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Luann Gibbs

@luanngibbs.bsky.social
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📝 Retired from Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com. 🎶 Former: DJ @ Inhailer Radio & WOXY. 📚History nerd. ⚽️❤️Southampton FC. 😻Can often be found petting kittehs.

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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
As a music-loving kid, I proclaimed to a friend “I want to hear every new song in the world!” They scoffed, but @glennmcdonald.bsky.social ✨magicked✨ a way for me - and you - to do exactly that, and I can’t thank him enough. (And for paying more attention in magic … er… math class than me)
You are looking at the paperback book “You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song: How Streaming Changes Music” by Glenn McDonald, former Spotify Data Alchemist.
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“New research reveals that intentionally letting the mind wander may help explain why individuals with ADHD often excel in creative tasks.”
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How People With ADHD Can Harness Mind Wandering and Enhance Creativity
Learn why consciously letting thoughts drift,  not just impulsive distraction, could help explain why people with ADHD often excel at innovation.
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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Cartoonist @claytoonz.bsky.social suffered a stroke a few days ago. His friends and colleagues have set up a GoFundMe to help Clay through his recovery. Please consider donating: www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones
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Donate to Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke, organized by Kevin Necessary
Clay Jones is probably the hardest working cartoonist in the biz, if … Kevin Necessary needs your support for Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke
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Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Always try to be kind.
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Tana Weingartner @tanaweingartner.wvxu.org · 11/09/2025
Project seeks to document every Revolutionary War grave in Ohio — and you can help www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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Project seeks to document every Revolutionary War grave in Ohio — and you can help
There are an estimated 7,000 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in in the Buckeye State.
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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Photo of a children’s fantasy book, featuring a sword welding, pageboy haircut having adventurer as he readies to defend himself from a giant cat. A hooded wizard raises his hands behind the cat. Title and copy read:

Sir Jerrum had been warned
DO NOT PET THE CAT
Fran Eisenass

Great, now it's pissed off.

