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Caitlin Kelly
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Senior editor at ProPublica.
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cool cool cool cool cool
Screenshot of ProPublica story that reads “Newby declined multiple interview requests from ProPublica and even had a reporter escorted out of a judicial conference to avoid questions. He also did not answer detailed written questions. The court system’s communications director and media team did not respond to multiple requests for comment or detailed written questions. When ProPublica emailed questions to Newby’s daughter, the North Carolina Republican Party’s communications director, Matt Mercer, responded, writing that ProPublica was waging a “jihad” against “NC Republicans,” which would “not be met with dignifying any comments whatsoever.” “I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration and I’m sure they would be interested in this matter,” Mercer said in his email. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” “
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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friendship ended meme with text edited to say “friendship ended with Elon musk, now big beautiful bill is my best friend”
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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was searching the nytimes archive for stories about kinko's from the 90s (for ~*~reasons~*~) and it's full of gems www.nytimes.com/1996/03/18/b...
screen grab of the times story that quotes the founder of kinkos: "The Internet's important," Mr. Orfalea said, using the philosophical tone that employees say is his trademark. "We're encumbered by words. We're going to move more and more to pictorial representations." Then, revealing the pragmatic marketer lurking within any rich philosopher, he added, "Besides, you don't want to carry a computer around with you just to check your E-mail."
June 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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what a time to be alive etc etc www.wired.com/story/big-ba...
screen grab of wired web article by makena kelly, dated june 4, with headline 'big balls is officially a full-time government employee'
June 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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what a group of stories!
Screen grab of the profile nominations for the 2025 ASME finalists: 1843 Magazine for “How a Trucker Became a Deadly People Smuggler,” by Emily Gogolak The Atavist for “Coming to America,” by Rhana Natour Mother Jones for “Lessons From a Mass Shooter's Mother,” by Mark Follman ProPublica with Montana Free Press for “Eat What You Kill,” by J. David McSwane Rolling Stone for “Devil With a Cause,” by David Peisner Washington Post Opinions for “The Canary,” by Michael Lewis WIRED for “Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia,” by Lauren Smiley
February 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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long live the santa hat era!
Caitlin and stuffed shark in darth-provided holiday hats
October 24, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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also made me think of one of my all-time favorite twitter threads
Twitter thread by @fakemikemulloy says “Kyle Korver has been playing like he was somebody's dad since he was 18. Probably wore double stripped tube socks in high school. You don't understand humility until you've watched a dude who lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis drop flat-footed bank shots on you. I must have been about 18 years old, my dad's 40+ pick up game needed an extra guy so I tagged along. The dude I was covering had to be 60 fucking years old. Wearing fucking Converse Weapons, Umbro soccer shorts, and a Looney Tunes t-shirt And he fucking ruined my life. I went home and never wanted to play basketball ever again. His shots were banking off my fucking soul. When your white dad turns 40, the federal government sends him a pair of NBs, a geometry book, a Kevin McHale DVD and the rest is up to him.
August 10, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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brutal
Mailbox with graffiti in chalk that says “rip james, ankles broken by his dad playing basketball”
August 10, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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5. athletes over 30
Tweet screenshot from Astead Herndon that says “As always, my Olympic rooting interests fall in one of four buckets — Americans — Black ppl — Oppressed nation more broadly — Hot”
July 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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And since it’s been out a week now, I’ll share the tidbit that made me say “oh my god” loudest, which comes towards the end:
Screen grab of WIRED article that reads: One former employee remembers preparing Titan for multiple successful Titanic missions, prior to 2023. “I put my heart and soul into building that sub,” he says. “Many, many hours inside the sub, outside the sub, building and testing it. She was my baby.” Each time Titan was about to dip beneath the waves, he would pat her hull lightly. “I’d say, ‘Come on back to me baby, you’ll make it, you can do it.’ And when she’d come back up to the surface, I’d say, ‘Good job. You got everyone back up safe.’” Until one day, she didn’t.
June 18, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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real lol, lmao moment for me here (from steven levy's interview with ray kurzweil) www.wired.com/story/big-in...
A screengrab from the interview. Steven says, 'You mentioned earlier that we will be able to upload our brains to a machine and have a backup version of ourselves. That creation could be our replicant, and stand in for us if we die. I find it disturbing to have more than one of me.' Ray responds, 'The real you is a function of your physical brain as well as your electronic brain. This is just a copy of that. What's wrong with having a copy?' Steven follows up with 'Conceivably, you could churn out many copies. Then it’s a race to get home first to see which version of you has dinner with your spouse.' Ray ends the exchange saying, 'Yeah, there will be issues you have to deal with. I don't have all the answers.'
June 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Paul Rudd hey look at us meme, who would’ve thought
April 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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just lmao
interviewer asks (in bold text), What made you think that it was AI-generated? actor answers, Well, you've read it, right? interviewer replies, Oh, I've read it.
February 29, 2024 at 8:55 PM