“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Fascinating...

I just got back from the @shahanafrombk.bsky.social victory party in Brooklyn! And it was awesome! Here's Hanif at the moment she found out Cuomo conceded!

Here's Kendrick Lamar's full Super Bowl performance. youtu.be/KDorKy-13ak?...

We all need to take this energy into the coming weeks and months. What a delight.

Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.

I wrote about how American and Chinese internet users are accidentally cobbling together a techno-utopian version of the “global village,” even if it’s unlikely to last.

If I was a teen who lost access to tiktok I would simply learn to appreciate the professionalism and higher production values of linear broadcast television

This is fantastic, thank you @rio.akasaka.org

If you’re ever wondering why wildfire smoke is so bad for you it’s because it includes things like “an entire bicycle”

Can’t get enough of these congestion pricing anecdotes via @dodai.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/01/11/nyregion/new-york-congestion-pricing-reaction.html

Brilliant use of vacant office space in NYC: Two empty floors of 307 W. 38th St have come back to life as new home of the famed Paul Taylor Dance Company. With beautiful studios, classrooms and rehearsal space. A win for dance. A win for NYC. Thrilled to join today’s ribbon cutting.

Written before the election. I have found that immersive reading is saving my mind right now. That means without my phone nearby to doom scroll, btw. Immersive reading does not work with constant distraction. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits. The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.

Many members of the animation community have suffered unimaginable losses due to the LA wildfires – here is how to help displaced individuals in the animation industry. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY SO WE CAN HELP EVERYONE OUT!

‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster The dystopia of Los Angeles' fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between. 🔗 www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...

so far, seems like the first few victims are black folks who've lived in altadena for several generations and were trying so hard to hold onto their homes that they were willing to fight off the flames by themselves. man, they are so familiar to me. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...

@rio.akasaka.org is there a way for google maps to keep / permanently archive the photos of neighborhoods like Palisades and Altadena destroyed in the LA fires to help people with rebuilding or just preserving the history of what was there?

The Watch Duty app has been without peer the safest and most reliable source of information around the fires in the last few days. Lives were saved because of them. Give if you can, they have earned our admiration and support. app.watchduty.org/donate

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

If you were a kid in the 80s & 90s, winning a 5 minute all-you-can-grab shopping spree at a Toys 'R Us was the ultimate fantasy. This is a fun read from on how that all happened and what went down (including cameos from @fredseibert.bsky.social & alan goodman): www.mentalfloss.com/nickelodeons...

This video is incredible youtu.be/mUzruGhBVpI?...

drew this in 1982 when I was fourteen. a way cooler technological nightmare dystopia than what we have now imho.

This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America. — Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%) — Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%) — Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)

Hello. Just migrated out of Twitter to here. Is anyone here? My name is Yuko Shimizu, I am a Japanese illusrator based in NY. I did NOT design Hello Kitty.

To mark the centenary of James Baldwin, I wrote a short essay for @TheLancet. On what he's taught me about responding to pushback. To beware of "strategic ignorance" and "the imaginary line of selective judgment". James Baldwin: ignorance, power, justice - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Seth's tool now lets you convert a starter pack into either a regular (content) list or a block (moderation) list! Thanks, @wandrme.paxex.aero

Horrible. Reminder that we should all get bystander intervention training. You can get it here for free online: righttobe.org/upcoming-fre...

Please share this, because this could help some folks with worry. For LGBT married couples, it's time to take steps to protect your marriage in case same-sex marriage is officially dissolved in the coming years. My husband and I did this when Roe V Wade was overturned, so I hope this is helpful. 👇

My god, I leave YouTube for six years and this happens

Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.

welcome newskyers! made a starter pack of creator-types on this site you can follow here 👉 go.bsky.app/mCWneD

My XOXO talk is online. It's a v. personal look at what it was like to cover the pandemic, live through it, be broken by it, and heal from it. I talk about my approach to journalism, a 7-part code for being a public figure, why I left the Atlantic, and a lot more. xoxofest.com/2024/videos/...

I made a Black women in tech starter pack because I couldn’t find one and it annoyed me. go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ

I am very excited that @wireddotcom.bsky.social is HIRING. We'll be listing 3 roles this month, and more in January. We're hiring a CULTURE EDITOR, which is an incredible opportunity for someone who wants to get really weird on the internet: condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...

My grandmother voting for Kamala Harris. Born 1918. 2 years old when the 19th Amendment was ratified. 47 when the Voting Rights Act secured her vote. Will turn 107 on inauguration day. She’s lived through it all, and she’s damn sure not going back.

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally

You don't have to watch the election results live on TV, you don't have to be glued to live blogs or Election Needles, you don't have to doomscroll, especially if monitoring the election isn't your job. Focus on the things within your control the next two days. And try to get enough rest.

Things you can do on Tuesday night instead: -watch a non-English movie or TV show with subtitles -read a book -get dinner with someone -play a board game -build Lego -take a bath -cook something you love -wander an Asian grocery store for snacks -craft something -write a letter -go to sleep early

I can't stop laughing at what Mickey Rourke said about trump LOL

Here's the big Harris-Walz ballot cure phone bank. Ballot curing means you're calling voters who ALREADY VOTED but have something wrong with their ballot. A fantastic, high impact phone bank that helps make every vote count. Slots all day! DO IT!

fwiw my therapist was straight-up like “pull every single legit coping lever you have right now and don’t feel guilty about it, distraction is key,” maybe you also needed to hear this

NYT tech workers are on strike for a fair contract. We are asking you to #BreakYourStreak on NYT games in solidarity. You can also support our strike fund to keep us going. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Fellow GenXers raised on college radio, please enjoy Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff having the best time as Michael Stipe performs “Driver 8” at a Harris rally.

Never mind the prediction markets, which are thin and easily manipulated. Here’s the evidence for shifting vibes

lol found it www.facebook.com/share/r/15Kt...

Anyone have a link to James Austin Johnson on a local news show doing a bit where he’s impersonating Trump basically hosting Entertainment Tonight. Desperate to find it!

A spooky treat at the polls today in NYC: The first 300 voters at every early voting site will get a limited edition Halloween Voter sticker! (Yes really)

[waking up and grabbing phone] time for more brain poison