#wamu — Public Fediverse posts

Listen to a thirty-minute, 1948 radio adaptation of #TheOdyssey tonight at 9:30 on #WAMU: https://wamu.org/story/26/07/27/the-big-broadcast-august-2-2026/ #radio

#1A #NPR #WAMU #DInaTempleRastin #ClickHerePodcsast

"So our systems within the government are very old. They were built a really long time ago. A lot of them were built on a computer language known as COBOL. And do you remember hearing all about the 50 year olds who were well, what they didn't know when they kept saying there was all this fraud in the Social Security Administration was that COBOL, when you have a blank field, it defaults to a 50. So this was actually announced during the State of the Union address, and in fact, it wasn't fraud. It wasn't all these 50 year olds. It was a blank sort of little piece of information. So the reason why that's important is because, basically, they've been using duct tape and COBOL to keep all the systems together in in government and to make them work.

https://the1a.org/segments/cyber-monday-doge-and-its-handling-of-federal-data/

When I was a much younger man living in #WashingtonDC, #WAMU used to replay “As It Happens” at 10:00 pm. Listening to the program (err, “programme”) every night was a regular part of my bedtime wind-down routine.

#TheBigBroadcast, classic #radio on Sunday nights on #WAMU, is my new favorite thing:

https://wamu.org/show/the-big-broadcast/

WAMU restores access to the DCist archive for a year while they try to figure out who will own and operate it next.

WAMU: DCist archive will be available for 1 year, as WAMU seeks long-term home for beloved news site

https://wamu.org/story/24/02/28/wamu-restores-access-to-dcist-archives-after-shutting-down-the-local-news-site/

#WAMU #DCist #WashingtonDC #PublicMedia

well, here are my little yawps about DCist. Seriously, wtf?

#DMV #WAMU #DCist

Why did #WAMU feel the need to brick #DCist's archives? A useful website is now totally blocked by a completely unnecessary WAMU splash page. Sadly redolent of the brutality with which American public broadcasting often operates. The "public" is too often not part of the equation.

#news #WashingtonDC #Washington #NPR

DCist is once again being left by the roadside. Their employees are getting 0 notice and 2 weeks' severance. For shame #WAMU #dmv

Part of my new life is purging out things before I met Jennell (2011). Found a box of cashed checks and bills from 2004-2008 and remembering how I had to mail in payments to now defunct companies #levitz #wamu #frys

I really enjoy the radio show #1A from #WAMU. But they still ask for listener input via #birdsite. I hope they find their way here soon. https://the1a.org/

Love this.
#deaf
#publicRadio #KQED #WAMU #Current
https://current.org/2022/12/how-public-radio-stations-can-serve-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-audiences

All my Flickr photos - including the one with my father on his deathbed - are now "All Rights Reserved". I had to change that over a decade ago after numerous abuses of the #NonCommercial clause of the #CreativeCommons #license.

I used #WAMU's "Reach out to us" link at the bottom of their article to ask them to link back to the #Flickr #photo, as #WBUR had done in 2009. It's the weekend, and I don't expect to hear back from them until Monday, at the earliest.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/3074829544/

So, back to that alert this morning.

#WAMU - American University Radio, base in Washington, DC - used the same photo to illustrate one of their articles: an interview by #DianeRehm with #AvaKofman about how companies exploit #hospice for profit at the expense of people, and their families, dealing with challenging ilness.

https://wamu.org/story/22/12/02/how-hospice-companies-put-profits-over-patients-an-investigation-into-the-business-of-dying/

#Hospice #PalliativeCare

When the Democrats try to gaslight the entire Republican party that she's mad mad mad! It's done too obviously to ever work at all. The Dems just aren't sneaky enough. Try harder, Dems. It just comes across as projection. Sorry. It's a little pathetic.

[WAMU] Fresh Air Weekend: The GOP’s denialism; ‘Black Lady Sketch Show’ creator Robin Thede #wamu
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/144046372 via @PodcastAddict