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Executive Editor @sherwood.news, book whatyou.watch, writer numlock.com. Previously FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider. Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Lobbyist Quietly Pleads Guilty After Embezzling $1 Million From Venture Capital PAC Jonas Murphy, the now-former director of government affairs at the National Venture Capital Association, faces up to 10 years in prison.

"Lobbyist Quietly Pleads Guilty After Embezzling $1 Million From Venture Capital PAC"

@taylorgiorno.bsky.social for @notus.com

11.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Bam Adebayo and the Heat should have stopped at matching Kobe Bryant’s 81 points What Adebayo did Tuesday was remarkable in its own right, but here's why he should have called it a night a little bit sooner.

this column has basically made me wish for a team to draw up a game plan with the sole goal of getting a player to 100 points. run up the scoreboard. www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

11.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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people joke about what experiencing even the banalities of modern society would do to a medieval peasant, but here's a German tourist from a small farming village who says some Times Square salsa verde physically incapacitated him gothamist.com/food/theres-...

11.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could β€œbomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.

11.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 6374 πŸ” 1312 πŸ’¬ 244 πŸ“Œ 302
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

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31 years later, this overlooked Studio Ghibli movie is finally getting remastered for IMAX GKIDS just announced two new Studio Ghibli 4K remasters

no dollar amount is too high to stop me from seeing Seiji's wink in IMAX www.polygon.com/studio-ghibl...

10.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alabama was set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey stopped it. Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row. Update: Ivey granted Burton clemency on March 10, commuting his death sentence to a life sentence.

HUGE: Alabama was set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey stopped it.

Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row. Ivey granted Burton clemency on March 10, commuting his death sentence to a life sentence.

Law Dork coverage:

10.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 810 πŸ” 165 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 28
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How Swig Turned Dirty Soda Into a National Obsession The Utah soda-fountain chain is rapidly expanding in the US thanks to TikTok and a hit TV show.

fascinating that this stuff doesn't get targeted by rfk jr, huh? wonder why. probably nothing.

09.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 14
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09.03.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains β€” Nittobo's Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it'll take years before market The T-glass supply is becoming an issue for the AI revolution, and the market is unlikely to unwind until 2027 at the earliest.

favorite genre of story is β€œlargest-ever order of AI chips ever placed in the history of silicon foiled by production constraint at one supplier, an obscure Japanese firm for which it is a side business monetizing some byproduct ” www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... @stokel.bsky.social

09.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Shortages of crucial chip packaging material threatens AI accelerator supply chains β€” Nittobo's Fukushima plant is tripling capacity, but it'll take years before market The T-glass supply is becoming an issue for the AI revolution, and the market is unlikely to unwind until 2027 at the earliest.

Good news everyone! There's a(nother) shortage of a key component in AI chips that you probably haven't heard of. My latest for @tomshardware.com
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

09.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hell yeah

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Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

This song feels incredibly relevant today.

08.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 7758 πŸ” 2349 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 45
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Pixar’s Pete Docter Says Queer β€˜Elio’ Storyline Was Axed Because β€œWe’re Making A Movie, Not Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Therapy” Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter explained the animation company's decision to ax a queer storyline in last year's Elio.

If you're a powerful creative person, a moment will always arrive when you can do something a little brave that will help people, or refuse to. The book I'm working on right now is in part a history of who did what. All I'll say about this is, it never gets forgotten. deadline.com/2026/03/pixa...

08.03.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 516 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7

delighted to hear!! what the newsletter industry lacks is an entity just willing to be an arms dealer for the non-aligned.

07.03.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€ πŸ‘€

07.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

please stop using a demographic label, originally concocted by a canadian author to describe literally just boomers, then applied by american turbocapitalist haruspices in the 90s to determine whether a middle american mall should have one knife store or two, as a load-bearing personality substitute

07.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

06.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 6430 πŸ” 1550 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 46
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Garbage Day Live is coming back to Brooklyn next week. Baby's All Right in Williamsburg. Doors at 6:30pm. Special guest @katienotopoulos.bsky.social! It's going to be very very very fun.

We only have a few tickets left, so grab 'em while you can!!!
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06.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

With a sudden surge of open House sets on the GOP side, we're once again in record territory. Democrats have slowed the pace recently.

06.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Sinners’ Dominates Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian Awards; Rose Byrne, Amy Madigan Win ActingΒ Prizes Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby Garners Two Wins The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, the second largest entertainment journalists organization in the world, today announced the group’s 2026 Dorian Film Awards, withΒ SinnersΒ emerging as the year’s undeniable standout with 7 wins. In a rare alignment of commercial success and critical acclaim,Β Ryan Coogler’s sweeping historical horror epic,Β Sinners,Β became one of the few recent blockbusters to sweep the Dorians’ top prizes, underscoring its cultural resonance and artistic ambition.

'Sinners' Dominates Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian Awards; Rose Byrne, Amy Madigan Win Acting Prizes

04.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

we can do it

05.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh my god

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A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen stateβ€”embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

05.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 5978 πŸ” 1562 πŸ’¬ 291 πŸ“Œ 533
A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings.

After today’s hearing β€” and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing β€” I asked him who he was.

I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that.

I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was.

He said no.

Then, the people leaving β€” myself included β€” got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator.

Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator.

Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults β€” all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public β€” and was some combination of bemused and appalled.

β€œYou are all ridiculous,” I simply said.

The door closed.

A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings. After today’s hearing β€” and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing β€” I asked him who he was. I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that. I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was. He said no. Then, the people leaving β€” myself included β€” got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator. Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator. Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults β€” all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public β€” and was some combination of bemused and appalled. β€œYou are all ridiculous,” I simply said. The door closed.

And, the story of the mystery man.

www.lawdork.com/p/lamberth-c...

05.03.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 1206 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 37

For $1 billion a day we could add enough solar panels to double the generating capacity of the US grid in less than five years.

05.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 572 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
THE WORLD'S FIRST PRECISION CANNABIS
SIX PRECISE EXPERIENCES IN 20 MINUTES OR LESS

THE WORLD'S FIRST PRECISION CANNABIS SIX PRECISE EXPERIENCES IN 20 MINUTES OR LESS

I rebuke Founder Mindset weed. That’s not weed that’s homework

04.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 1107 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 18
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This is pretty insane

$EWY $MU $SNDK $WDC $STX

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04.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

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