John Stempin

Multiplatform spoken word journalist. Senior Producer of @NPR #Newscasts and @NPRNewsNow. Views my own. #billsmafia 716/14120 🇺🇸 Shadow Canadian

[John Stempin @johnstempinnpr]

You’ll see all sorts of things — maybe unexpected — in my tweet stream. Here’s why. https://t.co/T3KJFpxGR6

[Scott Simon @nprscottsimon]

I despair when people say, "I don't listen to @NPR to hear..." (fill in with repellent opinion, music, sport, or literature you're sure offends you). NPR exists to bring you the world, challenge, surprise, inform, even outrage, not cosset the audience.

[John Stempin @johnstempinnpr]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[John Stempin @johnstempinnpr]

@RobProvince @stephiegal People, people, people. You use it to clean circuit boards.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Netanyahu has cut short his trip to the US and cancelled the planned Texas stop, flying to New York and returning to Israel the same day, shortly after Trump cut short his own weekend at Camp David to return to the White House tonight instead of tomorrow, citing the potential for significant escalation in the Middle East.

At the same time, US embassies across the entire Middle East have issued security alerts for American citizens in the past hours.

Trump said on Thursday he is approaching "a major turning point in the war with Iran" and asked "Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not?"

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran has issued "Code 100," its highest alert level, for all armed forces in the past hour, covering the IRGC, the Army and security forces, per initial reports.

Trump cut short his weekend at Camp David to return to the White House tonight citing the potential for significant escalation, Netanyahu cut short his US trip to return to Israel the same day, and every US embassy in the Middle East has issued a security alert in the past hours.

[Mike Harrington @ByMHarrington]

Lindy Ruff on salute to #Sabres by #Bills fans in Highmark opener: "The reception they got was incredible." https://t.co/VZS05dc0hz

[John Stempin @johnstempinnpr]

We all know diesel and home heating oil, except for some dye, are the same things, right?

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Brazilian police say they will reopen dozens of cases after they arrested a self-confessed serial killer disguised as a woman

Jorlan Lopes da Silva confessed to 80 murders after being arrested in Paraiba State in the northeast while trying to flee in a wig and holding a baby.

[FRANCE 24 @FRANCE24]

Cuba’s power grid collapses again, leaving island in darkness
➡️ https://t.co/4ESztTlSj1

[Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett]

38 is far too young. What a heartbreaking loss. This is such a beautiful tribute to Rose Friedman and to the curiosity, joy and care she brought to her work and to the people around her. May her memory be a blessing. https://t.co/JytKMIfBkf

[Emily Zanotti 🦝 @emzanotti]

Guys, they didn’t sacrifice your cheese to a foreign deity. They used a plant-based rennet to separate out the curds instead of an animal byproduct. About 90% of commercially available cheese is made this way.

[Barbarian Herodotus @BBHerodotus]

If any of you happen to have a 1st edition copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or The Magician's Nephew, you may be able to help @Narniaexpert in his research.

He is looking to compare the first editions word by word with the modern editions.

Even if you don’t, sharing this would certainly be of help.

Reach out to him if you are willing and able to assist in his efforts.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: FBI reportedly believes women are pretending to be tradwives, targeting ICE officers to seduce & dox them — The Guardian

[Rabble @BTudbubble]

I often imagine what it would be like to sit on Voyager 2 as it flies along its path. I imagine it would be a completely static starscape, and seem completely motionless. @ExploreCosmos_ what else am I missing?

[Erika  @ExploreCosmos_]

You’re imagining it pretty well. To your eyes, the stars would be essentially fixed and there’d be no sensation of speed at all. No streaking stars, no obvious movement, just a black sky and a nearly static star field.

The Sun would still be by far the brightest object, but from Voyager 2 it would look like an intensely bright point rather than a disk. The planets would be effectively lost near it. Over years and decades, the nearest stars would slowly change position because of parallax and proper motion, but on normal human timescales the view would seem almost frozen.

I think that’s the strangest part: you could be moving at tens of thousands of km/h and visually feel as though you were completely still.

[Kevin Tripp @kevintripp]

The @whca needs to do more than issue strongly worded statements.

Many of us journalists outside of the Beltway have never thought highly of the WHCA, but I'd like to be proven wrong.

[John Stempin @johnstempinnpr]

@pattmlatimes Saying "meretricious" is a dog whistle for smart people.

[Shane Tuttle @ShaneTuttleNCAA]

Ole Miss announces that the first 45,000 fans in attendance for Saturday night’s game vs LSU will receive a limited-edition Ole Miss LED golf ball.

Fans have been instructed to not throw these golf balls at any player, coach, or media representative on the field.

[Hil.i.am @hilaryluros]

And to truly honor Dolly, the airport will only be open from 9 to 5.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Legendary singer and actor Pat Boone, who says he voted for President Trump and considers himself a friend, has some advice for him: be quiet.

Boone says he believes Trump is “very tired,” is “wearing out” from the pressure and is expressing himself in ways that are “not presidential.”

Boone urges him to stop talking about his accomplishments, stop bragging, “be polite to women” and “quit calling names.”

Boone even suggests that the press stop covering Trump for a couple of days — don’t attend his press conferences, don’t ask him questions and leave him to experience what Boone calls “the deafening roar of silence.”

“I say this as a friend…try for just a little while to be quiet,” Boone says.

[Carli Zielinski @carlifarley]

Now this is the kind of country music I like 🤣 #billsmafia