J H Libby
@jhlibby.bsky.social
Recovering editor and nonprofit contrarian.
He / Him / Hey you
He / Him / Hey you
Maybe the switch from paper to screens wasn't a great idea.
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Maybe the switch from paper to screens wasn't a great idea.
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Not even a hint to readers here that Trump’s whole anti drug thing is a con job. Just stenography. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-honduras-venezuela.html
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Not even a hint to readers here that Trump’s whole anti drug thing is a con job. Just stenography. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/politics/trump-honduras-venezuela.html
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You can walk away from the shitheel. En masse. Although the rest of the press pool questioning his behavior would be better.
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
You can walk away from the shitheel. En masse. Although the rest of the press pool questioning his behavior would be better.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
A cold read shows the remark was a joke, and the online wags will have to pull back once they realize the obvious.
But this statement begs its own questions. OK, Bill wasn't the Bubba they meant -- who WAS it?
Mark just gave us another news cycle's worth of material.
But this statement begs its own questions. OK, Bill wasn't the Bubba they meant -- who WAS it?
Mark just gave us another news cycle's worth of material.
NEW: Mark Epstein says that the "Bubba" he joked about with his brother Jeffrey Epstein "is not, in any way, a reference to former President
Bill Clinton."
Bill Clinton."
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A cold read shows the remark was a joke, and the online wags will have to pull back once they realize the obvious.
But this statement begs its own questions. OK, Bill wasn't the Bubba they meant -- who WAS it?
Mark just gave us another news cycle's worth of material.
But this statement begs its own questions. OK, Bill wasn't the Bubba they meant -- who WAS it?
Mark just gave us another news cycle's worth of material.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
Dick Cheney died on Election Day 25 years too late.
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Also this would certainly help to ameliorate the current housing crisis in the city
(PS: No one's moving)
(PS: No one's moving)
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Live your life so you aren't shunned by literally every civilian neighborhood in commuting range.
Multiple senior Trump officials are moving onto military bases.
That’s not normal behavior. So ask yourself, is it really about their safety, or is the stage being set for something bigger?
That’s not normal behavior. So ask yourself, is it really about their safety, or is the stage being set for something bigger?
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Live your life so you aren't shunned by literally every civilian neighborhood in commuting range.
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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Absolutely infuriating. And NOT a business decision.
Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com
According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”
www.thecut.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Absolutely infuriating. And NOT a business decision.
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If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
"What they attempted to position as bridge-building quickly looked something more like trench warfare. Instead of conscientious outreach across the aisle, the Trump administration’s Bluesky launch mixed trolling and partisan messaging, creating instant backlash."
www.wired.com/story/inside...
www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the Trump Adminstration's Bluesky Invasion
On Friday, after months of internal discussions, federal agencies began posting on the left-friendly social network. Within days, they dominated a list of the most-blocked accounts.
www.wired.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"What they attempted to position as bridge-building quickly looked something more like trench warfare. Instead of conscientious outreach across the aisle, the Trump administration’s Bluesky launch mixed trolling and partisan messaging, creating instant backlash."
www.wired.com/story/inside...
www.wired.com/story/inside...
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🚨ICE posing as sheriff in Hollywood, CA. Governor Newsom is going to see this and he is going to be lit with rage, as he should be. The guy asking questions on video pointing out all the illegal acts they are committing. Let’s make sure he sees what happened tonight. 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🚨ICE posing as sheriff in Hollywood, CA. Governor Newsom is going to see this and he is going to be lit with rage, as he should be. The guy asking questions on video pointing out all the illegal acts they are committing. Let’s make sure he sees what happened tonight. 1/2
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If we are light a royal title, can this be the moment that we shake the dust off "Lord Baltimore"? Unused since the Calvert family line left the scene in the 18th Century and John Waters has a filmography that justifies a sword to the shoulder.
Yo, Chuck, your fam needs a distraction or two. Do it.
Yo, Chuck, your fam needs a distraction or two. Do it.
Prince Andrew has agreed to relinquish his Duke of York title following fresh revelations tied to Jeffrey Epstein and alleged Chinese espionage. His ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, has also agreed to relinquish her title Duchess of York. https://wapo.st/4qbXZRL
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If we are light a royal title, can this be the moment that we shake the dust off "Lord Baltimore"? Unused since the Calvert family line left the scene in the 18th Century and John Waters has a filmography that justifies a sword to the shoulder.
Yo, Chuck, your fam needs a distraction or two. Do it.
Yo, Chuck, your fam needs a distraction or two. Do it.
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It was so obvious he was lying and yet you choose to follow. Shame on you.
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It was so obvious he was lying and yet you choose to follow. Shame on you.
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The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
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"Tesla is bringing back the controversially named “Mad Max” mode in its Full Self-Driving (Supervised), a level 2 advanced driver assistance system that Tesla claims will become level 4 fully autonomous in the near future – something it claimed every year for the last 7 years."
What could go wrong?
Tesla brings back ‘Mad Max’ ‘Full Self-Driving’ mode that ignores speed limits
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Tesla is bringing back the controversially named “Mad Max” mode in its Full Self-Driving (Supervised), a level 2 advanced driver assistance system that Tesla claims will become level 4 fully autonomous in the near future – something it claimed every year for the last 7 years."
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Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.
October 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.
Between-the-lines interpreters of Friday's medical report think it means DJT won't be around for long.
Once he goes, so will the pressure to release the Epstein files, the scrutiny of his family's financial hijinks, and everything else specific to his personal actions.
Once he goes, so will the pressure to release the Epstein files, the scrutiny of his family's financial hijinks, and everything else specific to his personal actions.
October 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Between-the-lines interpreters of Friday's medical report think it means DJT won't be around for long.
Once he goes, so will the pressure to release the Epstein files, the scrutiny of his family's financial hijinks, and everything else specific to his personal actions.
Once he goes, so will the pressure to release the Epstein files, the scrutiny of his family's financial hijinks, and everything else specific to his personal actions.
This week's science homework
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You know, if enough of us say on the internet that it's important to wash your cybertruck with saltwater and lemon juice to preserve the finish, eventually ChatGPT will start telling cybertruck owners that.
October 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This week's science homework
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