God, I mean really -- imagine writing for, say, a paper literally anywhere about a regulatory subject and not doing an explainer, or just bypassing the story altogether because you're not allowed to explain in the depth necessary why something's happening the way it's happening.

Used to do explainers, hyperlocal news, breaking news as it happened, scoops and investigative journalism, b/c that's how newsrooms with fewer than 20 people are successful. A lot of media criticism pieces are written for parts of the industry, not the industry generally, which is how we get here.

Seems like this would be considered ironic and potentially fraudulent considering the expected explosion in premium cost next year.

It's happening again

Look at these dingdongs

Years ago there were running Twitter arguments between backers of a GOP-led bodycam bill in the N.C. lege and the rest of us who believe public records should functionally be public. The backers said this sort of BS wouldn't happen. We all said it would, because of course it would, and it has.

ME: they shouldn't be able to say 'your order has shipped' when they've just created a label. That's not shipped. ISAAC CHOTINER: so, you've never claimed to have a task underway when you've merely opened the file? ME: that's not- CHOTINER: in this Teams message to your boss, you said-

'Energy consumption to train GPT-4 last year was over 50GWh. That's the electricity consumption of more than five Edinburghs' || @vickyallan.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opin...

We have a Bama/Florida house and will chuckle about this for an eternity, right next to Auburn getting jobbed out of the 2004 title.

ah, yes, starry decisis

The vice president evidently decided to go with Christmas branding for his Hanukkah party invites.

Redfin out here making absolutely drunk 2026 predictions.

Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth. Journalists must speak out.

Is it that time already? Dr. Michael Andreu’s final exam for FNR 3131C: Dendrology and Forest Plants always takes place in an undisclosed location. When the whole team gets the correct answer ... it's a wooooo or a yeehaw celebration. www.instagram.com/reel/DR2l5Bd...

Listen up... Click to hear a chat about the seaside trees that walk: mangroves! BIG TAKEAWAY: Mangroves are living shorelines, and vital for the health and safety of our seashore communities. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/303…

Starship Troopers movie ass reality

Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday expanded its legal campaign to force states to turn over voter lists containing sensitive personal information, suing six more states that have refused to provide the data. https://ow.ly/rYRJ50XBsgC

It’s the wooos vs. the yehaws during Dr. Andreu’s final exam for FNR 3131C: Dendrology and Forest Plants. The class is divided into two teams and when all member of a team identify the plant correctly — they celebrate. www.facebook.com/SFFGS.UF/pos...

I built a list of the best political reporters in *each* of the 50 states! The full list is here: chriscillizza.substack.com/p/the-best-p... Here's Colorado:

Is your head coach's girlfriend filing FOIA requests on your school's top comms official a good look? Asking for a friend

It's like watching someone poorly play SimCity.

Duly burned for having Gen X musical tastes.

The only thing I'll say about it is the Virginia raccoon has nothing on the Florida possum for getting hammered after a B&E.

Big news about little things: UF/IFAS recently joined the Florida Wildflower Foundation and others to address Florida’s growing deficit of native seed — an issue increasingly affecting restoration and land-stewardship efforts. blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/ffgs/2025/12...

SEC loyalty is for the conference as a whole when bragging about strength of schedule it is not for wanting good things to happen to Tennessee

Imagine my complete lack of surprise.

UAB football has ended up as such a monkey's paw wish.

Ah, the easy call. www.espn.com/college-foot...

Congrats to Gage LaPierre, Ph.D, and Isabella Guttuso Browne on their new book, the Florida Meadow Manual! It's now available for preorder. From planning, design, site prep, installation, maintenance, and case studies — this book tries to capture it all. Learn more: floridapress.org/97808.../the...

Presented to FFGS Forester and Assistant Director Scott Sager on Dec. 2, 2025: "For his exceptional commitment to the legendary phrase, 'THOSE SORTS OF THINGS' — delivered a grand total of 857 times during the Fall 2025 semester...." www.facebook.com/SFFGS.UF/pos...

“I was under the impression that we were protected from being affected by any anti-DEI legislation and rulings because of our First Amendment right to freedom of press, but it appears I was wrong,” Alice Magazine Editor-in-Chief Gabrielle Gunter said in a statement Tuesday.

Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE): "I rise today to applaud YouTubeTV and Hulu+ Live TV for expanding public access to Congress by carrying C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3 beginning next week...This is a big win for the American people...I thank YouTube TV. I thank Hulu+ Live TV for their important decision."

Is this not also true for Birmingham?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRrG... one of my personal fav Dumb Rich Guys Hobbies

10/10, all day.

Oh ho ho it’s too early for this level of snooze

"Lane Kiffin had a dog just for PR purposes" is my Carl Hiaasen "I quit because Florida keeps making up real stories even I couldn't make up"

They’re married

FBI documents show the agency spent more than $850,000 on overtime pay for agents tasked with processing and redacting Epstein-related files. Here's how we confirmed the records are authentic:

Online capabilities

A Florida jury awards Megan Thee Stallion $75K in her defamation suit accusing blogger Milagro Gramz of being a "puppet" for Tory Lanez, who shot Megan in 2020 (NBC News) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

That's what I kept saying to fam over Thanksgiving -- the money is the least important part of the deal.

If there’s no footnote, citation or link to original source, move on

makes me want popcorn, tbh

So it took, what, 40 years for Reagan's Star Wars plan to have the tech to work?

I actually think my wife would be angry with me if I bought her $50 university-branded sweatpants and it likely wouldn't help if I said they were 30% off.

More of a catharsis than a real chance to change regulatory policy, if past Trump administration behavior continues.

‘We didn’t think Back to the Future sounded plausible – or good’: Huey Lewis and the News on The Power of Love

This is kinda-sorta true in Jax as the city approved incentives for a downtown Starbucks, no I am not kidding. If I had to cover city governance in Duval I would be angry all the time. jaxtoday.org/2025/10/15/d...

Davis made so many votes to position him to win a competitive district even though the state GOP was committed to gerrymandering it away, and what he will have to show for it is a likely double-digit loss to whoever wins the Republican nomination. punchbowl.news/archive/1212...