Tom Cheredar
@tched.com
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Ronin Journalist. Avid pie maker. Just Launched:
@weirdcitymedia.com
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Tom Cheredar
Weird City Media
3 days ago
Have a Sunday newsletter! Inside:
@samlotfi.bsky.social
âs Innards,
@iambabydaddy.bsky.social
âs Warm Fusion, & lots of other indie gems
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Comics & Paying In Attention
A growing number of smart, research-minded types are finally starting to coalesce over an idea most of us have already figured out: the majority of what we see on the internet is algorithmically engin...
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/comics-paying-in-attention/
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If Bluesky was just a twitter clone w/ less users, it would waste all my time while sending zero referrals. Journalists being obsessed w/ it would feed into that cycle of impostor syndrome anxieties : referrals are low b/c no one reads my work > but Iâm popular > talk more > gain influence > đ 1/2
5 days ago
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Bruh, wut. Your move Marvel. Time to make good on those âbiggest everâ spidey issue marketing claims â add more creators and pages, ehh?
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5 days ago
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Emil Protalinski
7 days ago
Where Did All The Humans Go? by
@tched.com
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Where Did All The Humans Go? A Story of Robots and Social Media Refugees
SXSW used to be the conference social media brands launched at but is now where they go to die. Case in point: I threw a wake for Digg.
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/social-media-death-party-sxsw/
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Devindra Hardawar
8 days ago
I wrote about new AI features coming to Google Search, I think it's going to be even harder to get that classic Search experience
www.engadget.com/2176547/goog...
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Google shoves more AI into Search, including a dynamic Search box and agentic features - Engadget
You can kiss the classic Google Search goodbye.
https://www.engadget.com/2176547/google-shoves-more-ai-into-search-including-a-dynamic-search-box-and-agentic-features/
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Marisa Kabas
8 days ago
if i ever fucked up as loudly and spectacularly as steven rosenbaum did, i would immediately enter a debilitating shame spiral and be locked in a bunker before the NYT story was even published
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Wondering what happened to digg? I wrote about its unintended funeral for
@weirdcitymedia.com
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Where Did All The Humans Go? A Story of Robots and Social Media Refugees
SXSW used to be the conference social media brands launched at but is now where they go to die. Case in point: I threw a wake for Digg.
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/social-media-death-party-sxsw/
10 days ago
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Weird City Media
12 days ago
When fiction is more honest than the news cycle, we make noise about it. New one from
@tched.com
!
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Josh Boulet's 'Robot Monk' Predates Real Life
Last week a Chinese robotics company pulled off a hell of a Buddhistcore marketing blitz when one of its $13,500 humanoid robots joined an order of monks. Most major news outlets covered the spectacle...
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/josh-boulets-robot-monk-predates-real-life/
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Why did it take me this long to cast comics to my 55â OLED? Dunno if I can go back to regular size
@ffrancavilla.bsky.social
ever again. (Via
@weirdcitymedia.com
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14 days ago
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HUGE news for indie comic creators from
@neonichiban.bsky.social
New one from me on
@weirdcitymedia.com
(Anyone have a Vision Pro they want to let me borrow?)
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Neon Ichiban Brings Indie Comics Into the Fold with Massive Platform Update
The digital comics platform and spiritual successor to Comixology emerges from beta with new reading experience, creator hub, VR support, & more
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/neon-ichiban-brings-indie-comics-into-the-fold-with-massive-platform-update/
14 days ago
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Dave3
15 days ago
We still got juice
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Karl Bode
20 days ago
I wrote about all the useful idiots (like Matt Stoller and Ro Khanna) that told us we could strike useful alliances with fascists and how disastrously wrong they were
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You Can't Build Useful Alliances With Fascists, Dumbass
I hope we all now understand that forging strategic policy partnerships with fascists is like trying to develop an intimate relationship with a running chainsaw.
https://karlbode.com/you-cant-build-alliances-with-fascists-dumbass/
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You can't show up for art you don't know about. And there are a *lot* of high quality indie creators you really need to hear about -- like
@wolffdj23.bsky.social
, for starters. New one from me on
@weirdcitymedia.com
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Showing up for Indie Comics
You can't show up for art you don't know about.
