Pete Croatto
@petecroatto.bsky.social
Accidental sportswriter (NYT, Andscape, GQ, Poynter, The Athletic, etc.) and intentional author (From Hang Time to Prime Time). Pardon the typos. He/him. Tips or inquiries: pscroatto@gmail.com.
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No shit, my boy @crin.bsky.social once requested it at a strip club.
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a moving memorial to those who died but it continues to be a wildly unsuccessful strip club song.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
No shit, my boy @crin.bsky.social once requested it at a strip club.
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While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
I really hope Bluesky can become the cool bar where writers and editors hang out and swap ideas.
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I really hope Bluesky can become the cool bar where writers and editors hang out and swap ideas.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Which is why we’re leaving it up to a vote in GOP-led Senate!
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Which is why we’re leaving it up to a vote in GOP-led Senate!
Real "...and here come the pretzels!" vibes in this clip.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Real "...and here come the pretzels!" vibes in this clip.
That’s, like, Fox’s number-four team. They usually interview the fifth lead on “The New Girl” or the guy who was The Singing Octopus on “The Masked Singer.”
Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma will interview President Donald Trump in the booth during the 3rd quarter of Lions-Commanders on Fox
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
That’s, like, Fox’s number-four team. They usually interview the fifth lead on “The New Girl” or the guy who was The Singing Octopus on “The Masked Singer.”
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Congrats to Outkast on their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. I remember when Wesley Clark wanted to appeal to young voters during his short-lived presidential campaign.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Congrats to Outkast on their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. I remember when Wesley Clark wanted to appeal to young voters during his short-lived presidential campaign.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Do “Abbey Road” next.
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Do “Abbey Road” next.
It looks like he was shot or knocked over by a gust of wind.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It looks like he was shot or knocked over by a gust of wind.
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The premise of Easy A is that no one at that high school would give Emma Stone a second look.
What’s your all time favorite Hollywood Homely fail? When a woman is meant to be unattractive but she’s gorgeous. Thinking of how Safety Not Guaranteed has a key moment where a man’s ex is in the script old and no longer attractive and she’s a knockout who the movie still plays as old.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The premise of Easy A is that no one at that high school would give Emma Stone a second look.
Every photo looks like mom just walked in on him furiously masturbating.
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Every photo looks like mom just walked in on him furiously masturbating.
RACHEL LEIGH COOK pre-makeover in SHE'S ALL THAT is the gold standard.
What’s your all time favorite Hollywood Homely fail? When a woman is meant to be unattractive but she’s gorgeous. Thinking of how Safety Not Guaranteed has a key moment where a man’s ex is in the script old and no longer attractive and she’s a knockout who the movie still plays as old.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
RACHEL LEIGH COOK pre-makeover in SHE'S ALL THAT is the gold standard.
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I'm going to miss our bat guano crazy mayor. Sure, he's wildly corrupt and deeply weird, but the things that come out of his mouth... well, he's one of one
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm going to miss our bat guano crazy mayor. Sure, he's wildly corrupt and deeply weird, but the things that come out of his mouth... well, he's one of one
This is what happens when a writer or an editor decides that every lede has to be cute and refuses to just get the ball over the plate.
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is what happens when a writer or an editor decides that every lede has to be cute and refuses to just get the ball over the plate.
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They read that, showed it to OTHER people, considered the source then decided to run with it?
“I’ve got a great marketing plan, we’ll get the dumbest motherfucker in our industry, one that just nobody respects, and we’ll have him say the most asinine thing possible and that will be our pull quote, it’s surefire
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
They read that, showed it to OTHER people, considered the source then decided to run with it?
“And if an employee is within two feet of a customer, they must bat their eyes coquettishly and start to undress.”
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“And if an employee is within two feet of a customer, they must bat their eyes coquettishly and start to undress.”
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Been thinking about what is so intensely off-putting about these two and I think it’s that they’re miming fun instead of being fun and the uncanny valley of that seems hideous
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
pagesix.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Been thinking about what is so intensely off-putting about these two and I think it’s that they’re miming fun instead of being fun and the uncanny valley of that seems hideous
This is Central-New-Jersey-banquet-hall font. I can smell the carpet cleaner and lemon chicken from here.
This, in particular, is spectacularly hideous. It's like something you'd see on the wall of a car dealership where they put pictures of their top salespeople every month
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is Central-New-Jersey-banquet-hall font. I can smell the carpet cleaner and lemon chicken from here.
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Don't agree to anything ever. They will go back on any deal. Anyone they promise to fire (Vought, Miller) will be brought back immediately to troll Dems for falling for any deal yet again. Until Trump is gone, there's no reason to trust Congress on anything. These 10 months have been so telling.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Don't agree to anything ever. They will go back on any deal. Anyone they promise to fire (Vought, Miller) will be brought back immediately to troll Dems for falling for any deal yet again. Until Trump is gone, there's no reason to trust Congress on anything. These 10 months have been so telling.
We need more Gus Williamses and World B. Frees hooping.
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We need more Gus Williamses and World B. Frees hooping.