Who's getting this? movieweb.com/alfred-hitch...

No 20-point lead is safe. No 60-win team is secure. There’s a historic level of havoc around the Association. Welcome to the NBA’s Age of Chaos. www.theringer.com/2025/05/20/n...

Feels like 29 degrees on May 20. #Chicago

Remarkable life and preparation www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/w...

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“A republic…if you can keep it.” —Benjamin Franklin

Happy St Valentines Day from Chicago

My favorite

“Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" — OW Kenobi

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. California dreamin' on such a winter's day

Researchers detail Subaru's now-fixed web vulnerabilities that let them track millions of Subarus via its Starlink features in the US, Canada, and Japan (Andy Greenberg/Wired) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

"By the end of the second century, Roman officials were not particularly aware of the nuances of Christian teaching, but they did know what the word 'bishop' meant—it meant someone who kept on agitating about the needs of the poor." –N.T. Wright

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The Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’s most renowned art museums, is now squarely in the mandatory evacuation zone as the Palisades fire’s footprint has grown. An active fire is about a half mile away, but the blaze is not threatening the museum’s main buildings. nyti.ms/3PwJWVC

Full video of JJ Redick's opening remarks about losing his home in Palisades fire youtu.be/KsDsFJV0E90?...

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Such an encouraging and exciting development. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Some aspects of life may dull us, but then others sharpen us up if we’ll just let them. And then when I think about it all a bit more, I realize that our days are best when we use our inner wisdom to give them a point. Happy Sharpening!

Truth

The Atlantic is preparing to hire roughly a dozen new reporters and editors to beef up its politics coverage as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.

Excellent interview. The video is even better. youtu.be/MNBjeYqYmig?...

Thoughtful and affecting perspective.

Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.

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"There's a ton of energy around building nonprofit local news organizations. That train is accelerating," former L.A. Times editor Kevin Merida said, calling it "one of the most promising developments in journalism."

Well, if Diehard is a Christmas movie…

For the record, this account is not me. No “9” in my username. I’ve reported it. I’d appreciate it if it is reported by others as well.

I’m old enough to remember when independent journalism was a thing.

Thread. The first five.

Smart: shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...

Amazing Grace Sang at the Notre Dame Reopening by Soprano Pretty Yende www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBf-...

Enjoyed this 4 hour podcast episode. They had me at Hitchcock top 10.

“Good writing is clear thinking made visible.”

Gus Johnson always leaves it all in the booth.

Glad to see Babylon Berlin made the international list. Didn’t realize season 4 was available in U.S. (on mhzchoice?). Never seen a TV drama quite like it. Elite.

Poem by Joseph Fasano

“The growing popularity of Bluesky, which has a largely liberal base and harder-to-manipulate algorithm, has sparked “worried chatter within Chinese state media circles,” a former Xinhua and China Daily employee wrote in his newsletter.”

Not surprised but article is more nuanced than headline.

“The pattern is clear: The more we go online, the less we show up in person. And the less we show up, the less likely our physical realm will offer experiences that can compete.”

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Small college president: You know, we can give away the remaining capacity. It’s all about ounces in the glass.

🧵 Joe and Mika's journey to Mar-a-Lago prompted a question that many members of the media are quietly asking: Just how worried should we be? More specifically, and practically, what preparations and precautions should news outlets take ahead of Trump's return to power? Here are some answers >>>

Here we go

Remarkable

This is well earned. Phil Jackson should be next.

TNT’s “Inside The NBA will be licensed to ESPN/ABC starting next season, according to this Wall Street Journal report: www.wsj.com/business/med...

Some might complain that this here is too quiet or too small, some of us remember what it was like on that other platform back in the day for #highered. And we liked it because it was incredibly valuable to our careers.

Highly underrated film

Important thread