Talk to us, Chuck. You got time.

Damn... this one is rough.

Some recognition is due for whomever at @nymag.com thought to put this essay on pages 6 and 7

Hit batter followed by pitcher. I love baseball.

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Woulda figured them for Kansas City.

More than 84,000 people in #nc11 enrolled in SNAP.

Not even Halloween and I just saw a Macy's holiday shopping commercial on TV during the World Series.

Prince's sound checks were better than most concerts.

Page A23.

Here's how to do it, kids:

#No Kings, Asheville, early afternoon 18 Oct 2025. Whose bright idea was it to schedule No Kings Rally at night? (Asheville Watchdog photo)

My sentiments exactly.

Noem's T-shirt reads: "The President got a $400M gift Boeing 747 from Qatar, and all I got was a measly $172M matching set of Gulfstreams paid by taxpayers." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Obviously he never watched Spinal Tap.

As the press finally finds its collective voice to oppose Pentagon censorship, an argument about what’s most importantly at stake. dicktofel.substack.com/p/freedom-of...

Apple says Apple TV+ streaming service is being renamed as Apple TV, with "a vibrant new identity" (Eric Slivka/MacRumors) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

Pffft. Pfffillies.

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Fly Eagles Fly 🦅

Best reason in the history of journalism for a source to go anonymous www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

SCOOP: Justice Department asks judge to force nonprofit & reporter to post $50,000 bond to get faster release of classified docs found at Mar-a-Lago. Trump order to seek bonds for early injunctions seeps into #FOIA litigation. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

repeating the phrase "full books" as I slam my head against my desk until I pass out

Real post on another network:

"How many phones do you have to sell to stand by your TV shows?" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/a...

GFY. www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

The one surefire way to get people to stop saying mean things about you is to send out a press release, insisting that they stop saying mean things about you. www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

hey so this is insane

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

Orwell wept: “My Committee will be a leading force in the righteous endeavor to protect the legitimate free exchange of ideas and opinions, which requires the vigilant maintenance of appropriate behaviors within our publicly accessed social media forums.” — Rep Clay Higgins

Oh a forced sale to regime allies? Shocker.

Or pitch clocks until 2023

Yes, Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden’s execution. But he called for it in the right way.

More than 20 years ago, N.C. legislators passed a law requiring that landslide hazards be mapped across 19 mountain counties. But after only four of those counties were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values. (Published May 2025)

Trump XO authorizes Brownshirts

Convince me this isn't true. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

Read it, and weep.

Or perhaps his head is shriveling.

Owner of Asheville Tourists baseball team says he will send 150 troops to Washington D.C. to support President Trump's takeover of the District. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Army Secretary Dan Driscoll requested the reinforcements.

Kids these days.

Highly recommend @mjtoma.bsky.social's latest, which tries to locate the place where the New York Times has been weak, while establishing at the outset that it has also been strong ("...the scoops division of the paper is working more or less as it should.") newrepublic.com/article/1987...

Grammar police.

Chuck Edwards: Suck it up, WNC. wlos.com/news/local/r...