I appreciate journalism that has a scope beyond the past 24 hours.

“Does someone have a more chill way to describe 762,000 African deaths?” “Let’s go with messy.”

From blankets to keychains, from dog collars to socks, Beavis’ and Butt-head’s faces have always been on merchandise. But did the merchandising cross the line to make a show and its characters officially uncool? New episode available wherever you get your podcasts!

Historically, you know you're the good guys when your side demands someone make a list of Jews.

🧵✨ This Trans Day of Visibility: let’s talk about how trans stories show up in the media — and why it matters. 🏳️‍⚧️ Introducing the Trans News Initiative (TNI) from the Trans Journalists Association. transnewsinitiative.org

AS CALLED ON UConn Huskies radio by Mike Crispino Duke radio by David Shumate Westwood One by Scott Graham

Jon Passant of @status.news says a line was crossed by these words. I'm inclined to agree. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca... [no paywall]

⚡️⚡️the perfect episode for people with short attention spans

Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

I mean, the headline is right there: High Point travels into 2nd round

"Oversight" and "No Deporting U.S. Citizens" aren't concessions; they are the goddamn law.

How would YOU rank the seasons of Beavis and Butt-head? Your hosts set off on this fool’s errand and, in the process, came to realize they don’t always see eye-to-eye about the show. New episode out now wherever you get your podcasts!

Not Trump’s decision. I’m not an editor at the New York Times, but if the entire framing of a headline can be destroyed in three words, then it’s a bad headline, bad framing and bad journalism.

ICYMI, the world’s only active Beavis and Butt-head podcast just dropped another episode. And it’s pretty awesome.

The NYT style guide

I have no particular insights into the Iran war, so I’ll mostly listen and learn – but this header from German public service news seems to be the perfect summary of the depth of US strategising so far: “Trump: continue bombardments until peace reigns” www.tagesschau.de/au...

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Beavis and Butt-head cannot be smart on purpose. But sometimes, they stumble into genius. This week’s episode explores 10 such times when the dumbass duo were accidentally the smartest people in Highland. Newest episode out now wherever you get your podcasts!

This is a no brainer youtu.be/EQ8ViYIeH04?...

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

What’s the name of Mr. Anderson’s dog? Who voiced Stewart? What makes Beavis cry? This week, Char and Patrick came up with some Beavis and Butt-head trivia for each other – and for YOU, dear listener – to see who’s the ultimate fan of the show! Download now, wherever you get your podcasts.

I have the perfect social post for 2010! Ready? Hey Shakira! How about a remix? “Wocka Wocka (This Time for Fozzie Bear)”!

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others. See what changes are in store for your county 👇

I tell my journalism students specifically not to do this. It's a hack move to make people sound dumb. Everyone talks like this — with the exception of maybe Pete Buttigieg — and it's an editorial choice to leave the little filler words in there.

When I say I want college football schedules to go back to what they used to be, I'm referring to 1895 Notre Dame

Geography is meaningless in college sports pt. 4730164027

Trip, but not vacation. No casino time, but still a gamble. More TK? Dunno.

OK, NDSU. Go off. www.espn.com/college-foot...

I have no idea what's going on but I am happy that this is making the worst people in the world very angry.

The NFL celebrating "250 years of freedom"

An NLI fallout I wasn’t ready for: seeing players’ hometowns listed instead of their colleges. I actually dig it. #superbowl

The day the Browns crafted a playbook entirely out of spite:

Brought to you by an outlet without a lucrative sponsorship with a betting company.

Physical media ftw

It’s clear to us: The latest season of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head is a welcome addition to the pantheon of the series. Part 2 of our breakdown of Season 3 is now available wherever you get your podcasts!

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

Amazon spent $75 million for MELANIA, a hagiomentary that will likely incur $60 million in losses even after a robust box office. Jeff Bezos is willing to lose money on media, just a certain kind of media

sports coverage is not about box scores anymore. it's about power and politics and corruption and sovereign wealth and real estate and the use of taxpayer money and the most publicized labor disputes in the country and yes, sometimes about ball go in hoop

Watergate every day.

Cut my foot today and now I feel like Curt Schilling.

"Many journalists told me they view gambling partnerships as a necessary evil, since their companies are fighting for survival and it’s difficult in that position to stand on principle and turn away a new, massive revenue stream." @dannyfunt.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/spor...

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

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The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE! openvisualizationacademy.org Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

Targeting journalists to punish their coverage of dissent is about as authoritarian as you can get

Wondering how to get a '90s Beavis and Butt-head fan interested in the new stuff? Well, we know THE episode from the newest season of Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head to do just that! That and MUCH more in part 1 of our review of Season 11. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Watergate every day.

Look, it’d be hypocritical for me to say “we don’t need any more professional opinon-havers,” but opinion writing in 2026 doesn’t need the institutional support of a newsroom, and certainly not as a priority over reporting. Canning journalists to purchase more takes is a betrayal of mission.

Written by a former colleague of mine. Worth the time it will take to read it.