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/showing-up-for-indie-comics/
22 days ago
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders đłď¸ââ§
24 days ago
In Doctor Who, "The Time Monster" and "Logopolis," there's a TARDIS inside a TARDIS inside a TARDIS.... ...it's a TARducken.
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Jamie Lovett
24 days ago
I didn't plan for this to be my first post on
@weirdcitymedia.com
, but it seemed like something worth commenting on, so I did. "Batman and the Case of the Possibly AI-Generated Synopsis" should now be in your inbox if you've already subscribed, or available here if you're not:
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Batman and the Case of the Possibly AI-Generated Synopsis
Did DC Comics use AI to write copy on the back cover of a Batman TPB collection? Does it matter?
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/batman-and-the-case-of-the-possibly-ai-generated-synopsis/
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Jamie Lovett
28 days ago
Hello, folks! We're going to try something here, and we think you'll like it. Sign up, and stay tuned!
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And we're live! So excited to finally talk about the thing
@jamielovett.bsky.social
and I have been slowly building and adjusting for months.
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A Most Human Way To Follow News About Comics & Science
If accuracy is the measure of telling an objectively truthful story, covering the news in the AI era should be far weirder. Weird City Media is a grand experiment in news publishing that bucks conven...
https://www.weirdcitymedia.com/weird-city-media-launch/
28 days ago
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Very excited to tease this ahead of tomorrow's
@weirdcitymedia.com
launch... Sign up now!
www.weirdcitymedia.com#/portal/signup
29 days ago
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Rishi Iyengar
about 1 month ago
Anthropic blocking Claude Mythos Preview from full public release has sparked a cyber debate across a spectrum from clever marketing to paradigm shift. I spoke to experts and former officials for
@foreignpolicy.com
who say the reality is somewhere in between.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/20/c...
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How Big of a Threat Is Mythos?
Anthropicâs latest AI model has kick-started a new debate.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/20/claude-mythos-preview-anthropic-project-glasswing-cybersecurity-ai-hacking-danger/
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My Staple! Expo haul, couldnât be helped. So many amazing creators.
about 2 months ago
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Overheard at breakfast: tech bros delighting each other with ways theyâre going to be firing people later today, laughter all around. (They do not work at the same company.)
about 2 months ago
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âItâs exposed a gulf between those who want to have their words remembered and those who just want people to remember that they wrote. We must stem the idea being pushed by tech companies and their billionaire funders whoâve sunk too much into their products to admit defeatâ
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Refusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism'
Humans, however flawed, are
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-to-accept-big-tech-s-ai-poisoned-future-of-journalism
about 2 months ago
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đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł PSA - Longform Karl is also worth your time and money:
karlbode.com
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2 months ago
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Whoâs coming to the meetup?! March 12, 1-5p Details:
digg.com/digg/x55IaZC
RSVP:
luma.com/rby2z6b2
(Organized by
@tched.com
&
@joshrubin.bsky.social
)
#sxsw
3 months ago
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Digg-ler is hanging at my house, yâall. Sign up for the IRL Digg meetup on Mar. 12! (Details:
digg.com/digg/x55IaZC
)
3 months ago
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Remember when there wasnât enough internet to doomscroll? Rekindle the hope of 2006 at the IRL Digg meetup next week! (Organized by me &
@joshrubin.bsky.social
)
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Update: IRL digg Meetup is happening March 12! (+ RSVP link) | digg
Remember when life was simple? Before crypto, before AI, and before the algorithm ate everything â when the best part of SXSW was an unexpected conversation had while trying Twitter for the first time...
https://digg.com/digg/x55IaZC
3 months ago
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Jamie Lovett
3 months ago
I see the trailer for DC's Surfboard Dracula Corps show leaked.
