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Julia Barton

@bartona104.bsky.social
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Editor, podcaster, script and research consultant at RadioWright.com. Nieman Fellow '24, founding executive editor Pushkin Industries. Newsletter: continuous-wave.beehiiv.com

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
news.berkeley.edu
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 5h
See also: bsky.app/profile/caro...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22h
they also announced this week they are weakening food safety regulations and enforcement
news.bloomberglaw.com
FDA Signals Leniency for Small Retailers Under Food-Tracing Rule
The nation’s leading food regulator plans to relieve pressure on small food retailers and restaurants subject to regulations designed to speed up investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 5h
"At some point Americans need to be honest about being accomplices in this Russian undertaking." phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
phillipspobrien.substack.com
Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been
Russian Strikes Against Civilians; Do Ukraine And Europe Understand What They Must Do?
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22h
Yesterday folks were fighting me on this. It’s a logical step for pro-Russian administration. militarnyi.com/en/news/usa-...
militarnyi.com
USA Threatens to Stop Sharing Intelligence With Ukraine Over Attacks on Russian Oil Refineries — Axios
The U.S. has threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine if it continues to attack Russian oil refineries.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 23h
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 20h
то есть Red Director
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 20h
Yeah I think the station underwriting strategy is a lot cleaner! Once you get nation-states involved it's way too complicated.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Spotify has to do a lot extra tho bsky.app/profile/bart...
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
LEGO, we've stepped on your tiny plastic daggers long enough. Now it's time to get on the horn with @kuer.org and PAY TO TRIPLE THE NEWSROOM BUDGET FOREVER
lego figure smirking in a red cap/jacket with blue legs
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ecco, I cannot with those heels, but volunteers are standing by @kqednews.kqed.org to take your underwriting call global.ecco.com
global.ecco.com
ECCO is a global leader in innovative comfort footwear for men, women, and kids.
ECCO is a global leader in innovative comfort footwear for men, women, and kids. Founded in Denmark in 1963.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FACE? More like, FACE reality that @wunc.org deserves all its programming to be supported by expensive skin-care regimes. facestockholm.com/pages/story
facestockholm.com
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Swedish makeup & skincare that celebrates your unique beauty. FACE Stockholm – colorful, high-quality formulas since 1982. Shop face, eyes, lips & skin.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I spent so much money on these friggin outfits. Hanna Andersson, stop talking and buy out all the underwriting in Arkansas and Arizona. fluffalpaca.com/products/han...
fluffalpaca.com
Hanna Andersson Baby 2-Way Christmas Zip Sleeper
Discover the softest organic cotton baby pajamas with new raglan sleeves, a longer 2-way zipper, & foldable cuffs. Perfect for cozy, festive moments.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I know you guys are really sick of us but you're gonna want us to have journalism when Baltic Bad Times come round. Plus how about endowed reporting fellowship in How Taxes Work? bsky.app/profile/oluf...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...
washingtonsun.com
FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That's right, Norwegians. Cut treasury bonds, buy every NPR underwriting spot from now til all your permafrost is gone. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/w...
cnbc.com
World's biggest sovereign wealth fund plans to cut U.S. Treasury holdings
Norway's $2.3 trillion investment fund says it can diversify into new areas with greater risk and returns.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Furthermore you KNOW public radio listeners are right now wearing clogs and dresses with gigantic flowers on them, munching crispbread and trying to assemble some flat-pack furniture. FINCRISP, you get Florida. WASA, deploy to Washington.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
pick a station Hanseatic League newsletter.semipublic.org/p/here-are-t...
newsletter.semipublic.org
Here Are the Public Media Stations Most at Risk
Plus a breakdown by state, region, demographics, and more.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It doesn't matter where you start, just pick a market alphabetically and call the public radio stations. They will run your underwriting Marimekko, you get Maryland. H&M, Hawaii. Dansko, Dakotas. IKEA, Iowa. Ekelund...uh... Chicago!
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
my modest proposal is that Scandinavian industries start sponsoring US public radio stations NOW. First of all, this is their customer base. Secondly, this is the non-bureaucratic way to support civil society in USA, which really needs some help.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 09/10/2026
Hang on. According to this, the US uses more than 3,000,000 barrels of diesel a day. Which is apparently about half a million tons. So this deal covers less than a week altogether? (my math is usually terrible so that's probably the problem, but something's off here.)
Chart showing the US uses an average of about 3.8 million barrels of diesel per day
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Office of NYC Comptroller Mark Levine @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NYC Comptroller Mark Levine urges Target's board to commission an independent review of any coordination or cooperation between Target and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), following the shooting involving ICE agents in Marble Hill on October 8.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of the biggest routine lies by the Trump admin is that if someone in detention gives up, they'll be immediately deported and can leave detention. That is just completely false.
