Reposted by Melanie BavariaDanielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Anyway I have been a journalist for 15 years and have never seen an anonymity deal like that, that I can remember. 652166
Reposted by Melanie BavariaCiara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 04/07/2025And it’s begun. ⚕️🏥🚫 #hospitalclosure #bbb 13313
Reposted by Melanie BavariaAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43709648837471
Reposted by Melanie BavariaLawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Since the dawn of this country, war plans included when ships left port. Sailers were cautioned that "loose lips sink ships." But a new body of scholarship questions the belief that mentioning when a craft departs and what was on board is a "war plan." #Satire 42611
Reposted by Melanie BavariaKaren Schwartz @pithywidow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Confident stupidity is the defining trait of the modern GOP 441066156
Reposted by Melanie BavariaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2025oh my god -- Comer thinks "editorial standards" literally refers to standards for editorials and is corrected by the NPR head 1764154543249
Reposted by Melanie BavariaCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Wait while I was at the typewriter store, we lost TikTok and maybe... got the ERA?! how long was I in there 1936216
Reposted by Melanie BavariaDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 07/12/2024God i love @propublica.org so much 6943811406
Reposted by Melanie BavariaKarl Battams @sungrazercomets.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I really, REALLY can't get over just how beautiful this comet is in our LASCO images! I mean, I've seen more than a handful of comets in this data over the years (~5,200 to be exact - not that I'm counting...) But I've really gotta say... this might be the pick o' the bunch right here. WOW 😱😍☄️☀️🔭 213335
Reposted by Melanie BavariaKris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 10/01/2025These results really appear to align with reductions in school funding effort and expansion of failed choice schemes 042
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJ. Smith @jooltman.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Park Slopers, bring your Xmas trees to Prospect Park 3rd St. entrance for #mulchfest today and tomorrow. No amount of greenery donated too small, as this elderly neighbor’s cart attests. And puhlease take some mulch with you to make your street trees happy this winter. We have mountains! 082
Reposted by Melanie BavariaHester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025My draft of a syllabus statement on a.i. for my writing class, for what it is worth: 23532147
Reposted by Melanie BavariaDanya Henninger @danyahenninger.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Know a deserving journalist in the Philadelphia region? Time to nominate them for the Philly News Awards! (hosted annually by the Pen & Pencil Club, the oldest continuously operating press club in the nation) Send in your noms here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1X5o... 043
Reposted by Melanie BavariaNick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 06/01/2025So I went back to Senator Fischer's 2013 swearing in ceremony, and wouldn't you know it, her husband had no problem shaking then-VP Joe Biden's hand (twice). Video at 1:15:00 www.c-span.org/program/publ... bsky.app/profile/bria... 1136
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJob Itzkowitz @jobforphilly.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Totally agree. Too often, American culture loses sight of the "magic" of childhood in favor of programming, predicability, and consumerism. 0152
Reposted by Melanie BavariaTim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024If you are anxious about what the next four years means for independent media and investigative journalism, can I suggest chipping in a few bucks to an outlet that relies on reader support to keep going? Honestly, I'd love if you just supported the people and the work you read, whoever that is... 411233
Reposted by Melanie BavariaThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since. 1202900777
Reposted by Melanie BavariaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/12/2024Hakeem Jeffries: "Republicans are marching America to a painful government shutdown that will crash the economy and hurt working-class Americans because they would rather enact massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors than fund cancer research for children." 376145744347
Reposted by Melanie BavariaLee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window 402203901920
Melanie Bavaria @mbavaria.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Unbelievable www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...businessinsider.comHow rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonusesPop stars took advantage of the SVOG grant, using COVID relief funds for luxury spending. Lil Wayne bought Balenciaga and flew private. 010
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/12/2024This story is absolutely wild.businessinsider.comHow rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonusesPop stars took advantage of the SVOG grant, using COVID relief funds for luxury spending. Lil Wayne bought Balenciaga and flew private. 39595208
Reposted by Melanie BavariaBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024ABC's $15 million settlement w/ Trump is shameful. The sum, and the publicity, will make it harder for journalists to do their work in the years to come. That said, the Stephanopoulos interview that triggered the suit was a train wreck. It wasn't remotely worth $15MM. But it was bad A thread (1/) 26736107
