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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 15h

Well, I mean..

www.salesforce.com/news/press-r...

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 15h

Husky, please.

Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 16h

Not city government, but there is this!
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Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

‘Task’ Teams Up With Wawa For New Fentanyl Brick Hoagie

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 3d

This is not just savagely well written but also just a freaking good point about managing declining media

Also I am already pre-dreading the Morning Show season about this

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 4d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 4d

The decision between “ask the coked-out robot to draw the building you’re literally sitting in” vs “send an intern with an iphone downstairs” is sure indicative of some things

Darwin BondGraham @darwinbondgraham.bsky.social · 4d

Contest!

How many inaccuracies can you spot in the AI-generated image of Oakland City Hall that was sent to media in a press release from the mayor's office today?

Send us your list and you could win some Oaklandside merch.

oaklandside.org/2025/10/06/o...

An AI image of Oakland City Hall is missing some stuff…can you spot it?

A press release announcing Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s State of the City speech included a curious picture of a civic landmark.

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 4d

OK I need to start watching this show.

Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 8d

jfc Ben McDonald still has no idea what a "smokeshow" is

Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 9d

It's this time of year that I'm reminded how blessed I am to watch/listen to Giants broadcasts all year.

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 9d

Serious question: Why not something like PitchCom that has a mic?

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 10d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 10d

My latest column: The NBA is now streaming (ugh); the return of "Nobody Wants This" and "The Diplomat" to Netflix; a new Apple mystery based on the other series of novels by "Slow Horses" author Mick Herron; and Tim Robinson investigates a chair conspiracy on HBO Max. And more! (Gift link)

Here’s what’s worth streaming in October 2025 on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and more

The NBA takes a big leap into streaming, while viewers can cozy up to Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ or freak out to the Halloween horror of ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ and ‘It: Welcome to Derry’

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 12d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11d

Canadians barred from buying tickets for potential Blue Jays games at Yankee Stadium 🚨‼️

American League Division Series will move from Toronto to either the Bronx or Boston for game 3 on Oct. 7

Who would even go there anyway!!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If Jays end up playing Yankees in ALDS, Canadian fans can't buy tickets for New York games | CBC News

Canadian residents are barred from buying tickets to the potential American League Division Series matchup between the Blue Jays and the Yankees next week at Yankee Stadium.

www.cbc.ca

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

www.thehandbasket.co

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12d

this business model should be flatly illegal

taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome

ban it completely

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 12d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 15d

Ugh

Netflix to stream Yankees-Giants on MLB Opening Day 2026 as part of new 3-year agreement: Sources

The game will be Netflix’s first exclusive stream, part of the new three-year agreement that MLB and the giant streamer have agreed to,

www.nytimes.com

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 16d

Is a newspaper a financial asset or a community trust? This particular standoff ended with an increasingly uncommon answer.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/dall...

Dallas Morning News shareholders vote to deny the hedge fund Alden Global Capital

Is a newspaper a financial asset or a community trust? This particular standoff ended with an increasingly uncommon answer.

www.niemanlab.org

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 17d

Oh man, I wanna see the Blueberry Bulldogs play!

Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 17d

'Ya gotta battle': 'Shoresy' stars will hit the ice to play Vancouver Canucks alumni

We'd quote more "Shoresy" here, but almost every quotable line is NSFW

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Mike Murphy @mmmmurf.bsky.social · 17d

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karl the fog @karlthefog.bsky.social · 17d

This is the rapture

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 17d

Apple is pushing back Friday's debut of THE SAVANT until who-knows-when. Given they were still promoting the premiere as of last Thursday, seems likely this was the company being super cautious and trying to avoid a right-wing backlash www.vulture.com/article/appl...

Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule

The show features Jessica Chastain’s character infiltrating white supremacist cells across America.

www.vulture.com

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Some ghoul, hollering MIZ @craftylefty2126.bsky.social · 17d

The second ABC pulls an SEC game from the local affiliates in question in the southeast is the day this shit ends immediately.

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 17d

Live sports could be collateral in programming battles with local affiliates

We are now nearly one week into the saga that has taken Jimmy Kimmel Live! off of ABC’s airwaves, and Tuesday night will bring new developments. Disney announced on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel’s show would return to air Tuesday night, but as expected, the same local network groups that sparked this story by preempting Kimmel at Read more... The post Live sports could be collateral in programming battles with local affiliates appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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