There are some weird coincidences: "Merrill" is buried in Riverside, where the first Zodiac murder is believed to have been committed - what was his connection to that area? And, Short's first home in CA was Vallejo, which many sleuths believe was ground zero for the Zodiac. Random and odd

i suspect you got a ton of followers when bsky first blew up, but there aren't that many _active_ users here. plus, if they're anything like me, they are here to follow journalists to stay up on news, not to 'engage.' i'm on here prob 45 mins a day and I post like 5 comments a month

Definitely true that women are held to higher standards... but I don't know that women artists had it easier in the 60s... i suspect she would do fine today. Susan Boyle seems to be doing all right

Most (maybe all?) of Janis Joplin's hits were written by other people... it was her interpretations of those songs that people loved - hard to lip sync to that. Also, Ed Sheeran is not exactly a supermodel, but he's doing just fine

Also if you’re unwilling to be confrontational with powerful people you just should not be a journalist. You aren’t cut out for it.

13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.

He has so much great stuff - his early Decca records are incredible

I have been extraordinarily snarky and obnoxious over the years on various social media platforms, but have never been suspended, or even had a post removed. Really does not seem that difficult to navigate that line