This is a terrific story about how Silicon Valley has drastically changed, written by the excellent veteran tech reporter Steven Levy. @stevenlevy.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/silico...

One key job of the media is to tell truth to power. Not just journalists, but interviewers, comedians, artists and others. Stephen Colbert did that. This cancellation is political. It’s part of Paramount’s capitulation to Trump. My appetite for CBS and Paramount+ programming is now near zero.

23 years ago today, I made my best hiring decision ever and brought on Katie Boehret as my reporting assistant at The Wall Street Journal. She soon had her own tech column in the Journal, alongside mine. She also was on the original teams at the D & Code conferences and remains a close friends.

Awful news. Billy Joel is one of the greatest singer/songwriters and stage performers in the last 50 years www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/a...

Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful wife Edie Mossberg and my fabulous daughters in law, Arielle Mossberg and Shana Khader.

Reaping the whirlwind in science and medicine. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

Here’s the Minuteman statue in Lexington, MA, where the first shots were fired in the American Revolution 250 years ago this weekend. I urge all who can to visit the sacred ground of the national park that includes the initial battles.

APOLLO: “It normally takes 18 months on average for the US to negotiate a trade deal. .. While markets wait for trade negotiations with 90 countries at the same time, global trade is grinding to a standstill .. if current policies do not change, then the probability of a US recession in 2025 is 90%”

Today is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride from Boston. Along with others, he was dispatched to warn the patriots at Lexington and Concord that the British were coming to arrest their leaders. Today, we need millions of Paul Reveres to arouse our country to the threats to our freedoms.

Here’s a fascinating piece by the talented former journalist, John Walcott on how the beginnings of the American Revolution bear similarities to our situation today. open.substack.com/pub/johnwalc...

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Ira Shapiro was the chief trade negotiator with Japan and Canada during the Clinton administration. He knows what he’s talking about. This article is a must read. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...

I’ll never believe the attack on Gov. Shapiro was anything other than antisemitism. Not Gaza, not Israel, but sheer hatred of Jews @petebuttigieg.bsky.social is absolutely right.

NYT page one: @nytimes.com

Taylor Swift, poet: “Time won’t fly, It’s like I’m paralyzed by it. I’d like to be my old self again, But I’m still tryin’ to find it.” — “All Too Well”, 2012 .

Saw this best guy ever guy named @waltmossberg.bsky.social for lunch

Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...

Senate expert Ira Shapiro argues for impeachment , though it’s a long shot, because the country can’t endure 19 more months until the midterms. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...

Dear @nytimes.com : How could Trump’s auto tariffs “stun” the auto industry when he telegraphed them in advance?

@mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy has always been a true innovator in tech and is a great guy to boot. This @nytimes.com story is a good read about his latest innovation, a decentralized browser called Surf. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/t...

Must read; Why the courts won’t save us, by the wise and experienced Ira Shapiro. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...

If you’re not watching “Ludwig“ on BritBox, you’re missing some great TV. It’s the saga of twin brothers, one a crossword constructor, and the other a police detective. It has strong similarities to Sherlock Holmes and Monk. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/a...

Must read: Ira Shapiro’s trenchant essay on Trump’s irrationality and how it differs from his greed, mendacity, and narcissism- all of which accompany it. “America remains in the grip of a mad king”, Shapiro writes. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...

Here’s a great explanation of trade and tariffs and of how Trump’s actions on these issues will isolate the U.S. Ira Shapiro is a former trade negotiator with Japan, Canada and Mexico. So he knows what he’s talking about. A must read to decode this complex topic. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...

@aoc.bsky.social: "Every time you see Tom Homan, every time you see Kristi Noem... understand that they are taking attention, focus, dollars, and real resources away from actual drug enforcement, trafficking enforcement, and actually going after and trying to investigate really harmful activity."

Surprising move. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

In all the tributes to the late great Gene Hackman, little or no mention has been made of his terrific performance in the underrated Get Shorty, in which he costarred with John Travolta. Hackman brilliantly played a D list horror film director who gets tangled up with mobsters. It’s one of my faves.

This new book on Biden should be interesting. Tapper and Thompson write: "What the world saw at Joe Biden’s one and only debate was not an anomaly…It was the natural result of an eighty-one-year-old man whose faculties had been diminishing for years.” (From Reliable Sources by Brian Stelter.)

I keep trying to land this metaphor like, the gov is the operating system and sure you might be annoyed at Windows or iOS or Android but really bad things happen when you just break them across the board for no reason

Less than half of the federal workforce is based in the politically blue DC metro area. Tens of thousands are in red states working for the DOD, Agriculture Dept., Interior Department and others. What will GOP members of Congress do when the Musk machete slices through their states and districts?

Elon Musk, on behalf of Donald Trump, is rampaging through the federal government, dismantling programs, locking civil servants out of buildings, and working to kill whole agencies created by Congress. It’s time to get off the mat and pressure Congress to assert its authority. Call them.

From the non-profit, nonpartisan News Literacy Project, which helps students separate fact from fiction online. The rumor misunderstands how the @potus & @vp accounts work. rumorguard.org/post/no-meta...

Dont get distracted by what Trump says. Watch what he does www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

TikTok now displaying this message about the imminent ban when you open it

For those of us in the rest of the country, the videos and photos and news reports from the massive L.A. fires are horrific. Please check in on friends and family there. And donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund. I just did. www.redcross.org/donate/disas...

Now that Meta has halted fact-checking, it’s even more important to educate young people how to tell fact from falsehoods online. This is the work of the News Literacy Project, where I’m proud to be vice chair of the board. See this 👇🏼

I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...

I have known Kara Swisher for more than 20 years. She is a great journalist and entrepreneur. And she has always loved the Washington Post. She would make an excellent CEO or publisher or even editor in chief, whichever she chose to do. And she would hire people committed to the truth.

33 years ago today, the Soviet Union collapsed, its captive “republics” became independent nations, and the long, dangerous Cold War ended. But, despite a too-brief period of friendship and hope, the biggest part of the old USSR, Russia, is again a malevolent, nuclear-armed state.

Rejecting @aoc.bsky.social , the brightest young talent in the party, is the latest in a long list of Democratic blunders.

Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone - we live to fight another day. ♥️

Most other NFL cities have only one team. NYC has two, double the chances of making the playoffs. But both are awful. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

Happy Birthday to @karaswisher.bsky.social , my friend and longtime business partner and the Queen of All Media.

The brilliant performances and the connection Taylor Swift had with the fans were more important, IMO. But these record numbers are staggering. #TaylorSwift www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/a...

The winning team at the marshmallow tower-building competition during a Recode offsite ten years ago. @laurengoode.bsky.social, @edmundlee.bsky.social, @bonniecha.bsky.social, Jill Pendergast, Laura Scaglione and me. Happy to say the team has gone on to greater heights.

According to Apple Music, I listened to 88 artists this past year. But one stood out. #taylorswift

📢 Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! And giving young people the skills & knowledge to determine the credibility of information is more important than ever. 📌 Make your impact felt: newslit.org/donate/ ➕ Thanks to Melanie and Richard Lundquist, all donations will be matched!

We all know that we are swamped with misinformation, some of it from foreign adversaries. So please give to the News Literacy Project, which has been teaching students to tell fact from fiction online for 16 years. I’m proud to serve on the board and be a donor myself. newslit.org

1/ On Dec. 8, Taylor Swift wraps up her two-year Eras Tour, which has been, IMO, the most important and impactful cultural event in years and has benefited even people who dislike her songs or singing. Financially and artistically, it has topped any previous concert tour. #taylorswift #erastour