Michael Preston
@mppreston.bsky.social
Just another comms guy. Reformed reporter. UVA and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism alum. Go Hoos & Go Niners.
Pope Leo on on the Big Pic pod when?
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Pope Leo on on the Big Pic pod when?
To the pull quote: if we include the 2004 election, the last 6 presidential contests have been split (GOP wins 2004, 2016, 2024; Dems win 2008, 2012, and 2020).
Does anyone ever frame this in the opposite direction?
Does anyone ever frame this in the opposite direction?
October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
To the pull quote: if we include the 2004 election, the last 6 presidential contests have been split (GOP wins 2004, 2016, 2024; Dems win 2008, 2012, and 2020).
Does anyone ever frame this in the opposite direction?
Does anyone ever frame this in the opposite direction?
Not going to lie…going full hater and deeply enjoying Indiana punching Oregon in the mouth at Autzen.
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not going to lie…going full hater and deeply enjoying Indiana punching Oregon in the mouth at Autzen.
The Foundation season 3 finale
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media.tenor.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Foundation season 3 finale
More importantly: the answer to the headline is very obviously no!
Is there any reason why this article doesn’t mention the standard metric by which local governments calculate eligibility for affordable housing??? Like why are we asking people for the vibes on $142k vs $500k+ instead of just sharing the relevant AMIs?
Does Earning $142,000 in New York City Make You Rich?
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
More importantly: the answer to the headline is very obviously no!
Wild that this poll assumes the Joker would vote
Oct. 2024 poll: 66% of U.S. adult citizens who were familiar with Hank Hill thought if he were to vote in the 2024 presidential election, he would vote for Donald Trump
16% said he would vote for Kamala Harris
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16% said he would vote for Kamala Harris
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August 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wild that this poll assumes the Joker would vote
Gonna be a lot of folks catching feelings early next year when some of the things they rely on in terms of news and entertainment programming is gone because of this.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Gonna be a lot of folks catching feelings early next year when some of the things they rely on in terms of news and entertainment programming is gone because of this.
3 things here:
1) A government is not a for-profit company and should not be run as such.
2) NIH caused the pandemic?
3) What is DEI health research?
True crank stuff from Vought and it’s shameful that a significant number of people in this country saw what was in Project 2025 and 🤷♂️.
1) A government is not a for-profit company and should not be run as such.
2) NIH caused the pandemic?
3) What is DEI health research?
True crank stuff from Vought and it’s shameful that a significant number of people in this country saw what was in Project 2025 and 🤷♂️.
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
3 things here:
1) A government is not a for-profit company and should not be run as such.
2) NIH caused the pandemic?
3) What is DEI health research?
True crank stuff from Vought and it’s shameful that a significant number of people in this country saw what was in Project 2025 and 🤷♂️.
1) A government is not a for-profit company and should not be run as such.
2) NIH caused the pandemic?
3) What is DEI health research?
True crank stuff from Vought and it’s shameful that a significant number of people in this country saw what was in Project 2025 and 🤷♂️.
Big news week for Chuck E Cheese
An exotic dancer accuses Texas House Republican Giovanni Capriglione of a 17-year affair during which paid for several abortions and left her cash behind a Chuck E Cheese. Capriglione denies the abortions but abruptly announced his retirement as rumors of the coming story spread across the Capitol.
Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair, denies abortion allegations
A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn’t seek reelection.
www.texastribune.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Big news week for Chuck E Cheese
The Zohran campaign really has been all hits, no misses in terms of generating content designed to resonate with the audiences he’s trying to activate. Truly next level stuff. “Wu-Tang Financial!”
July 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Zohran campaign really has been all hits, no misses in terms of generating content designed to resonate with the audiences he’s trying to activate. Truly next level stuff. “Wu-Tang Financial!”
US defense in the #goldcup tonight is almost comically bad. Letting way too many players get behind them, some shaky play from goal, and pitiful marking off corners. US very lucky to be up.
July 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
US defense in the #goldcup tonight is almost comically bad. Letting way too many players get behind them, some shaky play from goal, and pitiful marking off corners. US very lucky to be up.
Diego Luna right now at the #goldcup
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July 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Diego Luna right now at the #goldcup
This is very well done, both in terms of delivery (he’s smooth but the bit with him failing to speak a foreign language is very relatable) and production (very clear and clean use of maps and stats).
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is very well done, both in terms of delivery (he’s smooth but the bit with him failing to speak a foreign language is very relatable) and production (very clear and clean use of maps and stats).
I find it somewhat hard to take this seriously when this is a movement filled with vaccine skeptics, supplement grifters, and a slew of people who got upset when Michelle Obama suggested that better eating habits would pay off with better health outcomes for the general population. 🤷♂️
Wellness + gender ideology: “It was the largest young conservative women’s event in the country…They got clear marching orders. “Less Prozac, more protein,” said Alex Clark, a wellness influencer and podcast host who headlined the weekend. “Less burnout, more babies, less feminism, more femininity.”
‘Less Prozac, More Protein’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I find it somewhat hard to take this seriously when this is a movement filled with vaccine skeptics, supplement grifters, and a slew of people who got upset when Michelle Obama suggested that better eating habits would pay off with better health outcomes for the general population. 🤷♂️
And so is not having a political party that is completely oriented toward preventing free and fair elections…lotta blame to go around here.
Not sleeping through elections is the best start
What is your suggestion to solve the changing of our country to a dictatorship?
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
And so is not having a political party that is completely oriented toward preventing free and fair elections…lotta blame to go around here.
#andor was a back-to-front total triumph.
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May 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#andor was a back-to-front total triumph.
If I were the Miami Heat I’d just peace out and go jump on those boats because losing by 27 in the first quarter of a home elimination playoff game is wild work. #nbaplayoffs
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media.tenor.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If I were the Miami Heat I’d just peace out and go jump on those boats because losing by 27 in the first quarter of a home elimination playoff game is wild work. #nbaplayoffs
Not that it’s news, nor was it unexpected, but the Shedeur Sanders dialogue is even worse than I thought it would be.
April 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not that it’s news, nor was it unexpected, but the Shedeur Sanders dialogue is even worse than I thought it would be.
Truly pathetic stuff here from MLB.
The "Jackie Robinson Day background" section of MLB's official press release about Jackie Robinson just notes that he was a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers who debuted in 1947. Nothing about the how, the why.
April 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Truly pathetic stuff here from MLB.
That Masters theme music really hitting today.
April 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
That Masters theme music really hitting today.
Totally the story you should be focused on at the moment.
The State Department last week released a letter that Hunter Biden wrote while his father was serving as vice president in which he sought assistance from the U.S. government for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
In Burisma Letter, Hunter Biden Sought Support from State Department
While Joe Biden was vice president, his son used the letterhead of a Ukrainian energy company when writing to a U.S. ambassador with ties to the family.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Totally the story you should be focused on at the moment.