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Walter Hickey
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Executive Editor @sherwood.news, book whatyou.watch, writer numlock.com. Previously FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider. Pulitzer Prize winner.
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
a che guevara t-shirt but it’s just this guy
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New York has a crucial question ahead of it: what should happen to the guy who flies around the city on a homemade contraption made out of a large fan and paraglider?

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November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
powerusers on it daily
seamless matching
encrypted messaging
connects you to people nearby
no cultural footprint whatsoever
this user quote

listen all i’m saying is that if i accidentally created an incredibly successful drug marketplace its footprint would probably look like this right
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
this solicit is amazing
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
intra-italian-american fights are de Lightful www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
genuinely the first truly positive economic signal I have heard in ages www.numlock.com/p/numlock-ne...
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
despite how obviously heinous this is, of course Cuomo doesn't know that new york doesn't have any alleys.

what is it with out of towners falling for the superstition plaguing all upstaters that the city has Gotham City-esque alleys.

literally Law & Order has to constantly re-use Cortlandt Alley
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
been seeing this image for years but I didn’t realize this plane was laden down with 300 keys of premium blow en route to Antwerp
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
those arrows. these lines. make it make sense
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
guys if Europe is doing that much cocaine why does their economy look Like That
October 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Apple drives me insane because it's a $3.6 trillion company that thinks the best solution to a new yorker riding the subway is Would You Like To Talk To Space Today?
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
you buy AI chips because you can make lots money off them. this was not the case at Oracle. this is the result
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
October 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
well, shit.
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
chart of the decade sherwood.news/tech/ai-infr...
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
this is a fascinating comparison from @mford.bsky.social i don’t think I’ll be able to un-see newrepublic.com/article/1997...
September 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
alright guys, we've officially passed Witherspoon Point on the shortform video trend, I am calling it now, the movies are so back.
September 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
had a ton of fun working on this poll with @today.yougov.com about the songs that everybody knows the lyrics to, the generational anthems are super neat

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September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
September 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"is he washed? be honest."
September 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM