Earlie Girl

@nytimes has killed its audio app. Now there’s no way to download stories for offline listening (a huge issue if you live rural like me, where service drops out), and you also can’t queue up pieces to hear later. Big step backward.

The FBI came to my house to intimidate me because I’m critical of Trump. And they wouldn’t let my girlfriend take a picture of their badges. They had printouts of my posts.

After moving back to Australia after 21 years in the US, the political climate here feels more optimistic, in part because there are younger representatives in politics.

“Fail Caesar” - Maureen Dowd NYT

“Rwanda chose its moment wisely to push farther into Congo … While the world and media are fixated on the first days of the Trump administration, Rwanda apparently saw an opportunity to act without consequence.”

Meanwhile, in Australia

www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...

Step two in gutting criminal justice. I can’t even contemplate what might be next.

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