Andrew Blackwell
@blackwell.bsky.social
Making a documentary about cryptography, the internet, and the NSA. Prev, Supervising Editor of NYT Op-Docs
@nytopinion. Author of "Visit Sunny Chernobyl.” Signal: Axolotl.89
@nytopinion. Author of "Visit Sunny Chernobyl.” Signal: Axolotl.89
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RIP Udo Kier, a true original
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his one and only social media post:
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his one and only social media post:
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
RIP Udo Kier, a true original
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his one and only social media post:
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his one and only social media post:
@bencollins.bsky.social The Onion needs to buy Warner Bros
Uh, what happens to the Warner Bros film library if Netflix wins. Does it vanish from physical media and go entirely behind the paywall? -- www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b...
Netflix, Comcast and Paramount Submit Warner Bros. Discovery Bids
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@bencollins.bsky.social The Onion needs to buy Warner Bros
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Alternate Headline:
"Even the $5 billion NYC Spends on the NYPD Couldn't Prevent the Midtown Shooting.
NYC has the highest per capita level of policing in the US. But Monday’s mass shooting showed policing's limits, security experts said."
Why not go with that headline? Why not? WHY. NOT?
"Even the $5 billion NYC Spends on the NYPD Couldn't Prevent the Midtown Shooting.
NYC has the highest per capita level of policing in the US. But Monday’s mass shooting showed policing's limits, security experts said."
Why not go with that headline? Why not? WHY. NOT?
July 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Alternate Headline:
"Even the $5 billion NYC Spends on the NYPD Couldn't Prevent the Midtown Shooting.
NYC has the highest per capita level of policing in the US. But Monday’s mass shooting showed policing's limits, security experts said."
Why not go with that headline? Why not? WHY. NOT?
"Even the $5 billion NYC Spends on the NYPD Couldn't Prevent the Midtown Shooting.
NYC has the highest per capita level of policing in the US. But Monday’s mass shooting showed policing's limits, security experts said."
Why not go with that headline? Why not? WHY. NOT?
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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
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Interesting effort called @noosphere.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Reporters launch new TikTok-like news platform
Noosphere is a mobile-first platform that will charge less than $20 a month to access a feed of content produced by independent journalists.
www.semafor.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Interesting effort called @noosphere.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
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“Never vote for someone you hate,” Dugar said.
“We like to say: the first choice is the candidate you love. Your second choice is the candidate that you like. Your third and fourth choice is the candidate you like slightly less. And your fifth choice is the candidate you can stand.”
“We like to say: the first choice is the candidate you love. Your second choice is the candidate that you like. Your third and fourth choice is the candidate you like slightly less. And your fifth choice is the candidate you can stand.”
How Does Ranked Choice Voting Work in New York City?
The voting method is used in primaries for municipal offices only, not in state or federal races or general elections.
www.thecity.nyc
March 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Never vote for someone you hate,” Dugar said.
“We like to say: the first choice is the candidate you love. Your second choice is the candidate that you like. Your third and fourth choice is the candidate you like slightly less. And your fifth choice is the candidate you can stand.”
“We like to say: the first choice is the candidate you love. Your second choice is the candidate that you like. Your third and fourth choice is the candidate you like slightly less. And your fifth choice is the candidate you can stand.”
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Taking a page from the Tesla protests, people need to show up to Andrew Cuomo’s events and yell about his sexual harassment, corruption and more. Without that, low-information voters are only going to hear from the Post and local TV news something like, “Cuomo strong.”
March 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Taking a page from the Tesla protests, people need to show up to Andrew Cuomo’s events and yell about his sexual harassment, corruption and more. Without that, low-information voters are only going to hear from the Post and local TV news something like, “Cuomo strong.”
