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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today is a good day to check on your friends who play Wordle. :)

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Public Media is for everyone. This was an interesting day at the office.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Age verification? I used to hang the corded phone over the banister to untwist it.

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Beth Novey @bethnovey.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

No AI or algorithms here - just 141 human beings [131 reviewers, 3 editors 👋, 1 producer, 1 reporter, 1 standards editor, 2 copy editors, 1 developer, and 1 graphics editor] who really wanted to tell you about some books they loved this year. ❤️📚 apps.npr.org/best-books/

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Books We Love

Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

New fiscal year, new shop. Check out all the new swag at shop.npr.org. Some really fashion forward stuff, and I believe this is only the beginning. Great job everyone!

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The Official NPR Shop

National Public Radio, Inc.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Live Tiny Desk! I wish I could be in the office today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CW...

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Ed Sheeran: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Otis Hart @spotieotis.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hi, everyone. As you probably know, NPR lost its federal funding this year. So NPR Music is trying something new to keep the music playing: Tiny Desk Donations on YouTube. If you’ve ever enjoyed our little series that could, please consider showing your support 2day: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...

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Ed Sheeran: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

For those of you asking where your donation can do the most good, this site is your answer. It's gonna take this kind of quick, creative problem-solving to keep public media working for everyone.

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Esther Ciammachilli @estherc.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Below are prices for different streaming services. Subscriptions range from $7.99/month to $95.99/month. These are *required* payments. YOU CAN DONATE ANY AMOUNT YOU WANT TO YOUR NPR/PBS STATIONS. YOU’LL GET WAY MORE FROM THEM. THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVICES. INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT BILLIONAIRES.

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

There are actually a lot of journalists out there doing their jobs. All day, every day. Just look at the sites of any major newspaper, magazine or NPR.org.

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NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts & Podcasts

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

NPR got a shoutout for adding the funding tag to podcast feeds. Nice when we can do something simple that might have a big impact. podnews.net/update/podca...

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Funding feature brings new opportunities to podcasting

A Podcasting 2.0 feature that is being used by NPR

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NPRExtra @nprextra.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🎉 You asked, we said...alright! Here's your chance to experience a LIVE Tiny Desk Concert at NPR HQ in D.C.✈️ Enter for FREE and support the NPR Network for extra entries! Enter here: tinyurl.com/22kyj72s

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NPRExtra @nprextra.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on whether or not to claw back federal funding for public media. Now is the time to act. Urge Congress to preserve one of America's greatest resources. It takes 20 seconds to send a letter to your lawmakers here: n.pr/3FAzQlq

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

There's a lot going on with politics and public media, but NPR bringing back the intern program is a strong endorsement and investment in the next generation. Share, if you have a young person in your life who might be interested. www.npr.org/about-npr/18...

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Want To Be An NPR Intern?

A learning experience like no other. Find out how you can contribute your diverse talents to gain invaluable experience at the heart of a thriving multimedia organization.

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NPR @npr.org · 14/05/2025

If you’re one of the thousands who gave this month – THANK YOU! We love reading your comments about the role public media plays in your life, and are proud to be here for you. If you haven’t had a chance to donate, please give what you can now: n.pr/3EYClNR

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Even if I didn’t work there, I would still support public media as an alternative to for-profit news and cultural programming. Sharing this as far as possible.

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NPR @npr.org · 02/05/2025

You count on the NPR Network. Today, supporters like you are donating and sharing what #PublicMediaGives to their communities that no other news service can. Your support connects small towns, big cities and the millions who call them home. Every dollar makes a difference. Donate now: n.pr/4lFTPPD

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Stephen Thompson @idislikestephen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Today is the day: We've officially launched Tiny Desk Radio, hosted by the great and good Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre! Here, they break down the series' origins and long history with the aid of a few creaky old-timers:

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Tiny Desk Radio brings you the behind-the-scenes stories of your favorite concerts

We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I really enjoyed this one. Sharing it so I can come back to watch it again.

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

ME BEFORE WATCHING THIS AD: sorry be a scold but that's kinda homophobic ME AFTER WATCHING IT: oh it's a literal thing the guy actually said. huh

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Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Some professional news: We're launching Tiny Desk Radio in one month! Just for NPR stations! I'm editing the show! Which is actually part of my new job as the editor of Tiny Desk! VIDEO ON THE RADIO. www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g...

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Tiny Desk Radio launches April 17

Tiny Desk is coming to the public radio airwaves this spring.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Madness, I say! Up is down! Left is Right! Dogs and cats living together!

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Robin Hilton @robinpr.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Look, I'm as baffled by it as you are, but somehow All Songs Considered, @npr.org's first-ever "Internet-only" show and first-ever podcast, is 25 years old. Let's take a walk down memory/music lane. W/ @idislikestephen.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/03/04/1...

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All Songs Considered At 25 : All Songs Considered

As we celebrate a quarter century of music nerdom and buffoonery, we remember the songs that shaped the show and our lives, with 25 No. 1 tracks from our first 25 years (and whatever else we can manag...

