"In hindsight, the last cultural moment of the nightly news broadcast’s social authority occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. In the immediate aftermath of that terroristic attack, we experienced the last turn of the classic anchorman." slate.com/business/202...

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I just learned from The Maine Campus that starting spring, 2027, semester, all @umaine.bsky.social students will be charged $18 to $20 per credit hour (full-time student=15 credits, so $270 to $300 each) to pay for the University's OpenAI contract going forward. mainecampus.com/category/new...

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Here's a story my father once told me about the single most difficult daily newscast he ever produced. It was the CBS Evening News on Friday, October 16, 1964 - 62 years ago yesterday (1/4)

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This is my colleague and she is a wonderful, smart person who also happens to be a preeminent expert on freedom of expression.

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Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

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