Josh Crutchmer
@jcrutchmer.bsky.social
Planning Editor/A1 time lapser, NYT. Teller of Americana tales others pass on. Oklahoma State/Man City. Also: @thebacklounge.bsky.social
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Huh weird how those Southern dad jokes about greeting your daughter’s prom dates with a gun seem to evaporate in a situation like this.
All the adults failed her including her dad
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
"Honestly, I have no ill will towards that young man or his family. Kids are kids, & they do dumb things just like adults do. So, especially at that age, they don’t comprehend the severity of what they do" said the girl's dad
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
www.wsaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Huh weird how those Southern dad jokes about greeting your daughter’s prom dates with a gun seem to evaporate in a situation like this.
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This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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The origins of “So you hate waffles?”
yo wow what the ACTUAL fuck
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The origins of “So you hate waffles?”
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Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
NEW: So, the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday featured lotsa Methodist pastors.
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Why? They were supporters of defendant/fellow Methodist Brian Straw.
"If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,” one pastor said. religionnews.com/2025/11/13/m...
Methodist pastors march into courtroom with 'boring suburban dad' indicted for protesting
CHICAGO (RNS) — ‘If you come for one United Methodist, you have come for all of us,’ said a Chicago area UMC pastor.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Buried in here: UMC pastors in Chicago told me they were going to keep doing this for a wide spectrum of Methodists who have legal battles amid the ongoing mass deportation effort in the city — immigrant families, pastors who have been arrested, etc.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
Some serious denominational solidarity here.
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NEW: In text exchanges with a Bill Gates adviser from early in the first Trump presidency, Jeffrey Epstein presented himself as intimately familiar with Trump's then-current views, and even capable of passing messages from the White House to Gates through an intermediary. w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW: In text exchanges with a Bill Gates adviser from early in the first Trump presidency, Jeffrey Epstein presented himself as intimately familiar with Trump's then-current views, and even capable of passing messages from the White House to Gates through an intermediary. w/ @leahfeiger.bsky.social
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Today is the day that I am compelled to migrate my pinned from the Old Site to this site because oh my gosh did you
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today is the day that I am compelled to migrate my pinned from the Old Site to this site because oh my gosh did you
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Okay, I'm about to block this woman, but for people who in *good faith* don't understand this, a work email does not mean your employer is reading your communications, and in newsrooms it *very much* does not mean that for source protection and liability reasons.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Okay, I'm about to block this woman, but for people who in *good faith* don't understand this, a work email does not mean your employer is reading your communications, and in newsrooms it *very much* does not mean that for source protection and liability reasons.
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Stop signs too. Every day I see upwards of 5 cars roll (or gun it) right through the intersection at the end of my block.
How many of them are NJ-plate Tesla bros? The limit does not exist.
How many of them are NJ-plate Tesla bros? The limit does not exist.
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
Society broke down and all, but you really still need to stop at red lights
I can't believe we need to explain this one, but it seems that we really do
nygroove.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Stop signs too. Every day I see upwards of 5 cars roll (or gun it) right through the intersection at the end of my block.
How many of them are NJ-plate Tesla bros? The limit does not exist.
How many of them are NJ-plate Tesla bros? The limit does not exist.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Bird being on this list is also kind of wild because he turned 30 after winning all his titles and MVPs and then started getting his career-ending injuries at 32
Unreal stat from Steph. Tonight is his 43rd game of 40+ points since the turned 30. Only Mike has more — and Steph could get 10 more easy before it's said and done. Kobe only got 30, for reference.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Bird being on this list is also kind of wild because he turned 30 after winning all his titles and MVPs and then started getting his career-ending injuries at 32
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Man I resent the idea that New York needs to be unpleasant to live in to be authentic so much, it’s pervasive and it holds the city back in so many ways
left NIMBYism is a study in cognitive dissonance and paradoxes:
the homes are simultaneously vacant yet full of rich people
the homes are simultaneously “luxury” yet “shitholes”
the homes are simultaneously vacant yet full of rich people
the homes are simultaneously “luxury” yet “shitholes”
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Man I resent the idea that New York needs to be unpleasant to live in to be authentic so much, it’s pervasive and it holds the city back in so many ways
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seeing an unwelcome uptick in people I follow quote-tweeting bad people with bad opinions lately. I do not want to see the bad people's bad opinions, that's why I don't follow *them*
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
seeing an unwelcome uptick in people I follow quote-tweeting bad people with bad opinions lately. I do not want to see the bad people's bad opinions, that's why I don't follow *them*
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NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
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I love how when you drop Airpods they have to explode out of the case. They're like a Victorian child who is not allowed his preferred juice. "Did you just fucking DROP me? Am I not your most precious baby?" They immediately become heat seeking missiles but for crevices under your couch.
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love how when you drop Airpods they have to explode out of the case. They're like a Victorian child who is not allowed his preferred juice. "Did you just fucking DROP me? Am I not your most precious baby?" They immediately become heat seeking missiles but for crevices under your couch.
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
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Man, it's good to keep the city connected, but I'm not sure supporting supercommuters from Toledo is the best use of bus resources...
NYC bus on the Ohio Turnpike outside Toledo. The front says NOT IN SERVICE
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Man, it's good to keep the city connected, but I'm not sure supporting supercommuters from Toledo is the best use of bus resources...
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The New York financier?
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The New York financier?
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Yesterday after about an hour waiting for food at the bar I inquired as to whether it was coming … as I asked some food that looked exactly like what I ordered came out and was delivered to people who had come in 30 mins after me. …
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday after about an hour waiting for food at the bar I inquired as to whether it was coming … as I asked some food that looked exactly like what I ordered came out and was delivered to people who had come in 30 mins after me. …
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yeah, if you miss your exit coming off the bridge you're fucked
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
yeah, if you miss your exit coming off the bridge you're fucked
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I hate my commute so much.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I hate my commute so much.