Josh Kaufmann
@joshkvt.bsky.social
Journalist since 1978 starting with The Washington Star (RIP), longtime sports editor in northern Vermont, now layout editor at Bangor Daily News.
Why did AI give him just one sideburn?
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Why did AI give him just one sideburn?
I called my mom to tell her when I'd be coming home to Massachusetts from college, and she told me they (we, really) had moved to Pennsylvania.
January 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I called my mom to tell her when I'd be coming home to Massachusetts from college, and she told me they (we, really) had moved to Pennsylvania.
This is day 1 for a high school paper or A/V club throwing together a school news report.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is day 1 for a high school paper or A/V club throwing together a school news report.
I sure hope support staff is working with those poor servants of justice who dumped a scared, battered teen in the snow after kidnapping him. That's gotta be almost traumatic as having to look at a cartoon.
January 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I sure hope support staff is working with those poor servants of justice who dumped a scared, battered teen in the snow after kidnapping him. That's gotta be almost traumatic as having to look at a cartoon.
This is the only norm that retains relevance. Fuck that shit.
a group of men wearing sunglasses are standing next to each other in a living room .
ALT: a group of men wearing sunglasses are standing next to each other in a living room .
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This is the only norm that retains relevance. Fuck that shit.
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Count the emojis and hashtags
1-3 exercise caution
4-6 consider selective muting
6-9 block absent compelling reasons
10+ place phone on ground, move to safe distance, detonate
1-3 exercise caution
4-6 consider selective muting
6-9 block absent compelling reasons
10+ place phone on ground, move to safe distance, detonate
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Count the emojis and hashtags
1-3 exercise caution
4-6 consider selective muting
6-9 block absent compelling reasons
10+ place phone on ground, move to safe distance, detonate
1-3 exercise caution
4-6 consider selective muting
6-9 block absent compelling reasons
10+ place phone on ground, move to safe distance, detonate
They'd look no more ridiculous in bikinis than they do in their tactical combat gear and masks.
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
They'd look no more ridiculous in bikinis than they do in their tactical combat gear and masks.
Black Sharpie, gold paint, and we're good.
January 9, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Black Sharpie, gold paint, and we're good.
Thanks! Saddened Arthur C. Clarke fans needed the lift.
January 9, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Thanks! Saddened Arthur C. Clarke fans needed the lift.
They all want people to die. 17 thought voting yes will improve their chances to keep killing people.
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
They all want people to die. 17 thought voting yes will improve their chances to keep killing people.
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If your fundraising tactic is misleading people, I don't want you in office.
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 AM
If your fundraising tactic is misleading people, I don't want you in office.
Except Miller. His driving animus is wanting to kill as may people as possible. No reason needed.
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Except Miller. His driving animus is wanting to kill as may people as possible. No reason needed.
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Anyway I wonder just how MUCH CBS News loves America, is it this much [spreading hands to indicate pile of dead Palestinian children] or THIS much [spreading arms really alarmingly widely to the point of losing my balance to encompass quite amazingly large pile of dead Palestinian children]
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Anyway I wonder just how MUCH CBS News loves America, is it this much [spreading hands to indicate pile of dead Palestinian children] or THIS much [spreading arms really alarmingly widely to the point of losing my balance to encompass quite amazingly large pile of dead Palestinian children]
It's embarrassing that he's a member of the human race.
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
It's embarrassing that he's a member of the human race.
That would explain why the devil needs a supply of souls.
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
That would explain why the devil needs a supply of souls.
Because it was in rich people's business interests to go to war, as it has been since our boys and gals came home in 1945? Nixon knew his boss was right and embraced the concept, which has profited congresscritters ever since.
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Because it was in rich people's business interests to go to war, as it has been since our boys and gals came home in 1945? Nixon knew his boss was right and embraced the concept, which has profited congresscritters ever since.
Tossup for my favorite: Multiple grammar errors while complaining of bad grammar (were, not was; the swing and miss on whom, et al), or the Qatari-paid dig from a man whose god is in Qatar's debt long past death.
December 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Tossup for my favorite: Multiple grammar errors while complaining of bad grammar (were, not was; the swing and miss on whom, et al), or the Qatari-paid dig from a man whose god is in Qatar's debt long past death.
No, defamation per say
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
No, defamation per say
Heading up to work at the student newspaper at GWU and stepped on to the elevator with Mel Blanc.
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Heading up to work at the student newspaper at GWU and stepped on to the elevator with Mel Blanc.
It means someone asked AI to make the text 2 shades, saw it, and said 'Cool, that's done.'
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It means someone asked AI to make the text 2 shades, saw it, and said 'Cool, that's done.'
Aren't we supposed to all have unlimited wealth by then anyway?
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Aren't we supposed to all have unlimited wealth by then anyway?