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Oh my.
The credulity. It hurts.
The credulity. It hurts.
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oh my.
The credulity. It hurts.
The credulity. It hurts.
Ah yes, this is the future of media. Something I've spent my entire life working in on the business side.
So proud.
I mean, really. No editorial standards, no financial standards. This is what happens when contrarian shitposters take over.
Yay us!
So proud.
I mean, really. No editorial standards, no financial standards. This is what happens when contrarian shitposters take over.
Yay us!
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ah yes, this is the future of media. Something I've spent my entire life working in on the business side.
So proud.
I mean, really. No editorial standards, no financial standards. This is what happens when contrarian shitposters take over.
Yay us!
So proud.
I mean, really. No editorial standards, no financial standards. This is what happens when contrarian shitposters take over.
Yay us!
Why yes, yes they have...
"Has our federal government become so blinded by its immigration mission that it has taken leave of its senses?
— The Chicago Tribune"
"Has our federal government become so blinded by its immigration mission that it has taken leave of its senses?
— The Chicago Tribune"
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why yes, yes they have...
"Has our federal government become so blinded by its immigration mission that it has taken leave of its senses?
— The Chicago Tribune"
"Has our federal government become so blinded by its immigration mission that it has taken leave of its senses?
— The Chicago Tribune"
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I've worked adjacent to the bookstore biz for years and have a particular interest in #indie #bookstores. You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently it isn't
FYI: Binc is one of the few charities I trust implicitly.
FYI: Binc is one of the few charities I trust implicitly.
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
Home - Binc Foundation
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers are proud to announce that applications are open for the Macmillan Booksellers
bincfoundation.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've worked adjacent to the bookstore biz for years and have a particular interest in #indie #bookstores. You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently it isn't
FYI: Binc is one of the few charities I trust implicitly.
FYI: Binc is one of the few charities I trust implicitly.
Far too many.
there are a lot of people with loud voices who are pretty insulated
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Far too many.
Sunrise over the Front Range. A quick reminder that the world is, indeed beautiful.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Sunrise over the Front Range. A quick reminder that the world is, indeed beautiful.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
1/2
Old me going back in time to tell young 27 yr old me:
"You know, you really don't want to go to work for Condé Nast anyway. Don't sweat it. They're not what they appear to be."
Also: Read @parkermolloy.com and TPA
www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
Old me going back in time to tell young 27 yr old me:
"You know, you really don't want to go to work for Condé Nast anyway. Don't sweat it. They're not what they appear to be."
Also: Read @parkermolloy.com and TPA
www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
Teen Vogue's Award-Winning Journalism Was Too Much Trouble for Condé Nast
The outlet just won recognition for speaking truth to power. Condé Nast responded by eliminating its entire politics staff and folding it into Vogue.
www.readtpa.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
1/2
Old me going back in time to tell young 27 yr old me:
"You know, you really don't want to go to work for Condé Nast anyway. Don't sweat it. They're not what they appear to be."
Also: Read @parkermolloy.com and TPA
www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
Old me going back in time to tell young 27 yr old me:
"You know, you really don't want to go to work for Condé Nast anyway. Don't sweat it. They're not what they appear to be."
Also: Read @parkermolloy.com and TPA
www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...
I see all that money spent in the buyout was well spent... /s
There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
Damn... this one is rough.
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I see all that money spent in the buyout was well spent... /s
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So this is one of those moments where I would very much like to go back in time and tell 20something me "Hey, so you didn't get to work for Condé Nast, this is a good thing! Really, it's a good thing! Stay indie!"
20something me was so messed up.
20something me was so messed up.
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So this is one of those moments where I would very much like to go back in time and tell 20something me "Hey, so you didn't get to work for Condé Nast, this is a good thing! Really, it's a good thing! Stay indie!"
20something me was so messed up.
20something me was so messed up.
This demand that you MUST listen to people who disagree with you, who will make you angry—directed exclusively at liberal-leaning people who feel barraged by right wing garbage filling up the major platforms—is such a tell about what these people think social media is for and what their place is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
""Part of the outrage I think, having spoken to people about this, is that more people did not know what it was..and the reason they don't know what it was is because we've stopped speaking about the Holocaust and the atrocities that happened."
That's a problem...
www.eveningsun.com/story/news/l...
That's a problem...
www.eveningsun.com/story/news/l...