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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Eduardo Bolsonaro has a green card and is currently living in Texas www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
aljazeera.com
Brazilian Supreme Court judge issues arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro
Arrest warrant for presidential candidate's brother is issued weeks before Brazil's runoff election.
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 09/10/2026
A member of the ICC gets the Nobel Peace Prize and suddenly we’re slapping sanctions on the ICC. Just saying
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🎉
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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
dont forget to hit like and subscribe for more government firing squad executions and leave some love in the comments below
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Unfortunately: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Ra...
en.wikipedia.org
Talk Radio (film) - Wikipedia
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/10/2026
ICC prosecutor condemns US sanctions, says work will continue reut.rs/3VqM085
reut.rs
ICC prosecutor condemns US sanctions, says work will continue
US sanctions ​against the International ‌Criminal Court announced on Friday "must be ​condemned" and ​will not halt ⁠the tribunal's work, ​its deputy ​prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, told Reuters.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Swedes keepin it real in usa www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Joe Rogan Re-Ups Lucrative Spotify Deal
The latest multiyear agreement comes as “The Joe Rogan Experience” remains No. 1 in U.S. listenership.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
case in point bsky.app/profile/mcbr...
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He notes downed pylons require a 120-ton crane to fix, which sits exposed for long periods, making it a prime target.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Spotify sees AI narration as a possible way to speed the adaptation of some titles from print to audio, especially in languages where the market may be too small to justify the expense of a human narrator and producers." Like Sweden? one wonders.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They can pay for it with all the margins from their AI audiobooks, which I also predicted. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
publishersweekly.com
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: Spotify Expands Audiobooks to 180 Markets
The company is launching its service across nearly all of Africa, Europe, and South America.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am sadly not joking that to atone, Sweden must pass a law that Spotify will buy out the full yearly ad inventory of every podcast that mentions editors and/or fact-checkers in their credits.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
$250 mil, Sweden? This is information warfare. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
Joe Rogan Renews Multiyear Spotify Partnership
He has been the top podcaster in the U.S. for several years.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Feudalism 2.0 is not feeling so great.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Astronaut Terry Virts @astroterry.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not even Russia or China livestream executions: www.foxnews.com/politics/pen...
foxnews.com
Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist's firing squad execution will be livestreamed: 'Details will follow'
The Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution will be livestreamed, according to a Pentagon official.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am totally here for a US Postal Inspection procedural show @seamushughes.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/194-anarch...
courtwatch.news
#194: Anarchist Cookbook, Antifa Flyers, and Assault Rifles.
Alabama tracks a left-wing crew, Post Office dust, Sean Spicer, forgetting to record the Grand Jury.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Border Patrol agents tried to kill this protester at the Lochiel tree-sit blockade and there’s really no other way to read that.
One protester, who had chained themself to a gravel hauling truck for more than seven hours, shutting down wall construction yesterday, was covered in a Mylar blanket by contractors last night. Border Patrol agents started the truck, forcing the protester, who was chained near the back of the vehicle, to inhale carbon monoxide fumes for several minutes under the blanket. "Trying to suffocate them," said Kate Scott, one of the organizers who witnessed the incident.
"Then to make matters worse they began to drive the truck" Scott said, adding that she called 911 for help. A fire truck arrived but Border Patrol sent it away.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The case for podcast reparations is strong, 🇸🇪.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ancestral guilt-trip remains undefeated continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/the-lighth...
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
🆘 The Tower is Falling 🆘
Europe, do us a solid and support public media in the US — while it still exists
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Swedes keepin it real in usa www.wsj.com/business/med...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Joe Rogan Re-Ups Lucrative Spotify Deal
The latest multiyear agreement comes as “The Joe Rogan Experience” remains No. 1 in U.S. listenership.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 09/10/2026
The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for a major disaster declaration that would have unlocked federal aid for eight counties, including Cook and Will, hit by severe storms this August.
chicagotribune.com
Trump’s FEMA rejects Illinois disaster aid request for August storms
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Giant Trump banner finally off the Labor building after more than a year
DOL building looking normal
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Democrats in array?
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump admin is suspending a bunch of tech companies (Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini) from participation in the H-1B PERM program, alleging fraud. Some other tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) notably absent from the list.
apnews.com
The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud
The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No seriously!
Headline: GHOST'S TAPPING. THE WIRELESS MYSTERY SOLVED. CANDID CONFESSION.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
art lives
It was a short call, Carlberg said:
All the poet would say was she was "in Iceland," where she was
"listening to the wind."
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