The third installment of JERRUM: ANIMAL AGITATOR
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Sasha Abramsky @sashaabramsky.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
My colleague Elie Mystal's powerful piece on the insane dangers of militarizing the court hearings for immigrants. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Military Has Officially Entered the Deportation Business
The administration’s decision to deploy military lawyers as immigration judges is terrible and illegal, but when has that ever stopped Trump?
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Jo West @gojospeech.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/b... right wing media financed by Russia … no surprise
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Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Trump: "They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor." Europe:
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
When journalists are targeted it’s because those doing the targeting have something to hide. It’s appalling. Despicable. But it won’t work.
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Erin Glynn @eringlynn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I talked to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker about Secret Service agents reading through my reporter's notebook:
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
My dad, who died in the 1990s, went to his grave worrying that Earth’s water supply would dry up in my lifetime. This new study proves it. Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers www.propublica.org/article/wate...
propublica.org
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
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Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Trump and his allies want to defund NPR and PBS not because they’re irrelevant—but because they still tell the truth Public broadcasting isn’t corporate propaganda. It educates, investigates and elevates voices that authoritarians fear most the people’s. Full Article www.facebook.com/share/p/16oV...
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
‼️Heads up, Dayton fam.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2025
The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Feel seen.
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Not JPo @notjpo.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It’s ok to make mistakes as long as you admit it and never forgive yourself
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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Aging. www.patreon.com/posts/aging-...
Two chickens watching TV. One says: "I'm starting to wonder if 90% of aging is just getting tired of dealing with idiots."
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Austin Swafford @swaffordaustin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
So Trump gets $16 mil while Paramount admits mo wrongdoing and they release interview transcripts which they already did anyway So it’s a bribe. It’s literally just a bribe.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It is a huge, huge problem globally that the "culture warriors" have decided fact-checking is censorship and pushed that narrative everywhere they can. Glad to see some pushback: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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The truth is still worth fighting for - Poynter
As fact-checkers gather in Rio this week, the fight for information integrity has never been more urgent.
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Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US. So, here we go: 1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
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Reporter hit by rubber bullet while covering ICE protests in LA
YouTube video by ABC7
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, leading press freedom groups to question whether law enforcement has been deliberately targeting reporters on the story. apnews.com/article/immi...
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With reporters shot and roughed up, advocates question whether those covering protests are targets
Press advocates are questioning whether journalists covering the Los Angeles immigration protests have become targets of law enforcement.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
While I liked a few songs by The Alarm, I wouldn’t consider myself a fan. But hearing Mike Peters’ stories on the BBC podcast “Jon Holmes Says the C Word” gave me a greater appreciation of him and his music. Gutted to lose him. 😢
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
A Cincinnati Reds fan is making sure players aren’t forgotten. ❤️⚾️ Check out this article from Cincinnati.com: These old Reds players had unmarked graves, but a recent project changed that www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
cincinnati.com
Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to Do | Cincinnati Enquirer
Breaking Cincinnati news, traffic, weather and local headlines from The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper.
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Sarah D. Wire @sarahdwire.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Have you called customer service at the Social Security Administration in the last few months and want to talk about the experience? Reach out through email at swire@usatoday.com or Signal at sarahdwire.71
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Can’t get enough of the new album Caviar from Heavy Lungs. Especially this stonkin’ banger! 🎧🤘🏼 youtu.be/ExpTf7ow4kc
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HEAVY LUNGS – MR FAMOUS (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Heavy Lungs
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The new LP from Cloud Nothings is such a banger! Reaffirms my faith in music. 🎧 @purenoiserecords.bsky.social
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The new album from @heavennyc.bsky.social is exactly what I needed today. And tomorrow. And this year. And forever. ❤️🎧
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
THIS is the tour I’ve been waiting for! 🔥
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Cincy music fam, tonight is the night!
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Useful info!
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Think I’ve probably peaked at NYT Letter Boxed today. Used all letters in just two words. A personal best. 💪
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Here’s another wonderfully designed record label that resonated with me as a kid (pilfered from my older sister’s collection). The sun, roots and new growth filled that little farm girl with such joy! 🎧
