Erin Gee

People Who Don’t Understand Downtowns Are Destroying Downtowns A far-fetched plan to demolish Dallas’s seat of government reflects the city’s diminished role in the region.

People Who Don’t Understand Downtowns Are Destroying Downtowns www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

john fetterman wants you to believe the 'sexism' problem is calling Kristie Noem a (very tame) name instead of how pregnant immigrant women in minneapolis cant go to the hospital or get prenatal care bc they're too afraid of being kidnapped & brutalized by ICE

Every so often, I come back to this app to see if people have developed a sense of humour and are having fun here, and the answer is always No.

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

“I myself am actually Jewish, ancestrally. I’m Christian by faith, but Jewish by blood. I’ve actually read Mein Kampf. The end conclusions that he came to: absolutely abominable. But I strangely understood where he was coming from as far as wanting to improve the national state of Germany."

Getting work done in your house after business hours is truly a bad time.

Families say cost of housing means they'll have fewer or no children Western states have some of America's lowest fertility rates. The rapidly rising cost of housing is playing a role.

A story in which a Republican state lawmaker considers restricting abortion access as a "family friendly policy" www.npr.org/2025/10/31/n...

My new game is seeing how long I can go without hearing a single song from Life of a Showgirl

ARE YOU OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A FREELANCER IN VIDEO GAME/TECH/CULTURE JOURNALISM?

I want to talk to you for a story! DM me, email me, or hit me up on Discord (AlyssaMerc/alyssamercante)

Please signal boost!

This campaign has produced the best ads/content of any Democratic campaign I’ve covered since Obama ‘08 and it’s not really close.

HELL YEAH

LET’S FUCKING GOOO

"No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines ft Tinashe

no

1. Trump's megabill will slash nutrition assistance for poor families, cause 17 million people to lose their health insurance, and add over $3 trillion to the deficit -- all to finance tax cuts for the rich.

IN THIS THREAD, I WILL LIST THE COMPANIES THAT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THIS BILL.

BILLIONAIRE: Lying Zohran Mamdani says that the rich have too much power. Here is the politician I have personally selected to be mayor instead.

I was wondering the other day: what *does* Mark Sutcliffe do?

Heya friends. Forbes Tech & Innovation desk is hiring. Come break news and raise hell with me and @kschwab.bsky.social

www.forbes.com/careers-at-f...

25 people support 35 million users on this app, per @jay.bsky.team

"conventional social media has tried to grapple with moderation for years but never in a satisfying way, what about bluesky?"

"we hope to do our best but because we're open, people can build their own filters on top of the protocol" - @jay.bsky.team
#websummitvancouver

Up next at #websummitvancouver is @jay.bsky.team

"We are not close to a solution on AI hallucinations" - @garymarcus.bsky.social

@garymarcus.bsky.social says that one issue with AI is that it's dumb, and it is dumb at scale, which leads to mis/dis-info.
"It writes tariff plans that make no sense"
#websummitvancouver

60 local speakers you’ll want to catch at Web Summit Vancouver A non-exhaustive (but very exciting) guide to the BC-based innovators taking the stage.

We're just days away from Web Summit Vancouver, so I put together a list of 60 (!!) local speakers who will be speaking. vantechjournal.com/p/60-local-s...

OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google announcements from this week show us that the future their leaders envision of mass generative AI deployment requires total surveillance

Given some of the political analysis I've seen since the election on Monday, it seems that some people don't understand how political campaigns or the media work.

Thank god my Robaxacet is kicking in. I can't with the analysis on this app.

oh.......my god

DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs The administration is pushing agencies to turn over information on where people work, study and live. The data is normally protected from dissemination.

DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs
Officials working with the U.S. DOGE Service are pushing agencies to turn over information on where people work, study and live.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I....um...

WERE YOU IN THE GROUP CHAT???