A campaign against #NPR's new CEO, ex-#Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher, is trying to portray her as "anti-truth" and "anti-First Amendment" by taking quotes out of context from her past talks about Wikimedia. As a longtime Wikipedian, I think I can give a little more context about these statements — but I recognize that the people behind this campaign are, ironically, not looking for the facts.
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Such a great story! 😍
"Fold paper. Insert lens. This $2 microscope changes how kids see the world"
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/11/24/g-s1-35181/microscope-lens-students-foldscope
"Once assembled the Foldscope is the size of a bookmark. It’s small enough to fit in a pocket and can magnify up to 140 times.
Each unit costs around $2 to make. Foldscopes are offered for free to kids in lower income countries; various upgraded models with extras are sold as well, earning money for the charitable endeavor."
The #Trump admin notified 4 major #news orgs that they would have to give up their dedicated office space at the #Pentagon.
A Dept of #Defense spox said that The #NYT, #NBC News, #NPR & #Politico had to vacate their offices by Feb 14.
Murdoch’s #NewYorkPost will replace The NYT; #FarRight cable channel #OAN will be swapped in for #NBC News; #Breitbart News will be a radio outlet instead of NPR; & the news outlet #HuffPost, owned by BuzzFeed, will switch w/ Politico.
#NPR & #PublicRadio stations sue #Trump over funding ban
NPR & 3 #Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tues in federal court against the admin over the #ExecutiveOrder purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for #NPR & #PBS.
"It is not always obvious when the government has acted with a retaliatory purpose in violation of the #FirstAmendment. 'But this wolf comes as a wolf,'" states the #legal brief….
#law #Congress #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413094/npr-public-radio-lawsuit-trump-funding-ban
📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2025/07/12/nx-s1-5454723-e1/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading.
_What do you think?_
#NPR #Reading #Audiobooks #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Image attribution: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #WorldBeatMusic #AfroojAftab #Toronto #TinyDesk #NPR
Hopefully this will be a timeline cleanser for some today. Just got back from the Toronto International Jazz Festival. Took a chance and went to what ended up being a sold out concert of this artist: Afrooj Aftab. It was a delightful event. What a great voice. The link below is to her Tiny Desk performance on NPR. Enjoy. Direct link: https://youtu.be/ZUYJ8_tBSSQ
https://www.aroojaftab.com/videos/
Edit: direct link
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Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.
They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.
But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.
#censorship #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare