Dan Meyer
@meyersmusings.bsky.social
Born/raised/living in Western New York.
You can’t do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.
Opinions posted here are mine.
You can’t do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.
Opinions posted here are mine.
Read @propublica.org 's definitive piece on how FOX NEWS consistently misled viewers about what was happening in Portland, Oregon.
Millions of Americans believed this.
"'Riots Raging': The misleading story Fox News told about Portland before Trump sent troops"
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Millions of Americans believed this.
"'Riots Raging': The misleading story Fox News told about Portland before Trump sent troops"
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Read @propublica.org 's definitive piece on how FOX NEWS consistently misled viewers about what was happening in Portland, Oregon.
Millions of Americans believed this.
"'Riots Raging': The misleading story Fox News told about Portland before Trump sent troops"
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Millions of Americans believed this.
"'Riots Raging': The misleading story Fox News told about Portland before Trump sent troops"
www.propublica.org/article/port...
"Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani"
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Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani
Plus: Midterms success for Democrats must avoid the false choice between affordability and opposing Trump
margaretsullivan.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Why the media (not just MAGA) is freaked out over Mamdani"
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Column penned by @katewelshofer.bsky.social :
"The government's gross. Let's feed people."
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"The government's gross. Let's feed people."
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The Government's Gross. Let's Feed People.
Hyping up my local food pantry.
katewelshofer.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Column penned by @katewelshofer.bsky.social :
"The government's gross. Let's feed people."
katewelshofer.substack.com/p/the-govern...
"The government's gross. Let's feed people."
katewelshofer.substack.com/p/the-govern...
Via a recent @nytimes.com editorial on how gambling addiction is growing, leaving a trail of financial ruin/debt/shame:
- 37 percent of American adults and 60 percent of avid fans have placed a bet on sports
- Nearly half of men ages 18 to 49 report having an online sports betting account
- 37 percent of American adults and 60 percent of avid fans have placed a bet on sports
- Nearly half of men ages 18 to 49 report having an online sports betting account
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Via a recent @nytimes.com editorial on how gambling addiction is growing, leaving a trail of financial ruin/debt/shame:
- 37 percent of American adults and 60 percent of avid fans have placed a bet on sports
- Nearly half of men ages 18 to 49 report having an online sports betting account
- 37 percent of American adults and 60 percent of avid fans have placed a bet on sports
- Nearly half of men ages 18 to 49 report having an online sports betting account
Three recommendations:
BOOK:
- "How to Lose Your Mother"
- written by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
- I'm currently on Chapter 9
MOVIE:
- "Truth and Treason"
- I saw it at the Hamburg Palace Theatre
www.hamburgpalace.com
PODCAST:
- @pablo.show 's recent episode on Mickelson/Trump/group chat leak
BOOK:
- "How to Lose Your Mother"
- written by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
- I'm currently on Chapter 9
MOVIE:
- "Truth and Treason"
- I saw it at the Hamburg Palace Theatre
www.hamburgpalace.com
PODCAST:
- @pablo.show 's recent episode on Mickelson/Trump/group chat leak
Home — Palace Hamburg
www.hamburgpalace.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Three recommendations:
BOOK:
- "How to Lose Your Mother"
- written by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
- I'm currently on Chapter 9
MOVIE:
- "Truth and Treason"
- I saw it at the Hamburg Palace Theatre
www.hamburgpalace.com
PODCAST:
- @pablo.show 's recent episode on Mickelson/Trump/group chat leak
BOOK:
- "How to Lose Your Mother"
- written by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
- I'm currently on Chapter 9
MOVIE:
- "Truth and Treason"
- I saw it at the Hamburg Palace Theatre
www.hamburgpalace.com
PODCAST:
- @pablo.show 's recent episode on Mickelson/Trump/group chat leak
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The first comprehensive account that helps identify some of the people killed in recent American military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats.
Important work by @apnews.com .
"What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Important work by @apnews.com .
"What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats"
apnews.com/article/trum...
What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats
Regina Garcia Cano was the reporter behind The Associated Press story that provided the first comprehensive account and identifies of some of the men killed in recent U.S. military strikes on alleged ...
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The first comprehensive account that helps identify some of the people killed in recent American military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats.
Important work by @apnews.com .
"What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Important work by @apnews.com .
"What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"It was also a reminder that empathy is how we help others dealing with the unimaginable even begin to survive it, and why it is so needed right now."
