A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.

like this is absurd, get over yourselves

I am realizing that while I used to think vacations were not the answer to everything that maybe if I'm ok with my job and my friends and my health and my fiance and my sleep and my diet etc etc but I feel shitty all the time that maybe, just maybe

a vacation will be an answer to several things

It’s February! I should feel something that is not fear!

I can’t find it now but one of my early bsky mini-hits was how adulthood doesn’t prepare you for how many times you want to scream, “This isn’t how things work! Grow the fuck up!” at people who are much older than you, then display your maturity by not screaming it