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Editor, etc.
This is such grim stuff. My old paper. It used to win Pulitzers.
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Snagged tickets for the Hold Steady at the Empty Bottle in Chicago in the nick of time. What a rush!
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The New York Times
7 days ago
The CIA’s World Factbook, a repository of facts on nations that for six decades provided detailed figures on birth and death rates and major exports, relied upon first by government agents and eventually researchers, educators, journalists and more, was shuttered without warning on Wednesday.
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C.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades
The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.
https://nyti.ms/4ry0ttm
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Bring a Trailer
7 days ago
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window Coupe Body Shell Project at No Reserve
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No Reserve: 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window Coupe Body Shell Project
Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window Coupe Body Shell Project at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #229,779.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-chevrolet-corvette-coupe-192/
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The New York Times
21 days ago
While the weight of freezing rain, ice and snow can damage branches, there is another kind of injury to trees that comes with the extreme cold, experts say.
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No, Trees Don’t Explode When It Gets Cold, but They Do Go Pop
While the weight of freezing rain, ice and snow can damage branches, there is another kind of injury that comes with the extreme cold, experts say.
https://nyti.ms/3NH9bqA
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1A.87PL.Ev_g4JA5g_ry&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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The Athletic
about 1 month ago
Caleb Williams had to grate some cheese after beating the Packers 🧀
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They finally made Bachelor Chow!
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about 1 month ago
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Baseball Reference
about 1 month ago
The Kyle Farnsworth-Iowa mystery might have been just been solved 🕵️♂️
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
https://nyti.ms/3Z3Hxqa
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Dan Saltzstein
about 1 month ago
If you haven’t seen it, I cannot recommend more highly this NYT visual investigation of the Capitol riots. Six months and many journalists were involved. An incredibly comprehensive view of what happened.
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Video: Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what ha...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007606996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html?smid=bs-share
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Doug
about 1 month ago
My friends are in the Times! Reporter Victor Mather and photographer Vincent Alban (neither of whom I see on this platform) did a great job capturing what makes these adventures so much fun. [Gift link]
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To Say Goodbye to the MetroCard, We Spent a Day Riding Every Transit System That Uses It
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/nyregion/metrocard-nyc-farewell-tour.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1A.gsDB.BY3dr_hh02Jl
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Spanish Woman Scorned, Then Loved, for Botched Fresco Restoration Dies at 94
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/world/europe/spain-jesus-fresco-restoration-painter-gimenez-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlA.mjoC.hvACX9_UMek5&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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Rodger Sherman
about 2 months ago
THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE POP-TARTS CHOSE TO LIVE MAKES THE WHOLE THING WORSE SOMEHOW
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Joshua J. Friedman
about 2 months ago
CW: straw-goat carnage
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This is great
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34?st=guyEJU
about 2 months ago
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John Schwartz
2 months ago
Friends tell me that John Noble Wilford has died. A giant of American journalism and a genius of science writing across many disciplines, John wrote the most famous lede in the history of journalism: “ Men have landed and walked on the moon.” Godspeed, Noble John.
www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/s...
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The Story of 8 Unforgettable Words About Apollo 11 (Published 2019)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/science/apollo-11-john-noble-wilford.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Davey Alba
3 months ago
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-25/ai-slop-recipes-are-taking-over-the-internet-and-thanksgiving-dinner?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NDA4MzUxMCwiZXhwIjoxNzY0Njg4MzEwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNkFGNzVLR1pBSlowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNzAxNENGQzIzNTI0MzU0QTVENUY2QkREMDAxOEU3NiJ9.zVeH6d7ceqUngdCBCfynlfmG4wiYTU-Dv8BjiwikQsU
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jesse jarnow
3 months ago
oh, alas, i've been informed that there was another velvet underground of paducah, kentucky, and this was almost certainly them.
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When they play football at Wrigley Field
3 months ago
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I (a Cubs fan) once gave a very close friend (a Cardinals fan) Cubs tickets for his birthday. You don’t get many opportunities to gently troll a pope …
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4 months ago
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The weirdest vegetable has to be romanesco cauliflower right?
4 months ago
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The new Spiritual Cramp is the album I was most looking forward to this year and it is not disappointing
4 months ago
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Dan Saltzstein
4 months ago
Listen, there are loads of reasons to be pessimistic about NYC and flooding. Our aim with this piece, which we've been working on for months, was to lay out the possible solutions as they are, without being naive. I hope we've done that. Please read and share this gift link and lmk what you think.
