Mike Pesca

@VALERIEinNYT @nytimes " which she acknowledged was not an ideal way to stay safe or sane." Such great understatement to make a walloping point.

‘A Total Nightmare’: Voices From a Moscow Hit by Ukrainian Drones — my report from the Moscow suburbs nytimes.com/2026/05/23/wor… via @NYTimes

If anything isn't the Vox podcast Today Explained a competitor to NPR in a that they're both seeking airtime from the same buyer or potential buyer (i.e. the station)? like saying two freelancers who contribute to the same magazine have a conflict of interest. Anyway I have a conflict because I am friends with Mrs. Folkenflik and tolerate her husband.

David Folkenflik announced a conflict of interest in that Mrs. Folkenflik has involvement with a podcast in the Vox network. But they didn't note the Vox podcast that runs on hundreds of NPR affiliates.

Really good episode. pca.st/episode/580540…

@eashton42 A joke! A total joke!!

@pescami Lol my partner and I have been calling the LIRR the “ler” AS A JOKE between us for years bc I’m from fucking Alabama & even I knew it wasn’t an acronym since about 2.5 min after I moved here (also I prefer to just say the full name; the initialism isn’t very euphonious)

@sean_from_earth It's true.

@pescami Can't think of a more consistent playoff performer

Playing against James Harden in the playoffs is a gift more teams should enjoy.

The Gist Surpasses 3,000 Episodes, Cementing Its Place as America’s Longest-Running Daily News Podcast podnews.net/press-release/…

@G17Esiason don't worry no one does.

Only on one occasion have I heard someone pronounce the acronym LIRR as a word. It was said aloud as ‘leer’ (like deer but with an L). I laughed out loud and pretended I didn’t hear such profanity. Can’t believe people actually do this.

Who among us hasn't been temped by a Joey Chestnut / Bursaspor Yörsan parlay?

They can't just wait for the proper announcement? People w knowledge of the results have to prove their disloyalty and unprofessionalism. This clearly was spurred by trying to beat the betting markets.

No one else in the coverage area did much better. @ me if you find better examples. I did find @CBSLATom did some interesting posts in the last few days.

Whatever else is going on the LAT is very very worried about anyone coming to a racist conclusion. The news of her plea broke Monday. This is the only original reporting until Friday. A story about how the heavily Chineese enclave of Arcadia fears a racist backlash and fears scapegoating. latimes.com/california/sto…

LA Times trying to play catch-up on this story they really dropped the ball on. Wang's Fiance (she now says he wasn't really?) was convicted of being a covert agent. for China. For a year LA Times had a single perfunctory story emphasizing Wang's resilience. She pleads guilty this week and only now are they quoting all these public officials raised red flags over the last year and a half. There are also very invested in not warning us all against racism even though her main accuser within Acadia was the first Asian American female mayor of that town. And even though as THEIR headline says the city was involved in a spy scheme. latimes.com/california/sto…

So you're saying we're fucked.

@bendreyfuss And then pardoned. But "why"? The long answer is below, the short one is "BC Finland"

@pescami It’s always the people you least expect

No good news ever comes from a cruise ship.

@kellydmckenzie It was covering up the hantavirus outbreak

@pescami Seriously

Hire Ohtani latimes.com/environment/st…