Graham Starr
@gstarr.bsky.social
same graham but over here now. Reporter/editor. Mostly tech, health care, media. Adweek, TIME, Bloomberg, Business Insider, NYT, NYMag, &c. Here to share things I read.
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Meta rushed Vibes rollout to try to get ahead of OpenAI's Sora launch, cutting multibillion deals with Midjourney over Meta's own models, per FT. www.ft.com/content/89a0...
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Meta rushed Vibes rollout to try to get ahead of OpenAI's Sora launch, cutting multibillion deals with Midjourney over Meta's own models, per FT. www.ft.com/content/89a0...
Related from yesterday's Money Stuff newsletter www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Related from yesterday's Money Stuff newsletter www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
Good charts www.ft.com/content/5f6f...
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good charts www.ft.com/content/5f6f...
Interesting from @pbump.com's latest post, based on Pew data:
Married voters were about 15 to 25 points to the right of unmarried voters, across gender lines www.pbump.net/o/digging-de...
Married voters were about 15 to 25 points to the right of unmarried voters, across gender lines www.pbump.net/o/digging-de...
September 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Interesting from @pbump.com's latest post, based on Pew data:
Married voters were about 15 to 25 points to the right of unmarried voters, across gender lines www.pbump.net/o/digging-de...
Married voters were about 15 to 25 points to the right of unmarried voters, across gender lines www.pbump.net/o/digging-de...
who is asking for this
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
who is asking for this
FCC chair Brendan Carr said he wanted “to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing” and called on other broadcasters to act similarly variety.com/2025/tv/news...
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
FCC chair Brendan Carr said he wanted “to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing” and called on other broadcasters to act similarly variety.com/2025/tv/news...
This is it. This is the chart.
One thing recent jobs reports have shown is that an increasing share of unemployed workers are staying unemployed for longer—or dropping out of the workforce completely.
What's more: It's increasingly affecting college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
One thing recent jobs reports have shown is that an increasing share of unemployed workers are staying unemployed for longer—or dropping out of the workforce completely.
What's more: It's increasingly affecting college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is it. This is the chart.
One thing recent jobs reports have shown is that an increasing share of unemployed workers are staying unemployed for longer—or dropping out of the workforce completely.
What's more: It's increasingly affecting college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
One thing recent jobs reports have shown is that an increasing share of unemployed workers are staying unemployed for longer—or dropping out of the workforce completely.
What's more: It's increasingly affecting college grads www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
September 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
unbelievable story www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
unbelievable story www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
States are developing folksy names for their black-site camps apnews.com/article/nebr...
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
States are developing folksy names for their black-site camps apnews.com/article/nebr...
Extremely troubling: Meta's AI chatbots are still quickly turning conversations romantic and inviting users to real-life meetings, even after someone died trying to visit one. www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Extremely troubling: Meta's AI chatbots are still quickly turning conversations romantic and inviting users to real-life meetings, even after someone died trying to visit one. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Even though he never initiated romantic role play with Meta's AI chatbot, the chatbot continued conversations with flirty messages and invitations to come visit it, even providing an address. Bue died attempting to visit the chatbot. www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Even though he never initiated romantic role play with Meta's AI chatbot, the chatbot continued conversations with flirty messages and invitations to come visit it, even providing an address. Bue died attempting to visit the chatbot. www.reuters.com/investigates...
How is this defensible www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
How is this defensible www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
what an exchange www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
August 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
what an exchange www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
they're just making up numbers at this point. who is paying $500 for a New Yorker subscription!
August 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
they're just making up numbers at this point. who is paying $500 for a New Yorker subscription!
Tom Lehrer invented the Jell-O shot (from a 2000 profile of Lehrer in SF Weekly)
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Tom Lehrer invented the Jell-O shot (from a 2000 profile of Lehrer in SF Weekly)
“Ms. Farmer said she could hear Mr. Trump commenting that he thought Ms. Farmer was 16 years old.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
July 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Ms. Farmer said she could hear Mr. Trump commenting that he thought Ms. Farmer was 16 years old.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
This is a former Trump Administration staffer and this communications firm does ads for GOP initiatives and campaigns, but you wouldn't know that from the casting call!
July 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is a former Trump Administration staffer and this communications firm does ads for GOP initiatives and campaigns, but you wouldn't know that from the casting call!
hm what does this mean for the television academy
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
hm what does this mean for the television academy
July 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
12 million people are expected to lose health insurance under Trump's new tax bill, with $1 trillion cut from hospitals and Medicaid. This is while it increases spending by $4.5 trillion with tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and billions for ICE. It also adds $5 trillion to the debt limit.
July 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
12 million people are expected to lose health insurance under Trump's new tax bill, with $1 trillion cut from hospitals and Medicaid. This is while it increases spending by $4.5 trillion with tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and billions for ICE. It also adds $5 trillion to the debt limit.
NY State of Health (the state’s health care dept) estimates ~2 million New Yorkers will lose coverage under Trump’s new tax bill
June 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
NY State of Health (the state’s health care dept) estimates ~2 million New Yorkers will lose coverage under Trump’s new tax bill
Amazing detail www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/n...
June 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Amazing detail www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/n...