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Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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reading Ian Toll's series on the Pacific war and was struck by the portrait of Admiral Spruance. dude delegated as much work as possible, read paperbacks during long voyages, was fanatical about lots of exercise & 8-9 hours of sleep a night, and prob the best naval commander of the war
February 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
reading Ian Toll's series on the Pacific war and was struck by the portrait of Admiral Spruance. dude delegated as much work as possible, read paperbacks during long voyages, was fanatical about lots of exercise & 8-9 hours of sleep a night, and prob the best naval commander of the war
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the thing here is that (much like Silicon Valley spending the last 25 years working to *fix* all the risks that got VCs clobbered in the 2000 NASDAQ crash), Rs have spent 50 years working to *fix* the checks that stopped Nixon
@Wired has been the Woodward-Bernstein of this moment.
(Among diffs from that era: GOP then had Sens/Reps who would stand up to prez. Ditto that era's SCOTUS, with six GOP appointees. Still ruled unanimously that Nixon did not have absolute right to withhold WH tapes from Congress. Quaint!)
(Among diffs from that era: GOP then had Sens/Reps who would stand up to prez. Ditto that era's SCOTUS, with six GOP appointees. Still ruled unanimously that Nixon did not have absolute right to withhold WH tapes from Congress. Quaint!)
NEW: An internal email, reviewed by WIRED, calls DOGE access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the thing here is that (much like Silicon Valley spending the last 25 years working to *fix* all the risks that got VCs clobbered in the 2000 NASDAQ crash), Rs have spent 50 years working to *fix* the checks that stopped Nixon
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gonna post this every day until the deadline: Feb. 14
if you want to vote in NYC's June primary ***YOU HAVE TO PICK A PARTY BY FEBRUARY 14***
New York has closed primaries. if you're unaffiliated, you can't vote in June. if you're WFP or Conservative you ***CANNOT VOTE IN DEM OR GOP PRIMARY**
if you want to vote in NYC's June primary ***YOU HAVE TO PICK A PARTY BY FEBRUARY 14***
New York has closed primaries. if you're unaffiliated, you can't vote in June. if you're WFP or Conservative you ***CANNOT VOTE IN DEM OR GOP PRIMARY**
To Vote in This Summer’s Primary, Pick Your Party Now
You can only vote in NYC primaries if you’re registered with a party — and the deadline is coming up fast.
www.thecity.nyc
January 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
gonna post this every day until the deadline: Feb. 14
if you want to vote in NYC's June primary ***YOU HAVE TO PICK A PARTY BY FEBRUARY 14***
New York has closed primaries. if you're unaffiliated, you can't vote in June. if you're WFP or Conservative you ***CANNOT VOTE IN DEM OR GOP PRIMARY**
if you want to vote in NYC's June primary ***YOU HAVE TO PICK A PARTY BY FEBRUARY 14***
New York has closed primaries. if you're unaffiliated, you can't vote in June. if you're WFP or Conservative you ***CANNOT VOTE IN DEM OR GOP PRIMARY**
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In 2009, @raquellaneri.bsky.social got the scoop on David Lynch's top-five sandwiches. Unsurprisingly, it's delightful. substack.com/home/post/p-...
David Lynch's top five sandwiches
RIP to a legend: a visionary filmmaker who also gave me the weirdest and most delightful interview of my career.
substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I’m always thinking about this masterpiece of opinion
David Lynch on iPhone
YouTube video by Brittney Gilbert
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’m always thinking about this masterpiece of opinion
quote posts without any additional text are nice. they're very "i liked your post so much i made it a little frame"
January 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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"Icicle" containing two distinct roots for "ice"—each possibly extensions of a shared base—is awesome 😀
Effectively equivalent to
PIE *h₁eyHs-o(N)-h₁yeg-o(-V)-lós
PGmc *īsą-jek-ulaz
O.Eng. īs-ġiċel
Eng. icicle
Diamond inheritance, much better in etymology than programming 😄
Effectively equivalent to
PIE *h₁eyHs-o(N)-h₁yeg-o(-V)-lós
PGmc *īsą-jek-ulaz
O.Eng. īs-ġiċel
Eng. icicle
Diamond inheritance, much better in etymology than programming 😄
A Christmas gift from me to my fellow word nerds:
Nine Christmas-related words with interesting etymologies, one for each of the nine letters of 'Christmas'!