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What New York Can Do to Survive Flooding (Gift Article)
Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/nyregion/new-york-climate-flooding-solutions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.ByZN.kobiyEuYxx6K&smid=url-share
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For the fans of apple season: macouns are showing up and your window for this variety is narrow! Get moving before they turn to mush!
4 months ago
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Bring a Trailer
5 months ago
This 1996 Ford Bronco XLT shows 128k miles, and it's listed now on BaT!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-ford-bronco-239/
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No Reserve: 1996 Ford Bronco XLT
Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1996 Ford Bronco XLT at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #212,394.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-ford-bronco-239/
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Dan Saltzstein
5 months ago
Legend. May her memory be a blessing.
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Scorigami
5 months ago
🏈 BAL 40 - 41 BUF FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.
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MLB (Bot)
6 months ago
"MOZZARELLA STICKS FOR EVERYBODY!" 🤣 Cubs broadcasters Boog Sciambi and Jim Deshaies said they would buy mozzarella sticks for an entire bar in Iowa if the Cubs turned a 6-4-3 double play. That is exactly what happened. 😭
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Will Oremus
6 months ago
Headlines Used to Have One Sentence. Not Anymore.
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The automobile. The World Wide Web. And these
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
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S’mores Crispy Treats Recipe
This smile-inducing mash-up of crispy rice treats and s’mores combines the best qualities of both popular sweets Toasty graham crackers and roasted marshmallows balance the overall sweetness, while me...
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023341-smores-crispy-treats
7 months ago
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The New York Times
7 months ago
From
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: This baseball card is so rare that it sold for $250,100 in 2023. This is the story of how card No. 106 came into existence.
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The baseball card so rare that it didn’t exist until collectors started asking questions
Kids trying to complete the 1933 Goudey baseball card set faced a distinct challenge in that one of the cards didn't exist
https://trib.al/Y56SPY2
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What athlete’s expression will stay with you the rest of your life?
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8 months ago
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On the same flight as Muhammad Ali. Like two rows back.
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8 months ago
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I get, and share, the concerns about using AI in this way. But this was also a very cool experiment to fill in the gaps on Smile. Does it help that it was so lovingly and painstakingly done?
youtu.be/n7W_2JS12CY?...
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Dae Lims Presents SMiLE AI.
YouTube video by Dae Lims
https://youtu.be/n7W_2JS12CY?si=69sobn3URxBYpAJN
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There aren’t many perfect albums but Pet Sounds is one and Smile would have been. RIP
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Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter who created the Beach Boys, dies at 82
His early hits — “Surfer Girl,” “I Get Around,” “All Summer Long,” “Help Me, Rhonda” and “California Girls” — evoked a fantasy world of fast cars, beautiful youth, eternal surf and sunshine on an imm...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/11/beach-boys-founder-brian-wilson-dead/
8 months ago
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Neutral Milk Hotel, before Superchunk. Soul Coughing, before They Might Be Giants. The National, before Yo La Tengo. Luscious Jackson, before REM.
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8 months ago
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Sickos Committee
9 months ago
Here’s the trophy.
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‘Keep Him Where He Is’: How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I08.mWZG.-_uRTlfVOvBS&smid=bs-share
9 months ago
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The New York Times
9 months ago
In
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Across the world, we’ve seen democracy in retreat,” writes A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times. “This anti-press playbook is now being used here in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.”
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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ag-sulzberger-free-press.html?smid=bsky-nytimes
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9 months ago
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This has got to be tremendous for the Cubs’ chances, yeah?
9 months ago
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Pollen dot com right now
10 months ago
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Christmas lights off the house before April: ✅ (they’ve been turned off since New Year’s at least)
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David Enrich
about 1 year ago
This is not normal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
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Trump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts
Since his inauguration, the president has been quick to demonize what he calls “the fake news media.” On Friday, both men demanded that individuals be fired.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/media/trump-musk-attack-journalists.html
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In Buffalo, There Are Two Words on Everyone’s Lips: ‘Go Bills’
Devotion runs deep in western New York for an N.F.L. team that has never won a Super Bowl. Will this be the year that loyalty is rewarded?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/nyregion/buffalo-bills-fans.html
about 1 year ago
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