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I sometimes feel like giving #TerryGross a Hi-Five when she asks a question that makes the guest cry.
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I sometimes feel like giving #TerryGross a Hi-Five when she asks a question that makes the guest cry.
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I sometimes feel like giving #TerryGross a Hi-Five when she asks a question that makes the guest cry.
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WHYY to preview Ken Burns’ ‘American Revolution’ doc
From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do…
#NewsBeep #News #Movies #AU #Australia #Camden #camdennewjersey #documentary #Entertainment #philadelphia250 #whyy
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The radio DJ dream is a well-known phenomenon (at least in radio DJ circles). Typically, it involves some variation of the song playing only having 10 seconds left and you have nothing cued up, or the audio console has turned into bread, or coin-operated access devices have been added to the turntables and you don't have any loose change to operate them, etc. Typical worker-bee anxiety fare, only modified for the specifics of the industry.
Two nights ago, I had one which didn't involve DJ-ing per se, but definitely centered around broadcasting themes, so I'm granting it a hall pass for the purpose of this discussion.
I had been hired in some capacity at the big NPR affiliate station in Philadelphia. Upon arrival on my first day, I checked in at the reception desk where I was told to wait for my supervisor, whom we'll call "Jerry".
Jerry appears as per the prophecy. He is dressed like a dork from a lowbrow 1980s screwball comedy. He motions for me to follow him to my new office, so I pick up the trail as he leads me past various offices, studios, and production rooms. Soon, however, the environment changes to a dark warren of dungeon-like stone corridors, with tiny workspaces carved from the rock, each containing a solitary employee either typing furiously on a laptop or recording with a basic mic/audio console rig.
The labyrinthine stone corridors become increasingly narrow, and I find myself having to turn sideways in order to squeeze through them to keep pace with Jerry. In his pursuit, I am frequently forced to climb down rickety ladders or hoist myself up to new platforms, all covered in the same damp residue typically found deep underground.
At one such platform, I pull myself up, but realize there's no way my head is going to squeeze through the natural ingress created by two stone ledges. I express this concern aloud, and Jerry advises that I simply turn my head sideways. I follow his instruction and get my head through the opening, only to discover that my shoulders now face a similar challenge and that I'm unable to twist as required due to the tight squeeze. I attempt to back myself out, but have no success. I am trapped inside of a dark passageway which has cleaved a narrow opening from which I am unable to dislodge my head.
At this point in the story, I should point out that while I've never actually visited the studios of Philly's big NPR affiliate station, I was real-life employed for several years at New York City's equivalent, and getting one's head stuck in a cave was never a routine occurrence, even on bad days.
Jerry is nowhere to be found. I can't see or hear anyone. There's no room for an emergency crew to chisel a wider opening that would allow me to extract myself. As such, I panic to a degree that wakes me up from the dream and I spend the next 40 minutes awake with my heart racing, frantically reassuring myself that I have NOT actually accepted a job in Philadelphia where I will die of exposure / hunger / a heart attack on my first day.
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The radio DJ dream is a well-known phenomenon (at least in radio DJ circles). Typically, it involves some variation of the song playing only having 10 seconds left and you have nothing cued up, or the audio console has turned into bread, or coin-operated access devices have been added to the turntables and you don't have any loose change to operate them, etc. Typical worker-bee anxiety fare, only modified for the specifics of the industry.
Two nights ago, I had one which didn't involve DJ-ing per se, but definitely centered around broadcasting themes, so I'm granting it a hall pass for the purpose of this discussion.
I had been hired in some capacity at the big NPR affiliate station in Philadelphia. Upon arrival on my first day, I checked in at the reception desk where I was told to wait for my supervisor, whom we'll call "Jerry".
Jerry appears as per the prophecy. He is dressed like a dork from a lowbrow 1980s screwball comedy. He motions for me to follow him to my new office, so I pick up the trail as he leads me past various offices, studios, and production rooms. Soon, however, the environment changes to a dark warren of dungeon-like stone corridors, with tiny workspaces carved from the rock, each containing a solitary employee either typing furiously on a laptop or recording with a basic mic/audio console rig.
The labyrinthine stone corridors become increasingly narrow, and I find myself having to turn sideways in order to squeeze through them to keep pace with Jerry. In his pursuit, I am frequently forced to climb down rickety ladders or hoist myself up to new platforms, all covered in the same damp residue typically found deep underground.
At one such platform, I pull myself up, but realize there's no way my head is going to squeeze through the natural ingress created by two stone ledges. I express this concern aloud, and Jerry advises that I simply turn my head sideways. I follow his instruction and get my head through the opening, only to discover that my shoulders now face a similar challenge and that I'm unable to twist as required due to the tight squeeze. I attempt to back myself out, but have no success. I am trapped inside of a dark passageway which has cleaved a narrow opening from which I am unable to dislodge my head.
