🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Flying Mojito Bros:
🎵 Catch Me
#FlyingMojitoBros
https://flyingmojitobros.bandcamp.com/album/catch-me-ft-will-worden
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ajCawrPZVPSdxgQ8GlRhT
#Minnesota Pubic Radio (MPR) parent company cuts 30 jobs following federal funding cuts | MPR News (h/t akuzee@bsky.social)
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/08/15/m
The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tamra-maew/?utm_source=newsletter
Sen. Josh Hawley launches a probe of Meta following a report on its AI policy allowing sensual chats with kids, tells Zuckerberg to produce docs by September 19 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/15/meta-ai-bot-child-investigation.html
Ein Filmgucker bin ich ja eher nicht.
Doch manchmal, wenn ich dann doch fast widerwillig dem Wunsch meiner Frau folge, einen anzuschauen, und der gefällt mir richtig gut, dann ist das etwas Besonderes.
Soeben geschehen mit "Der Buchspazierer".
The GAO launches a probe into USAGM for potential overreach; sources say congressional staffers warned Kari Lake that she illegally used appropriated funds (Scott Nover/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/14/kari-lake-voa-cuts-lawsu…
Chaos following mass firings, rehirings at CDC: Chaos? In Trump's administration?
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/chaos-following-mass-firings-rehirings-cdc
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09321-3
Sources: UK-based The Observer cuts casual staff, changes its production days, and significantly reduces pagination, following its sale to Tortoise in April (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/observer-cuts-casual-s…