Associate Vice President, Communications @Wesleyan_U | Prior @CTGLA @LincolnCenter @AMNH | @ColumbiaJourn Alum | Air Force Vet | "Suspected hipster" per @Gawker
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My latest: How Little League humiliation, Vin Scully, the ghosts of Chavez Ravine, and a lifetime of loving Los Angeles brought me back to the game. And now, as Vin would tell us at the start of every game: “It’s time for @Dodgers baseball.” simsjames.com/p/its-time-for…
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We're trying something new at @nytimes: "The Backstory," a newsletter digging into Times journalism and decision-making. We also talk to critics and skeptics of The Times in a segment called "Sound Off." You can read our first edition here: nytimes.com/2026/10/15/insid…
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A new Wesleyan University survey of Connecticut voters shows the one-word phrases that residents associate the state with. ctpost.com/news/article/wesl…
"There is such a disparity between how each party is spending money and using these AI ads. This is from the @wesmediaproject, AI ads by party, GOP sponsors, 81 percent, Democrats, 12 percent. I mean, that's really stunning." @DanaBashCNN @wesleyan_u #ai #elections #research
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"where all-male fraternities play an important role..there are just too many horror stories waiting to happen. Forcing these organizations to admit women, as well as trans &nonbinary students, can make campuses safer for all...whatever their gender" nytimes.com/2026/10/16/opini…
Mourning last night’s loss—a well-played sweep by the Brewers 😢—while already looking forward to next season. See you soon, @Dodgers 💙
My latest: How Little League humiliation, Vin Scully, the ghosts of Chavez Ravine, and a lifetime of loving Los Angeles brought me back to the game. And now, as Vin would tell us at the start of every game: “It’s time for @Dodgers baseball.” simsjames.com/p/its-time-for…
The @wesmediaproject "tracked about $80 million in spending on almost 170 unique [political] ads that use AI" this election cycle. "Republican sponsors—both candidates and interest groups—are much more likely to use AI than are Democratic sponsors." @Salon salon.com/2026/10/06/weve-tr…
“By high school, having grown resentful of the intimidating jocks around me, I tucked my love of #baseball away with the rest of childhood…I had started dipping back into my love of the @Dodgers when I got the chance to work some games through the radio station broadcasting them.” open.substack.com/pub/simsja…
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U2 also debuted their new single "Silencio" during a performance at their old schoolyard at Mount Temple.
Earlier today, U2 returned to Mount Temple Comprehensive School to mark the 50th anniversary of their formation, staging a special schoolyard concert for 1,000 students and staff on the same spot where the band first performed together more than five decades ago.
The seven-song setlist included their first-ever single "Out of Control."
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I enjoyed talking with @wesleyan_u alum @ianbassin ’98, Ho... of @protctdemocracy about the responsibility of #HigherEd to defend #AcademicFreedom and #FreeSpeech @ACEducation @aacu @TheFIREorg @AAUP youtu.be/rPKqYFEeo24?si=8J8F… via @YouTube
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Advertisers have spent more on pro-Rep ads than pro-Dem ads in 9 of the top 10 Senate races. Ad spending continues to accelerate, with $4B spent to date & $1B in the last month.
Report by: @mmfranz, @efranklinfowler, @tnridout1
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“Diversity and democracy are like a tree, they grow not from the top down, but from the bottom up. And they are growing…what you do everyday matters—what you say, what you encourage, what you oppose, what you imagine, what you love with all your hearts.” Gloria Steinem at @wesleyan_u in 2022 wesleyan.edu/about/news/2022…
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Local news more essential when government tries to stifle the big media outlets
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That’s kind of you, Joyce. Of course, I know @billmaher is a critic of #highered As a teacher and university president, that’s why I thought it important to talk with him (and his audience) about the many positive dimensions of colleges today. @wesleyan_u @aacu @ACEducation
yes, I did admire Michael Roth, from Wesleyan. everything Roth said allowed the viewer to know that he actually had first-hand experience with university students & knew what he was talking about; Maher, on the other hand, has nursed a sullen resentment of undergraduates & universities generally since his "politically incorrect" humor failed to appeal to them years ago. everything about universities is filtered through the flawed scrim of his own limited experience as if that were the only criterion that matters.
“Trump is putting America in a position that Niccolò Machiavelli warned all princes against: We are hated, but not feared.” nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opini…
FRIDAY: @BillMaher welcomes @wesleyan_u President @mroth78 + @MollyJongFast and @ByronDonalds to Real Time @HBO!
Reply with a question and join the conversation after the show on #RTOvertime.
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When Seth Rudetsky received an invitation to appear on Nikki Glaser’s podcast, he had no particular reason to think it wasn’t real.
Not long afterward, another invitation arrived, this time supposedly from Amy Poehler’s podcast. Rudetsky actually knows Poehler, so this time he employed the most reliable authentication technology available: He asked Amy Poehler. No, she replied, she hadn’t invited him onto her podcast.
Rudetsky had stumbled into an increasingly sophisticated scam in which fraudsters impersonate famous podcasters and their representatives, using flattering, highly personalized invitations — most likely composed by AI — to lure prospective guests into handing over money, login credentials or control of social media accounts.
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Different period, similar story: "Even those who recognized that officials were not following the rule of law but instead lying to enrich themselves and attack their enemies might nevertheless have found a way to accommodate themselves to the new reality." wsj.com/arts-culture/books/h…