+1. It got a shout out on the esteemed @youtubesilike.bsky.social

Wow! How the US labor market has changed - Large drops in shares of farming & blue collar jobs Big increases in shares of professional and service jobs https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/12/12/the-changing-us-labor-market/

People talk about monopolies but they never mention that the most popular breadmaker has proprietary plastic measuring cups and spoons that I have to use and I'm not allowed to use normal measuring cups and spoons. Join my class action lawsuit

"One of her most memorable stories was capturing how poor, rural South African children still walk miles to get to school – yet she reminisced more about getting to know them and their families than taking the photos and video."

Just called cheesy bread "bread cheese" and ya know what, I'm right

Celebrate the grift that keeps on griving

Researchers could study if young people—not just executives talking to shareholders—are pushing AI usage in the workplace. Trouble is universities keep laying off or firing researchers

Record scratch noise

Portland people, you gotta indicate which one you're referring to

“The abortion policy, in theory, is supposed to protect life, and in my case it did the opposite,” Nakagawa said. “It almost led to my children not having a mother.”

"MAGA Christianity is not Christianity in any meaningful sense. It is kitsch Christianity: emotionally loaded symbols stripped of theological depth and deployed as an anxiety management system." cybelecanterel.substack.com/p/lost-in-th...

Smart questionining by @daveweigel.bsky.social which leads to @adamjentleson.bsky.social saying "AIPAC is a group, too." www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

Kimba please go home they need you 😢

First one. Wow

Taking the free bus paid for by locals to an independently-owned coffee neighborhood shop. I hear this is no longer approved among top experts in new york city

"Federal prosecutors ... had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023 ... Trump officials pushed U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert to nevertheless bring criminal charges against her, according to sources"

Noted, pass

Is it important that the media can report the news without government censorship? In the United States, 92% say it is important. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

again, it is an especially great time to support & buy books from the wonderful team at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social: loyaltybookstores.com

Someone take Kathy Griffin to dinner tonight

I have only seen an unnamed ABC spokesperson being quoted, which feels like a crisis comms strategy meant to put time on the clock for Disney to come out with a more legally prudent statement

Just to summarize, the way this news came out was 1) Nexstar announced it had pulled the show then soon after 2) ABC statements confirmed it was pulling show from all stations (called "affiliates") and now 3) initial reports that multiple stations wanted to pull the show, not just Nexstar stations

Here is the Nexstar statement on Jimmy Kimmel show: "Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets."

"Both sides" may not exist in a voter sense. Susie Wiles said it herself on the Charlie Kirk Show. MAGA is a conglomerate of single-issue voters who happen to align under Trump/their favorite cabinet member (her example was MAHA). Dems arguably lose *because there aren't* two sides anymore

Under the age of 70, you get one Margaret.

A lot of pundits, who claim to be left-leaning, say "the left" when they mean "liberals," which is only when they mean to say "democrats." You can tell because they will go on to cite historically popular, DNC-endorsed policies. They rarely discuss actual leftist policy research or legislation

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this? PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information? KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

Wondering how this analysis fits into the think tank's plans to promote "central" ideas: "More moderate candidates ... outperform the median Democratic candidate on average by between 1 and 1.5 percentage points in vote margin..." open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."

Can AI reheat rice without drying it out, that is what I need help with

A new study out of the California Policy Lab found hundreds of thousands of Californians are now delinquent on their student loans. Older borrowers are more likely to be behind. www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...

Think tank top

Oh my. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his principal residence at the same time — the same alleged mortgage misdeed that President Trump used to try to oust a Federal Reserve governor www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

At 26 Federal Plaza today, ICE agents detained a man after his immigration hearing, leaving behind his wife and children. His wife broke down outside the courthouse with her young child. Their 7-year-old will return from school to find her father gone.

Nice to see AP treat skincare as a health issue—most media has historically taken a sexist approach to skincare, as if it's shameful that some people like having clean faces. Beyond the capitalism of it all, there's a practical reason so many products come out: they work differently for each person

The body of 35-year-old Cory Zukatis, a homeless man, was found hanging in a tree in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon, hours after officials found a student hanging in a tree on the Delta State University campus 100 miles away. Police say there is no connection. buff.ly/ya7puEJ

Trump's approval rating and favorability by age. www.pbump.net/o/tracking-h...

A prominent progressive writer is now obviously libertarian, and has a new fan club about environmental deregulation being progressive.

I know that a lot of people are sad about the Robert Redford news, but for me it's a little more complicated considering he once offered me $100 to sleep with my wife

America's H-2A visa program sounded like a way for Sofi to earn money and support her child in Mexico. Instead, she ended up living a nightmare. @maxblau.bsky.social and Zaydee Sanchez report, with illustration by Dadu Shin for @propublica.org projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...

Four films wth my favorite Robert Redford performances. I met him once with his wife, they were kind and warm, and I'm so glad he lived a good life. RIP

My very good buddy and overall sweet little guy Fisher took a bad tumble this morning and is racking up medical bills. I know times are tough, but if you can spare a few bucks for his recovery we would be so grateful. www.gofundme.com/f/fisher-rec...

In good local news today

Interesting remark from Susie Wiles, WH chief of staff: "Now we have three and a half years to convert Trump voters [in]to being Republicans." She includes young voters, MAHA Charlie Kirk Show, hosted by JD Vance, 1:44 mark

Freemium speech

Florida's home insurance market operates, as I understand it, on the forefront of rapid climate change that will eventually hit most states. This is a story about what happens when the state is financially-aligned with your home insurance company because of climate change.

Toast, nature's best late night snack

Meanwhile, Lutnick suggests that the right way to get a visa is to know someone in the Trump Administration

For people who say they consider someone their "MLK, Jr." the implication, of course, is that they don't consider MLK, Jr. "their" MLK, Jr. of MLK juniors

And I'm proud to be vegetarian 🎶 Where at least I know it's beans 🫘