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Zukes
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Nurse, video games, public transportation, new parent, health care reform advocate, pro-union, armchair urban planner, and howling leftist.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Trimet buses continue to do great

#trimet
August 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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We are in the era of bad management.
What Does Media Mean Now? Earlier this month, gaming website Polygon was sold by Vox Media to Valnet, an e-slop farm that publishes a bunch of sites you accidentally click on when you’re trying to find real articles about stuff you care about. I wrote a bunch for Polygon at the start of the pandemic and they were always really good to me. The staff over there were some of the best in the biz and most of them were fired during the sale. Polygon video producer Simone de Rochefort, who survived the transfer to Valnet, sent a barnburner of an email to Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff, which you can read here. Here’s another good piece about Polygon worth checking out, as well. This was all bad enough, but The New York Times reported this morning that tech journalist and podcaster Kara Swisher and her co-host Scott Galloway inked a new deal with Vox Media and are getting $40 million four-year contracts. And, as many have noticed, The Times story does not mention the Polygon sale. Also, the claims that Swisher and Galloway’s podcast is making as much as they claim it does are a bit dubious. All of this has led me to ask the question I opened with up top. What does this say about The State Of The Media Now? And from where I’m sitting, it doesn’t say anything good. If a company like Vox can’t figure out how to properly monetize and support a website in 2025, but feels comfortable dumping hundreds of millions of dollars into a podcast where the hosts have more name recognition than Vox does, things are real bad. And when it all goes bust, Swisher and Galloway will be fine. Will the same be said for media brands?
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Coincidence?
March 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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@trimet.org 25min till next train. These times are ridiculous. No wonder ridership is down. If we want anyone to take the max seriously, TriMet has to get these times down.
January 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Is the Arc browser logo too horny? 🤔
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November 14, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Incredibly chuffed about this tonight!
#PDX #ModestMouse
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November 4, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Wasn't expecting to be shown a mirror

#PDX #GARBAGEDAY
October 22, 2024 at 4:04 AM