Adam Webb
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Who needs a $400 million “palace in the sky” when you can have two or three dolls and a couple of pencils instead.
May 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Who needs a $400 million “palace in the sky” when you can have two or three dolls and a couple of pencils instead.
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Somewhere along the way, The Verge stopped being a great tech news site and became one of America's most important news outlets, full stop.
Today marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. To commemorate—and challenge—the legacy of the conflict, The Verge commissioned five stories from five Vietnamese writers in a series called American War.
Illustrations by Nguyen Tran 🧵
Illustrations by Nguyen Tran 🧵
American War
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
www.theverge.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Somewhere along the way, The Verge stopped being a great tech news site and became one of America's most important news outlets, full stop.
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Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
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April 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
April 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
theonion.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
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Carl Dean, an asphalt paver who met his future wife, Dolly Parton, outside a Nashville laundromat more than six decades ago and quietly championed her as she rose to superstardom, died on Monday. He was 82.
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dies at 82
Mr. Dean was known to shy away from the spotlight as his wife rose to fame.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Carl Dean, an asphalt paver who met his future wife, Dolly Parton, outside a Nashville laundromat more than six decades ago and quietly championed her as she rose to superstardom, died on Monday. He was 82.
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Walgreens To Begin Keeping Most Valuable Employees Behind Glass
January 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Walgreens To Begin Keeping Most Valuable Employees Behind Glass
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Big news: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is stepping down. The new app debacle has led to his exit after eight months of unrelenting customer complaints.
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
January 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Big news: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is stepping down. The new app debacle has led to his exit after eight months of unrelenting customer complaints.
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
Board member Tom Conrad is interim CEO and faces the challenge of getting Sonos back on track in 2025.
Full details: www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving after eight years in the job, a move that follows a botched app revamp that upset customers and hindered growth
Sonos CEO Leaving After Botched App Revamp Led to Customer Revolt
Sonos Inc. Chief Executive Officer Patrick Spence is leaving after eight years in the job, a move that follows a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth.
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving after eight years in the job, a move that follows a botched app revamp that upset customers and hindered growth
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You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill. “It’s not just the cooking that wears me down, but the meal planning and the grocery shopping and the soon-to-be-rotting produce sitting in my fridge.” Everything after the “but” is my daily nemesis. [theatlantic.com]
You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill
There’s no such thing as an easy weeknight meal.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill. “It’s not just the cooking that wears me down, but the meal planning and the grocery shopping and the soon-to-be-rotting produce sitting in my fridge.” Everything after the “but” is my daily nemesis. [theatlantic.com]
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Makes sense. @adamkinzinger.bsky.social is brilliant
December 19, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Makes sense. @adamkinzinger.bsky.social is brilliant
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I have been waiting for like two years for the app that explains the fediverse — the one that's like, "here's why decentralizing all these closed platforms is actually cool and awesome." I think Surf is going to be that app
Flipboard’s Surf app is a big new idea about the future of social
This might be the first great fediverse app.
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I have been waiting for like two years for the app that explains the fediverse — the one that's like, "here's why decentralizing all these closed platforms is actually cool and awesome." I think Surf is going to be that app
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NEW: “Eat What You Kill”
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did…
propub.li
December 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM
NEW: “Eat What You Kill”
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
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December 2, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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“The…icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock…was 83.” Radio stations traditionally play Alice’s Restaurant on Thanksgiving. [wbur.org]
The real Alice of Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant” dies at 83
The hippie-era icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, Berkshire’s based anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock took her final breath at a hospice home in Wellfleet on Thursday
www.wbur.org
November 24, 2024 at 10:56 PM
“The…icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock…was 83.” Radio stations traditionally play Alice’s Restaurant on Thanksgiving. [wbur.org]
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Jesus was at Walgreen’s again.
November 23, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Jesus was at Walgreen’s again.
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While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
November 24, 2024 at 11:53 PM
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Picked up a @librofm.bsky.social copy of Character Limit by @kateconger.bsky.social and @rmac.bsky.social - looking forward to it!
November 23, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Picked up a @librofm.bsky.social copy of Character Limit by @kateconger.bsky.social and @rmac.bsky.social - looking forward to it!