Planning Editor/A1 time lapser, NYT. Teller of Americana tales others pass on. Oklahoma State/Man City. Also: @thebacklounge.bsky.social
Josh Crutchmer
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I'm like 50% convinced the foundation of his whole empire is the corpse of Twitter. half the remaining non-bot userbase is ~every politician, journalist, VC, investment banker, etc
I get the impulse to "Leopards, faces, etc" these stories. But doing so misses a much bigger and more important point: The nation's largest, most powerful GOP state organization has gone all-in on unfiltered hatred - to the point that it stunned those who've spent their life confronting such hate.
Elon Musk's incitement of pogroms in Belfast reveals he'll use his immense wealth and influence to foment untold fascist violence in the future. Only a global movement can break his power.
New piece from @polphilpod.bsky.social and me. Threading highlights below. 1/
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The violent fascist riots in Belfast reveal the future that the trillionaire really wants. We need an international movement to constrain him.
this may well be the defining joke of our era
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Greg Sargent
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I’m not siding with the pundit class here by any means but there are *way* better ways to get motivated to play the US than getting mad about something a CBS guy says
Now read the actual newsletter too. Subscribe to it even:
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Wednesday's @nytimes.com features a 24-page commemorative Knicks special section. It is extremely good and worth of snagging
Here is some extremely related context to the latest Don’t Rock the Inbox newsletter from @marissarmoss.bsky.social and @natalieweiner.bsky.social.
Watching Jenni Rose’s encore at the 2025 Jackalope Jamboree:
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SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei...
My contribution was tracking every second of Game 4, which I watched from a Sonesta Suites next to the Raleigh airport,
NEW: I spent last week with Muslim Republicans - including the founder of CAIR Texas - as they tried to confront hate at the Texas GOP convention. It was a constant stream of anti-Muslim bigotry, a preview of what America will look like should Christian nationalists get their way.
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On your timeline it’s still the second quarter of a game
your favorite team lost last night.
Activists are protesting the coming execution of
a dead man the governor will soon decline to pardon.
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Muslim delegates at the party’s convention faced multiple attempts to eject them from the premises—at one point, they were told to leave the country.
