@petershankman.bsky.social !

There are 32m small businesses in the USA

Here's the last 40 seconds of Bulls/Lakers. Insane ending.

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

"Nonetheless, holy shit" is the funniest possible Krugman reaction

The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. Nonetheless, holy shit. What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.

Imagine being so insecure that you not only have to control a popular speech platform and demand it amplify your own voice over everyone else's, and modify the algo to pump up your supporters... But then also need to post biased "do you like me" polls to pretend what you're doing is actually popular

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE. (President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)

Tired: Drum circles // Wired: Air horn circles

holy hell. i’ve never seen this performance before. chills. youtu.be/fCP2-Bfhy04?...

QOTD: “Human interaction is now a luxury good.” (via Jessica Grose in the NYT via @benjaminwachs.bsky.social ) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/o...

It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

Huzzah!

@craignewmark.bsky.social hi, craig.

hi.

this morning. no filter. santa nella, ca

More good news out of Montana following last week's state Supreme Court ruling blocking their ban on gender-affirming care. A judge has now also blocked their effort to deny trans people self-identification on birth certificates and driver's licenses

currently tip-toeing through holiday playlists avoiding LDB like an art thief avoiding lasers

You know how amazing strategic ideas will strike you when you’re doing something random? Shower, walk, driving? And even more so when reading very good long-form of almost any kind? So, are you taking the time to do that, or do you still think it’s a "waste?"

Cis people in my replies throwing a fit over me saying "cis." There's a social media site that bans the word cis so you never have to see it. Try going there.

signal boost

Suing Kendrick for having a superior diss track is something Kendrick would say Drake does in a diss track

So this is pretty cool: I think I’m the first national news correspondent to switch my chyron social handle from X to Bluesky. 💪🏽

I'm totally done with X/Twitter. I will still be doing my banking there, though.

THIS IS THE ENERGY I NEED TODAY

and i quote, “fuck them boats.”

just asking

MEMEMTO VIVERE

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend.

hello, monterey bay #morningwalk

when they are close by a hummingbird’s wings thrum like a lightsaber

TIL the iconic bassline from _rappers delight_ is a sample from chic’s _good times_

an old man in a white tshirt walking down the sidewalk softly singing hey jude in his adopted language

Starting a new social networking site called Vandl and it’s totally offline. Users write their posts on public or private property like bathroom stalls for example

Stolen from birdbox, but this is some of the best art advice I’ve seen in ages. Be weird, be cringe, fucking own it.

ORCA RAMPAGE!!!!

wordle was brutal today 6/6

oops.

kintsugi. . . . . . that’s it. that’s the skeet.

“this is a great song…except for the lyrics…” - @lisastone.bsky.social about to karaoke the hell out of _drops of jupiter_

Moderation is key to a successful social media platform. Having racist shit yelled at me isn’t discourse and I am not weak for not wanting it.

Target Removes All Towels From Stores After Soaking-Wet Lunatic Objects To Dryness. "The towels were never meant to force a bone-dry lifestyle on any sopping maniac..." [read]

spent the weekend playing with AutoGPT. it’s kind of like a roomba. - occasionally it does exactly what you need - mostly it just kind of bumbles around and eventually goes the job done - sometimes you find it stuck under the couch