The good news: hard, local news drives subs. The bad news: it doesn't produce enough subs to cover the salaries of the reporters producing it. @joshuabenton.com breaks down the academic study. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/what...
Well, that photo will haunt my dreams.
*open (what an odd autocorrect error)
Wondering if a man who does not ride a horse can wear a bandana and not look ridiculous. (I'm leaning toward no)
Other people's prose: "There is no investigative act less dramatic than trying to find people by peering into their Facebook profiles..." -- @tomjunod.bsky.social from "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Meant to Be a Man."
Current listening: "Bay of Rainbows" (ECM, 2018) by Danish jazz guitarist Jakob Bro. Mellow music for the morning. Recommended.
Sorry to be that guy posting from another l site, but I prone Teams for first time in a while and have to wonder if it’s a platform for highly precocious newborns.
An analysis of billions of visits to a metro newspaper's website finds that entertainment and sports stories might generate lots of pageviews, but it's topics like government, transportation, and heal...
Although "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please" is a strong contender.
"First Love and Other Sorrows" has to be one of the best titles ever for a story collection. Haven't read it since high school. I should find a copy.
Throwing cold water on the idea that Europe will absorb and support the U.S. scholars: "There will be no mass emigration of scholars from the U.S. during the second Trump administration like there was from Europe during World War II." From @bakerdphd.bsky.social in @insidehighered.com
