We came to the bargaining table yesterday ready to make serious progress. Management instead continued to ignore our priorities, including funding healthcare, A.I. protections, and hybrid work. ......
“Last month, a spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Revenue told The Star that the agency had processed 159 gender changes on IDs since a district court injunction was lifted in October. Officials say they expect around 1,800 people to have their identity documents revoked.“
There is a venn diagram of "We need to believe that AI can develop a real consciousness," "I now adhere to a truly bizarre health routine" and "I need all the money possible and I need it just for me," and at the center of it is "I am terrified of dying and I don't know how to fix that"
Willie Colón, with his eyes closed, plays a trombone. A headline reads: "1950-2026: Willie Colón, Luminary of Salsa Music, Dies at 75." Photo by Chad Batka for The New York Times.
Willie Colón, a trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer who became a luminary of salsa music in a career that spanned nearly six decades, died on Saturday. He was 75. nyti.ms/3MCFkzC
This really is a great picture:
‘A love letter to all the good men I know’: Shahrbanoo Sadat on making Afghanistan’s first romcom
Saturday's Weather Rating: 1/10
The arctic has arrived - again. We have an Extreme Cold Warning and a Wind Advisory in effect starting at 10:00am. Wind chills fall to nearly 20 below zero tonight. I've got nothing. The vibes have frozen over.
imagine having one of the best tech reporters of all time on your staff and then choosing to lay them off
US farm income set to fall in 2026 despite surge in government payments reut.rs/3ZmIHNP
We stand with you, @postguild.bsky.social
If I was old enough to catch the bus by myself (and had more than $5 ever), I would have loved to go to Rick James first tour, Fire It Up. It had little known Teena Marie whose album he was producing for Motown and Prince as his opening act.
We need "All about Eve" type biopic about that tour.🎶🎸
Polaroids of Catherine O'Hara in various costumes
Polaroids of Catherine O'Hara in various costumes
Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Twenty-five years ago, I was in a car accident that broke my jaw and caused injury to the right frontal lobe of my brain. At the time, the focus was on the visible damage - the fracture, the swelling, and the immediate physical trauma. The deeper injury, the one inside my skull, went unnoticed. Comprehensive scans were not done, neurological exams were limited, and the possibility of a frontal-lobe injury was never raised. It wasn't properly diagnosed until 2023. That medical oversight caused serious damage to my mental health and led to my bipolar type-l diagnosis. Bipolar disorder comes with its own defense system. Denial. When you're manic, you don't think you're sick. You think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you're seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you're losing your grip entirely. Once people label you as 'crazy', you feel as if you cannot contribute anything meaningful to the world. It's easy for people to joke and laugh it off when in fact this is a very serious debilitating disease you can die from. According to the World Health Organization and Cambridge University, people with bipolar disorder have a life expectancy that is shortened by ten to fifteen years on average, and a 2x-3x higher all-cause mortality rate than the general population. This is on par with severe heart disease, type-1 diabetes, HIV, and cancer-all lethal and fatal if left untreated. The scariest thing about this disorder is how persuasive it is when it tells you: You don't need help. It makes you blind, but convinced you have insight. You feel powerful, certain, and unstoppable. I lost touch with reality. Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret. Some of the people I love the most, I treated the worst. You endured fear, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of trying to love someone who was at times, unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self. In that fractured state. I gra…
Ye, fka Kanye West, takes out a full-page in the Wall Street Journal to apologize to the Black community, and for antisemitism:
“I lost touch with reality”
Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Let’s goooooooooooooo!
THE TIMES IS UNION-MADE: Today we began bargaining our new contract, and in our first session, we not only told management we were united, we showed them. Our bargaining committee presented a pledge signed by 80% of our union, supporting five core priorities…..
“ ‘The Pitt’ did what good art often does: it allowed me to see my reality more clearly.” Dhruv Khullar, a physician, writes about binge-watching the show during an especially busy stretch in his hospital—and what he learned about being a doctor from it. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/AhiRHH
Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean.
Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone."
Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Teenage me who decided to become an oil reporter in '03 because of the Iraq war 🤝 this moment
Here's NPR's explainer about Venezuela's oil industry🇻🇪 🛢️ (and Guyana's too 🇬🇾 🛢️)
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Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
Gaza City's landscape was once packed with concrete residential blocks. In the weeks before a ceasefire in October, Israel widely deployed a new weapon: M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed to carry between 1 and 3 tons of explosives, Reuters found reut.rs/49fw0cd
“It’s only ever been about class, about America deciding who gets to have what and how much.” www.wired.com/story/dei-di...
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