Reposted by Melanie BavariaDave Mazella @davemazella.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Looking forward to confronting this in every class I teach until I die 2147
Reposted by Melanie BavariaBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The reporting in this story, about conservatives' takeover of a small public college in Florida, is outstanding. Via @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/new-...inthesetimes.comThe New College GambitThe right-wing takeover of Florida’s public honors college blurs the line between tragedy and farce, but attacks on universities are about to get worse. 97027
Reposted by Melanie BavariaDaniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/projects.propublica.orgFind Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your ClaimYou likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f... 9161794010175
Reposted by Melanie BavariaKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions! 2189260
Reposted by Melanie BavariaBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024This, courtesy of the owner of the LA Times, is the worst “tech solution for journalism” idea since the CueCat. 1731202284
Reposted by Melanie BavariaSeb Falk @sebfalk.com · 05/12/2024Fabulous 2-year fellowship at @theul.bsky.social / @theulspeccoll.bsky.social! The Munby Fellowship has been doubled this year! They're particularly seeking applications that combine Bibliography/History of the Book & Natural History. Closing date 17 Jan, start October 2025. www.lib.cam.ac.uk/munbylib.cam.ac.ukMunby Fellowship 16036
Melanie Bavaria @mbavaria.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Semi-regular reminder that books make excellent gifts, but only (ok maybe not only, but ESPECIALLY) when purchased from your local independent bookstore! Just ask them to order it if you have something specific in mind. So many birds, one stone. #booksky #shoplocal #downwithamazon 020
Reposted by Melanie BavariaRobin Mitchell @parisnoire.bsky.social · 03/12/2024So so so happy about this!!! Sara’s book is outstanding. Daut’s is next in my queue! 03410
Reposted by Melanie BavariaMichael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 03/12/2024This is Tennis Court Oath energy. 072
Reposted by Melanie BavariaSharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Right now you’re likely breathing in a tiny bit of formaldehyde, which can cause breathing problems and cancer more than any other chemical in the air. For the past year, the EPA has been working to regulate its use. Here's why that's proven to be tough 🧵 1132694
Reposted by Melanie BavariaBobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I've heard about this project for years and now it's out - a bird's eye view of the US federal workforce, documented and mapped, from 1789 to 1829. Just a huge amount to take in. Looks amazing. Led by Peter Kastor #skystorians #academicsky #digitalhistory creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.educreatingafederalgovernment.wustl.eduCreating a Federal Government | Washington University in St. LouisThe remarkable story of how the Founding Fathers built the institutions of the U.S. government and of the men and women who served in government during the crucial decades following the ratification of the Constitution 33116
Reposted by Melanie BavariaKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 03/12/2024cool cool cool 1431976
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJake Wertz @jakewertz.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Free universal high-quality public education is in much greater danger than most people realize. Far from being a popular model primed for expansion into early childhood and early adulthood, K-12 is primed for transformation by the revenue-driven private pre-K and higher-ed models 35012
Reposted by Melanie BavariaDapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 01/12/2024At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it. 19333106723
Reposted by Melanie BavariaKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/11/2024Also sometimes people just don’t wanna drink alcohol on a particular occasion but do wanna drink tasty things and it is nice to have some options other than water and lukewarm mixers 351004114
Reposted by Melanie BavariaProPublica @propublica.org · 25/11/2024NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.propublica.orgA Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages. 415106876014
Reposted by Melanie BavariaRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I've taught college for 15+ years and I'm as convinced as ever that the absolute best thing you can do for your kid's life is raise them to enjoy reading. Over and over and over, you see it: So many other complex skills are downstream of being able to focus on (even enjoy) a written text. 844970
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods. 324155831824
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJackie Mader @jackiemader.bsky.social · 24/11/2024New from our team: What might happen if the Education Department were closed? A look at the impacts on early ed, K12 and higher ed: hechingerreport.org/what-might-h...hechingerreport.orgWhat might happen if the Education Department were closed? - The Hechinger ReportThe Trump administration has promised big changes, but he can’t make them alone. 099
Reposted by Melanie BavariaJonathan Forney (JB 🕵🏾) @jb4nay.bsky.social · 23/11/2024The untapped potential of using your library card to read cooking magazines on Libby for recipes 961993172
Reposted by Melanie BavariaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/11/2024I worry a little bit that too many people think that science fiction type technology is going to swoop in and save the day with respect to climate change 1061272143