Free for all readers. Please be good to each other. Please don't take a single day for granted:
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
mollyknight.substack.com/p/alex-vesia...
Alex Vesia and his wife Kayla announce death of newborn daughter
Please continue to keep the Vesia family in your thoughts
mollyknight.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"It was also a reminder that empathy is how we help others dealing with the unimaginable even begin to survive it, and why it is so needed right now."
"The world’s tallest teenager becomes the tallest player in college basketball history"
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The world's tallest teenager becomes the tallest player in college basketball history
Olivier Rioux became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he made his debut in third-ranked Florida's 104-64 victory over North Florida.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"The world’s tallest teenager becomes the tallest player in college basketball history"
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via @apnews.com
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Zohran Mamdani.
Will he be the host of @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social sometime this month or next month?
Or will it just be a quick cameo this weekend?
Inquiring minds want to know how the #SNL negotiations with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are going.
Will he be the host of @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social sometime this month or next month?
Or will it just be a quick cameo this weekend?
Inquiring minds want to know how the #SNL negotiations with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are going.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Zohran Mamdani.
Will he be the host of @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social sometime this month or next month?
Or will it just be a quick cameo this weekend?
Inquiring minds want to know how the #SNL negotiations with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are going.
Will he be the host of @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social sometime this month or next month?
Or will it just be a quick cameo this weekend?
Inquiring minds want to know how the #SNL negotiations with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are going.
"Buffalo’s injury list is so long that when coach Sean McDermott sat down for his Wednesday news conference, he had to read it off a second time – and slowly – so reporters could log them all."
Bills GM Brandon Beane knocked on wood when talking about their disconcerting injury woes.
Two hours later, top CB Christian Benford was added to the injury report.
Two hours later, top CB Christian Benford was added to the injury report.
GM Brandon Beane explains Bills’ lack of trades: ‘I went home as mad as any other fan’
Beane maintains the Bills still have a Super Bowl-caliber roster without any additions.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Buffalo’s injury list is so long that when coach Sean McDermott sat down for his Wednesday news conference, he had to read it off a second time – and slowly – so reporters could log them all."
- Moving touchbacks to the 35-yard line has led to the return rate reaching 79%, the highest in 17 years
- There have been 42 kick returns of at least 40 yards, the most through the first nine weeks of a season since 2012
- Scoring is up more than two points per game than at this point last season
- There have been 42 kick returns of at least 40 yards, the most through the first nine weeks of a season since 2012
- Scoring is up more than two points per game than at this point last season
A grumpy Trump raged about the NFL’s “ridiculous” new kick off rule while waiting for his ’60 Minutes’ interview to air.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
- Moving touchbacks to the 35-yard line has led to the return rate reaching 79%, the highest in 17 years
- There have been 42 kick returns of at least 40 yards, the most through the first nine weeks of a season since 2012
- Scoring is up more than two points per game than at this point last season
- There have been 42 kick returns of at least 40 yards, the most through the first nine weeks of a season since 2012
- Scoring is up more than two points per game than at this point last season
The lack of empathy is astounding.
He's ticked off about this.
Someone will hear about it behind closed doors later on today.
Being annoyed that someone else's personal health emergency is taking attention away from you is the essence of this man.
He's ticked off about this.
Someone will hear about it behind closed doors later on today.
Being annoyed that someone else's personal health emergency is taking attention away from you is the essence of this man.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The lack of empathy is astounding.
He's ticked off about this.
Someone will hear about it behind closed doors later on today.
Being annoyed that someone else's personal health emergency is taking attention away from you is the essence of this man.
He's ticked off about this.
Someone will hear about it behind closed doors later on today.
Being annoyed that someone else's personal health emergency is taking attention away from you is the essence of this man.
Quality content via @jerryzremski.bsky.social on how the two major political parties in the United States, the three branches of government and the American people created our current chaos.
"The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked"
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"The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked"
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The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked
How the two parties, the three branches and the American people created our current chaos
jerryzremski.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Quality content via @jerryzremski.bsky.social on how the two major political parties in the United States, the three branches of government and the American people created our current chaos.
"The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked"
jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-bipart...
"The bipartisan destruction of a government that worked"
jerryzremski.substack.com/p/the-bipart...
"It’s sickening to watch this happen before our very eyes. And it has nothing to do with what Trump disingenuously called 'a free and open and good press.'"
