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Tom Cheredar
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Ronin Journalist. Avid pie maker.
Yes!!!!

I’ve been holding off on reading “White House Robot Romance” until the @neonichiban.bsky.social iOS app testing started. 🙌

Good things take time, (and I am here for it).
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@ssavaart.com best email to send you an interview request? (Tried your old bluedreamstudios address first).
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
LOL all morning picturing some finance quant slouched at his desk prompting Dalle, like, "make me a picture of pikachu having sex with the Apple logo" or whatever tf those guys use these things for, then throwing up his hands like "WHY WON'T THIS FIND ALPHA?!"

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
View for the weekend.
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Your thoughts @mcuban.bsky.social ?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Sep 30
The Trump administration says it is making deals with drug companies to lower prices U.S. consumers pay for medicines. But key details are missing on how the initiative would work.
President announces TrumpRx website for drugs, and pricing deal with Pfizer
The Trump administration says it is making deals with drug companies to lower prices U.S. consumers pay for medicines. But key details are missing on how the initiative would work.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
In the old days, you'd occasionally run into somebody totally normal who had one utterly insane belief, like a co-worker who just causally says he thinks the sun is alive. Social media is like if we extracted all of those individual bits of madness, cooked them into a stew and ate it for every meal.
September 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
i've subscribed to:
rolling stone
WIRED
404 media
defector
the handbasket

chicago journalism i subscribed to:
unraveled
block club

it's time to support media directly so they don't fall into the hands of fascists, the replies to this post have additional great news media i recommend supporting
it looks like the only way to have honest media is directly support them. i currently subscribe to WIRED and rolling stone, and about to subscribe to 404 media. any other WOKE and antifa media orgs i should support?
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I am so ready to care about digital comics again. Time to explore @neonichiban.bsky.social (No pressure @chipmosher.bsky.social & David, but we all need this.)
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Peach Strawberry pie (that has now somehow vanished, heh).
September 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
Everyone In 200-Member Media Softball League Unemployed
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Travis county redraw is INSANE! The sections they’re gerrymandering don’t even connect.
🚨BREAKING: Republicans' new Texas congressional map is out. It's Plan C2308.

Interactive version available here: dvr.capitol.texas.gov/Congress/0/P...

#txlege
July 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Easily the LEAST believable thing in Fantastic Four: First Steps isn't flying cars or super powered people. It's that Little Cesar's Pizza is a popular enough chain to advertise in NYC...

No one in NYC is eating Little Cesar's in any reality. C'mon son.
a robot is standing in a dining room and the word kepler is on the bottom right
ALT: a robot is standing in a dining room and the word kepler is on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Love that @wired.com is doing stuff like this.
July 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ted Cruz is the literal worst Senator ever. How is he still in office???
July 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And might I add, Do It Anyway.
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Y’all, @marisakabas.bsky.social has cracked the code for journalism’s onlyfans moment, literally by telling the truth, and we’re all better for it. 🤣 🙌 👊 🙏

Now go sign up for The Handbasket if you haven’t already: www.thehandbasket.co
June 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The latest bait and switch offered to news publications, who are desperate because Google made them that way. Great explainer by @sarahp.bsky.social
As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue | TechCrunch
Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micropayments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.
techcrunch.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
Was very excited when Last Week Tonight asked @404media.co to help out with research/fact checking for an AI Slop segment that ran last night. I thought it turned out very good! Here's a few mentions of our reporting, and the full segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...
June 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
I see people saying stuff like "why criticize Substack but give other problematic platforms (like, say, YouTube) a pass?

Which is a fair point.

Thing is, YouTube is a quasi-monopoly for sharable video. Substack wants to have a newsletter monopoly but *isn't there yet*. And it should never happen.
June 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Psyched to see @chipmosher.bsky.social still innovating in digital comics, waitlisted for @neonichiban.bsky.social !

Invite: neonichiban.com/ref/JECEOC
June 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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"Every single American's safety is at risk until Congress cracks down on this sleazy industry," @wyden.senate.gov tells @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/minnes...
Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses
The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.
www.wired.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Tom Cheredar
This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.

Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.

This is how you want a leader to talk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Roughly the equivalent cost of decent healthcare for about 89,000 people.
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM