Jo
@doesjoknow.bsky.social
Artist, fundraiser and Johanna factotum
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What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
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must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Happy FBAR panic eve to all who celebrate! Is the acronym a joke or a threat? Who knows!
October 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy FBAR panic eve to all who celebrate! Is the acronym a joke or a threat? Who knows!
What a surprise, the middlemen are profiting the most
Americans each spend an average of $13,400 a year on their health, $6,000 more than in other rich countries. These graphs show who is making all the money
Does big pharma gouge Americans?
In the bloated health-care system, others are the real money-makers
econ.st
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What a surprise, the middlemen are profiting the most
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Exc - The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is facing fresh questions over his independence after leaked files revealed he gave extensive crisis support to Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser.
Lewis spent two days with Johnson in No10 as part of a team battling to save him.
Lewis spent two days with Johnson in No10 as part of a team battling to save him.
September 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Exc - The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is facing fresh questions over his independence after leaked files revealed he gave extensive crisis support to Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser.
Lewis spent two days with Johnson in No10 as part of a team battling to save him.
Lewis spent two days with Johnson in No10 as part of a team battling to save him.
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"Friendship is not, in fact, forever. It lasts approximately nine to ten months when you’re an adult with elementary school-aged children. And our bell has rung; our time is up." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
Our Kids Will No Longer Be in the Same Class, So I Guess We’re Dead to Each Other Now
It was beautiful witnessing our children’s blossoming friendship when they were in Miss Penny’s first-grade class—and by extension, our friendship ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Friendship is not, in fact, forever. It lasts approximately nine to ten months when you’re an adult with elementary school-aged children. And our bell has rung; our time is up." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...
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This is a historic horror that the United States government allows to get worse every day.
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is a historic horror that the United States government allows to get worse every day.
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Gov. Tim Walz: "Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination. Our state lost a great leader and I lost the dearest of friends...We must all stand against political violence."
June 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination. Our state lost a great leader and I lost the dearest of friends...We must all stand against political violence."
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Republicans have gotten a *lot* more regressive on gender in a very short period of time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
June 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Republicans have gotten a *lot* more regressive on gender in a very short period of time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
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My phone just served me this picture, from a March 2021 CNBC hit, and I want to put it in a museum of pandemic times.
April 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My phone just served me this picture, from a March 2021 CNBC hit, and I want to put it in a museum of pandemic times.
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I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
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There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of more moderate democrats being aggressive opponents of the white house and holding public events highlighting their opposition
@aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov's rallies have been so successful that it's "worrying some moderate Democrats who fear Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez could tug the party to the left."
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about
The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era.
www.politico.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
there is absolutely nothing standing in the way of more moderate democrats being aggressive opponents of the white house and holding public events highlighting their opposition
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Hey
I just met you
and I'm a whale
But here's my number
So call me, Ishmael
I just met you
and I'm a whale
But here's my number
So call me, Ishmael
March 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey
I just met you
and I'm a whale
But here's my number
So call me, Ishmael
I just met you
and I'm a whale
But here's my number
So call me, Ishmael
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there are like three overlapping scandals with signalgate — illegal distribution of sensitive government materials by top members of the administration, illegal attempt to circumvent records laws and possible unlawful use of military force — and democrats should be screaming about them all
March 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
there are like three overlapping scandals with signalgate — illegal distribution of sensitive government materials by top members of the administration, illegal attempt to circumvent records laws and possible unlawful use of military force — and democrats should be screaming about them all
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A statement by the Linguistic Society of America on designating English as the official language
www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
LSA
Four Reasons English Should Not be the Official Language: Statement Against White House Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of The Un
www.lsadc.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A statement by the Linguistic Society of America on designating English as the official language
www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
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This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this.
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this.
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
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If you haven't yet read JVL's piece from yesterday about why Trump would want to fire the archivist of the United States, who heads the National Archives and Records Administration, you should, especially now that it's actually happened.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
February 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If you haven't yet read JVL's piece from yesterday about why Trump would want to fire the archivist of the United States, who heads the National Archives and Records Administration, you should, especially now that it's actually happened.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
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Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
The Sparta PR people have a lot to answer for
congrats to ancient Athens on finally beating ancient Sparta today.yougov.com/entertainmen...
September 18, 2024 at 7:59 PM
The Sparta PR people have a lot to answer for
1,449,358 reasons but baby, I just need one good one to stay
September 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
1,449,358 reasons but baby, I just need one good one to stay
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Some gentle heartwarming content here, I tried to be smug and cynical about this but it won me over:
Filkins Drift walk 870 miles on tour around Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
Filkins Drift walk 870 miles on tour around Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
Band Filkins Drift walk 870 miles on tour around Wales
While Beyoncé uses private jets, Filkins Drift promote sustainability by walking to their gigs.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2023 at 8:29 AM
Some gentle heartwarming content here, I tried to be smug and cynical about this but it won me over:
Filkins Drift walk 870 miles on tour around Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
Filkins Drift walk 870 miles on tour around Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
Great to see the talented and lovely lads of Filkin’s Drift make the news for their epic, sustainable tour www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...
Band Filkins Drift walk 870 miles on tour around Wales
While Beyoncé uses private jets, Filkins Drift promote sustainability by walking to their gigs.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Great to see the talented and lovely lads of Filkin’s Drift make the news for their epic, sustainable tour www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...