasn’t all he’s cracked up to be in many ways (see LRB passim), but he was one of the few world leaders willing to insist – right to the end – on the humanity of people who cross borders undocumented.

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NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.

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I’ve never seen someone unironically say “freedom and due process are threats to democracy” but ya know what? I’m glad it was Bill Ackman who said it. His ability to always say the wrong thing is unprecedented.

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A WSJ article on the downward spiral of Florida condo prices. They mention a few issues including higher insurance rates and risks of hurricanes. What they do not mention is climate change. Happy Earth Day!

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What happens when companies fail to provide audited financial statements? What are the risks? I discuss and provide a list in my latest piece: @fmckenna.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/deepquar...

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Pope Francis died at 88, the Vatican announced Monday, ending a pontificate that sought to reshape the Roman Catholic Church into a more inclusive institution. Cardinals will now decide whether to continue his approach or restore more doctrinaire leadership. Follow live updates: nyti.ms/42RZB9n

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Chair Comer denied our request for an official trip to El Salvador to advocate for due process and the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Pretty shameful. Good thing I don’t need Comer’s permission to get on a plane.

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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.

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This is not the behavior of people confident that their fascist dreams are inevitable. Keep fighting. We won't win them all, but it's working. www.salon.com/2025/04/20/g...

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Somehow the Times managed to get four sources on a group chat that had twelve of the people closest to Hegseth. Literally everyone must hate this guy.

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🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵 On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE). The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases: "not subject to appeal"

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Btw I’m pretty sure the three DoD staffers who got fired earlier this week were the sources for this story. One wonders what other tea might be spilled in the coming week.

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BREAKING: Pete Hegseth shared the Houthi attacks in a second private signal chat that included his wife and brother. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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@maddow.msnbc.com My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!

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“Deputies are stopping Hispanic drivers for minor, unprovable traffic violations like veering left of center, then handing them over to Border Patrol agents who are sometimes already at the scene.” www.syracuse.com/news/2025/04...

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fighting tears

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Cities are dead. Long live cities.

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Two former dancers for Shen Yun Performing Arts, the traditional Chinese dance company, filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the group of amassing a financial fortune and worldwide renown by subjecting an "army of child laborers" to brutal working conditions and psychological coercion.

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The Supreme Court in 2014 rejected the government’s view that “the purpose of such [for-profit] corporations is simply to make money,” stating that this position “flies in the face of modern corporate law.” 1/2

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