White House calls #NPR and #PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/white-house-aims-to-defund-npr-and-pbs-in-move-slammed-as-cultural-sabotage/ the irony of the ultimate grifters criticising these organisations thusly
Now would be a good time to start supporting your local #NPR https://plus.npr.org and/or #PBS stations: https://www.pbs.org/passport/learn-more/
PBS (Public Broadcasting Services)
NPR (National Public Radio)
Have been defunded. They are tacking away public news, information, and educational programming.
#Pbs #Npr #PublicBroadcasting #PublicTelvesion #PublicRadio #News
Finally paid for #NPR plus!!! I'm thrilled with the app..
The #whistleblower's account is corroborated by internal documentation & was reviewed by 11 technical experts across other govt agencies & the private sector. In total, NPR spoke to >30 sources across govt, private sector, #labor movement, #cybersecurity & #law enforcement who had their own concerns about how #DOGE & the #Trump admin might be handling sensitive #data, & the implications for its exposure. The following account comes from the whistleblower's ofcl disclosure & interviews w/ #NPR.
It could also intimidate #whistleblowers who might speak up about unfair labor practices, & it could sow distrust in the #NLRB's independence, they said.
The new revelations about #DOGE's activities at the labor agency come from a #whistleblower in the IT department of the NLRB, who disclosed his concerns to #Congress & the US Office of Special Counsel [#OSC] in a detailed report that was then provided to #NPR.
#Trump to Ask #Congress to Claw Back Funding From #NPR & #PBS
Trump admin officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.
#law #FourthEstate #journalism
#FreePress #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/media/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8112DC56-BEE1-4578-9A14-5D0E197FFD38
Illuminati Hotties Tiny Desk Concert 
youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGH5zZLsixk
Yo tengo que entrar en una reu en un minuto, así que no me da para escuchar esta cosa bonita que me ha recomendado youtube y hacía mil que no escuchaba. Para después.
Saturday - #NPR darlings #TankAndTheBangas @ Brighton Music Hall, 50$+,
https://concerts.livenation.com/tank-and-the-bangas-the-heart-boston-massachusetts-04-12-2025/event/0100622ACD1D4669
#BostonMusic
#BostonWeekend 9/x
#MusicWomenWednesday NPR just published this Tiny Desk Concert with Nubya Garcia, performing five songs from her latest album (Odyssey, released in 2024) 
youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh4u8Da0F7A
Analysis of how different media outlets covered the IDF massacre of the Palestinian medics in #Gaza. Reflecting on how language choices in headlines and leads can significantly impact public understanding of events, especially since many readers don't read beyond these elements. Indeed, often this is not journalism.
https://www.hauntologies.net/p/how-media-outlets-covered-israels
Via @ayoub
#gazagenocide
#bbc #channel4 #ap #nyt #npr
* Edit: hashtags and link
El Tiny Desk Concert de #BadBunny estuvo nítido.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/g-s1-58060/bad-bunny-tiny-desk-concert
#NPR is good too!
Some of the Taiwanese musicians at the Megaport Festival in Kaohsiung used the stage to send a political message
[They do this every year. For some indie bands in Taiwan music and politics are inseparable.]
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/05/nx-s1-5352444/musicians-protest-through-song-at-festival-in-taiwan
Caught just a few min of a compelling piece on #NPR about a reporter whose dad is consumed by wacko right wing conspiracy theories, but is otherwise seems sane and functional.
He was sure ten crazy things were going to happen last year, and bet his son they would. What happens when they (obv) didn't?
Found it's a #podcast called "Embedded" and you can check out. Listening now.
It's three episodes here called "Alternate Realities."
I'm a big #NPR fan. But I sure am disappointed in them continually airing a clip from a shrimp boat owner talking about how the tariffs will be good for them, so they "can continue serving America" like, what were you doing before?
And do you think folks will be able to afford your expensive ass DeepWaterHorizon-flavored shrimp when they are unemployed?
I've been telling #NPR for 20 years that they would be first up against the wall, that #appeasement of Republicans was in vain.
