Christen McCurdy
@christenmccurdy.bsky.social
Editor, reporter, cat fancier, plant parent, enthusiast. Current: interim assistant arts & culture editor, Willamette Week. Past: Oregon Business, UPI, The Skanner, The Lund Report. christenmccurdy.net, christenmccurdy at gmail.
Even among reporters, those of us paying any attention to this stuff are probably in the minority
The number of people who have said "I don't know who you're talking about" (and whose eyes have said "nor do I care") when I've brought up the Nuzzi-Lizza story is one thing that gives me hope that we can rebuild civilization after All This has come to an end.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Even among reporters, those of us paying any attention to this stuff are probably in the minority
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Roberto Hernandez Guerrero was advised he could attend his final immigration hearing in Mexico and still return to his family and business.
Reeva Closes Indefinitely After Co-Owner Denied Reentry to the United States
Andrew Jankowski
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Roberto Hernandez Guerrero was advised he could attend his final immigration hearing in Mexico and still return to his family and business.
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Court filings show massive debts to suppliers, Lincoln County and the Port of Newport, along with a contested legal claim.
Rogue Ale & Spirits Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Christen McCurdy
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Court filings show massive debts to suppliers, Lincoln County and the Port of Newport, along with a contested legal claim.
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Just want to get to this part of thanksgiving tbh
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just want to get to this part of thanksgiving tbh
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If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
I learned recently that Ken Burns collects antique quilts and I am DYING for a documentary on the history of quilting
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I learned recently that Ken Burns collects antique quilts and I am DYING for a documentary on the history of quilting
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Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
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One of the best thing I learned in journalism is the idea of a backout schedule (reverse order of rolling deadlines to keep a project on pace) for long, complex projects. I use it in scholarly writing, and you bet I use it on Thanksgiving Day.
Make a spreadsheet. List cooking times (and resting for protein), device (oven, crock pot, stove top, smoker, grill, etc) and temperatures. Work backwards from when dinner is ready. Project manage this fucker.
most people just aren’t going to magically know how to juggle all those dishes just because it’s a holiday. there’s no shame in doing a couple of things really well
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of the best thing I learned in journalism is the idea of a backout schedule (reverse order of rolling deadlines to keep a project on pace) for long, complex projects. I use it in scholarly writing, and you bet I use it on Thanksgiving Day.
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This allegation needs to be reported out. I hope it will be.
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This allegation needs to be reported out. I hope it will be.
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I'm just remembering how reality TV was a way to avoid paying people for shows during the writers strike and now some variation of reality TV (we will create unscripted drama to engage you) runs every institution in the country
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm just remembering how reality TV was a way to avoid paying people for shows during the writers strike and now some variation of reality TV (we will create unscripted drama to engage you) runs every institution in the country
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Sir Anthony Weldon, A Cat May Look Upon a King (printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard, 1652)
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sir Anthony Weldon, A Cat May Look Upon a King (printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard, 1652)
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Coppola Sinners-posting
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Coppola Sinners-posting
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DOH. HUGE NEWS in the tariff wars!
(Point Roberts is a tiny sliver of America you can basically only reach from Canada.)
(Point Roberts is a tiny sliver of America you can basically only reach from Canada.)
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
DOH. HUGE NEWS in the tariff wars!
(Point Roberts is a tiny sliver of America you can basically only reach from Canada.)
(Point Roberts is a tiny sliver of America you can basically only reach from Canada.)
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
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we gotta bring back wizard murals on vans, that would do a lot to heal american culture
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
we gotta bring back wizard murals on vans, that would do a lot to heal american culture
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The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Harper had dental surgery earlier (she’s fine, but needed a tooth pulled) and has chosen to spend her afternoon staring at a single spot on the hallway floor
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Harper had dental surgery earlier (she’s fine, but needed a tooth pulled) and has chosen to spend her afternoon staring at a single spot on the hallway floor
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JACK DONAGHY: Lemon, Don Geiss is telling me we need to find a way to make Jenna appeal to the [strained air quotes with fingers] "youth" demographic, maybe a song?
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
JACK DONAGHY: Lemon, Don Geiss is telling me we need to find a way to make Jenna appeal to the [strained air quotes with fingers] "youth" demographic, maybe a song?
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
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The last refuges of the Web That Was Promised are Wikipedia and Frinkiac.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The last refuges of the Web That Was Promised are Wikipedia and Frinkiac.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/