Todd Gregory
@toddgregory.bsky.social
Senior staff editor at The New York Times. From the prairie part of the Prairie State. COYS (Views are my own, etc.)
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'Is it a real functional toaster?': Behind the scramble to engineer the Pop-Tarts Bowl trophy
How the internet's favorite bowl took things to the next level by making its trophy a kitchen appliance.
www.espn.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Important journalism
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This is what kubrick’s Instagram account just told me despite him dying a decade before Instagram launched
December 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is what kubrick’s Instagram account just told me despite him dying a decade before Instagram launched
Full Metal Jacket is a Christmas movie
December 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Full Metal Jacket is a Christmas movie
Lotta Grinch talk on here
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lotta Grinch talk on here
Very wholesome, Iceland. Good job.
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Very wholesome, Iceland. Good job.
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So I have had a day to think about this and look into it a little and let's just say I am deeply, deeply skeptical, and feel like certain people involved here should have known better.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
So I have had a day to think about this and look into it a little and let's just say I am deeply, deeply skeptical, and feel like certain people involved here should have known better.
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you have to pick your spots but rereporting is good, it adds weight to important stories and keeps them in circulation, plus all this. “everybody knows all this already” is an easy trap to fall into if your job is reading the news
Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
you have to pick your spots but rereporting is good, it adds weight to important stories and keeps them in circulation, plus all this. “everybody knows all this already” is an easy trap to fall into if your job is reading the news
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Today is the winter solstice. We made it. I like to revisit this editorial on the solstice from 1963, and try to keep this bit in mind in the coming months: "winter is neither pause nor punishment, but a part of the year's whole." nyti.ms/4fvO8PS
Winter Solstice
The year achieves another solstice as the great wheel of time turns with the earth and the seasons. Winter, by the calendar, begins in midmorning today, though the year's shortest days have been upon ...
nyti.ms
December 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Today is the winter solstice. We made it. I like to revisit this editorial on the solstice from 1963, and try to keep this bit in mind in the coming months: "winter is neither pause nor punishment, but a part of the year's whole." nyti.ms/4fvO8PS
I need the adrenaline to come down rn. I am really struggling. Fucking Bears
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I need the adrenaline to come down rn. I am really struggling. Fucking Bears
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Statcels in shambles, "The Chicago Bears can't keep getting away with this!" they blubber. Let me introduce you to a little sports concept called "the clutch gene," poindexter
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Statcels in shambles, "The Chicago Bears can't keep getting away with this!" they blubber. Let me introduce you to a little sports concept called "the clutch gene," poindexter
This iteration of Spurs is allergic to attempting to complete a counterattack, and it's killing them.
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This iteration of Spurs is allergic to attempting to complete a counterattack, and it's killing them.
This is really begging to have Ministry played over the top of it
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is really begging to have Ministry played over the top of it
The goat is intact ... for now
The Gävle Goat LIVE 2025 | Lofi Christmas mix
YouTube video by Gävle Goat LIVE
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The goat is intact ... for now
The news alert says: Major crime in the New York City subway was lower in 2025 than any year since 2009, according to the governor's office. (🎁)
N.Y.C. Subway Crime Is Down, Hochul Says, Rebutting Trump Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The news alert says: Major crime in the New York City subway was lower in 2025 than any year since 2009, according to the governor's office. (🎁)
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the gay apparel store called and said you bought out all of their donning inventory?
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
the gay apparel store called and said you bought out all of their donning inventory?
The Knicks can raise half a banner. They can choose if they want it to be half as wide or half as long as a real championship banner.
Wilbon says the Knicks better not raise a banner so I want the Knicks to raise a banner
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Knicks can raise half a banner. They can choose if they want it to be half as wide or half as long as a real championship banner.
Nearly half a million years ago. There's a reason few things relax us like the sight and sound of a well-controlled fire. (🎁)
Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Nearly half a million years ago. There's a reason few things relax us like the sight and sound of a well-controlled fire. (🎁)
This is an all-timer
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Downer and Blitzin’
Downer and Blitzin’
theonion.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is an all-timer
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Big news: I heard a version of Wonderful Christmastime that I actually like
Wonderful Christmastime
YouTube video by The Shins - Topic
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Big news: I heard a version of Wonderful Christmastime that I actually like
There's a lot of dumb stuff about computer, but whoever came up with using the space bar to pause and play video was a good egg.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There's a lot of dumb stuff about computer, but whoever came up with using the space bar to pause and play video was a good egg.
RIP to a truly great screen villain (🎁)
Peter Greene, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘The Mask’ Actor, Dies at 60
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
RIP to a truly great screen villain (🎁)
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Spurs managed to take a single shot following Frank's 59th minute triple sub. A header from Richarlison at a corner. It was instantly blocked, leaving their total at six shots and roughly 0.4 xG to Forest's 2.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Spurs managed to take a single shot following Frank's 59th minute triple sub. A header from Richarlison at a corner. It was instantly blocked, leaving their total at six shots and roughly 0.4 xG to Forest's 2.
I am tired of watching this garbage
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I am tired of watching this garbage