Jerry Newmark
@jerryn13.bsky.social
Old nerd, one time sailboat racer, recovering audiophile.
If things get desperate here, also @jerryn13@mastodon.coffee
If things get desperate here, also @jerryn13@mastodon.coffee
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During its layoffs, the Washington Post abandoned a lot of its staff in foreign, sometime dangerous countries. If you have a few dollars to spare you can help them get home. I know it's grotesque to have to ask, but that's the working world Bezos created.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
During its layoffs, the Washington Post abandoned a lot of its staff in foreign, sometime dangerous countries. If you have a few dollars to spare you can help them get home. I know it's grotesque to have to ask, but that's the working world Bezos created.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
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A post from Texas Governor Greg Abbott today clearly indicates he is factoring the political views of public school students into his narrative justifying a state takeover of a local school district.
February 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
A post from Texas Governor Greg Abbott today clearly indicates he is factoring the political views of public school students into his narrative justifying a state takeover of a local school district.
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This bribe by Binance — fueling Trump’s scam crypto in exchange for a pardon — should send Trump to prison.
But after his bribes from Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, ABC, CBS & buyers of his meme coin, the ethical boundaries for this crook are gone.
Let’s restore them & send him away.
But after his bribes from Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, ABC, CBS & buyers of his meme coin, the ethical boundaries for this crook are gone.
Let’s restore them & send him away.
February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This bribe by Binance — fueling Trump’s scam crypto in exchange for a pardon — should send Trump to prison.
But after his bribes from Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, ABC, CBS & buyers of his meme coin, the ethical boundaries for this crook are gone.
Let’s restore them & send him away.
But after his bribes from Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, ABC, CBS & buyers of his meme coin, the ethical boundaries for this crook are gone.
Let’s restore them & send him away.
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The goal "is to limit confusion on U.S government policy and to speak with one voice to advance the President, Secretary, and Administration's goals and messaging. It will preserve history while promoting the present."
Curating history that is in public view to control the narrative.
#Pinks
Curating history that is in public view to control the narrative.
#Pinks
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 AM
The goal "is to limit confusion on U.S government policy and to speak with one voice to advance the President, Secretary, and Administration's goals and messaging. It will preserve history while promoting the present."
Curating history that is in public view to control the narrative.
#Pinks
Curating history that is in public view to control the narrative.
#Pinks
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these guys claim the 2024 election heralded the beginning of eternal cultural dominance and here they are performatively boycotting the one shared cultural touchstone of normie America like absolute freaks
Just like MAGA buying Melania tickets in bulk to try and make it look like it isn’t a flop.
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
these guys claim the 2024 election heralded the beginning of eternal cultural dominance and here they are performatively boycotting the one shared cultural touchstone of normie America like absolute freaks
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Five years ago I caught my dumbest ban
February 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Five years ago I caught my dumbest ban
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McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.
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Something wrong Hon, you've barely touched your meat and ferments.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Something wrong Hon, you've barely touched your meat and ferments.
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In any other administration the editorial pages would be heavy with calls for Lutnick to resign. But our media has become billionaire deformed and scandal normed.
NYT gets around to reporting what has been on the front pages of papers around the world for the last week, but still is nowhere to be seen in major US broadcasts: Howard Lutnick, Trump's billionaire commerce secretary, interacted with Jeffrey Epstein regularly over at least 13 yrs while they lived
Files Detail Epstein’s Dealings With Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In any other administration the editorial pages would be heavy with calls for Lutnick to resign. But our media has become billionaire deformed and scandal normed.
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Why is a contributing editor to Harper's and a lecturer at Columbia Law cribbing independent journalist Marisa Kabas's posts word for word without attribution
February 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Why is a contributing editor to Harper's and a lecturer at Columbia Law cribbing independent journalist Marisa Kabas's posts word for word without attribution
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😡 OH DEAR GOD.
CSR funding was ELIMINATED by the TRUMP Admin in 2017 when HIS Justice Dept. chose NOT to appeal a court decision IN REPUBLICANS FAVOR.
Furthermore, *reinstating* CSR funding would RAISE net premiums on millions of ACA enrollees while only reducing them for a few hundred thousand.
CSR funding was ELIMINATED by the TRUMP Admin in 2017 when HIS Justice Dept. chose NOT to appeal a court decision IN REPUBLICANS FAVOR.
Furthermore, *reinstating* CSR funding would RAISE net premiums on millions of ACA enrollees while only reducing them for a few hundred thousand.
BASH: Can you give me one specific example of a solution the president has put forward that is lowering healthcare costs, beyond prescription drugs?
DR OZ: There's something called a CSR
DR OZ: There's something called a CSR
February 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
😡 OH DEAR GOD.
CSR funding was ELIMINATED by the TRUMP Admin in 2017 when HIS Justice Dept. chose NOT to appeal a court decision IN REPUBLICANS FAVOR.
Furthermore, *reinstating* CSR funding would RAISE net premiums on millions of ACA enrollees while only reducing them for a few hundred thousand.
CSR funding was ELIMINATED by the TRUMP Admin in 2017 when HIS Justice Dept. chose NOT to appeal a court decision IN REPUBLICANS FAVOR.
Furthermore, *reinstating* CSR funding would RAISE net premiums on millions of ACA enrollees while only reducing them for a few hundred thousand.
