@edzitron.com after reading this, it took me nearly an hour to compose myself enough to reskeet this to you. :)

@dankennedy.net I feel like there's lessons here about how to do journalism in the age of Trump. The subtlety is impressive, and as @dicknixon.bsky.social notes: Ms Lawrence almost certainly knows things she couldn't print, for whatever reason...and she's quite good at making that clear to all.

Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done

The hilarious part of all this is how the NFL is now returning the favor in a lot of Europe, as hordes of fans show up every year to the handful of games played there. It's inevitable the NFL will eventually expand to an entire league in Europe.

@meredithmeredith.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/dick...

@dicknixon.bsky.social Prime Newsom, isn't it? It's just enough to make the unwashed think maybe he really could be The One after all. But of course he's not. And in the end, he'll never, ever get this tax plan enacted into law...nor will he even really try. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Programmatic ads hurt your brand and reputation, and you make no more than fractions of pennies. "The American Prospect decided to do away with programmatic ads. A month later, people are spending nearly twice as much time on the site." #journalism www.cjr.org/analysis/dep...

Words to live by. Thx to @edzitron.com

Every once in a while I end up having a reason to start reading a SCP article, and invariably I end up disappearing down a rabbit hole for like two hours, all the while marveling at JUST HOW MUCH people have written about this stuff. It's longer than goddamn Bible.

You could sell this to off-Broadway, @wychstreet.bsky.social. I'm sure of it.

@ass.golf forgive me if I missed something, but when did Yay move in with Clinton? Also where is Clinton living these days? With Aurelia? I thought he had his own place with Elliot but then they broke up and, well, I lost track.

Have come to the inescapable conclusion that Bluesky's sole reason for existing is for whiny liberals to complain & doomscroll so they can feel like they're doing something when they're not. Reply otherwise and you're blocked. I don't care.

That's Rhode Island For You TM: it's May 4th, literally two solid months before Independence Day, and some jackass is already setting off a small war's worth of firecrackers at 9:45pm tonight.

Oh, Shit. Nicole Hollander was a genius, a groundbreaker, and one of the best damn cartoonists of any generation.

There wouldn't be a sign if there hasn't been a problem.

A six year old just showed me how he can count: 37, 38,39, 50! … which is kinda how the path to turning 50 felt.

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

@scottmeyer.bsky.social I've worked in news media, in one form or another, for nearly 25 years. Never as a reporter, but close enough to see the sausage being made on a daily basis. This is DISTURBINGLY analogous to the morning news meeting at most journalism outlets.

Rarely has a go-to expression of mine ever been so relevant, but Jesus H Christ on a Sidecar. These idiots would fuck up a two-car funeral, even if you spotted them the hearse. (Also thanks to Ankaret for the funniest thread I've read in years!)

What interests me about this is how many tech admin types I personally know who work in local school systems and they are GUZZLING the AI koolaid.

Accurate.

@dankennedy.net Don't know if you saw this. Apologies if you already did.

Hot take: so many pols, developers, landlords and bigwigs in Providence are freaking out over rent control isn't b/c it'll stifle new housing construction (although it will do that). It's b/c it makes it THEIR economic problem instead of dumping it all on residents in the form of high housing costs.

Every. Goddamn. Company.

Also in new writing today: this month's column for @prospectmagazine.co.uk, in which a brilliant student of mine and I figure out how AI can accelerate our research... which sometimes means doing dumb shit really fast: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

NEW: WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social reports:

@peterneronha.bsky.social you better not be letting #RIenergy be getting away with this b.s. Ditto @whitehouse.senate.gov

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/...

Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that

BREAKING: Workers at CBS are walking out. The unionized team that works CBS' streaming service are going on a 24 hour strike in New York and San Francisco. The walkout comes after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

This is very important and a major pet peeve of mine. If you don’t know what you’re doing- and if you learned on the internet, then sorry, you don’t know what you’re doing- please leave old gravestones well enough alone.

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

Wait, what? In the deluge of atrocities, I missed one that makes my head spin. As a girl, I thought if armed forces were gender integrated they’d be less rapey. Turns out women joining the force doesn’t solve the patriarchy problem

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this: all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral. BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

This has been our experience as well. The bottom line is if you are running a publication and want an audience of people who actually read things, this is...basically the only option at the moment. Reddit sort of works. It's great for driving traffic. But not really an overall substitute.

We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post. We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts. Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert. Subscribe below.

This might be worth a story, @carfreepvd.bsky.social It's not perfect; I see it says my street is plowed when it's really "half-plowed" at best. But it's better than nothing. And props to the mayor for promoting it on his FB page.

@celesteheadlee.bsky.social It's enraging to me that a white dude...possibly the whitest dude...is absolutely schooling a black woman. I get that she's probably worried about her job, but christ what a terrible look.

This guy gets it.