Blake Eskin
@blakeeskin.com
Chair of @journalismdesign.bsky.social at newschool.edu.
Editor, writer, producer, subway photographer. Podcast consulting at http://nounandverb.rodeo.
Knicks. Mets. Everton. Cook. Thief. His wife. Her lover.
Editor, writer, producer, subway photographer. Podcast consulting at http://nounandverb.rodeo.
Knicks. Mets. Everton. Cook. Thief. His wife. Her lover.
Pinned
Blake Eskin
@blakeeskin.com
· Nov 30
For all those celebrating how great Bluesky is, how it’s like it used to be at the other place before it scaled…
Maybe it’s like that first Shake Shack burger from Madison Square Park? Before there were hundreds of shacks, including one in Dubai International Airport?
Maybe it’s like that first Shake Shack burger from Madison Square Park? Before there were hundreds of shacks, including one in Dubai International Airport?
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Fonts are in the news, so I'm going to take the opportunity to port over an old thread: what was typography like in the Soviet Union?
Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39.
One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl."
Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39.
One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl."
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Fonts are in the news, so I'm going to take the opportunity to port over an old thread: what was typography like in the Soviet Union?
Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39.
One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl."
Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39.
One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl."
Inspired pairing of form and content www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Inspired pairing of form and content www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
An evergreen skeet, until it gets to the word "congestion"
The New York Post ran several stories last week using anecdotal complaints and flimsy, contradictory data to blast the congestion toll, which will hit its one-year anniversary next month. buff.ly/p8lfUM0
Monday's Headlines: Congestion Pricing Edition - Streetsblog New York City
The New York Post has laid the bait for Gov. Hochul on congestion pricing, but will she take it? Plus more news.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
An evergreen skeet, until it gets to the word "congestion"
No longer so swift-footed
Daniel Jones suffers Achilles injury vs. the Jaguars - ESPN Video
www.espn.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
No longer so swift-footed
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Morning all.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
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Comment ça, mort ?
Martin Parr, 1952-2025
Martin Parr, 1952-2025
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Comment ça, mort ?
Martin Parr, 1952-2025
Martin Parr, 1952-2025
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late to this news but just found out today that the founding editor of the Voice Literary Supplement, M Mark, died in June. I can't find any other information other than this Vassar post. www.vassar.edu/president/co...
President - Community Messages - 2025 - M. Mark | Vassar College
www.vassar.edu
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
late to this news but just found out today that the founding editor of the Voice Literary Supplement, M Mark, died in June. I can't find any other information other than this Vassar post. www.vassar.edu/president/co...
This slide from the anisota.net/harvest annual roundup is supposed to show how long my posts here are, but it reveals that I more or less quit posting in May, and am doing a lot less this fall.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This slide from the anisota.net/harvest annual roundup is supposed to show how long my posts here are, but it reveals that I more or less quit posting in May, and am doing a lot less this fall.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
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Russian science remains undefeated
A Russian neurotechnology company claims to have created “remote-controlled pigeons” by implanting “neural interfaces” into their heads to guide their flight paths. In other words, they strapped solar panels to the birds’ backs and used electric shocks to their brains for steering.
В Москве испытали в полете голубей-биодронов с нейроинтерфейсами российской Neiry
Российская Neiry провела полеты-испытания первой стаи голубей-биодронов, в мозг которых имплантированы нейроинтерфейсы. От обычных дронов они отличаются длительным временем работы и дистанцией примене...
www.forbes.ru
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Russian science remains undefeated
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Gueye getting a red for hitting his own teammate is the most Everton thing I've ever seen while Manchester United conceding and losing to 10 man Everton might be the most United thing I've ever seen. Incredible stuff all around.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gueye getting a red for hitting his own teammate is the most Everton thing I've ever seen while Manchester United conceding and losing to 10 man Everton might be the most United thing I've ever seen. Incredible stuff all around.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Woltemade and Donnarumma
Both are double trochees
Both are double trochees
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Woltemade and Donnarumma
Both are double trochees
Both are double trochees
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Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
The Washington Post did cover the Eugene Vindman press conference about Trump's call with MBS but they misspelled Khashoggi 🤦♂️ wapo.st/49yWBmd
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The Washington Post did cover the Eugene Vindman press conference about Trump's call with MBS but they misspelled Khashoggi 🤦♂️ wapo.st/49yWBmd
“He often told me how proud he was to have his words in the Washington Post, and he hoped the Post could be a model for voices like his to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“He often told me how proud he was to have his words in the Washington Post, and he hoped the Post could be a model for voices like his to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A fading southern belle falls for a gangster's moll.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A fading southern belle falls for a gangster's moll.
Very much enjoying all these aurora borealis photos
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Very much enjoying all these aurora borealis photos
“And Erling Haaland has been denied by the giant Georgian!”
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“And Erling Haaland has been denied by the giant Georgian!”
Too bad, but what a game, what a series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Too bad, but what a game, what a series.
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Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.