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Reading for Fun in U.S. Plunges 40% Over Two Decades, Study Finds [ [link removed] ]
I’m definitely picking up some of the slack. I have to read something just to serve as a distraction for all of this *gestures broadly*
Half of Americans say journalists ‘losing influence’ on society: Study [ [link removed] ]
I’m not sure if I buy that. Traditional journalistic institutions are definitely on the struggle bus right now for multiple reasons, but independent journalists are having a moment
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line: A skeptical woman who believes there’s no such thing as ghosts moves into an old apartment, where her bathroom mirror begins commenting on her daily life
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Colby Hall Unpacks Trump’s Alaska Fumble—and the MAGA Media Meltdown [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell is joined by Colby Hall, founding editor of Mediaite, to break down the strange spectacle of Donald Trump’s recent “peace summit” with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Big John Howell and Rick Telander tackle everything from Trump’s resurrection of racist mascots to the enduring grift of American demagoguery.
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Also Worth A Look…
MIT Report Finds 95% of Generative AI Pilots Fail to Deliver Measurable Business Impact [ [link removed] ] - That’s going to be a problem for all of the places that immediately fired a bunch of people assuming AI could do their jobs
Texas Woman Reported Missing Found Living With 'Kingdom of Kubala' in Scottish Woods [ [link removed] ] - There’s a lot to unpack there. An American woman living with an African tribe in Scotland
A British restaurant is launching the U.K.’s first water menu [ [link removed] ] - I mean.. my culinary preferences are so bland that doesn’t actually sound too bad. Although I’d always wonder if they were just using tap water and laughing at us in the kitchen… or would there even be a kitchen?
4-Year-Old Calls 911 to Talk About Swimming. Police Respond With Birthday Surprise [ [link removed] ] - Not to be a wet blanket, but I hope there weren’t any murders during that time
Rapid loss of Antarctic ice may be climate tipping point, scientists say [ [link removed] ] - That seems less than ideal
TSA: No Cordless Hair Tools in Checked Bags, but Lobsters OK [ [link removed] ] - I feel like that’s useful information to have
$300 lottery prize leads Michigan man to $714,891 progressive jackpot [ [link removed] ] - That hardly seems fair
Mile-deep underwater volcano off West Coast could erupt soon, scientists say [ [link removed] ] - Gird your loins
Astronauts get stuffy noses in space because of microgravity, scientists find [ [link removed] ] - Wally Schirra is rolling his eyes in his grave (Reference [ [link removed] ])
California resident tests positive for plague [ [link removed] ] - Who had “The Plague” on their Bingo card for August?
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