It was written with much linguistic love in an armchair beside a roaring fire.
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...
Nine Christmas-related words with interesting etymologies, one for each of the nine letters of 'Christmas'!
It was written with much linguistic love in an armchair beside a roaring fire.
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...
A CHRISTMAS Full of Etymology
Reading time: 5 minutes It’s December now, the month when the calendar helpfully provides me with a topic for the monthly article. So, here’s a short and sweet linguistic post with a fe…
dannybate.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:45 AM
"Icicle" containing two distinct roots for "ice"—each possibly extensions of a shared base—is awesome 😀
Effectively equivalent to
PIE *h₁eyHs-o(N)-h₁yeg-o(-V)-lós
PGmc *īsą-jek-ulaz
O.Eng. īs-ġiċel
Eng. icicle
Diamond inheritance, much better in etymology than programming 😄
Effectively equivalent to
PIE *h₁eyHs-o(N)-h₁yeg-o(-V)-lós
PGmc *īsą-jek-ulaz
O.Eng. īs-ġiċel
Eng. icicle
Diamond inheritance, much better in etymology than programming 😄
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It’s pretty extraordinary how you can turn the entire government over to billionaires and get called “populist” just because you resent scientists and integrated schools.
December 23, 2024 at 3:03 AM
It’s pretty extraordinary how you can turn the entire government over to billionaires and get called “populist” just because you resent scientists and integrated schools.
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America cannot endure as a nested hierarchy of legalized scams targeting working people.
🚨ICYMI: The top private health insurers have poured over $120 BILLION of their profits into stock buybacks since 2010.
Meanwhile the average American family has seen premiums increase 55% over the same time period to $25,000 a YEAR 👇
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-gave-120-billion-to-sh…
Meanwhile the average American family has seen premiums increase 55% over the same time period to $25,000 a YEAR 👇
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-gave-120-billion-to-sh…
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim
The country’s largest insurers spent $120 billion on stock buybacks since 2010, with nearly half of that spent by UnitedHealth.
buff.ly
December 17, 2024 at 6:15 AM
America cannot endure as a nested hierarchy of legalized scams targeting working people.
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It's like old timey TV for arthouse people :) - www.criterionchannel.com/videos/crite...
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December 17, 2024 at 2:39 AM
It's like old timey TV for arthouse people :) - www.criterionchannel.com/videos/crite...
Bagels used to be so much hipper
Menu for 'The Hip Bagel', 1960s café in New York.
December 3, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Bagels used to be so much hipper
This was unhinged. I love Criterion 24/7
Now playing (06:35 PM PST):
"Messiah of Evil" (1974)
By Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Runtime: 90 min.
"Messiah of Evil" (1974)
By Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz
Runtime: 90 min.
November 24, 2024 at 4:42 AM
This was unhinged. I love Criterion 24/7
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As Trump prepares to take power, Republicans are blocking a fix to a mysterious provision added this year to the Section 702 warrantless surveillance law. The overly broad provision expanded the type of US service providers that can be forced to help the government spy. (gift link)
nyti.ms/3CGzPdO
Republicans Blocking Proposal to Narrow Part of a Surveillance Law
The second Trump administration appears likely to inherit broader powers to force American service providers to help a warrantless wiretapping program.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
As Trump prepares to take power, Republicans are blocking a fix to a mysterious provision added this year to the Section 702 warrantless surveillance law. The overly broad provision expanded the type of US service providers that can be forced to help the government spy. (gift link)
nyti.ms/3CGzPdO
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Thanks to Eric Adams and the New York City Council, Simple Loaf on 5th Ave in Brooklyn went from having a beautiful outdoor dining setup with space for more than a dozen patrons to having space for parking two cars.
November 19, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Thanks to Eric Adams and the New York City Council, Simple Loaf on 5th Ave in Brooklyn went from having a beautiful outdoor dining setup with space for more than a dozen patrons to having space for parking two cars.