At this point in the story, I should point out that while I've never actually visited the studios of Philly's big NPR affiliate station, I was real-life employed for several years at New York City's equivalent, and getting one's head stuck in a cave was never a routine occurrence, even on bad days.
Jerry is nowhere to be found. I can't see or hear anyone. There's no room for an emergency crew to chisel a wider opening that would allow me to extract myself. As such, I panic to a degree that wakes me up from the dream and I spend the next 40 minutes awake with my heart racing, frantically reassuring myself that I have NOT actually accepted a job in Philadelphia where I will die of exposure / hunger / a heart attack on my first day.
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The radio DJ dream is a well-known phenomenon (at least in radio DJ circles). Typically, it involves some variation of the song playing only having 10 seconds left and you have nothing cued up, or the audio console has turned into bread, or coin-operated access devices have been added to the turntables and you don't have any loose change to operate them, etc. Typical worker-bee anxiety fare, only modified for the specifics of the industry.
Two nights ago, I had one which didn't involve DJ-ing per se, but definitely centered around broadcasting themes, so I'm granting it a hall pass for the purpose of this discussion.
I had been hired in some capacity at the big NPR affiliate station in Philadelphia. Upon arrival on my first day, I checked in at the reception desk where I was told to wait for my supervisor, whom we'll call "Jerry".
Jerry appears as per the prophecy. He is dressed like a dork from a lowbrow 1980s screwball comedy. He motions for me to follow him to my new office, so I pick up the trail as he leads me past various offices, studios, and production rooms. Soon, however, the environment changes to a dark warren of dungeon-like stone corridors, with tiny workspaces carved from the rock, each containing a solitary employee either typing furiously on a laptop or recording with a basic mic/audio console rig.
The labyrinthine stone corridors become increasingly narrow, and I find myself having to turn sideways in order to squeeze through them to keep pace with Jerry. In his pursuit, I am frequently forced to climb down rickety ladders or hoist myself up to new platforms, all covered in the same damp residue typically found deep underground.
At one such platform, I pull myself up, but realize there's no way my head is going to squeeze through the natural ingress created by two stone ledges. I express this concern aloud, and Jerry advises that I simply turn my head sideways. I follow his instruction and get my head through the opening, only to discover that my shoulders now face a similar challenge and that I'm unable to twist as required due to the tight squeeze. I attempt to back myself out, but have no success. I am trapped inside of a dark passageway which has cleaved a narrow opening from which I am unable to dislodge my head.
At this point in the story, I should point out that while I've never actually visited the studios of Philly's big NPR affiliate station, I was real-life employed for several years at New York City's equivalent, and getting one's head stuck in a cave was never a routine occurrence, even on bad days.
Jerry is nowhere to be found. I can't see or hear anyone. There's no room for an emergency crew to chisel a wider opening that would allow me to extract myself. As such, I panic to a degree that wakes me up from the dream and I spend the next 40 minutes awake with my heart racing, frantically reassuring myself that I have NOT actually accepted a job in Philadelphia where I will die of exposure / hunger / a heart attack on my first day.
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The radio DJ dream is a well-known phenomenon (at least in radio DJ circles). Typically, it involves some variation of the song playing only having 10 seconds left and you have nothing cued up, or the audio console has turned into bread, or coin-operated access devices have been added to the turntables and you don't have any loose change to operate them, etc. Typical worker-bee anxiety fare, only modified for the specifics of the industry.
Two nights ago, I had one which didn't involve DJ-ing per se, but definitely centered around broadcasting themes, so I'm granting it a hall pass for the purpose of this discussion.
I had been hired in some capacity at the big NPR affiliate station in Philadelphia. Upon arrival on my first day, I checked in at the reception desk where I was told to wait for my supervisor, whom we'll call "Jerry".
Jerry appears as per the prophecy. He is dressed like a dork from a lowbrow 1980s screwball comedy. He motions for me to follow him to my new office, so I pick up the trail as he leads me past various offices, studios, and production rooms. Soon, however, the environment changes to a dark warren of dungeon-like stone corridors, with tiny workspaces carved from the rock, each containing a solitary employee either typing furiously on a laptop or recording with a basic mic/audio console rig.
The labyrinthine stone corridors become increasingly narrow, and I find myself having to turn sideways in order to squeeze through them to keep pace with Jerry. In his pursuit, I am frequently forced to climb down rickety ladders or hoist myself up to new platforms, all covered in the same damp residue typically found deep underground.
