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@NPRinskeep Holy cow. Check this out, @anylaurie16

Sulzberger: “I disagree with those who have suggested that the risk Trump poses to the free press is so high that news organizations such as mine should cast aside neutrality and directly oppose his reelection. It is beyond shortsighted to give up journalistic independence out of fear that it might later be taken away.” A long article, worth your time. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

@SageIsSavvy I assume those can freely be taken now. Bring a trailer!

@anylaurie16 “Sorry, your new kidney cannot be printed because the printer is out of heart tissue. Click here to order Genuine HP Human Tissue Vats now.”

Have we officially settled on “printed” as the word for this technology? I hate it.

@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 The story never *literally* says Trump is normal but it presents both candidates as making equal arguments. Trump's 3 items are presented with no critique or pushback despite being boiled down from his hours of rambling. Harris's coverage is about her responding to critics.

Thanks. I listened! This report seems to be mainly about Harris. It notes that Trump wants to roll back efforts to fight climate change - true. It says Harris has been pushed for more economic details - true. It then says she has begun to answer with “forward looking” ideas. The story never says “Trump is normal” or any equivalent. All the facts in it are true. It is one of thousands of NPR reports that cover different aspects of Trump and Harris. Did you really need every report to tell you what to think about Trump? You seem to have made up your mind on your own.

@NPRinskeep This account found it

@anylaurie16 @NPRinskeep Glad to help. @NPRinskeep's comments, however, wow. 👀

@charkes @NPRinskeep Thx for looking! Im def too lazy.

NPR just did that thing where they presented Trump’s batshit ideas as normal, and Harris’s normal ideas as normal, then criticized Harris, only.

@JoshuaCPowers @NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 @FrancoOrdonez Is it this segment? npr.org/2024/08/16/nx-…

@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 Reporting on Trump seems to be like parents with a toddler learning to speak. Most of us hear the kid say, "Un-ugh ha-uh ba-boom!" The parents translate, "He says he likes your hat and nuclear power will lower prices." But if you ask him what he means you get called "NASTY!"

@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 Trump and Harris are mentioned as both having plans to combat high prices. Trump's rambling is boiled down to "boosting fossil fuel production, nuclear energy, and he wants to roll back many of Biden's efforts to fight climate change." Harris then has to answer to critics! Sheesh

@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 This sounds like the NPR News Now break at 11pm pacific/2am eastern. I just listened in the archive and it’s what Laurie described. Incoherent rambling is presented as normal ideas, then Harris’s ideas are critiqued. npr.org/podcasts/50000…

@anylaurie16 Thanks for listening! Would you send a link to the story you described? It will take less time than it did to compose your tweet. All stories are easily searchable at npr.org.

@MrMadness @BrentTerhune Have you tried CHOCOLATE-COVERED cinnamon bears?

@BrentTerhune It’s missing Cinnamon Bears, the gas station GOAT.

This candy is kinda good and kinda sucks at the same time

@ForChock @TheRealTavie @Vickilewis1 I loved those Zooms. I can’t believe I got to talk with Dave Foley. Great moments in a scary and weird time.

@TheRealTavie @Vickilewis1 She was so kind in that Zoom! All the guests were. I'm sure you are correct and they were all thinking "Dorks, Dorks, Dorks". I'm ok with that! LOL

Literally the subtext of the time the great @Vickilewis1 joined our Covid-era Newsradio superfans Zoom session

@VinceWaelti @floatingcrosses @CoreyGerkenWX @atxelle Is your water pump OK??!? It’s brand new!

@floatingcrosses @CoreyGerkenWX @atxelle I was slowed down. For Pete sake that's literally why this happened we were SLOWED DOWN and the rear cars apparently didn't want to do that! Duh

I was rear-ended and shoved into @VinceWaelti, everyone is fine.

@Arcade_Matt Yes! I’ve missed the mini golf videos!

Mini golf is back! Watch the new video now: youtube.com/watch?v=w1WuUl…

@cwage Hummingbirds are in your area from mid-April to October. Probably a hummingbird or alien surveillance device.

this morning i reached out to grab a cicada and halfway through the motion i realized cicadas don't hover.. it zipped away, though. wtf did i reach out at? too early for hummingbird or clearwing moths isn't it?

@doctorow I explained to them why "Confederate Square" was a touchy subject in the US. Someone was maliciously editing. There were too many edits for me to submit. The Maps team could search & fix. The support agents then told me that they do not have contact with the Maps developers.

@doctorow A few years ago someone got edits approved to add "on Confederate Square" to a bunch of Central Texas courthouse squares. There's only 1 real one (Gonzales, TX). Contacted Google Maps support, told them the problem, and the India-based agents did not see what the problem was.

Hard to overstate how enshittified and botshitted Google Maps has become. Went looking for my local locksmith on Gmaps. Maps shows 20+ fake locksmith referral scam outlets and doesn't even register the real locksmith, despite it being fully visible in Street View.

@YYsMG Oh it’s the “teleport” sound from Spectre 1.1. (Thanks to Derek at MacFolkloreRadio.)

@YYsMG I'm just getting started on this video and the sound effect you used for the "50" card is so familiar. Is it Spectre VR? Where did you get that sound?

Latest vid is a huge one, a run down of the top 50 #Macintosh #Shareware games. There's heaps of these brilliant 'indies of the 90s' games for classic MacOS. Also neat just how many of them have been remade for modern systems too! #retrogaming #marchintosh youtube.com/watch?v=qid61U…