Matthew Jennings
@mvjennings.bsky.social
Editor, writer, obsessive reader.
Hey @bryancurtis.bsky.social— An only-in-journalism observation/query: Why is it that tariffs are always "slapped" on countries? Further, why do we never hear of anything else being imposed as a slap? (Insert Will Smith joke here.)
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hey @bryancurtis.bsky.social— An only-in-journalism observation/query: Why is it that tariffs are always "slapped" on countries? Further, why do we never hear of anything else being imposed as a slap? (Insert Will Smith joke here.)
My Spotify playlist just played Public Enemy (“Bring the Noise”) and the Beasties (“Sabotage”) back to back, on this day of all days. Maybe AI isn’t all bad…
January 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My Spotify playlist just played Public Enemy (“Bring the Noise”) and the Beasties (“Sabotage”) back to back, on this day of all days. Maybe AI isn’t all bad…
Maybe we can stop calling this Name, Image, Likeness compensation and just start calling it, you know, Compensation?
December 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Maybe we can stop calling this Name, Image, Likeness compensation and just start calling it, you know, Compensation?
@bryancurtis.bsky.social Not quite as charming as the Icelandic book exchange…
Tonight Bjúgnakrækir (Sausage Swiper), the 9th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He hides in the rafters and steals sausages that are hung up there for smoking.
Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.
Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.
December 20, 2024 at 2:32 AM
@bryancurtis.bsky.social Not quite as charming as the Icelandic book exchange…