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This feels like the Spelling Bee is trolling me.

New York Times Spelling Bee with a guess of cockadoodledoo

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Brand new opening at NPR! Great opportunity to think outside the box and make a big difference. job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

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Senior Producer, Podcast Subscriptions

Remote

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

NPR's looking for more help, on the product side, to continually improve the donation experience for NPR and local stations. Plus, you get to work on my team! And see Tiny Desk concerts! job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

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Associate Product Manager, Fundraising Platform Operations

Remote

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My kids are too old and missed out on Yo Gabba Gabba, but this was a really fun show.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Going through my inbox and clicking unsubscribe on everything. I didn't realize how bad my inbox had gotten until I was reading this great post about how much companies are desperate for your "engagement". www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

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Never Forgive Them

In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

NPR is looking for someone to help the digital trains run on time. job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This is pretty cool! NPR's getting some recognition from the early days of podcasting, specifically calling out Maria Thomas, who was the head of Digital Media at the time. That was the first project I worked on when I started there. It was a great team. podnews.net/press-releas...

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Podcast Hall of Fame Announces Eleven 2025 Inductees

Honoring Excellence and Innovation in Podcasting

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Today’s NYT Spelling Bee is taunting Java developers for some reason. What did we ever do to you?

Screenshot of the NYT Spelling Bee game, with the invalid answer BYTECODE displayed.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Doom hit at exactly the right moment for me. Kids trading floppy disks with games your parents would be aghast at. The slim but ever present fear of a computer virus infecting your computer. Realizing that you could build upon the game to make your own thing. We had it good back then, right?

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mg4h @mg4h.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I remember them! Having an HQ in a junkyard seemed so cool, and all the secret ways in and out were neat. Them and Encyclopedia Brown taught me to think about stuff and try to see the logic in a situation.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Someone dropped off The Three Investigators #2 at the Little Free Library we put up, and I immediately went nostalgic. One of those old book series that 90% of people have never heard of, but those who know have fond memories of it. Let me know if you remember this one.

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word: We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do: forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...

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On the Media: Call Out to Local Stations

At On the Media, we're working on an hour all about the state of public radio. We're concerned with the role of stations in their local communities; how public media has been politicized; and what a c...

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Today's Advent of Code problem is giving me flashbacks to the DOS filesystem, FAT, and defragging hard drives. Those were the days, when a kid with Norton Utilities on a floppy was the hacker elite among the nerd set.

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Eric Wastl @was.tl · 08/12/2024

If you're curious what it takes to build and run #AdventOfCode every year, you might enjoy this talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ8D...

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Keynote: Advent of Code, Behind the Scenes - Eric Wastl

YouTube video by CppNorth

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Getting up early on a Saturday morning to watch a bunch of super enthusiastic high schoolers show their stuff at a robotics competition. Kids these days… are still pretty cool.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The piano was being tuned in preparation for today’s Tiny Desk concert at NPR. It can be a bit grating but it always reminds me of one of my favorite April Fools. youtu.be/uQAQg7F89DY

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Robin Olson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I returned to NPR too late to contribute, but check out www.npr.org/2024/07/16/g... for some great end-of-year choices. I really liked Baltro, UFO 50, Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and Astrobot, but now I have more to look for.

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The best games of 2024, picked by NPR's staff

NPR staff and contributors share their favorite video games of 2024 so far.

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NPRExtra @nprextra.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

📣 It's #GivingTuesday! Support the NPR Network, your home for in-depth news and programming that connects us all. When you donate, you join a community that values informed, thoughtful journalism. 🎙️🌍 #GoPublic #SupportNPR www.npr.org/donations/su...

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

NPR's original mission statement still inspires me to this day. On Giving Tuesday, I'm encouraging you to donate to your local station or the NPR Network. I'm proud to have been a part of public media for almost 20 years, and I think it's needed more than ever. www.npr.org/donations/su...

National Public Radio will serve the individual, it will promote personal growth, it will regard the individual differences with respect and joy, rather than derision and hate. It will celebrate the human experience as infinitely varied, rather than vacuous and banal. It will encourage a sense of active, constructive participation, rather than apathetic helplessness.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Day 1 was straightforward. I should have gone to bed an hour ago, because I solved it in about 6 minutes, but I've spent the last hour code golfing to get my solution in fewer chars. Good thing it's Saturday night.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Getting ready to do Advent of Code for the fourth year in a row. New job, so new computer to set up. Just making sure all my dependencies are downloaded and ready to go. For anybody who cares, I do it in Typescript, but I might come back and rewrite in PHP for practice.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

First book from this list was The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. Fun original take on the King Arthur mythos. I enjoyed the modern and fresher spins on the backstories of some of the more obscure knights a bit more than the main storyline, but would definitely recommend.

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Jason Grosman @jsgrosman.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Here's another NPR digital win. Last week, the NPR App launched a new music tab, including music streams from stations organized by genre, on-demand Tiny Desk videos, and other music audio and text content. If you have the NPR App, check it out. If you don't and like music, what are you waiting for?

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