Always prepare. You could win #Emmys. No matter how facile you are, map out a solid thank-you speech.

Come on @nytimes.com whore should be in your dictionaries.

#FX John Solberg is a class act. He's one of the rare executives who likes reporters and is unfailingly helpful. He's also funny. John, here's to great golf games and time spent with your sons. Thank you, John. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Spectacular opening by @cynthiaerivo.bsky.social at The Tonys.

This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend. Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).

Last time I saw hand-to-hand combat like what’s unfolding at Trader Joe’s was at a Nordstrom shoe sale. Day before Easter. Last night of Passover. Needed flowers. But this being CT, it was so much more mannered than my longtime home of NJ.

PSA to publicists. When you pitch clients, reporters expect they are available for the story. Putting reporters through hoops continuously is a lousy way to build relationships. Plus, it makes this one disinclined to continue.

If I get through this without having a stroke it will be miraculous.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Apple Costco Bank of America Delta JP Morgan Marriott Microsoft Procter & Gamble Goldman Sachs American Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines Catholic Health

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak. Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

You stupid bastards are stopping fed-funding of cancer research? How is this remotely political? Oh yeah, the same way the climate crisis is? The same way LGBTQ+ are threats? WHY ARE YOU SO FRIGGIN EVIL?

A Nazi salute isn't an interpretive dance. It is so clear what it is, what it means, and where some are heading. The rest of us will continue to try to do good.

A heartbreak Rest in peace Cecile Richards

“Brain rot” as the word of the year is just a little too on the nose. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...

Good day! Today I am contacting my Senators to urge them to expedite the passing of S.2074, aka the PRESS act, which would protect the rights of journalists, that Trump wants to kill. Here's where to contact your Senators, and a script below I'm using (feel free to copy/augment) in the Alt Text.

We’re not going back.

If you’re looking for a great cause, my sister,!principal of CS 61, in one of the poorest districts in country, conducts an annual toy dive. Many of these kids don’t receive gifts otherwise. Please consider donating. Details in Amazon list. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Watching nature docs, I'm transfixed. Oh, look at that spider's fangs. How fascinating. This gigantic mofo HOPPING across my basement, and I scream like I'm in a horror movie. Seriously, it casts a shadow. A large shadow.

PSA to men dealing with a male and female regarding finances: When the female asks a question, and you keep ignoring her, you will not get the deal. When I have to all but scream into the phone: I HAVE A QUESTION, and you keep talking over me, you are done.

In all likelihood, if you use public bathrooms, you have shared them with trans people plenty of times, and nothing has happened, and you haven’t even known, because you don’t interrogate people who are just trying to use the restroom in peace, which is as it should be.

An exquisitely shot series, Our Oceans on Netflix, shows how the current moves around the world. It's a fascinating look at the aquatic world, narrated by former President Obama. tinyurl.com/55xpvtpn

I was just wondering if I needed another way to postpone deadlines.

Found in bottom of a box today. Feels even more like a relic.

First post here. Hoping for fewer maniacs. Life quest, not only for here.