St. Joseph Catholic School apologizes for Auschwitz imagery on its Hanover parade float
“I was shocked and appalled,” Bishop Timothy C. Senior said in a statement released Friday. Many in the community have expressed similar sentiments.
www.eveningsun.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
""Part of the outrage I think, having spoken to people about this, is that more people did not know what it was..and the reason they don't know what it was is because we've stopped speaking about the Holocaust and the atrocities that happened."
That's a problem...
www.eveningsun.com/story/news/l...
That's a problem...
www.eveningsun.com/story/news/l...
A film you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A film you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
a brilliant piece (per usual) from @profgalloway.com
The question I always com back to is: If no one has a job, and the a**holes in charge won't offer UBI, who the hell is going to be able to buy anything from these a**holes?
The question I always com back to is: If no one has a job, and the a**holes in charge won't offer UBI, who the hell is going to be able to buy anything from these a**holes?
For this week’s No Mercy / No Malice, my big tech stock pick for 2026… www.profgalloway.com/big-tech-sto...
Big Tech Stock Pick of 2026: Amazon | No Mercy / No Malice
At the end of every year, I pick a Big Tech stock I believe will outperform its peers in the coming year. My 2025 pick was Alphabet: I believed the market had overestimated the threats to Google’s sea...
www.profgalloway.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
a brilliant piece (per usual) from @profgalloway.com
The question I always com back to is: If no one has a job, and the a**holes in charge won't offer UBI, who the hell is going to be able to buy anything from these a**holes?
The question I always com back to is: If no one has a job, and the a**holes in charge won't offer UBI, who the hell is going to be able to buy anything from these a**holes?
Yes, we've seen this before: The Silent Gen hated on the latter Boomers (Gen Jones), Boomers hated on GenX culture and criticized Millennials, and now Millennials write this crap about Gen Z...
This is the most boring "journalism" that we have endured forever.
This is the most boring "journalism" that we have endured forever.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Yes, we've seen this before: The Silent Gen hated on the latter Boomers (Gen Jones), Boomers hated on GenX culture and criticized Millennials, and now Millennials write this crap about Gen Z...
This is the most boring "journalism" that we have endured forever.
This is the most boring "journalism" that we have endured forever.
The good news is that Rufus Wainwright is trending because he is still alive and did something subtle and clever and brave.
In other news, Kristi Noem is exact opposite of that.
In other news, Kristi Noem is exact opposite of that.
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The good news is that Rufus Wainwright is trending because he is still alive and did something subtle and clever and brave.
In other news, Kristi Noem is exact opposite of that.
In other news, Kristi Noem is exact opposite of that.
Despite everything, I have nothing but hope.
And I still f*cking love my former home of Chicago.
And I also really hope that @katmabu.bsky.social is representing Chicago in 2027.
And I still f*cking love my former home of Chicago.
And I also really hope that @katmabu.bsky.social is representing Chicago in 2027.
NEW: In a joint statement, six of the top #IL09 candidates condemned the indictment of Kat Abughazaleh and five others on Wednesday, calling it "partisan and unethical."
"This is what happens in dictatorships and failed states; we should never accept it here."
Statement:
"This is what happens in dictatorships and failed states; we should never accept it here."
Statement:
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Despite everything, I have nothing but hope.
And I still f*cking love my former home of Chicago.
And I also really hope that @katmabu.bsky.social is representing Chicago in 2027.
And I still f*cking love my former home of Chicago.
And I also really hope that @katmabu.bsky.social is representing Chicago in 2027.
What a wonderful way to clean up the five boroughs.
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
What a wonderful way to clean up the five boroughs.
For the record, I would be seriously concerned if my parents suddenly reached out to me from beyond to inform me that I had a new sibling on the way.
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
For the record, I would be seriously concerned if my parents suddenly reached out to me from beyond to inform me that I had a new sibling on the way.
This is heartbreaking.
October 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is heartbreaking.
File under: "People who were not actually paying attention to anything that was right in front of them."
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
File under: "People who were not actually paying attention to anything that was right in front of them."
I love my former home!
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I love my former home!
Chill out and think about how 65 yr old you will feel if you spend your entire working career obsessed with your career.
Update your skills, don't dedicate your life to one path, have lots of other things outside of work to do.
But chill.
Update your skills, don't dedicate your life to one path, have lots of other things outside of work to do.
But chill.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Chill out and think about how 65 yr old you will feel if you spend your entire working career obsessed with your career.
Update your skills, don't dedicate your life to one path, have lots of other things outside of work to do.
But chill.
Update your skills, don't dedicate your life to one path, have lots of other things outside of work to do.
But chill.
...and there is nothing new under the sun...
I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
...and there is nothing new under the sun...