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Several journalists on Substack say they feel safer working for themselves rather than for legacy outlets, but some say earning a living wage can be difficult (Mallary Tenore Tarpley/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/can-independent-…

What journalists gain — and lose — when they go independent - Poynter
The creator economy is opening new doors for journalists. But can independence replace everything a newsroom provides?

RE: https://puntarella.party/@antanicus/116775628271606884
Only if you believe in facts though, right?

Trump's Fox Cabinet urges escalation as he ponders a return to war in Iran (Matt Gertz/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-relations/trumps-fox-cabinet-urges-escalation-he-ponders-return-war-iran
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p70#a260518p70

Reuters' staff union files an unfair labor practices complaint with the NLRB, saying a producer's contract ended after he discussed Reuters' ICE ties internally (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/reuters-ret…

Reuters retaliated against a journalist for raising concerns about the company’s ties to ICE, union alleges - Poynter
The union says the contractor was investigated after participating in internal chats about Thomson Reuters’ DHS contracts

Panthers DL Wharton undergoes neck surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48808745/panthers-d-lineman-tershawn-wharton-undergoes-neck-surgery

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Here's somebody's blog post about grackles' fondness for dropping feces in water, written from the perspective of an annoyed koi-pond owner. The author gives the usual explanation that behavior reduces nest predation (presumably because fecal smell is attractant). I couldn't find support for this hypothesis in the primary literature, however. Nor could I find support for the idea that a clean nest reduces parasites such as flesh-eating flies. But I'm not a birdologist so I could have missed the definitive paper. https://www.pondtrademag.com/blackbird-gift-sacs-the-airmail-no-pond-keeper-wants/

Databricks agrees to acquire Panther Labs, its third cybersecurity acquisition; Panther was valued at $1.4B when it raised a $120M Series B in 2021 (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/databri…

Dave Canales says Lee Hunter, others must step up with Turk Wharton sidelined https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7289069/2026/05/18/panthers-turk-wharton-neck-lee-hunter/

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