NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, died Thursday at the age of 87.

Obituary

#OurModernTimes #Obituary #NPR

New England’s last coal plant has stopped operating, according to its owners

The last coal-fired power plant in New England, Merrimack Station, has stopped running.
With the closure of that facility, the region is poised to become the first in the United States without a coal plant on its grid (though New York state, which has its own regional grid operator, stopped burning coal in 2020).

Granite Shore Power, the company that owns the coal plant in Bow, New Hampshire, said they ceased commercial operations Sept. 12, about a year and a half since they announced they would retire their facility by 2028 as part of a settlement agreement with environmental groups.

New England Will breathe Easier

#WBUR #NPR #Coal #NewEngland #Energy

New England’s last coal plant has stopped operating, according to its owners | WBUR News

Granite Shore Power, the company that owns the coal plant in Bow, New Hampshire, said they ceased commercial operations Sept. 12, about a year and a half after they announced they would retire their facility by 2028.

^{Mara Hoplamazian, New Hampshire Public Radio (WBUR)}

Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel dropped as an NBC contributor following outcry

She had zero credibility and a record of lying, gaslighting and making public character assassination attempts against the very reporters, pundits and staff that NBC management was hiring her to work in this position. She was Trump's RNC hatchet woman for nearly 6 years and it was crazy for them to have thought bringing her in was a good idea.

And That Didn't Take Long For Them To Ditch The Trump Cuckoo

#News #Media #RNC #RonnaMacDaniel #TrumpCuckoo #NBC #NBCNews #DontHireRepublicans #BoycottTrumpies #NPR

Iran-linked cyberattacks threaten equipment used in U.S. water systems and factories

The cyberattacks have spanned multiple states, CISA said. While the equipment in question, "Unitronics Vision Series programmable logic controllers," is predominately used in water and wastewater systems, companies in energy, food and beverage manufacturing, and health care are also under threat.

I stuck my Head Up to Look At News And Found This

#NPR #CyberAttacks #Iran #USA #CurrentEvents

The FDA proposes banning a food additive that's been used for a century

This sounds like a good thing to Ban

#Food #FoodAdditives #ThroidToxicity #News #FDA #NPR #BVO

NPR’s data shows that they lost nothing after being ostracized by the psychotic white billionaire. It counters the idea that leaving Twitter is a loss. Let’s dismiss the idea that we need to be held hostage on any platform.

niemanreports.org/articles/npr…

#NPR #Twitter #SocialMedia #Journalism #Media

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports

The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic.

^{Nieman Reports}

Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, with some in the negative

Guess What Disney Is Writing Checks For

#News #WGA #WritersStrike #SAG #ActorsStrike #NPR

YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections

"YouTube was one of the last major social media platforms to keep in place a policy attempting to curb 2020 election misinformation. Now, it's decided to take the easy way out by giving people like Donald Trump and his enablers free rein to continue to lie without consequence about the 2020 elections," said Julie Millican, vice president of liberal watchdog Media Matters for America. "YouTube and the other platforms that preceded it in weakening their election misinformation policies, like Facebook, have made it clear that one attempted insurrection wasn't enough. They're setting the stage for an encore."

Basically Youtube Wants some of the Advertising $$$ from the Republican Insurrectionists & Their Candidates

#News #NPR #Youtube

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There it is: Germany's second big public broadcaster is teasing, that it will start posting on #Mastodon tomorrow as @ZDF That account has 3200 follower, on #Twitter its 1,4 million.

I'm sure it will start to grow quickly and get a headstart on the other big public broadcaster #ARD, which has labeled its first account a test (@NDR).

Of course it would also be a headstart on the big public broadcasters, that are arguing with #Twitter.

#NPR #PBS #TwitterTakeover #ElonMusk #SocialMedia #BBC

A lot of people have been asking about NPR and PBS accounts and affiliates on here. Texas Public Radio has just signed up:

➡️ @TPR

We know it's really them as they mention it on their verified Twitter account: nitter.net/TPRNews/status/1646… (original at twitter.com/TPRNews/status/164…)

There's also NPR/PBS affiliate @gbhnews in Massachusetts. If you know any others on here, post them in the replies.

p.s. Thank you to @tehjessica for the original post announcing it!

#NPR #PBS #PublicBroadcasting

While #NPR and #PBS have quit #Twitter (without mentioning #Mastodon however), Germany's biggest public broadcaster #ARD and #ZDF are not only already testing their own instances for quite a while (dev.ard.social/public/local & zdf.social/public/local): The first proper account is now live and posts news articles from northern Germany – @NDR

Let's see, if NPR and PBS find their way here. Oh and where is the #BBC?

#Twitter #TwitterTakeover #ElonMusk #SocialMedia

zdf.social

Die Mastodon-Instanz des ZDF

^{Mastodon hosted on zdf.social}

Here we go! #PBS #NPR #Twitter

"The Public Broadcasting Service has followed National Public Radio in quitting Twitter after the social media network labeled both organizations as government-backed media."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

PBS Joins NPR in Quitting Twitter Over State-Backed Label

^{Gerry Smith (Bloomberg)}

Thank you, #NPR, for stating the obvious — Twitter is optional, not mandatory: "NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform." npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/…

UPDATE: They *seem* to be @NPR here, not sure if that's official.

I wish #NPR would set up their own Mastodon server for their verified accounts.

If NPR has 52 verified Twitter feeds, they'd be welcome on Mastodon.

That panicky call from a relative? It could be a thief using a voice clone, FTC warns

That Phone Call May Not Be From Your Relative

#NewScam #NPR #VoiceScammers #AIVoiceScamming #ShadowrunWorld

For those who want to learn more check out this 2-part Shortwave podcast:

Part 1: npr.org/2022/03/09/1085428338/…

Part 2: npr.org/2022/03/09/1085434443/…

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