At one such platform, I pull myself up, but realize there's no way my head is going to squeeze through the natural ingress created by two stone ledges. I express this concern aloud, and Jerry advises that I simply turn my head sideways. I follow his instruction and get my head through the opening, only to discover that my shoulders now face a similar challenge and that I'm unable to twist as required due to the tight squeeze. I attempt to back myself out, but have no success. I am trapped inside of a dark passageway which has cleaved a narrow opening from which I am unable to dislodge my head.
At this point in the story, I should point out that while I've never actually visited the studios of Philly's big NPR affiliate station, I was real-life employed for several years at New York City's equivalent, and getting one's head stuck in a cave was never a routine occurrence, even on bad days.
Jerry is nowhere to be found. I can't see or hear anyone. There's no room for an emergency crew to chisel a wider opening that would allow me to extract myself. As such, I panic to a degree that wakes me up from the dream and I spend the next 40 minutes awake with my heart racing, frantically reassuring myself that I have NOT actually accepted a job in Philadelphia where I will die of exposure / hunger / a heart attack on my first day.
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The radio DJ dream is a well-known phenomenon (at least in radio DJ circles). Typically, it involves some variation of the song playing only having 10 seconds left and you have nothing cued up, or the audio console has turned into bread, or coin-operated access devices have been added to the turntables and you don't have any loose change to operate them, etc. Typical worker-bee anxiety fare, only modified for the specifics of the industry.
Two nights ago, I had one which didn't involve DJ-ing per se, but definitely centered around broadcasting themes, so I'm granting it a hall pass for the purpose of this discussion.
I had been hired in some capacity at the big NPR affiliate station in Philadelphia. Upon arrival on my first day, I checked in at the reception desk where I was told to wait for my supervisor, whom we'll call "Jerry".
Jerry appears as per the prophecy. He is dressed like a dork from a lowbrow 1980s screwball comedy. He motions for me to follow him to my new office, so I pick up the trail as he leads me past various offices, studios, and production rooms. Soon, however, the environment changes to a dark warren of dungeon-like stone corridors, with tiny workspaces carved from the rock, each containing a solitary employee either typing furiously on a laptop or recording with a basic mic/audio console rig.
The labyrinthine stone corridors become increasingly narrow, and I find myself having to turn sideways in order to squeeze through them to keep pace with Jerry. In his pursuit, I am frequently forced to climb down rickety ladders or hoist myself up to new platforms, all covered in the same damp residue typically found deep underground.
At one such platform, I pull myself up, but realize there's no way my head is going to squeeze through the natural ingress created by two stone ledges. I express this concern aloud, and Jerry advises that I simply turn my head sideways. I follow his instruction and get my head through the opening, only to discover that my shoulders now face a similar challenge and that I'm unable to twist as required due to the tight squeeze. I attempt to back myself out, but have no success. I am trapped inside of a dark passageway which has cleaved a narrow opening from which I am unable to dislodge my head.
At this point in the story, I should point out that while I've never actually visited the studios of Philly's big NPR affiliate station, I was real-life employed for several years at New York City's equivalent, and getting one's head stuck in a cave was never a routine occurrence, even on bad days.
Jerry is nowhere to be found. I can't see or hear anyone. There's no room for an emergency crew to chisel a wider opening that would allow me to extract myself. As such, I panic to a degree that wakes me up from the dream and I spend the next 40 minutes awake with my heart racing, frantically reassuring myself that I have NOT actually accepted a job in Philadelphia where I will die of exposure / hunger / a heart attack on my first day.
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ICYMI: "New Vinyl Club at the Free Library of Philadelphia Sees Overwhelming Numbers, Unexpected Attendance and Interest" (via #whyy) https://whyy.org/articles/vinyl-club-free-library-philadelphia/ #libraries #publiclibraries #music
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ICYMI: "New Vinyl Club at the Free Library of Philadelphia Sees Overwhelming Numbers, Unexpected Attendance and Interest" (via #whyy) https://whyy.org/articles/vinyl-club-free-library-philadelphia/ #libraries #publiclibraries #music
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ICYMI: "New Vinyl Club at the Free Library of Philadelphia Sees Overwhelming Numbers, Unexpected Attendance and Interest" (via #whyy) https://whyy.org/articles/vinyl-club-free-library-philadelphia/ #libraries #publiclibraries #music
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ICYMI: "New Vinyl Club at the Free Library of Philadelphia Sees Overwhelming Numbers, Unexpected Attendance and Interest" (via #whyy) https://whyy.org/articles/vinyl-club-free-library-philadelphia/ #libraries #publiclibraries #music
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ICYMI: "New Vinyl Club at the Free Library of Philadelphia Sees Overwhelming Numbers, Unexpected Attendance and Interest" (via #whyy) https://whyy.org/articles/vinyl-club-free-library-philadelphia/ #libraries #publiclibraries #music
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Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, speaks on her dismissal, the future of libraries at Philadelphia event – WHYY
Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress, spoke with Ashley Jordan, president and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, at an event at the Free Library of Philadelphia Central Branch on June 28, 2025. (Emily Neil / WHYY) (Screenshot)
Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, speaks on her dismissal, the future of libraries at Philadelphia event
Hayden, both the first woman and first Black person to head the Library of Congress, was fired by President Donald Trump in May.
