As I was saying the other day. This PR nonsense is pervasive and needs to be extracted like a rotten tooth.

Millions across the US drink water with PFAS levels exceeding new EPA limits. Urgent action needed as these 'forever chemicals' pose serious health risks.

bit.ly/3vQTR23 Austin Fast🎙 Cecilia Garzella #Water #CleanWater #EPA #PFASLimit #Cancer #HumanRights #Health

We asked ChatGPT to write a public records request in the style of a celebrity in my #NICAR24 class today.
Someone said 'Oprah Winfrey' & I prompted ChatGPT to write a request in the style of Oprah giving away her favorite things. It didn't disappoint docs.google.com/document/d/1Tn…

It's #PeaceCorpsWeek2024 ! Almost every day I think back on my years spent teaching English and journalism to some phenomenal high school kids in #Macedonia , and I'm so glad to see Peace Corps still going strong after 63 years.

A nationwide analysis by USA TODAY's Elizabeth Weise and suhail bhat shows local governments are banning green energy faster than they’re building it.

Read about their findings 🧵

'Rural, remote areas are hit especially hard. On many tribal lands, for instance, mental health care 'doesn’t exist at all.''

Single mom Yvonne Jacobs was tragically killed by a #DrunkenDriver in small-town #NewMexico . Why are there still so many senseless deaths on American roads? Check out my latest investigation on USA TODAY's The Excerpt: bit.ly/432pJwR #TrafficSafety

🇺🇸 Where Needed Most, Safety Funds Unused

▫Many places with the most roadway deaths lack the resources to apply for federal grants
▫Austin Fast🎙
▫tinyurl.com/27lw5nm2

#frontpagestoday #USA Times Herald-Record 🇺🇸

Wisdom for journalists from former NPR Morning Edition host Bob Edwards, who died Feb 10. This is from a speech in 2003 at the U. of KY:

The push towards a green, battery-powered future comes with a major tradeoff. An investigation shows that increased mining for lithium inside the United States will stress freshwater aquifers. to.pbs.org/47LliqV