🍿 These Miami Film Festival picks present a humble cross section of South Florida, touching on animal rights, Cuban machismo, the Haitian diaspora and basketball culture.

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Can a nationwide hotline to stop mass shootings work?

Some skeptics applaud the hotline to prevent mass shootings but raise doubts about its effectiveness. The hotline creator says it's worth the effort to stop such violent acts.

Read more ⁦WLRN Public Media⁩. wlrn.org/law-justice/20…

Holy crap.. After WAMU 88.5 just fired DCist staff, DCist.com just redirects to the WAMU website. You can't even read old stories, or stories published yesterday on DCist.

An astoundingly bad precedent to set. That is people's resume for future employment.

Six years after Parkland, the NRA is a 'shell of what it once was' (via Kate Payne) wlrn.org/government-pol…

Florida journalism loses Nancy Ancrum, whose courage and poise drove Herald editorial board | Opinion miamiherald.com/opinion/editor…

Three of our colleagues at WLRN lost their jobs. If you’d like to help them out as they transition to new opportunities here is a fund set up through Venmo. Any amount helps. If you would like to donate another way (Zelle, Cashapp) please send me a DM

Did we know Tri-Rail had a mascot? This is George the Conductor.

BREAKING: SEC accuses developer who had Miami mayor on payroll of fleecing millions from investors

✍️ Jay Weaver

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A company run by the family of Miami City Manager Art Noriega's wife has been selling to the city for years. Since he was appointed, they've gotten $440,000 in city business, including a project to furnish Noriega's office. Ethics experts have questions

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Disfrutar, valorar
Abrazar mi presente

Se siente urgente
Apretar la mano de alado
Enchufar la mirada de frente

Se siente importante
Descansar para regresar
Y estar presente en cada instante

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Que esto me agarre
Y yo no me suelte

Next week will be a contentious time for Miami City Attorney Victoria Mendez.

An item to terminate her is on the agenda. Two new commissioners have called her work into question, and pointed to WLRN's reporting as a reason for concern.

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A bizarre arms trafficking case in Haiti leaves scars in South Florida (via Tim Padgett) wlrn.org/americas/2023-…

Temperatures will rise into the 80s again today across South Florida, but nowhere is expected to exceed the mid 80s. Conditions remain very dry as well. #flwx

SAME PLACE, NEW NAME: Super Wheels will stay open through Dec. 30 and when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2024, it will reopen as the Miami Roller Rink ⛸ local10.com/news/local/202…

It’s giving tuesday and I keep reading it the Very Online™ way send help

11/27: A cool northerly breeze is picking up across South Florida this morning as the much awaited cold front moves across our area.

Temperatures tonight will drop into the low 50s by Lake O, upper 50s across the Gulf coast metro, & low to mid 60s along the immediate east coast.

I had a wonderful conversation with the founder of Books & Books , Mitchell Kaplan

Check out his plans for the future of the local bookstore, and donate to the Books & Books Literary Foundation!

Support your local businesses and independent bookstores! They provide so much!