By Emily Neil, Updated Jun. 30, 2025 6:02 pm, Listen 1:17
Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central Branch on Saturday night, where she sat down for a fireside chat with Ashley Jordan, president and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
Hayden, both the first woman and the first Black person to head the Library of Congress, was fired by President Donald Trump on May 8 in a two-sentence email.
In a conversation that touched on her career, her accomplishments and her abrupt dismissal, Hayden said she is hopeful about the future of public libraries and freedom of expression despite nationwide pushes for book bans and attacks on cultural institutions.
“I’ve been able to be part of opening up the world to more people and to help them see themselves in the world and in the past, so they can do their future,” Hayden said. “And that is a wonderful thing to think about, that you’ve been part of … All of what we do in these types of organizations, that’s what we’re doing. We’re betting on the future. And so I was glad that I was able to do that at the Library of Congress.”
In his introductory remarks, Kelly Richards, president and director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, said that Hayden has always been a “tireless advocate” for the library systems throughout her career. He said libraries are not just “repositories of knowledge” in a democratic society, but “vibrant centers of community life, education and inclusion.”
“Libraries have a reputation for being a quiet place, but not tonight,” Richards said, as audience members gave Hayden and Jordan a standing ovation when they entered the stage.
Read more: Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, speaks on her dismissal, the future of libraries at Philadelphia event – WHYYSource Links: Fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks in Philadelphia – WHYY
#2025 #AfricanAmericanMuseumInPhiladelphia #America #AshleyJordan #Books #CarlaDayden #DonaldTrump #EmilyNeil #FreeLibraryOfPhiladelphia #Health #History #LibrarianOfCongress #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Philadelphia #Politics #Reading #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #WHYY
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We aren't the only group sending #books to people in US #prisons. One of the other groups is Books Through Bars, in #Philadelphia. It was recently written about in a #WHYY article:
https://billypenn.com/2025/06/16/books-through-bars-philly-incarcerated-people-free-books/
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We aren't the only group sending #books to people in US #prisons. One of the other groups is Books Through Bars, in #Philadelphia. It was recently written about in a #WHYY article:
https://billypenn.com/2025/06/16/books-through-bars-philly-incarcerated-people-free-books/
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We aren't the only group sending #books to people in US #prisons. One of the other groups is Books Through Bars, in #Philadelphia. It was recently written about in a #WHYY article:
https://billypenn.com/2025/06/16/books-through-bars-philly-incarcerated-people-free-books/
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We aren't the only group sending #books to people in US #prisons. One of the other groups is Books Through Bars, in #Philadelphia. It was recently written about in a #WHYY article:
https://billypenn.com/2025/06/16/books-through-bars-philly-incarcerated-people-free-books/
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We aren't the only group sending #books to people in US #prisons. One of the other groups is Books Through Bars, in #Philadelphia. It was recently written about in a #WHYY article:
https://billypenn.com/2025/06/16/books-through-bars-philly-incarcerated-people-free-books/
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Today the Interim GM of #SEPTA appeared on #WHYY Studio 2 Program to talk about the situation with SEPTA and what We can do www.youtube.com/live/g4fNJVj...
SEPTA Interim GM Scott Sauer |... -
Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize | PBS News
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Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize | PBS News
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Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize | PBS News
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Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize | PBS News
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Workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods Market become 1st in the nation to unionize | PBS News
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From WHYY/NPR Fresh Air: Comic Aparna Nancherla spoke with Ann Marie Baldonado about imposter syndrome. Her book is 'Unreliable Narrator.'
[37-minute audio]
https://tinyurl.com/bdxbbw3aHer new book is “Unreliable narrator: me, myself, and impostor syndrome”: https://worldcat.org/title/1354647906
#actor #acting #interview #ActorsLife #FreshAir #WHYY #NPR #ImposterSyndrome #actriz #humorist #standup #comedian #author
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@derpostillon heißt der Praktikant zufällig Silvester? #WhyY #ichKaufeEinI
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@derpostillon heißt der Praktikant zufällig Silvester? #WhyY #ichKaufeEinI
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This specific Siri command issue has been problematic since I got the OG HomePod. So, it’s been years.