You are looking at a 7” single for the song “Indiana Wants Me” by R. Dean Taylor. The label is reddish orange. From the center hole grows a tangle of green roots. To the left, the roots are sprouting into twigs. Slightly right of center is a thick green shoot burgeoning into something tree-like. The sun is visible beyond the tree, with yellow ripples arching out from the sides. The words “RARE EARTH” bloom from the top of the tree. The font and art are reminiscent of ‘60s counter culture artists Gilbert Shelton and Robert Crumb.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My earliest childhood memories revolve around record labels. I gravitated toward the visual aspects because I hadn’t yet learned to read. This was my favorite label (snaffled from my older sister’s collection). 🎧😻
You are looking at a 7” single for the song “Cool Aid / Detroit” by Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists. The label is red, with a cartoon black cat sitting “catloaf” style at the top. Inside the cat’s midsection is the word “LIZARD.” 
Lizard Records was a short-lived independent label based in Los Angeles, founded by producer Gabriel Mekler. Only active from 1969-1971, it released some excellent, groovy funk.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I love it when artists include their beloved kitties in photo shoots. THESE ARE MY PEOPLE! 🎧😻
This is a photo of a 7” vinyl single by short-lived Seattle-based Sub Pop band Blood Circus. The A Side is “Two Way Street.” The single is housed in a blood red die-cut sleeve with the label visible. The label is white with a B&W saturated photo of a person with long hair and round sunglasses. A black cat, almost unnoticed within the person’s dark shirt, peeks up with big eyes and perky ears from the bottom of the label.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“I got my soul tangled up in a song…” 🎧 daxriggs.bandcamp.com/album/7-song...
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7 Songs For Spiders, by Dax Riggs
7 track album
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The new Dax Riggs is exactly what I needed today. 🎧 daxriggs.bandcamp.com/album/7-song...
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7 Songs For Spiders, by Dax Riggs
7 track album
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Vinyl cataloging continues with two of my favorites words: Free Kitten. (Band is aces, too)😻🎧
This is a 7” vinyl picture disc from American noise rock band Free Kitten, originally formed by Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore) and Yoshimi (Boredoms). The vinyl is hot pink with a photo of a Japanese woman wearing dominatrix-style leather dress, gloves and boots. The band name floats to the right of the dominatrix, and beneath is a drawing of a white cat face, whose nose is an anarchy symbol.
Beneath the cat is the song title “Oh Bondage, Up Yours!” (A cover version of the X-Ray Spex tune)
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scottwartman.bsky.social @scottwartman.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A remarkable story from @reporteramber.bsky.social about identity and surviving the horrors of the Holocaust www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
cincinnati.com
The many lives of Jack Carter: Uncovering the forgotten past of a Holocaust survivor
In the final years of her husband's life, BJ Carter finally learned details of her husband's life he'd never remembered.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I once tried to build an igloo when I was a kid. My efforts were laughable. This Cincinnati guy, who grew up in Texas, has tackled his bucket-list dream to build an igloo, and it is MAGNIFICENT! www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to Do | Cincinnati Enquirer
Breaking Cincinnati news, traffic, weather and local headlines from The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Behold! Another cat appearance in my vinyl, but this time only the backside. 🎧😼 @subpop.bsky.social
You are looking at the inside of a black & white 16-page booklet that comes with the Sub Pop 200 3-album box set. The page is open to the band Cat Butt.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
‘80s record store internet. 🎧
This is an address label sticker located on the top left corner of an album poly sleeve. It’s printed using a dot-matrix printer. It says “Human Hands - Human Hands + 7”. IP005/6/7 LP 999806 Made in USA. 2 LP set w/bonus 7” from LA’s now-defunct Human Hands. Various live, demo and rehearsal tapes (all previously unreleased versions) from the band that spawned Dream Syndicate’s Dennis Duck!”
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Another kitty slinks from my vinyl archives. 😻🎧 Purr-fect! @robynhitchcock.bsky.social
A gorgeous silky black cat stares at you from a black & white photo that’s part of a lyric insert for Robyn Hitchcock’s Mossy Liquor vinyl album. The album jacket has hundreds of colorful dots on it, with the artist in the center wearing round sunglasses. It can be seen to the left of the kitty.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Welp. Gen X once again getting overlooked by the NYT. 🙄 I won’t post my Strands result since others maybe haven’t played the game today. Suffice to say 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
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Josh Chin @joshchin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
My co-author Liza Lin and two other colleagues just won a National Press Foundation award for their "Delete America" series that pried open China's efforts to rid itself of U.S. tech. People who know China understand how rare their reporting was. Stunning work: nationalpress.org/award-story/...
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Wall Street Journal Wins Hinrich Trade Reporting Award - National Press Foundation
The National Press Foundation deems The Wall Street Journal winner of the 2024 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade.
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Music fam: if you found Every Noise at Once a handy tool in your musical adventure, check out Curio. I’m really enjoying the deep dive into my streaming history. 🎧 Hat tip to developer @glennmcdonald.bsky.social
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Listening to a compilation of my favorite tunes of 2016 and had kinda forgot what an absolute psych banger this is from TVAM. 🎧 youtu.be/ry-IfO7_jqU
youtu.be
TVAM - TOTAL IMMERSION
YouTube video by TVAM
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Luann Gibbs @luanngibbs.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Cats sometimes appear in the least likely places. Surprise cats, but always welcome! 🎧 😻
You are looking at a vinyl copy of Phantom Tollbooth’s 1988 album “Power Toy.” In the dead wax/runout of Side 1 reads “as cats walk backward …”
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