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That NYT “__ Is Not What You Think” headline format…. “Why Everyone Is Wrong About __”, etc.

Join the conversation!!! A Republican running in the NY-12 Democratic primary talks with a woman from New Jersey.

A NYT tech reporter compares the Pope to Walmart. Only the best.

We have, as far as I can tell, no good tests of the productivity impact of the autonomous coding tools that appeared starting in December 2025. Every paper out there is from prior to the Claude Code/Codex revolution. A huge gap in our knowledge about what is happening in coding at this moment.

Here is the Pope trolling Peter Theil and other billionaire tech bros and it is glorious.

I'm the CEO of Goldman Sachs. I'm smarter than you.

Make what you will of Adolf Hitler, Germany’s rearmament is a marvel of Keynesian economics.

The Yellowstone franchise is expanding. Is it an American story or a Russian. Original starred Costner as John Dutton, a feudal lord who murders his rivals and bribes government officials in service of a perpetually unprofitable enterprise. He brands his serfs like cattle, kills those who leave.

Trump owed as much as $300m in back taxes, penalties and interest. But that was Federal. But he might owe as much as $75 million to New York. Where is NYS on all this?

Where does Ricky think his Bluesky message is stored?

“We welcome Jesus!” But it’s clear from the photos of the crowd that he didn’t show up.

David Brooks has long been weirdly obsessed with college kids. Why does the Atlantic indulge him?

We made a curry from a NYT recipe tonight. Let’s just say they know as much about Indian food as Bret Stephens knows about Iowa voters.

Ishmael Reed sharply lampooned QAnon adherents half a century before they existed. And he’s still at it. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/t...

Is there an editor still alive at the NYT? Here, grocery prices drove up the prices of certain groceries. What groceries? From tomatoes to seafood, which are a list of items in reverse alphabetical order?

Ross Douthat is the Mayor of Uncanny Valley.

Domesday Book was never adapted to screen either. There’s a reason.

The NYT is casually playing along with the charade that this has anything to do with why, in 2026, we are choking out the Cuban people.

Important thread….

The AI bots on Bluesky — I assume they’re already here — won’t all be MAGA or leftist parodies. Many will be seem completely normal, make thoughtful-sounding comments, draw in followers. Half will eventually be lectured at by Tom Nichols.

Heh. Son-in-law of a crotchety billionaire is likely a precarious position. Prenups and specially crafted trusts… maybe Warsh’s net worth is much closer to zero than people say.

Is Kevin Warsh’s wealth subject to the control and whims of Ronald Lauder?

The House is no longer a deliberative body. It's just guys who vote on stuff. So let's stop pretending. - Congress restores original minimum 30K people/district. - Algorithmic "K-clustering" sets congressional maps. - New 11K+ member body elects committees. Gerrymandering solved.

I’ll bet speaker fees bring in more than book deals for most of them.

There’s this mysterious fifth force of nature that does nothing but raise questions. Nobody knows who or what it is but, like dark matter, we know it exists.

I’ve known some ships made of dead trees outlast the lives of men made of the most vital stuff of vital fathers.

Questions raised about potential Joe Kahn necrophilia allegation could blur lines, according to some experts.

In the series The Man in the High Castle, the Nazi high command in the United States reside in Nassau County on Long Island.

Controversy engulfs Eurovision.

In NYT headlines, humans never do anything. Uncertainty surrounds, deals fizzle, days haunt, oil surges, negotiations falter, hope rises, accusations fly, disappointment reigns, coal rebounds. Questions are raised, promises are broken. Today a blue dot is shaking up something.

Likely: Trump will issue an executive order to suspend the national $0.18 gas tax. Illegally, of course. Also likely: He will attack states that refuse to do the same in all cap rants. The AAA avg is $4.52. It reached $5.02 under Biden and he will go ballistic trying to keep it below that.

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u... Missing full context. AAA avg all-time high was $5.016 inc. tax. Under Biden. We are $0.49 away. BUT the index inc. temp gas tax reductions in at least 3 states. > 10 others may follow. Keeping px below the Biden line might be the point. $0.18 helps.

Nepo-conservative quoting same.

This cannot be

Shark Tank is more insidious than the Apprentice because moderately intelligent people fell for it. Apprentice was all morons.

My latest @nytimes.com oped shows that the White House is dramatically understating the cost of the war in Iran. By my calculations—and I show my work—this war will cost the typical American family thousands, and it could cost them tens of thousands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

Some say the Ellisons will ruin CNN journalism.

Bret Stephens is also a Rorschach test.

Tech world providing the biofuel for the SpaceX IPO.

NYT headline writers never blame the bad guys.

Hey, @mrspanstreppon.bsky.social, maybe here's one for you. I took a course 800 years ago by one John Lawler, an environmental engineer and great uncle of Mike. John is gone and the firm was sold. But the family business lives on Mike's uncle's Lawyer Env Group.

Now replace “AI model” with “employee”.

“Democrats are a waste of human race”. Also, the mayor is “expendable”. He’s 51 and the police union’s top mission is to ensure he retires on a full pension heavily padded with retirement-year overtime hours. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...

@therickwilson.bsky.social Listened to Rick’s podcast with guest Sarah Isgur. Disappointed he didn’t take her to task. Isgur is trying to carve out a post-Trump framework for conservatism as an apologist for the Supreme Court. She is covering for a corrupt court. Her argument that…

Mirror, mirror, on the wall…

maybe see a doctor instead

WTF is this

I haven’t checked today. But betcha Tom Nichols is out there chastising a complete rando (or a bot) about a reaction to the Giuliani news.