Tracy Maher

Director of TV Digital Ops Hubbard Broadcasting - Michigander transplanted to Minneapolis. Always reading, professionally curious. @tracym.bsky.social

[Tracy Maher @tracym]

I don't care what anyone says. You can pry my Oxford comma out of my cold, dead hands.

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.

Read more: https://t.co/PdI3ZarEYr

[Anthony Adragna @AnthonyAdragna]

Trump says Bill Pulte will serve as acting DNI.

[Tracy Maher @tracym]

@TonyLiebert F, and it isn’t even close

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is less than 10 days away from falling to its lowest level since August 1983- over 15,625 days ago- a level not seen since the SPR's initial fill-up that began in 1977.

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

USSS tells @CBSNews they are aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and are working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground. via @saraecook

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

U.S. gasoline inventories have fallen to their lowest May level since 2014

[Tracy Maher @tracym]

This is the best content I have seen today. Also is it time for lunch yet?

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

When the world gets you down, just remember the wonderful variety of dumplings out there...

[Tom Hauser @thauserkstp]

NEW: MN Gov. Tim Walz makes MN Supreme Court appointments. Justice Theodora Gaïtas elevated to serve as chief justice replacing Natalie Hudson who retires in soon. Ramsey County Judge Reynaldo Aligada, Jr. will be associate justice. 5 of 7 justices will be Walz appointees. @KSTP

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Joe Lim estimates that 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise, and he should know. For three years, Lim ran a company called Floodify, which at its peak operated 65,000 dummy social-media accounts used to drum up attention on behalf of paying clients.

The point of this kind of marketing is that nobody is supposed to notice it. But lately, the machinery has started to show.

In April, Justin Bieber headlined two consecutive weekends at Coachella. Coachella is the biggest stage in pop music save only for the Super Bowl, the kind of event that in theory generates its own attention. And yet on both weekends, a Discord server writer Lane Brown had been monitoring hosted paid campaigns for Bieber’s Coachella performances, offering clippers — people who are hired to turn a song, trailer, interview, stump speech, or whatever into short, social-media-friendly fragments — as much as a dollar per thousand views.

“On social media, popular opinion is being formed, measured, and manipulated all at once, and every signal the platforms produce — a trending song, a backlash, a talking point, the feeling that ‘everybody’ is suddenly talking about the same thing — can now be fabricated by unseen actors with hidden agendas,” writes Brown.

“Everybody is doing this now,” Lim says. “And if you’re not, you’re behind.”

Brown reports on how the same techniques are now being used to fool people on every app they go to in order to find out what other people think, not just in music but across entertainment, politics, consumer products, and celebrity gossip: https://t.co/hlcdfSmzPc

[ABC News @ABC]

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/Txg9D5599q

[KSTP @KSTP]

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have started their high-profile summit in Beijing that is expected to focus on trade but also include the Iran war, technology and Taiwan. Trump hopes to focus the talks Thursday and Friday on mechanisms to address... https://t.co/nJGqOhTWze

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Wholesale prices jump 6% as energy prices soar, raising pressure on U.S. companies to pass along costs to consumers. https://t.co/EjM36SPeU7

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of Alex Murdaugh. He was previously convicted of murdering his wife and younger son.

Read more: https://t.co/ufpVI0Xnq8

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

JUST IN: U.S. inflation jumped to 3.8% (y/y) in April--> the highest in three years. This is painful for Americans, especially moderate-income households.

Inflation rose 0.6% in the month of April due to soaring gas prices that accounted for over 40% of the increase. Rising shelter and food prices also pushed up inflation.

Core inflation (which excludes food and energy came in at 2.8% (y/y) in April

[Mike Reilley @itsmikereilley]

We've added dozens of new tools and resources to The Journalist's Toolbox over the past few days. Check out some of them on our What's New page: https://t.co/E2HtfOkAsA

[Tracy Maher @tracym]

Just told my sister that on her next birthday, she will be eligible for the @IHOP senior discount!! 🥞

She wasn’t as excited as I think she should be 🤣

[Tracy Maher @tracym]

I don’t think I have ever been less inclined to take a cruise

[ABC News @ABC]

More than 100 people have been sickened in a norovirus outbreak on board a Caribbean Princess cruise, according to the CDC. https://t.co/5yHhpfTVe6

[The Associated Press @AP]

David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday. https://t.co/mTDQuvqbCo

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Virginia Supreme Court strikes down voter-approved congressional redistricting plan, dealing a major blow to Democrats. https://t.co/kejAihjcUT

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

JUST IN: Good news. The US economy added a strong 115,000 jobs in April (and March was revised higher to 185,000!) The unemployment rate stayed at 4.3%. Hiring was strong in healthcare (about 1/3 of job gains in April), retail and transportation/warehouse.

The bad news = Inflation is about to eat up wage gains.

Wage growth: 3.6% in past year --> That’s likely to be eaten up by April inflation of ~4%

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