I’ve reported feedback on it. It’s largely consistent, but there have been short stretches of time where it felt more reliable.
I truly hope this situation gets better sometime.
#Sonos #SonosOne #VoiceAssistant #Siri #SiriFail #Speaker #HomePod #HomePodMini #WHYY #Streaming #Radio
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This specific Siri command issue has been problematic since I got the OG HomePod. So, it’s been years.
I’ve reported feedback on it. It’s largely consistent, but there have been short stretches of time where it felt more reliable.
I truly hope this situation gets better sometime.
#Sonos #SonosOne #VoiceAssistant #Siri #SiriFail #Speaker #HomePod #HomePodMini #WHYY #Streaming #Radio
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In comparison, my regular (old) HomePod and newer HomePod mini speakers have never done that (0% hit rate) and even “Play NPR News WHYY Philadelphia” — which is what Siri says it is playing when it gets it correct — is unreliable. It’s probably 60-70% hit rate. The failures almost always playing something I have never heard of and/or wouldn’t normally listen to.
#Sonos #SonosOne #VoiceAssistant #Siri #SiriFail #Speaker #HomePod #HomePodMini #WHYY #Streaming #Radio
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In comparison, my regular (old) HomePod and newer HomePod mini speakers have never done that (0% hit rate) and even “Play NPR News WHYY Philadelphia” — which is what Siri says it is playing when it gets it correct — is unreliable. It’s probably 60-70% hit rate. The failures almost always playing something I have never heard of and/or wouldn’t normally listen to.
#Sonos #SonosOne #VoiceAssistant #Siri #SiriFail #Speaker #HomePod #HomePodMini #WHYY #Streaming #Radio
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I enabled Sonos Voice Control on a Sonos One speaker to try it out, compared to Siri on my HomePods.
It unfailing plays the correct radio station stream when I ask it to “Play WHYY.”
#Sonos #SonosOne #VoiceAssistant #Siri #SiriFail #Speaker #HomePod #HomePodMini #WHYY #Streaming #Radio
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I enabled Sonos Voice Control on a Sonos One speaker to try it out, compared to Siri on my HomePods.
It unfailing plays the correct radio station stream when I ask it to “Play WHYY.”
#Sonos #SonosOne #VoiceAssistant #Siri #SiriFail #Speaker #HomePod #HomePodMini #WHYY #Streaming #Radio
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Fidget’s evolving News & Info Diet
social media #professors #archeology #astronomy #epidemiologist #historians professional #artists #Fortean @ForteanTimes #AirQuality local news Bahamas, Myrtle Beach, Philly, Turkey
AP app cuz Reuters too much biz
stream/broadcast-BBC NHKJapan CSPAN PCAM #WLVT > #WHYY @6Abc = copaganda #WFMZW weather channel from @69news is the best #weather for #LehighValley #DelawareValley want to add #Canada media to mix for #FirstNations coverage #News -
@Beachbum @si_irini @VeroniqueB99
*The Clear Shape of Things To Come during #Trump's 2nd term in office*
(3/n)
...hangs on a thread at present:
Via #WHYY.org:
"...the #House...or a flip to #Democrats 👉as a last line of resistance to a #Trump second-term White House agenda.👈
A few individual seats, or 👉👉even a single one, will determine the outcome.👈👈 Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week—or beyond."
https://whyy.org/articles/election-2024-us-house-control-trump-race-results/
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@Beachbum @si_irini @VeroniqueB99
*The Clear Shape of Things To Come during #Trump's 2nd term in office*
(3/n)
...hangs on a thread at present:
Via #WHYY.org:
"...the #House...or a flip to #Democrats 👉as a last line of resistance to a #Trump second-term White House agenda.👈
A few individual seats, or 👉👉even a single one, will determine the outcome.👈👈 Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week—or beyond."
https://whyy.org/articles/election-2024-us-house-control-trump-race-results/
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@Beachbum @si_irini @VeroniqueB99
*The Clear Shape of Things To Come during #Trump's 2nd term in office*
(3/n)
...hangs on a thread at present:
Via #WHYY.org:
"...the #House...or a flip to #Democrats 👉as a last line of resistance to a #Trump second-term White House agenda.👈
A few individual seats, or 👉👉even a single one, will determine the outcome.👈👈 Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week—or beyond."
https://whyy.org/articles/election-2024-us-house-control-trump-race-results/
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