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"Come on, just give the baby his bottle" is a terrific attitude for rank and file Republicans to have about the leader of their party.
LAWLER: Renaming infrastructure projects is not a new concept
KARL: Okay, but this isn't like, 'let's honor somebody.' Trump wants it named after himself! And he says he'll unfreeze the money if they do it
L: I could care less what the name of an infrastructure project is. I care that it gets done
KARL: Okay, but this isn't like, 'let's honor somebody.' Trump wants it named after himself! And he says he'll unfreeze the money if they do it
L: I could care less what the name of an infrastructure project is. I care that it gets done
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"Come on, just give the baby his bottle" is a terrific attitude for rank and file Republicans to have about the leader of their party.
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This writer was a perfect fit for the NYT. Repro people’s messages looked like this discussing her stories
What utter BS. After 46 paragraphs about her reading her bible at 5AM, visiting kids, etc, we get to what matters:
“In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time. Her disagreements emerge only in private, in conversations”
🤮🤮🤮, @nytimes.com
“In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time. Her disagreements emerge only in private, in conversations”
🤮🤮🤮, @nytimes.com
The G.O.P. Senator Who Can’t Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
This writer was a perfect fit for the NYT. Repro people’s messages looked like this discussing her stories
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Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."
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After several days of seeing the mail, the female red bellied woodpecker came today to have a snack. I think they're going to start their family soon. 🥹
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
After several days of seeing the mail, the female red bellied woodpecker came today to have a snack. I think they're going to start their family soon. 🥹
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What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say “but what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say “but what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.
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They're removing any informational signs from Big Bend National Park that are in Spanish & English or talk about cooperation with Mexico.
They want to ensure Spanish-speakers can't learn about nature at a national park on the US/Mexico border.
One originally conceived as a Peace Park with Mexico.
They want to ensure Spanish-speakers can't learn about nature at a national park on the US/Mexico border.
One originally conceived as a Peace Park with Mexico.
New Trump Administration order targets Texas park — what to know
The signs are seemingly uncontroversial, reports say.
www.mysanantonio.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
They're removing any informational signs from Big Bend National Park that are in Spanish & English or talk about cooperation with Mexico.
They want to ensure Spanish-speakers can't learn about nature at a national park on the US/Mexico border.
One originally conceived as a Peace Park with Mexico.
They want to ensure Spanish-speakers can't learn about nature at a national park on the US/Mexico border.
One originally conceived as a Peace Park with Mexico.
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Everyone on here wants to make it about one person, but there have been lots of media reports about ICE observing. But it’s just not that interesting once it’s demystified. The bigger issue is no one on the ground can tell the mutual aid side of the story because it risks vulnerable people’s lives.
Trying not to put on my tin foil hat here, but if your strategy was to get the media to think you’d toned it down while actually going harder against the observers, a tactic you’d deploy would be to use a fifth column to divide the observers and box out the press, under a left-coded pretext.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Everyone on here wants to make it about one person, but there have been lots of media reports about ICE observing. But it’s just not that interesting once it’s demystified. The bigger issue is no one on the ground can tell the mutual aid side of the story because it risks vulnerable people’s lives.
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Most of the times a large part of an American city was burned down by people, it was racists destroying non-white communities.
Rep. Tony Gonzales on Minnesota: "The problem is you've got so many local municipalities that don't want to work together. And when that happens, your city burns."
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Most of the times a large part of an American city was burned down by people, it was racists destroying non-white communities.
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It's Puppy Bowl Sunday!
The big game is on today at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet, but you can also see/stream it on Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max, and Discovery+.
More important info can be found here (like profiles of the players):
www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-...
The big game is on today at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet, but you can also see/stream it on Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max, and Discovery+.
More important info can be found here (like profiles of the players):
www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-...
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
It's Puppy Bowl Sunday!
The big game is on today at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet, but you can also see/stream it on Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max, and Discovery+.
More important info can be found here (like profiles of the players):
www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-...
The big game is on today at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet, but you can also see/stream it on Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max, and Discovery+.
More important info can be found here (like profiles of the players):
www.discovery.com/shows/puppy-...
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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I love it!
Whenever there’s talk in the news about taking more rights away from women, I bust out this gem from “Sassy Smurf” before she was on Ted Lasso. I love it. 😆😂🤣
youtu.be/htGAdlkStv8
youtu.be/htGAdlkStv8
The Mash Report: Women Have Told Everyone to Just F**k Off
YouTube video by Zippideh Doodah
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I love it!
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Yes x 1000. I told my editors that all of the LLM drama came for romance (thanks to the Amazon marketplace) over a decade ago. Every iteration after that has been the same cycle over and over again. Can’t get serious people to treat it seriously, however, because it’s about women’s economic activity
“Whenever the publishing industry is rocked by a technological shift, it usually hits romance first.”
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Yes x 1000. I told my editors that all of the LLM drama came for romance (thanks to the Amazon marketplace) over a decade ago. Every iteration after that has been the same cycle over and over again. Can’t get serious people to treat it seriously, however, because it’s about women’s economic activity
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“Mr. Foley is chairman of the NTC Group, a private-equity firm”
Ah, I see the problem here.
Ah, I see the problem here.
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
“Mr. Foley is chairman of the NTC Group, a private-equity firm”
Ah, I see the problem here.
Ah, I see the problem here.