I see it even in published copy!
11.03.2026 14:26
👍 2
🔁 0
💬 1
📌 0
I see it even in published copy!
New from me: Words of war.
ht @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social @brandonfriedman.bsky.social @grantbarrett.com @atrupar.com @galbeckerman.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social @parkermolloy.com @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
fritinancy.substack.com/p/words-of-war
Today alone I encountered:
Reaganmaxxing
Eyebrowmaxxing
Grouchomaxxing
Fibermaxxing
@everywordmaxxing.bsky.social
![From The New Yorker: "American, or 'concise,' crosswords are typically exercises in trivia more so [sic] than sit."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r26ebrk2v3kxvg2qz5b63xh3/bafkreiaxn3qnnmzloxpxnnjfwokx4sl7lccx4mfqjvozjqnadx5pxo5eci)
From The New Yorker: "American, or 'concise,' crosswords are typically exercises in trivia more so [sic] than sit."
Irritant of the day: the intrusion of "so" in constructions like this one. (Even more irritating when spelled "moreso.") Source: @newyorker.com
Jay Graber is stepping down as CEO of Bluesky to “transition to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer”. And they’re looking for a new permanent CEO. [bsky.social]
Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com. The company gave me this statement over email: We’ve heard the feedback about this tool and appreciate the engagement from those who have taken the time to raise thoughtful questions about the functionality and the experts surfaced. We agree that the product experience can be improved for both users and experts. The agent was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship that add value to their work. We want the people behind those perspectives to have greater control over whether their name is used, while providing new ways for influential voices to reach new audiences. Our goal is to improve Expert Review to deliver this outcome.
NEWS: Grammarly tells me it will let "experts" like me opt out of having their names used against their will and for no compensation as part of its "expert review" feature www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...
Mission Accompl—ish is right there.
It's in Kings Canyon NP in case you want to pay your disrespects.
Humps: fake
Headline: real
(ht @paulisci.bsky.social)
www.the-independent.com/life-style/c...
This is fascinating stuff. I wish someone -- @sfstandard.com? -- would replicate it for San Francisco/Bay Area.
(The "fashion Substacker" who makes $127K/year from subscriptions? I clearly picked the wrong specialty.)
nymag.com/intelligence...
A song for the ages, and for all of us Nancys.
"America sent Dizzy Gillespie to Iran in 1956 because a diplomat figured out that a jazz musician did more than a tank. Korea sent BTS to the UN 65 years later for exactly the same reason." - @rbrancatelli.bsky.social
readfoundobject.substack.com/p/the-war-no...
"No one wants to hear 'I guess' from a surgeon, a wilderness guide, or anyone with the power to inflict widespread death and destruction. It is uncertain at best, uncaring at worst."
fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...
This is the Platonic ideal of a social media exchange, never again to be equaled or even attempted:
It's a great car, so of course Honda discontinued it.
2018 Honda Clarity plug-in hybrid. ~52 miles on electric. ~350 miles total.
I last bought gas in October 2025, when I drove from the Bay Area to L.A. and back.
This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”
It makes so much sense to put ALL these villains on TV, non-stop, for ongoing viral-video interrogations—to get them to slip up, to say something that pisses him off, to look weak— because the only thing that matters to this guy is what happens on the tube
Poster for MEN OF WAR, a 2024 documentary from Billy Corben and Jen Gatien. In May 2020, a ragtag group of American-led insurrectionists attempted to infiltrate Venezuela and overthrow the regime of Nicolas Maduro. “Operation Gideon” was a spectacular failure. MEN OF WAR brings audiences inside this misbegotten mission, the latest in a string of covert U.S. interventions in Latin America. Only this time, with a Trump era flavor.
This seems timely. New on Kanopy:
Am I the only viewer who was unable to make through even a single episode of "The Pitt"?
Tbf I've never watched any other hospital dramas, either.
(I did chuckle through a couple of episodes of OG "Scrubs.")
Now that they're trying to pretend their war is not a war, they've gone back to calling it the Defense Department.
> @benstiller.redhour.com
In a crowded field that includes Miller, Kash, Hegseth, Marco, RFKJr, Bondi, Vance, Bessent, and until recently Kristi/Corey, etc .... KL deserves a place in the pantheon all her own.
Keep in mind that Noem was not fired for overseeing the murder of American citizens or sending untried men to overseas terror prisons, she was fired for a poor TV performance when being questioned by Congress.
☝️Ht @davepell.bsky.social
Current fave, and may I add that I am PISSED that Muji folded its brick-and-mortar tents in California. www.muji.us/products/com...
