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U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

U.S. 3d 24 tweets

A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan...

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im not here, see note in profile This will barely register anywhere today, but a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan last night killed 30 civilians and injured 40 3d

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‘Someone’s Gotta Tell the Freakin’ Truth’: Jerry Falwell’s Aides Break Their Silence

POLITICO Magazine 13d 85 tweets

More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world.

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im not here, see note in profile Say a little prayer for dear Jerry Jr 13d

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Open Source Directions Ep. 27: OpenTeams

im not here, see note in profile - Quansight 33d 2 tweets

We will be joined by Eunice Chendjou and David Charboneau, lead community managers for OpenTeams, who will tell us about the future of OpenTeams. OpenTeams helps connect open source communities to ...

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NYT Top Editor: Trump Racism Headline Was a ‘F*cking Mess’

Lachlan Cartwright - The Daily Beast 41d 4 tweets

In a lengthy town-hall meeting on Monday, the paper’s top brass addressed a bevy of recent controversies centering around the Times’ coverage of Trump, race, and politics.

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im not here, see note in profile New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet said the Times’ standards editor is working on producing a written standard for when the paper should use the word “racist” 41d

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Retired NYC firefighter dies of 9/11-related cancer

New York Daily News - nydailynews.com 67d 1 tweets

Word of Firefighter Kevin Nolan’s death spread as U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blocked a bill to expand relief for ailing 9/11 responders and their families, saying it was too costly. In his remarks, Paul cited the nation’s “massive debt”...

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im not here, see note in profile The city lost another firefighter to a 9/11 illness this week, Kevin Nolan is the 199th member of the FDNY to die of a Ground Zero-related sickness 67d

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Times Public Editor: Ignoring a scoop that’s not your own

Columbia Journalism Review 90d 3 tweets

<p>How did The New York Times’s first story about E. Jean Carroll’s sexual-assault allegations against Donald Trump end up in the Books section and not on the front page? Shortly after I asked the Times for insight into the decision, the paper...

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im not here, see note in profile All The News That’s Fit To Print, Which Doesn’t Include When Someone Beats Us To A Story 89d

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Sunday Morning Talk Shows Largely Ignore Trump Rape Allegation

Hayley Miller - HuffPost 91d 5 tweets

The "big five" — NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Fox — were all but silent on E. Jean Carroll's horrifying claim.

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im not here, see note in profile A credible rape allegation against the President was ignored by all Sunday shows this weekend 90d

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Mary Meeker’s most important trends on the internet

Vox 103d 14 tweets

Here are all the slides, plus analysis.

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im not here, see note in profile 60% of top 25 most valuable tech companies were founded by first or second-generation immigrants. They employed 1.9 million people last year. 103d

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Google Made $4.7 Billion From the News Industry in 2018, Study Says

Nytimes.com 105d 29 tweets

Journalists create the content, and big tech companies are profiting off it, according to a new analysis. “We need to share the revenue,” a news publisher says.

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im not here, see note in profile Google doesn’t have a newsroom, it doesn’t spend money to hire journalists, it doesn’t do anything other than redistribute news reported from other sources. The business of redistributing that news, made Google a whopping $4.7 billion last year. 104d

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Tiger Woods completes miracle comeback with epic Masters victory

Sports.yahoo.com 161d 1 tweets

Tiger Woods bested the field in an epic Sunday at the Masters to win his fifth green jacket.

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im not here, see note in profile The last time Tiger won a major, his daughter was about to turn 1, his son not even born. Sunday, both were greenside to witness something they’d only ever heard about. At 43, Tiger Woods became the second oldest winner of the Masters, behind Jack Nicklaus 161d

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The MPAA says streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide

Andrew Liptak - The Verge 185d 2 tweets

But cable TV still rakes in more money.

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im not here, see note in profile Streaming video subscriptions have finally surpassed cable subscriptions 185d

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Twitter’s new beta app offers threaded replies, and it’s fine

Casey Newton - The Verge 194d 3 tweets

Just setting up my twttr, again

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im not here, see note in profile Twitter is testing a new design for replies, here's what it looks like: theverge.com/2019/3/12/1826… pic.twitter.com/9dlBKepla1 193d

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TicToc by Bloomberg @tictoc

Periscope 194d 1 tweets

LIVE: U.K. Parliament to vote on Theresa May's revised Brexit deal #BrexitVote #WithdrawalAgreement

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im not here, see note in profile U.K. Parliament preparing to vote on May's revised Brexit deal 194d

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Chelsea Manning taken into custody for refusing to testify before secret grand jury

ABC News 198d 2 tweets

Chelsea Manning was taken into custody at a federal court on Friday

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im not here, see note in profile Chelsea Manning taken into custody at a federal court on Friday after a federal judge found her in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions before a secret grand jury 198d

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The Making of the Fox News White House

The New Yorker 202d 95 tweets

Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?

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im not here, see note in profile Trump was fed debate questions beforehand from Ailes - Fox had the Stormy Daniels hush money payoffs story and killed it because Murdoch wanted Trump to win Just two of many great details in @JaneMayerNYer's of Fox News delivering Trump propaganda 202d

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Twitter Has an Astroturfing Tool and They Won't Tell Us Who's Using It

Splinter 590d 5 tweets

A few weeks ago, Bloomberg published a damning piece about how the DCI Group, a D.C.-based consulting firm, creates phony echo chambers to help push its clients’ interests. For example, it created a ‘coalition’ of groups to support its campaign...

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im not here, see note in profile Twitter designed a feature for political ads with zero transparency into who is actually behind them 221d

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Trump backer Tom Barrack defends Saudi Arabia

Gulfnews.com 222d 8 tweets

Real estate developer said that kingdom was misunderstood by the West

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im not here, see note in profile America is in no moral position to criticise Saudi Arabia, according to financier and key Trump backer Tom Barrack 221d

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DOJ Is Investigating Whether U.S. Payoffs to Iraqi Officials Opened the Door for ISIS

Military contractors are bribing Iraqi - The Daily Beast 222d 31 tweets

An investigation by the independent Government Accountability Project exposes accusations that a hidden network of corruption cost U.S. taxpayers billions.

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im not here, see note in profile DOJ investigating a military contracting company, Sallyport Global Services, to find out if it played a role in the alleged bribery of Iraqi government officials in exchange for exclusive contracts that cost American taxpayers billions 222d

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Reddit users are the least valuable of any social network

Lauren Feiner - CNBC 223d 7 tweets

At its latest valuation of $3 billion, Reddit's 330 million monthly active users are valued much lower than those on other social networks.

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im not here, see note in profile This is interesting: ARPU = Average Revenue Per User Twitter: $9.48 Facebook: $7.37 Pinterest: $2.80 Snap: $2.09 Reddit: $0.30 222d

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Political giant John Dingell dies at 92

Detroit News 227d 17 tweets

Michigan Democrat John Dingell, the longest-serving member ever of Congress, died Thursday

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im not here, see note in profile Michigan Democrat John Dingell, the longest-serving member ever of Congress who helped write most of the nation's major environmental and energy laws, has died 227d