Save yourself four hours of Felger & Mazz tomorrow. This pretty much sums it up.

I worked in a newsroom where every wastebasket had a printed warning reminding you not to throw your cigarette butts in the trash.

The absolute best way to learn something is to repeat it over and over and over again. History, for example.

… and when I held it upside down, my clearly very intelligent and thoughtful Texas Instruments calculator said, “BOOBLESS.” giggity.

Has anyone yet figured a way to wholesale block or mute accounts that post screenshots from other social platforms here? Cuz doing it manually one dork at a time is exhausting at this point.

We used to have a rule back in the old-timey newspaper days: Don’t report on a lawsuit until a party actually files suit. It was a pretty good rule. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Weeding through pitches for guest appearances on the podcast and came across this for a doctor-turned-life coach: “… Dr. [redacted] is an award-winning GP…” Who is handing out awards for general practitioners?

Man I’m happy for Sam Darnold. Battled back and threw some fuckin DIMES on that drive. What an awesome moment for him. WHAT A GAME

This is a terrific thread. Rachel knows stuff.

Navy helmets look like the placemats in a touristy Cape Cod seafood joint. #GoArmy #BeatNavy

Matt Johansen: Vulnerability and Mental Health in Cybersecurity.

Seer = 🔮 Sear = 🥩🔥 Sore = 🤕 Soar = 🦅

Nantucket used to be a pretty chill place inhabited mostly by stocky, old Portuguese fishermen and organic farmers trying to start microbreweries. But a couple of decades of trust-fund douchenozzles and VC weirdos and you end up with this hilarious nonsense. nantucketcurrent.com/news/police-...

I work for an agency that routinely has to rescue perfectly healthy adults who cannot right a capsized plastic kayak in relatively calm seas. This sounds like an assessment from a guy from a landlocked state who’s never seen a boat or an ocean.

Man, this exponentially expanding roster of shit we’re being told we all, personally and individually, “must stop” is fucking exhausting already. Like hundreds of issues we’re all somehow responsible for now. Anybody keeping a prioritized list?

“Well, Sean Spicer, I wouldn't call a conservative thought leader. Let's leave it at that.” -Newsmax’s Chris Ruddy

Dear people who’ve never worked in journalism but think they know how journalists should behave: We’re not there to argue with sources or “call them out.” We don’t give a shit about their manners or what names we’re called. We’re there to get a question in, get a quote, then GTFO and GBTW. -30-

So much of what we believe about this most American of holidays is just mythology.

MAC (and cheese) Spoofing

I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once

"Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming” Not good.

In this time of chaos and uncertainty, take comfort: The most successful and ridiculous annual corporate PR campaign ever devised carries on uninterrupted. #Thanksgiving #Butterball #Turkey @dennisf.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/vi...

One of the first lessons I learned as a soldier was the difference between a lawful and an unlawful order, and the responsibilities associated with each.

New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:

“That’s right, the moon… LOOK LIVELY!”

Imagine being this good at headlines and so terrible at everything else.

I hated AI before it was cool.

The New York Times. Profiles in courageous journalism.

Headed out to get all the free breakfasts and lunches…

If we’re not calling this new FIFA peace prize the “Ballon d’Orange” I’m not sure what we’re even doing anymore.

I live a short distance from two of the top 10 largest cities in my state and I have no idea who the mayor of either is.

"Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections: These results tell us something deeper: voters care about affordability and freedom, and Democrats who focus on that message — whether they’re moderates or progressives — are winning." open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Three of my favorite security people. And Ryan!

True story, right here

This reads like the old Cheech and Chong bit “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” We’ve given up on creative writing in American journalism. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Is this one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in my life? Quite possibly! ❤️❤️❤️ Vladdy Jr. walks into the Blue Jays clubhouse before Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, wearing a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada hockey jersey. 😭😍 #BlueJays #WorldSeries #TeamCanada

the ketchup banchan is fucking destroying me

No kings. OK, maybe just a little. As a treat. www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/w...

Seems like they just routinely empty that thing into low earth orbit. Which raises the question: why have a holding tank?

We might quibble over bits of the methodology and design, but overall this is a formidable piece of research. Well done PRRI folks. prri.org/research/tru...

I don’t know how these updates ended up in my feed, but I find them very zen.

Now do “begs the question” and what it does — and definitely does NOT — mean. FFS.

The “No Kings” rally in Chapel Hill today is gonna be 🔥

I had no idea they made BDUs this large.

Having peace and quiet for breakfast at anchor in Hadley Harbor.

lol wut? www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Fast-roping into her DMs like…

When you just want to get ready for the ballgame and the work emails keep coming at ya. #RedSox #Yankees