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@Seanfrank @cwarzel Sure bud

@cwarzel ive used them and they actually rock

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Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. nyti.ms/3Q6JP70

@MarlowNYC this is the way

let’s normalize this

@ArtemisConsort @QuetzalPhoenix I covered Occupy and can confirm this take is spot on

My experience being a progressive was being constantly frustrated that no one was serious. I was at Occupy Wall Street, and the whole thing was a joke. Every random cause had to be represented. Weed legalization, prison abolition, you name it. Nothing could get done because someone always had a nitpicky left-coded objection that had to at least be seen to be taken seriously. It seemed obvious to me that this would weaken the movement until it fell apart completely, but no one cared. Then and later, I was constantly attacked for calling for focus, for effectiveness, for compromise. If I said that climate change was bad but not apocalyptic, I was an evil planet destroyer. If I said that redistributive policies that targeted poverty rather than race would automatically be racially disproportionate to the exact degree that outcomes were disproportionate, and much easier to sell to the public, I was a racist. No one ever had counterarguments. They had thought-terminating cliches. Which indicated that they weren’t actually serious about their goals. If you are truly motivated by an outcome, you’ll be interested in strategic/factual criticism. If you’re just having fun, if the activity rather than the outcome is the point, you’ll be upset that some nerd is harshing the vibes. I’m not in any sense a progressive anymore, but my core terminal value is the same: maximize beauty. And my core instrumental value is the same: maximize truth. And I believe these converge in the limit. I have onboarded information that indicates rightism is a better way to do this. None of my former progressive friends were even interested in this shift in my thinking. People who’d put a lot of stock in my opinion no longer cared. If they actually shared my core values, as they claimed to, they would be curious at least! They weren’t. There is a lot of unseriousness on the right too, a lot of “enjoy the party” mindset over pragmatism. But at least for now it doesn’t hold the levers of power. I am very tired. I feel like I was born 10,000 years old. I am tired of people who don’t mean what they say. I am tired of unseriousness. If things go well, it will be because the egregores are smart, not because humans are. Please be serious.

Starting Wednesday, for the first time since the Pentagon opened in 1943, there will be likely no major news outlets accredited to cover the dept, the one spending nearly $1 trillion of taxpayer money. Why? This Pentagon Press Association explains it best. Please read.

Who will be left covering the U.S. Department of Defense after tomorrow at 5 p.m.? Almost no one. Here's where things stand: washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

@jayrosen_nyu I wish your project well, but I'm skeptical the reformation and revitalization of journalism will come from non-profit initiatives that educate influencers on ethics and best practices

Miss it this week? I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Goes like this: Via the people now called creators, audiences are migrating to the social layer in the internet stack. Maybe there's a way to move with, rather than against that. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/10/news-c…

RIP @NolanRyWilliams. He was a pioneer in psychedelic research and the development of novel treatments for mental health. The world lost a remarkable scientist whose work sowed the seeds for a revolution still in its infancy. May his legacy live on open.substack.com/pub/thefrontie…

Jane Goodall, the English primatologist and anthropologist who was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at age 91 wsj.com/science/jane-g…

Thousands of Americans hooked on opioids are heading to Mexico for a radical—and risky—treatment with a powerful psychedelic, ibogaine, that’s banned in the U.S. on.wsj.com/3ZBxlGm

GOP Rep. Morgan Luttrell traveled to Mexico in 2018 to take ibogaine, a drug that is illegal in the U.S. but is gaining a reputation within the veteran community as a potential treatment to address conditions like PTSD. 🔗 Read more: on.wsj.com/3H0cdTA

@theramblingfool @ahaburchak

Every man's worse nightmare came true for me today. For years I've accumulated all the cables I've ever had into a drawer-- you know the drawer. After years of collecting dust, I finally convinced myself I could throw away my VGA cables. A few months later, I need a VGA cable.

@MarlowNYC Core memory right here

when barney died at the ‘97 macy’s thanksgiving day parade

@DanielDenvir The NYT’s best columnist is the guy who said the the Biden-Trump debate was a tie?

Bouie was the best columnist at the New York Times. I can’t help but think his long stunning silence on Gaza had something to do w paving the way to him offering the most boring, least insightful assessment of Harris’s loss imaginable. Incredibly David Brooks is far more correct.

@WSJ newsroom on the news Evan is free. ⁦@emmatuckerWSJ⁩ addresses the troops. “This is a historical day for The Wall Street Journal.”

@JeremyBWhite amazing! congrats!

PERSONAL NEWS: My most important assignment just arrived! We are ecstatic — it's been a long journey. Off for a month (then back for a bit and off again until 2025) as I trade reporter's notebooks for diapers and burp cloths 🍼👶🏻

‘I Was Dripping Blood’: Inside One of the Worst Turbulence Accidents Ever - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/A5HYU3OV7QPi1_…

My colleague Evan Gershkovich has spent ONE YEAR in a Russian prison-- and still has no trial date in sight. If you could watch, share and help us raise awareness about his wrongful detention, we would be so grateful: #freeevan #JournalismIsNotACrime

The next king of Thailand could be an insurance lawyer from Westchester thedailybeast.com/elisa-garafano…