Spamuel J. Risk
@itshard.bsky.social
I just want to have a fun time this time.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
Guess I was late. Happy new years ash.
I'm taking the dog for the final walk of 2025. You have until I get back to AMA about my 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Guess I was late. Happy new years ash.
I’m not there now but central time rules. Yall all suffer. We had it made.
man, all you EST nerds, there's a reason it's called CENTRAL standard time because it's the most important one
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 AM
I’m not there now but central time rules. Yall all suffer. We had it made.
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Congrats to the people of New York for experiencing A Good Thing, y'all earned it
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Congrats to the people of New York for experiencing A Good Thing, y'all earned it
Interesting note: only the second mayor of Bioshock.
January 1, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Interesting note: only the second mayor of Bioshock.
Feliz ano novo do Brasil!
January 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Feliz ano novo do Brasil!
When I say my family gotta go I mean my family gotta go by the mid terms.
A government of Nazi incels supervised by Nazi pedophiles who dream of deporting one-third of the country
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
When I say my family gotta go I mean my family gotta go by the mid terms.
I’m the guy who keeps urgently calling you, but you never answer. :-(
EXPLAIN YOUR USERNAME
It’s my name and / or the name quoted in Fight Club and / or the guy from numerous fables and / or one of my favorite comedic TV characters from the 80s and / or a reminder that you don’t know Jack.
It’s my name and / or the name quoted in Fight Club and / or the guy from numerous fables and / or one of my favorite comedic TV characters from the 80s and / or a reminder that you don’t know Jack.
EXPLAIN YOUR USERNAME
“Strange ranger” is a nickname that was given to me by my mom’s best friend when I was 6.
“Strange ranger” is a nickname that was given to me by my mom’s best friend when I was 6.
December 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I’m the guy who keeps urgently calling you, but you never answer. :-(
Just want to save this for the “kissing nurses and shit” line. The whole thing is beautiful.
A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just want to save this for the “kissing nurses and shit” line. The whole thing is beautiful.
It’s wild that there’s not a constant media drum beat to get this guy out. It’s how you know mainstream outlets like what the administration is doing and are willing to put up with an insane tyrant to get it.
It's a good commentary on 2025 that the US President announces a major military attack on a foreign country and even the straightest arrows think, 50% chance it's an attack, 50% chance president is on another cognition bender.
December 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It’s wild that there’s not a constant media drum beat to get this guy out. It’s how you know mainstream outlets like what the administration is doing and are willing to put up with an insane tyrant to get it.
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Not only was it OBVIOUS Trump was lying when he distanced himself from Project 2025, but the media went so far as to call Harris a liar for making the connection. Which means either mainstream media is at best entirely incompetent, or worse, complicit in covering up a lie. Doesn’t matter which.
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Not only was it OBVIOUS Trump was lying when he distanced himself from Project 2025, but the media went so far as to call Harris a liar for making the connection. Which means either mainstream media is at best entirely incompetent, or worse, complicit in covering up a lie. Doesn’t matter which.
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
If you’re rich you can literally tell the NYT anything and they’ll believe it. They just believed this lie in NY like a month ago.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If you’re rich you can literally tell the NYT anything and they’ll believe it. They just believed this lie in NY like a month ago.
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It’s an unmooring realization to have but nonetheless. Wait professors are fucking stupid? The star NYT writers are dumber than dirt? And both are usually evil on top of it?
You know how in almost every profession people who work in it go I used to look up to these people so much then I got into the field and realized they were all fucking dog brained assholes who guzzle piss and shit? That’s as true for academia and journalism as anything else.
August 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
It’s an unmooring realization to have but nonetheless. Wait professors are fucking stupid? The star NYT writers are dumber than dirt? And both are usually evil on top of it?
Minha esposa está discutindo com o pai dela sobre Bolsanaro.
I’m so glad my Portuguese is garbage.
I’m so glad my Portuguese is garbage.
December 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Minha esposa está discutindo com o pai dela sobre Bolsanaro.
I’m so glad my Portuguese is garbage.
I’m so glad my Portuguese is garbage.
Man, I hope Dems don’t fall for this. Being anti-Trump does not a progressive make.
George Conway, the former conservative lawyer turned critic of President Trump, has filed paperwork to run for Congress in New York City as a Democrat, a source close to Conway confirms.
George Conway files paperwork to run for Congress as a Democrat
Conway would run in the crowded primary for the New York House seat currently held by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler.
nbcnews.to
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Man, I hope Dems don’t fall for this. Being anti-Trump does not a progressive make.
I can only assume this post means Bezos and Putin are good buddies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to wish Russian President Vladimir Putin dead, saying “May he perish” in a Christmas Eve address.
December 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I can only assume this post means Bezos and Putin are good buddies.
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it's so funny his whole career chuck schumer has been talking about the imaginary friends he made up so he doesn't have to listen to real constituents
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
it's so funny his whole career chuck schumer has been talking about the imaginary friends he made up so he doesn't have to listen to real constituents
Just so you know, the Atlantic thinks you shouldn’t report on anything without government thumbs up. Good to know their reporting is worthless.
Bari Weiss was right about how to improve the “60 Minutes” CECOT report, Graeme Wood argues—but her “drama-detector, so refined when seeking out news stories, seems to have failed her when avoiding it in her own newsroom.”
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just so you know, the Atlantic thinks you shouldn’t report on anything without government thumbs up. Good to know their reporting is worthless.
You know Sally is dumb because she thinks anyone will buy this line. A smarter person would come up with better cover for being pro torture.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You know Sally is dumb because she thinks anyone will buy this line. A smarter person would come up with better cover for being pro torture.
I sort of think hiring someone entirely because she thought the military should slaughter Americans protesting police murders was probably a bad idea. But I’m no CEO so…
“.. her lengthening series of missteps cast fog around Paramount management’s ability to run media properties with any degree of success.”
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@bristei.bsky.social $PSKY
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I sort of think hiring someone entirely because she thought the military should slaughter Americans protesting police murders was probably a bad idea. But I’m no CEO so…
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Me yesterday, seeing WH desperately try to spin the Epstein doc dump into a story about Bill Clinton even as the Justice Dept fails to release all the files: “No way this will work, even with the horrible DC press.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Me yesterday, seeing WH desperately try to spin the Epstein doc dump into a story about Bill Clinton even as the Justice Dept fails to release all the files: “No way this will work, even with the horrible DC press.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
Me, today, looking at these headlines: “Welp, I’m a dummy.”
The frustrating thing is it’s gonna work. By the end of next week every major media outlet will have confirmed “Trump nowhere to be seen in Epstein files. Guess he’s innocent.” And that’ll be it.
This is the shit that'll get them. We already have footage that all the public has seen (even the dopes) & photos of them together. A smart crook would leave a few photos/emails/notes in the files to show that what contact he did have with Epstein wasn't as bad as others, but instead they do this
i’m just going to assume the 90% of pages that they blacked out is ONLY donald trump
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The frustrating thing is it’s gonna work. By the end of next week every major media outlet will have confirmed “Trump nowhere to be seen in Epstein files. Guess he’s innocent.” And that’ll be it.
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This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.