John McIntyre
@johnemcintyre.bsky.social
Retired Baltimore Sun editor, flaneur. Author of “The Old Editor Says” and “Bad Advice.” Kentuckian transplanted to Baltimore.
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I can never hear or see something about the extreme right Proud Boys without remembering that "proud boy" is a term for a gelding that doesn't realize it's been neutered and keeps acting like a stallion. So do with that info what you will. *sips coffee*
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I can never hear or see something about the extreme right Proud Boys without remembering that "proud boy" is a term for a gelding that doesn't realize it's been neutered and keeps acting like a stallion. So do with that info what you will. *sips coffee*
These damn TV shows that resort to display texting to carry the narrative: I am no longer eight years old, sitting n the floor directly in front of the set.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
These damn TV shows that resort to display texting to carry the narrative: I am no longer eight years old, sitting n the floor directly in front of the set.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
We've lost a first-rate journalist.
I knew Bob Erlandson; he was a friend of mine
We learned this week that Bob Erlandson died Friday at ninety-four, brought down by a massive stroke. Among the Baltimore Sun reporters I...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We've lost a first-rate journalist.
The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
Copy Editor
Baltimore, MD
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November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
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Black and Latino voters are the spine of the Democratic Party, not white moderates. That’s what this election showed—when candidates actually energize the people doing the groundwork, the ones who show up rain or shine, they win. You can’t fake authenticity or build power without us. #Pinks #Momsky
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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oops here is the gift link
Opinion | Trump Is an Albatross
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
oops here is the gift link
We will tell stories of what life was like during the reign of the Mad King.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We will tell stories of what life was like during the reign of the Mad King.
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Extraordinary how many establishment Democrats really wish they didn't have a talented rising new star who connects to people by talking to them and understanding what their interests are, then speaking to those interests. Like a job where the new guy makes everyone look bad simply by doing the job.
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Extraordinary how many establishment Democrats really wish they didn't have a talented rising new star who connects to people by talking to them and understanding what their interests are, then speaking to those interests. Like a job where the new guy makes everyone look bad simply by doing the job.
A hardy perennial that no frost can touch.
Give my regards, irregardless
Facebook's Captain Grammar Pants laid down the law this week: "Irregardless is a double negative, and we all know that we can’t not never, ...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A hardy perennial that no frost can touch.
Third-term nonsense. Constitution be damned, does anyone who has watched videos imagine that he will be alive to assume office in January 2029?
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Third-term nonsense. Constitution be damned, does anyone who has watched videos imagine that he will be alive to assume office in January 2029?
AI? Not a fan.
The Old editor glares at AI
A while back I shared a post, then deleted it after I was persuaded that the image in it had been generated by AI. I do not trust AI and do...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
AI? Not a fan.
People send me things, among them this from the once-great Baltimore Sun: “Armstrong Williams offers perspective on some of the controversy’s of the week. …”
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
People send me things, among them this from the once-great Baltimore Sun: “Armstrong Williams offers perspective on some of the controversy’s of the week. …”
My high school in Kentucky wants people to talk to students about careers. Here's what I would say:
To the students
Fleming County High School in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, from which I graduated in 1969, has announced on Facebook that it is looking for gues...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My high school in Kentucky wants people to talk to students about careers. Here's what I would say:
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I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.
Kathleen steps up too
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Kathleen steps up too
Forty-three years ago today.
October 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Forty-three years ago today.
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Wonderful column by Margaret Sullivan at The Guardian on the terrible, weird choice of Bari Weis by CBS News
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News | Margaret Sullivan
When Weiss was named editor-in-chief, it was the latest turn in the network’s confounding departure from its roots
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October 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wonderful column by Margaret Sullivan at The Guardian on the terrible, weird choice of Bari Weis by CBS News
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The utter inability of legacy news media to be able to deal with being straight-up lied to is one of the primary drivers of this mess.
I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
October 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The utter inability of legacy news media to be able to deal with being straight-up lied to is one of the primary drivers of this mess.
Saw the U.S. flag at half-staff at a Chick-fil-A this morning. Because Trump didn’t get the Nobel?
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Saw the U.S. flag at half-staff at a Chick-fil-A this morning. Because Trump didn’t get the Nobel?
If you plan to eat at the Silver Diner at BWI, think about taking a sandwich along, lest you faint from inanition before seeing a server.
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you plan to eat at the Silver Diner at BWI, think about taking a sandwich along, lest you faint from inanition before seeing a server.
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Wow 👇
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Wow 👇