Dyslexia and the Reading Wars www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

man. small thing but I hated that first down play call ... give Derrick Henry a chance to get closer

MVP MVP MVP

Criminals fleeing New York as Mamdani takes charge

This is crazy man. Bluesky is the only place I “promote” my newsletter or post my stories. I’ve also never done a public sale before because I hate promo. As a woman in sports I also have to fight the understandable survival instinct to make myself small every day. this is v v humbling!

oh hallo it is me again - anyone need a year-end tax deductible donation? want to support the people who make government tech better? please see below!

This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command

Enjoying seeing people write little unofficial bots on isitchristmas.com during its interactive season. :)

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Congestion pricing happens when policy designers are influenced by economics. Pigou FTW. bsky.app/profile/samd...

All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now

Apropos of nothing, TIL @free.law had this nifty tool in addition to RECAP, Court Listener, etc…

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Watch him looking around for the flag 😭😭😭😭 bsky.app/profile/cjze...

countyfusion4.kofiletech.us is a crazy url/domain for a government office. Cc get.gov

drake maye is too fucking good lmfao

Drake Maye running more in December like a young Josh Allen

More of this!

States rights?

So they *are* able to stop a ship in international waters and seize control of it without killing everyone on board? Huh.

Enshittification, but for hardware: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...

thread (up & down)

Love these kinds of behind the scenes looks at how things come together.

Huh. Fascinating look into the TSP, "with more than $1 trillion under management, ... the world’s defined-contribution plan" and its holdings in areas that may be counter to U.S. interests: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o... @hillmanje.bsky.social

“There is no principled basis to exempt the Fed from at-will removal while stripping other expert agencies of insulation. The only justification is the very one the court is otherwise rejecting everywhere else — the need for political independence grounded in technical expertise.”

since i just forgot about it myself, here's a friendly reminder to enable the "require alt text before posting" option here so more folx can enjoy (or despair at) your posts!

Elections + bill signings are starting lines, not finish lines. Implementation is policy.

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.

Happy nyt super mega crossword season to all who celebrate

Prime time games on the west coast are a revelation. And lfg Marcus Jones!

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Happy "let's circle back in the New Year" season to all who celebrate.

College football has truly lost the plot. Quitting on your own team that’s knocking on the door of the CFP to go to a rival? www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...

Vintage Athletic article, this time by @brianchamilton.bsky.social on NFL long snappers: www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

Overheard on NFL Red Zone. Top tier name: Kool-Aid McKinstry www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/Mc...

Can someone ELI5 why this would be the case for health insurance?

Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent. She didn't want to deploy to D.C. "She hated it. She cried about it." But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it. May she rest in peace. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Jack Goldsmith who, at times, has been known to have written OLC legal memos that appear to suggest Presidents can do things that most people think are illegal. And even he's saying "yo, this is murder." (see: www.aclu.org/news/nationa...)

Spending Black Friday fighting to use a DMV website (and my own computer—it’s not entirely on them). Nice.

Highly recommend.

very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here

I didn’t (and still don’t) agree with the deployment of the National Guard in DC but my heart sank today at the news of the shooting in DC. I hope those targeted are able to make a full recovery and that justice is served against the attacker.

Brb hosting a life admin party ASAP. @donmoyn.bsky.social @chriscolin3000.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Anyone else getting 404 errors on country-specific pages branching off of travel.state.gov? travel.state.gov/en/internati...?

This is amazing. A Gmail-like interface for searching the Epstein emails released by Congress. jmail.world

A great org to follow (and join) for those interested in civic tech!