Via @sulliview.bsky.social :
"Trump just loves the revamped CBS.
Here's the ugly backstory."
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/trump-just...
Via @sulliview.bsky.social :
"Trump just loves the revamped CBS.
Here's the ugly backstory."
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/trump-just...
Trump just loves the revamped CBS. Here's the ugly backstory.
Plus: "Stealth editing' at the Washington Post; and an opportunity lost at the New York Times
margaretsullivan.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"It’s sickening to watch this happen before our very eyes. And it has nothing to do with what Trump disingenuously called 'a free and open and good press.'"
Via @sulliview.bsky.social :
"Trump just loves the revamped CBS.
Here's the ugly backstory."
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/trump-just...
Via @sulliview.bsky.social :
"Trump just loves the revamped CBS.
Here's the ugly backstory."
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/trump-just...
Items of interest:
"Who's going to save local newspaper archives?"
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"The Trump outrages that matter most"
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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"Who's going to save local newspaper archives?"
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"The Trump outrages that matter most"
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Who’s going to save local newspaper archives?
Archivists worry in particular about photographs that have never been digitized.
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Items of interest:
"Who's going to save local newspaper archives?"
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"The Trump outrages that matter most"
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
via @newyorker.com
"Who's going to save local newspaper archives?"
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
via @columjournreview.bsky.social
"The Trump outrages that matter most"
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
via @newyorker.com
"It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I love Molly's headline.
And I agree that this is one of the best Fall Classics to take place over the past quarter-century.
@mlb.com officials must be thrilled with tonight's storylines.
And I agree that this is one of the best Fall Classics to take place over the past quarter-century.
@mlb.com officials must be thrilled with tonight's storylines.
This has been the best World Series maybe since 2001. It's only fitting that two future Hall of Famers face off against each other in game 7. I wrote about yesterday, today, and how MLB got everything it wanted and more: mollyknight.substack.com/p/world-seri...
World Series Game 7 tonight. Shohei Ohtani vs. Max Scherzer for Everything.
Are you not entertained?
mollyknight.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I love Molly's headline.
And I agree that this is one of the best Fall Classics to take place over the past quarter-century.
@mlb.com officials must be thrilled with tonight's storylines.
And I agree that this is one of the best Fall Classics to take place over the past quarter-century.
@mlb.com officials must be thrilled with tonight's storylines.
“Davis Schneider... once ate a pre-game bowl of what his Toronto Blue Jays teammate Myles Straw calls ‘nasty soup.’ The ingredients were Reese’s Pieces, blackberries, protein powder and chocolate milk, all stirred together.”
"The reason Davis Schneider chose to rock a mustache for the Blue Jays"
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The reason Davis Schneider chose to rock a mustache for the Blue Jays | Sporting News
He definitely has a classic look going on.
www.sportingnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Davis Schneider... once ate a pre-game bowl of what his Toronto Blue Jays teammate Myles Straw calls ‘nasty soup.’ The ingredients were Reese’s Pieces, blackberries, protein powder and chocolate milk, all stirred together.”
"The reason Davis Schneider chose to rock a mustache for the Blue Jays"
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The reason Davis Schneider chose to rock a mustache for the Blue Jays | Sporting News
He definitely has a classic look going on.
www.sportingnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"The reason Davis Schneider chose to rock a mustache for the Blue Jays"
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Related content:
"The Takeaway:
No, banning sports betting or prop bets isn't the answer to the NBA scandal"
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"The Takeaway:
No, banning sports betting or prop bets isn't the answer to the NBA scandal"
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Related content:
"The Takeaway:
No, banning sports betting or prop bets isn't the answer to the NBA scandal"
closingline.substack.com/p/banning-sp...
via @dustingouker.bsky.social
"The Takeaway:
No, banning sports betting or prop bets isn't the answer to the NBA scandal"
closingline.substack.com/p/banning-sp...
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Related content:
"Sports journalism is resigned to gambling scandals"
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"Sports journalism is resigned to gambling scandals"
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October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Related content:
"Sports journalism is resigned to gambling scandals"
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"Sports journalism is resigned to gambling scandals"
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"Betting on Trust: The NBA’s Integrity Crisis"
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Betting on Trust: The NBA’s Integrity Crisis
You can feel the stress behind the league’s memo warning of “dire risks” to integrity.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Betting on Trust: The NBA’s Integrity Crisis"
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