Nitish Pahwa
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staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social
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· Aug 15
It Was the Murder That Shook Silicon Valley. Two Years Later, We Know What Really Happened.
Bob Lee’s killing sparked a firestorm of misinformation and radicalization. A new book sheds light on what really happened.
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on the subject of conservatives, cities, and crime: I interviewed the author of a new book about the 2023 murder of CashApp founder Bob Lee in SF. we discussed how Silicon Valley right-wingers turned the killing into a narrative about liberals, and how Lee's real story was buried in the process:
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NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race » The Urbanist
# Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by a razor-thin 91-vote margin after another batch of votes were counted Monday. Wilson appears well-positioned to...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
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on some level it's bad that twitter is encouraging them but if you can get this mad about not getting fake twitter kudos your brain is broken
Twitter created an official account that features posts that got lots of high quality engagement, and this guy is going absolutely Nasim Aghdam mode over his post not being included. They sent him something like $10k over it originally
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
on some level it's bad that twitter is encouraging them but if you can get this mad about not getting fake twitter kudos your brain is broken
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Via Adam Shatz's most recent piece in NYRB, today I learned that Alice Coltrane started her recording career by appearing on, essentially, a vibraphone klezmer album. And you know what? It's great.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Via Adam Shatz's most recent piece in NYRB, today I learned that Alice Coltrane started her recording career by appearing on, essentially, a vibraphone klezmer album. And you know what? It's great.
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This guy on Twitter is defending Elon's reading ability with these old tweets from him saying sci-fi author Iain Banks would have opposed unions because he was all about individual freedom. This is not what you should post if you want to convince people someone has read Iain Banks.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This guy on Twitter is defending Elon's reading ability with these old tweets from him saying sci-fi author Iain Banks would have opposed unions because he was all about individual freedom. This is not what you should post if you want to convince people someone has read Iain Banks.
in which @tonyhotran.bsky.social greets you all upon the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (the actual shipwreck, in this instance of observance) slate.com/technology/2...
Why Everyone With a Phone Was Obsessed With a 50-Year-Old Shipwreck This Week
How a Great Lakes shipwreck turning 50 gave rise to the most ridiculous and reverent of memes.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
in which @tonyhotran.bsky.social greets you all upon the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (the actual shipwreck, in this instance of observance) slate.com/technology/2...
"Starting this year the so-called 'media traffic apocalypse' caused by Google's pivot to AI search has cut our ad revenue by 70%. Prior to that, Facebook and X's deprioritization of links hurt too, but I can't downplay the brutal impact of AI Overview."
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Starting this year the so-called 'media traffic apocalypse' caused by Google's pivot to AI search has cut our ad revenue by 70%. Prior to that, Facebook and X's deprioritization of links hurt too, but I can't downplay the brutal impact of AI Overview."
all condolences due to YouTube TV subscribers hoping that Monday Night Football would return this week … bsky.app/profile/niti...
guess what I just wrote about 🙃 slate.com/business/202...
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
all condolences due to YouTube TV subscribers hoping that Monday Night Football would return this week … bsky.app/profile/niti...
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
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He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
hey I mean, as long as it's better than the original adaptation
A ‘V FOR VENDETTA’ series is in the works at HBO.
Pete Jackson is attached to write the series with James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios as executive producers.
Source: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Pete Jackson is attached to write the series with James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios as executive producers.
Source: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
hey I mean, as long as it's better than the original adaptation
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Opened twitter to find a sports clip and instantly saw an account claiming Percy Shelley wrote Frankenstein: a claim that is as illiterate as it is brazenly sexist. That place is a cesspool
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Opened twitter to find a sports clip and instantly saw an account claiming Percy Shelley wrote Frankenstein: a claim that is as illiterate as it is brazenly sexist. That place is a cesspool
Tesla Cybertruck executive doesn't like the vehicle abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
Tesla Cybertruck executive leaving the Musk-led automaker
The executive leading Tesla’s Cybertruck business is leaving the Elon Musk-led automaker after eight years
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tesla Cybertruck executive doesn't like the vehicle abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...
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Does this mean the 2021/2022 period was an anomaly -- a brief period where all the stars seemed to align for climate action? Or are we currently in a Trump-induced downturn of climate interest?
More in the piece, with smart thoughts from a few folks:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
More in the piece, with smart thoughts from a few folks:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.
A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does this mean the 2021/2022 period was an anomaly -- a brief period where all the stars seemed to align for climate action? Or are we currently in a Trump-induced downturn of climate interest?
More in the piece, with smart thoughts from a few folks:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
More in the piece, with smart thoughts from a few folks:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
he absolutely just asked Grok for summaries of Oates' stories
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
he absolutely just asked Grok for summaries of Oates' stories
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my fellow americans, here’s your mission this holiday season:
1) if you don’t own a bidet, put it at the top of your gift wishlist
2) if you do own a bidet, then gift a bidet to someone else
nothing else matters this year… not jesus, not joy, not stockings, not roast beast… ONLY spreading bidets
1) if you don’t own a bidet, put it at the top of your gift wishlist
2) if you do own a bidet, then gift a bidet to someone else
nothing else matters this year… not jesus, not joy, not stockings, not roast beast… ONLY spreading bidets
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
my fellow americans, here’s your mission this holiday season:
1) if you don’t own a bidet, put it at the top of your gift wishlist
2) if you do own a bidet, then gift a bidet to someone else
nothing else matters this year… not jesus, not joy, not stockings, not roast beast… ONLY spreading bidets
1) if you don’t own a bidet, put it at the top of your gift wishlist
2) if you do own a bidet, then gift a bidet to someone else
nothing else matters this year… not jesus, not joy, not stockings, not roast beast… ONLY spreading bidets
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
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It was literally humid yesterday. I actually was slightly overdressed and actually sweat a bit. A freeze warning the next day is wild.
NWS has issued a Freeze Warning for NYC from tonight into Tuesday morning. Temperatures will fall below 32° F and real-feel temperatures will fall into the 20s, which will damage or kill sensitive vegetation. This will mark the end of the growing season.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It was literally humid yesterday. I actually was slightly overdressed and actually sweat a bit. A freeze warning the next day is wild.
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John Cale has made a record with someone who wasn't even born when he made Songs For Drella, which for most artists would count as a late-career recording, but for him... long may he roll, is what I'm saying.
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Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
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November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
John Cale has made a record with someone who wasn't even born when he made Songs For Drella, which for most artists would count as a late-career recording, but for him... long may he roll, is what I'm saying.
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
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Gales of November coming for Julian Sayin. Soon.
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Gales of November coming for Julian Sayin. Soon.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
horrifying. the Red Fort is such an essential monument of Indian history. not sure what caused this yet but there's bound to be plenty of disinfo swirling around
BREAKING: At least eight people were killed in an explosion near the landmark Red Fort in a densely populated district of the Indian capital New Delhi, city police said reut.rs/3X7uSSp
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
horrifying. the Red Fort is such an essential monument of Indian history. not sure what caused this yet but there's bound to be plenty of disinfo swirling around
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“Chismiten (DJ Diaki Guitar remix)” Mdou Moctar — Afrique Refait (2022)
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“Chismiten (DJ Diaki Guitar remix)” Mdou Moctar — Afrique Refait (2022)