#Lebanon Mourns Iconic Composer Ziad Rahbani https://wapo.st/4m8nr7C
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Journalism professor, rhetoric scholar, certified yoga teacher, and journalist. As a native of Lebanon, war correspondent, and 20-year CNN journalist, I sometimes share my expert opinion on the Middle East and North Africa. Do not mistake that for personal opinion! #journalism #media #yoga #author #coffee #cats
Mathew IngramWe Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/opinion/trump-rumeysa-ozturk-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.ZRZz.atE482UMbtvb&smid=url-share
🇨🇦 With talk of a 51st state, a mystery: Why is Trump obsessed with Canada?
#Canada #GiftArticle
For NPR’s Anas Baba, covering the war in #Gaza also means living it. 
The Palestinian journalist said it’s his calling to stay in his native land and report on what happens. https://wapo.st/4bLnySH
#GiftArticle #PhotoJournalism #Journalism
#GiftArticle #PhotoJournalism #Journalism
#Canada — Out with the Americano. The Canadiano has Arrived! #GiftArticle wapo.st/43eIQGk
Sending Cat Love Vibes to all. Our cats — Bissi & Loulou — are ready for Valentine’s 💘 #Caturday #Valentine
Maggie MaybeCan we make sure EVERYONE knows they can dial 9233# from inside an immigration detention center to access the National Immigration Detention Hotline Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10am-8pm PT / 1pm-11pm ET? Just in case people get snatched up and they need to call for help.
https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/hotline
#9233# #immigration #massDeportation
Stefan BohacekHappy Public Domain Day!
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/
"On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924. They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon."
Highlights include: Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, more Mickey Mouse animations, Marx Brothers' first feature film, Popeye, Tintin, and the song Singin' in the Rain.
Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law
Update: see what's entering the public domain on January 1, 2026! Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries are different.[1] On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924.
Marci McCueI love all the Bluesky momentum, but there's a future where we don't need to decide between networks. Here's a good story about that future by @quillmatiq. "There's a vision of the future here where I can post something on Ghost, and right below the post, folks from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and Flipboard are discussing it amongst themselves, not even realizing they're on separate platforms or protocols." https://www.augment.ink/bridges-the-last-network-effect/?ref=augment-newsletter
Bridges & The Last Network Effect
We're in an exciting moment for the open social web. As Elon makes one bad decision after another on X, we've seen waves of users leave the platform for alternatives. Three obvious beneficiaries of these, ahem, lapses of judgment are Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. What's particularly interesting about these three