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Adam Simon
@adamsimon.bsky.social
· Jan 23
Outlook 2025: Ports in a Storm
Four trends shaping the future of technology & media
medium.com
My annual look at how consumer behaviors in tech and media are shifting — please have a read and let me know what you think!
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.
September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.
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Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment:
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it
ALT: a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it
media.tenor.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment:
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
Iger returning to Disney was the final finger closing on the money’s paw. He’s really going to wish he’d sailed off into the sunset.
wow, difficult decision! do the right thing and cement your legacy as a hero in history books. or make a lot of money!
tough!!
tough!!
One other wrinkle to consider as Bob Iger makes his decision about Jimmy Kimmel
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Iger returning to Disney was the final finger closing on the money’s paw. He’s really going to wish he’d sailed off into the sunset.
If I fill out a form on a website and you call me immediately, you've just lost my business. Psychotic, desperate behavior.
September 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If I fill out a form on a website and you call me immediately, you've just lost my business. Psychotic, desperate behavior.
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1/ Popping back in with another #fallvaccine update. 👇
In case you missed it, Friday (or soon after) the FDA is expected to license the Covid-19 vaccine. Word is that the label will be restricted to adults 65+ and people at high risk.
But a few organizations have made different recommendations.
In case you missed it, Friday (or soon after) the FDA is expected to license the Covid-19 vaccine. Word is that the label will be restricted to adults 65+ and people at high risk.
But a few organizations have made different recommendations.
August 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1/ Popping back in with another #fallvaccine update. 👇
In case you missed it, Friday (or soon after) the FDA is expected to license the Covid-19 vaccine. Word is that the label will be restricted to adults 65+ and people at high risk.
But a few organizations have made different recommendations.
In case you missed it, Friday (or soon after) the FDA is expected to license the Covid-19 vaccine. Word is that the label will be restricted to adults 65+ and people at high risk.
But a few organizations have made different recommendations.
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It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
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Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...
At this rate, Jamie Lloyd is going to invent live television by 2030. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
Paying Evita audience upset as Don’t Cry delivered offstage to West End passersby for free
Paying audiences divided over staging in which they get video feed of Rachel Zegler singing on balcony to passersby
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
At this rate, Jamie Lloyd is going to invent live television by 2030. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
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Get in losers. We're building a popular front.
seeing people with liz cheney placards marching side by side with people brandishing the hammer and sickle lends to… an interesting energy
June 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Get in losers. We're building a popular front.
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
June 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
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So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.
Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.
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Millennials have been told to wait their turn for years to have influence over institutions and those institutions are being destroyed either just as we are given a smidgen of responsibility or before we even get a chance, and at least I'm pretty annoyed about that
April 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Millennials have been told to wait their turn for years to have influence over institutions and those institutions are being destroyed either just as we are given a smidgen of responsibility or before we even get a chance, and at least I'm pretty annoyed about that
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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
The government ignored his protective legal status & deported Abrego Garcia. “Now they claim that the court is powerless to order any relief. If that’s true, the immigration laws are meaningless because the government can deport ANYONE & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
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GREAT news everyone!
The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions.
Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Apply or die!
The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions.
Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Apply or die!
Careers at The Onion
jobs.gusto.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
GREAT news everyone!
The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions.
Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Apply or die!
The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions.
Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Apply or die!
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some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
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“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Social network Bluesky, an open source X rival, has made a change that will allow publishers to better track the referral traffic originating from posts on its platform. According to a comment from Bluesky employee Emily Liu, the company is now sending…
tcrn.ch
March 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
This makes a lot of sense. Giannandria has been unable to ship any meaningful improvements to Siri, and the biggest challenge for Vision Pro is making the hardware lighter and cheaper. Rockwell will certainly ship *something*.
www.theverge.com/news/633358/...
www.theverge.com/news/633358/...
Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri
Siri is getting a new leader.
www.theverge.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This makes a lot of sense. Giannandria has been unable to ship any meaningful improvements to Siri, and the biggest challenge for Vision Pro is making the hardware lighter and cheaper. Rockwell will certainly ship *something*.
www.theverge.com/news/633358/...
www.theverge.com/news/633358/...