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Thomas Brew

@thomasbrew

40 years in journalism; 20 in print & 20 online. Safeway Club member.

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'Without strong newspapers, all the forces of liberty and law are weaker. Is it nostalgia to wish their decline hadn’t happened?' hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co…
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Jack Shafer@jackshaferSep 24
“The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist, the courage of a rat, the fairness of a prohibitionist boob-jumper, the information of a high school janitor...and the honor of a police-station lawyer.” ― H.L. Mencken
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At least 10 people killed in Lewiston, Maine, shootings involving several locations, multiple outlets report citing law enforcement sources apnews.com/article/lewiston-…

Fearful Maine residents stay home amid massive search for suspect in killing of 18 people

A shelter-in-place advisory is in effect for the area surrounding Lewiston, Maine's second largest city. The suspect, a trained firearms instructor, rampaged through a bowling alley and a restaurant...

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Japanese Prime Minister's office urges residents of Okinawa Prefecture to seek shelter after suspected North Korean missile launch teapaw.org/Kantei_Saigai/status/1…
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【国民保護情報】 ミサイル発射。ミサイル発射。北朝鮮からミサイルが発射されたものとみられます。建物の中、又は地下に避難して下さい。 受信日時 24日03時54分 対象地域：沖縄県
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correct / Nobody delivers a line like Edi Patterson on The Righteous Gemstones. slate.com/culture/2023/07/th… via @slate
The Most Hilarious Performance on the Funniest Show on TV Right Now

The Most Hilarious Performance on the Funniest Show on TV Right Now

The Righteous Gemstones is packed with great comic performances, but one stands out.

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Jack Shafer@jackshafer30 May 2023
"I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. . . . The shallowest people on the ridge of the earth." --William Butler Yeats
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Building catches fire near Paris' Place de la Nation amid May Day protests; multiple people appear trapped on roof
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A hundred years ago today, Babe Ruth at first game in New York City’s new Yankee Stadium, 1923:
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Don't like this, too big imho. teapaw.org/business/status/164307…
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An ultramassive black hole around 33 billion times the mass of the Sun has been discovered by astronomers in the UK trib.al/kF2Hujh
Scientists Discover Ultramassive Black Hole ‘30 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun’

Scientists Discover Ultramassive Black Hole ‘30 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun’

An ultramassive black hole around 33 billion times the mass of the Sun has been discovered by astronomers in the UK.

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The winter of endless rain in #aptos & #California. #atmospheric_river – at Aptos, CA
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every american president, but they're all cool and they all sport a mullet 46. Joe Biden
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You guys beat up on Catholicism, but any time you need an exorcism, there you are dialing up the rectory.
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great newspaper name; drab layout
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From Chanute, Kansas:
Front page of The Anti-Calamity Howler Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, November 2, 1891

ALT Front page of The Anti-Calamity Howler Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, November 2, 1891

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#BREAKING: The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's is asking for some residents in south Santa Cruz County to shelter in place. ksbw.com/article/shelter-in-…
Aptos shooting prompts shelter-in-place order

Aptos shooting prompts shelter-in-place order

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's office said they received reports of a shooting around 3 p.m. Monday in Aptos in the area of Mar Monte and Highway-1.

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Hillside erosion. Aptos. #Californiastorm
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Old Testament rains lead to more downed trees & power lines in Aptos. #Californiastorm
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More downed trees & power lines in Aptos. Eucalyptus particularly weak. #Californiastorm
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.. for the last 2 days in Aptos, crews from San Diego Gas & Electric have been trimming trees & restoring power. They expect to be here until Sunday. #Californiastorm
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Aftermath of the California storm. (Aptos & Rio Del Mar) #SantaCruzCounty
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Hidden Beach in Aptos is, briefly, gone #Californiastorm
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