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The crystallization of the âSad Hay Rideâ sound (Donât @ me)
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3 months ago
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NOTE: the majority of billionaire-owned news publications take your money with the *goal* of continually losing. (Aka an encouraging nudge to subscribe to The Handbasket. Free, but well worth the $80/yr if you enjoy democracy)
www.thehandbasket.co/subscribe?re...
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3 months ago
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Ah yes, patio furniture pillows *are* the natural enemy of vicious backyard squirrels.
3 months ago
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G. Willow Wilson
3 months ago
Happy Valentine's Day
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"This only became possible within the last two weeks with the release of OpenClaw, so if it feels too sci-fi then I canât blame you for doubting it. The pace of âprogressâ here is neck-snapping.."
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me â More Things Have Happened
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptinâŚ
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/
3 months ago
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A Good Day To Pie (& Other Klingon Pastries)
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5 months ago
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404 Media
5 months ago
Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket joins the pod to talk about indie journalism, the industry, and what's going on in the federal government
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Podcast: Marisa Kabas on Landing Big Scoops as an Independent Journalist
Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket joins the pod to talk about indie journalism, the industry, and what's going on in the federal government
https://www.404media.co/podcast-landing-big-scoops-as-an-with-marisa-kabas/
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Marisa Kabas
6 months ago
NEW â I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, thereâs something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:
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Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/independent-journalism-gift-guide
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Yes!!!! Iâve been holding off on reading âWhite House Robot Romanceâ until the
@neonichiban.bsky.social
iOS app testing started. đ Good things take time, (and I am here for it).
6 months ago
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@ssavaart.com
best email to send you an interview request? (Tried your old bluedreamstudios address first).
7 months ago
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Excellent points, as always, from
@karlbode.com
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Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is Indistinguishable From A Foreign Attack
Last year almost a dozen major U.S. ISPs were the victim of a massive, historic intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The âSalt TyâŚ
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/07/trump-cybersecurity-policy-is-indistinguishable-from-a-foreign-attack/
7 months ago
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Meredith Whittaker
7 months ago
LOL all morning picturing some finance quant slouched at his desk prompting Dalle, like, "make me a picture of pikachu having sex with the Apple logo" or whatever tf those guys use these things for, then throwing up his hands like "WHY WON'T THIS FIND ALPHA?!"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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View for the weekend.
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8 months ago
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Your thoughts
@mcuban.bsky.social
?
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8 months ago
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Jason K Pargin, author
8 months ago
In the old days, you'd occasionally run into somebody totally normal who had one utterly insane belief, like a co-worker who just causally says he thinks the sun is alive. Social media is like if we extracted all of those individual bits of madness, cooked them into a stew and ate it for every meal.
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onion person
8 months ago
i've subscribed to: rolling stone WIRED 404 media defector the handbasket chicago journalism i subscribed to: unraveled block club it's time to support media directly so they don't fall into the hands of fascists, the replies to this post have additional great news media i recommend supporting
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Tim Onion
8 months ago
If youâre rich and not a coward, this is what youâd refer to as a âmarket opportunityâ to dominate a media ecosystem thatâs about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
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I am so ready to care about digital comics again. Time to explore
@neonichiban.bsky.social
(No pressure
@chipmosher.bsky.social
& David, but we all need this.)
9 months ago
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Peach Strawberry pie (that has now somehow vanished, heh).
9 months ago
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The Onion
10 months ago
Everyone In 200-Member Media Softball League Unemployed
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Travis county redraw is INSANE! The sections theyâre gerrymandering donât even connect.
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10 months ago
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Easily the LEAST believable thing in Fantastic Four: First Steps isn't flying cars or super powered people. It's that Little Cesar's Pizza is a popular enough chain to advertise in NYC... No one in NYC is eating Little Cesar's in any reality. C'mon son.
10 months ago
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Love that
@wired.com
is doing stuff like this.
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11 months ago
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