RIP Claudia Cardinale, who got one of the greatest introductions in the history of cinema imho! youtu.be/eIHrAErHYc0

With the FCC's "news distortion" rules back in the news, I thought I'd re-share this @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece from April about "news distortion" as the new "fake news". www.techpolicy.press/news-distort...

“After meeting with Sharaa and returning from an extensive research trip in Syria, a Washington Institute expert sheds light on the president’s UN speech, near-term plans, and views on the U.S. role.”

CHOTINER: But you’ve had romantic entanglements in the past. For instance, Lucy Westenra? DRACULA: Tragic case. The poor girl. CHOTINER: Died of acute blood loss, I believe? DRACULA: Attacked by a wolf, I think. CHOTINER: You can turn into a wolf, right? DRACULA: That’s right. CHOTINER: Thank you.

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

That was last evening. (Same time as the drone sightings in Copenhagen, so observations- which are still unconfirmed- might have been influenced by that.)

From Rasmus Jarlov, chair of Denmark’s Defence Committee:

He may have to worry about his job. Trump hates a loser. www.vulture.com/article/fcc-...

the rapture happened it's just no one qualified

When you come at the king you’d best not miss www.vulture.com/article/fcc-...

pretty huge shame that NRK has to interrupt its rolling 24/7 non-stop coverage of Charlie Kirk for this minor hand grenade incident, how am I going to keep up

Yikes. Reports of drones and an explosion in Oslo; authorities now saying they're going to detonate what they believe is a grenade.

i do not often use the phrase "comically inept" but if you are the envoy to an arab-majority country you should probably be aware of a little word called "islam"

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Hell yeah.

many things that can be said about Trump’s latest Truth, but this is undeniably an unintentionally very funny introduction

Breaking: Trump's US envoy to Syria (also one of his few personal friends) apparently wholly unaware of what "Islam" means. This is stunning and in any normal world would be career ending for any diplomat in the Middle East.

Al-Sharaa and Petraeus. What a world.

As @beijingpalmer.bsky.social is fond of pointing out, Chotiner stands head and shoulders above other interviewers by having mastered the recondite journalistic skills of “asking follow-up questions” and “pressing subjects on bad-faith inconsistencies and lies”

The PressingIssues.org debut of @attorneynora.bsky.social Trump’s Attacks on Free Speech Are Way Bigger Than Just Late-Night Comedy #MarioGuevara

People on X speculate about increased Grindr usage during the Charlie Kirk memorial --> Downdetector picks it up --> Shows a spike --> "Online Reports!" --> People on X talk about the "online reports" --> Downdetector picks up the talk --> Bigger spike! (repeat) Grindr: "nope."

Handbasket's @marisakabas.bsky.social says the public outrage in response to Disney's coerced suspension of Kimmel, "was the strongest pushback we’ve seen to authoritarian overreach during the second Trump administration so far." Lesson: The people's voice is stronger than the censor's muzzle.

Trump flips the script: from blaming Ukraine for “taking on a nation 10 times your size” to now saying Ukraine can win back all its territory with EU and NATO support. Calls Russia “a paper tiger” and says the war is dragging Moscow into deep economic trouble.

Tunisia 2011: Check ur Twitter Nepal 2025: Check ur Discord

NEW: Here's our report on the "SIM farm" the Secret Service discovered, which hopefully helps better explain what the hell is up with all this. @agreenberg.bsky.social, @lhn.bsky.social, & @mattburgess1.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/sim-fa...

"A spokesperson for the Israeli authority overseeing the Allenby crossing said that it would be closed from Wednesday morning 'at the direction of the political leadership.' The statement did not provide any further reason for the closure."

Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert

The so-called TikTok ban “has only resulted in turning over the platform to the allies of a president who seems to have no respect for the First Amendment,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told the @washingtonpost.com.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana doctor who chairs the Senate health committee, is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to release any evidence tying acetaminophen use during pregnancy to autism, noting that “the preponderance of evidence shows that this is not the case.”

@mollycrabapple.bsky.social going for a bus ride

Autism does not need to be cured Ableism does The end

I have a sneaky feeling going after de Moraes's wife will only make de Moraes more steadfast. He's not one to lose a game of chicken. I imagine she's not either.

Ecco, factissimo!

My 3 big takeaways: -We pressured the capitulators. -We were a bigger threat than the Trump Regime. -We operated at the speed and scale necessary to win.

We won. Decisively. Here's how we did it, and how we can apply what we've learned in the next fights. www.altrightdelete.news/p/jimmy-has-...

For anyone thinking about Henry Kissinger today:

Suffolk poll of NYC mayor’s race shows Mamdani with a big lead — including a lead among Black New Yorkers while Cuomo leads among Republicans. www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...

Trump boasting to the UNGA that he ended the war between Ethiopia and Egypt is in a way a brilliant tactical move, a bit like saying he eradicated The Vapours. He should have similar celebrations of the negotiated end of the Liechtenstein-Bolivia and Canada-Chad wars

Chotiner remains so good at getting people to reveal themselves. The Kissinger nonsense is obviously the most revealing, but the real revelation here is just how flexible and malleable Sunstein's actual beliefs and principles are, such that there is no actual consistent view.

Health and science reporters should lead the coverage of all these health-related conspiracy theories & newsroom leaders should keep their both-sides political reporters out of their way.

Seattle's Cascade PBS announces it will layoff 17 people and end its longform, local online journalism after losing $3.5 million when the federal government ended funding for public media. DETAILS: https://loom.ly/NoNUcXk

It’s likely that this happened to them, in which case, again, this should be much bigger news. We can’t just disappear thousands of people without notifying anyone www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

WaPo - Kari Lake, the Trump official running America’s international broadcasting agency, said during a deposition she wasn’t aware of the president’s March 14 executive order shrinking USAGM until the day it was issued. wapo.st/4pAjsmS

Trump, once again, repeated the lie that he ended seven wars. @markhertling.bsky.social says we need to call him out every time he says it.

YouTube/Google has written a letter to Jim Jordan best summarized as “Yes sir thank you Mr Jordan sir” It made Jordan so happy he wrote a very long tweet thread about it. In it, he gloats ab getting them to agree never to do the fact-checking kind of “censorship” and to moderate how he prefers.

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

I filed a FOIA request with DHS back in May for a copy of the pitch for this show. They just denied it in full because releasing it could reveal trade secrets. lolol what trade secret? that America is nightmare bizarro land?

Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Good piece from @rmac.bsky.social: higher visa costs will benefit incumbents over start-ups, creating a challenge for new entrepreneurs. Multi-national companies likely to also benefit. If you already have units in other countries, just increase employment there. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/t...

Trump: “Let us defend free speech.” Trump, when the media covers him negatively: "That's no longer free speech…I think that's really illegal personally.”