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Micah
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social discord: xel42 (mutuals only)
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Mrincewind.run

I think, perhaps, it would be better if sometimes we did have that little sign or, at least, limited it to once a day rather than needing something important enough to be on the front page of the newspaper every five minutes

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BWbwalsh.bsky.social

An old "Bloom County"...

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COcatkimbriel.bsky.social

I am old enough to remember my parents reading a morning and evening paper. One paper was local, one paper was from the big city. Looking forward to being well enough to return to twice a day.

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Mmaiainmi.bsky.social

There is precedent. On April 18, 1930, the BBC's news announcer announced, "There is no news." The Beeb broadcast piano music for the rest of the 15-minute news segment. A lot of today's "news" talking heads could be replaced by piano music. "Chopsticks" on repeat would be better than some.

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TKtamslick.bsky.social

“Y’all can chill today. Everything’s normal. Turn off the cortisol faucet. Go for a walk. Pet the cat.”

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DSghostingdani.bsky.social

One of my favorite facts I got from QI; on April 18, 1930, the BBC declared that there was no news and instead played fifteen minutes of piano music. www.bbc.com/news/enterta...

'There is no news': What a change from 1930 to today
'There is no news': What a change from 1930 to today

On this day in 1930, the BBC played piano music because there was no news.

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Hhugintheraven.bsky.social

For a while there, that was the point of human interest stories. "We're out of news, here's a cat that waterskis. After the break, teacher retires after 65 years." I blame the Sinclair Group for the loss of that.

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Ffrish.bsky.social

But that might affect Q4 profits.

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Micah
@rincewind.run
Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Posters’ Guild PFP by @atlastalos.bsky.social discord: xel42 (mutuals only)
19.8k followers749 following36.2k posts