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The only creative industry that is inarguably both doing well and doing great work right now is "new baseball guy names."

god bless Cat Sheriff, the finest name in swimwear

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everybody's talking about the odyssey, but america has a meaty epic poem with countless interpretations all its own: john henry www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-john-henr...

On John Henry, American Epic PoemIt's a nice idea that "This Land Is Your Land" should be our national anthem, a wonderful song full of generous and idealistic sentiment that's actually easy to sing. (That the Star-Spangled Banner sh...www.dontrocktheinbox.com

Our Age of Bronze is collapsing, Liz Lemon

Rebuild Local News has released the Community News Fellowships Act, a model law that helps states rebuild local reporting capacity by creating a program that places trained journalists in local newsrooms and expands community coverage. Learn more: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/solutions/mo...

Community News FellowshipsBest practices for creating a community news fellowships program that bolsters reporting capacity and increases coverage of local issues.www.rebuildlocalnews.org

I cannot boost this enough. The lack of local journalism is at the root of so many problems.

honestly, good on Joyce Carol Oates for interacting in good faith with Twitter replies from people like *checks notes* 420birthdaybOyz

apropos of nothing i thought this was funny

The cost of losing local journalism is more than just a metaphorical one. A group of finance professors found that fewer local reporters are leading to higher municipal borrowing costs for local governments. Thanks to @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social for chatting - www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-...

Fewer local reporters may mean higher borrowing costs for local governmentsResearchers Dermot Murphy of the University of Illinois Chicago and Matt Baker of Rebuild Local News explain how shrinking local news coverage drives up what local governments pay to borrow.www.kuaf.com

Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash

Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crashFrontman of chart-topping band the Frames had huge success as the star of 2007 romantic drama Once Glen Hansard, the Irish folk-rock musician and actor who fronted the band the Frames and had Oscar-winning success with the 2007 film Once, has died aged 56. He died in a motorcycle crash in Lucan on the outskirts of Dublin, early on Wednesday morning. Without naming him, Irish police said he was treated at the scene for his injuries but died a short time later. Continue reading...www.theguardian.com

enjoying imagining the discussion among editors in which they determined if this ought to be pluralized as Spider-Mans, Spider-Men, or Spiders-Man

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I’m tom cruise, so take my literary opinion with a grain of salt, but my feeling is that a book written with words and made out of Paper could really take it all this year

"you should do a breakthrough" is an instant classic

Zack Snyder’s Gilgamesh

one of the reasons I never tried to make it in the newsletter game is you are dramatically more exposed to market pressure than any traditional journalist. the dollars-and-cents feedback is instantaneous and direct into your bank account

[guy who reportedly makes seven figures arguing for centrist positions]:

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In Defense Of The Goon StrokeThe surprisingly useful stroke canoeists love to hatepaddlingmag.com