nicky woolf
@nickywoolf.bsky.social
Former Guardian internet reporter, now making investigative podcasts
Finding Q (into qanon), The Sound (into Havana Syndrome), Fur & Loathing (into a gas attack on a furry convention in 2014)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fur-loathing/id1739333983
Finding Q (into qanon), The Sound (into Havana Syndrome), Fur & Loathing (into a gas attack on a furry convention in 2014)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fur-loathing/id1739333983
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OH OKAY
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
OH OKAY
the best pie is shepherd's pie
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
the best pie is shepherd's pie
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This is among the funniest things I have read all year and I laughed out loud several times. Highly, highly recommended. It reminded me of the best days of Deadspin.
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is among the funniest things I have read all year and I laughed out loud several times. Highly, highly recommended. It reminded me of the best days of Deadspin.
I will say though - there is a terrific podcast about Jar Jar Binks I listened to a while back and this seems as good a time as any to recommend it:
open.spotify.com/show/0wLrOiX...
open.spotify.com/show/0wLrOiX...
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I will say though - there is a terrific podcast about Jar Jar Binks I listened to a while back and this seems as good a time as any to recommend it:
open.spotify.com/show/0wLrOiX...
open.spotify.com/show/0wLrOiX...
why is everyone talking about star wars
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
why is everyone talking about star wars
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
all those moments will be lost in time. like tears in rain.
time to die, Charlie Brown
all those moments will be lost in time. like tears in rain.
time to die, Charlie Brown
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
all those moments will be lost in time. like tears in rain.
time to die, Charlie Brown
all those moments will be lost in time. like tears in rain.
time to die, Charlie Brown
i was too lazy to get a real job
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
i was too lazy to get a real job
TAKE ME HOME
COUNTRY ROADS
TO THE PLACE
WHERE I BELONG
COUNTRY ROADS
TO THE PLACE
WHERE I BELONG
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
TAKE ME HOME
COUNTRY ROADS
TO THE PLACE
WHERE I BELONG
COUNTRY ROADS
TO THE PLACE
WHERE I BELONG
genuinely surprised by how many people on bluesky dot com appear not to know what felching is. c'mon guys this is supposed to be the horny place
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
genuinely surprised by how many people on bluesky dot com appear not to know what felching is. c'mon guys this is supposed to be the horny place
every day these days has season finale energy
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
every day these days has season finale energy
*scrubs my eyes with bleach*
The bamboo metaphor is back: Ryan Lizza has dropped Part 2.
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
Below are the opening paragraphs, but most of it is behind a paywall.
(My apologies in advance.)
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
*scrubs my eyes with bleach*
this picture has real "record scratch yes that's me zohran mamdani you're probably wondering how I got here" vibes
Put it in The Louvre of US political history. The look on Mamdani's face is priceless.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
this picture has real "record scratch yes that's me zohran mamdani you're probably wondering how I got here" vibes
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Vance: Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They’re all just out of frame, laughing too.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Vance: Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They’re all just out of frame, laughing too.
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Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today was the day Zohran Mamdani finally became president
I'm sorry but marjorie taylor greene is going to be president don't blame me that's just how the narrative goes
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'm sorry but marjorie taylor greene is going to be president don't blame me that's just how the narrative goes
this is fucking INFURIATING
Annoyingly, this is coupled to the automatic Updates and Promotions sorting. Time to unsubscribe from all the mailing lists I've ended up on over the two decades I've been on Gmail
Time to look into your settings, folks.
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is fucking INFURIATING
erin is a fucking poet we are not worthy
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
erin is a fucking poet we are not worthy
nice economy you got there. be a shame if something... happened to it
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
nice economy you got there. be a shame if something... happened to it
there would be something unbelievably poetic about the man who qanon made president being brought down by those remaining qanon believers unhypocritical enough to stick by their guns
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
there would be something unbelievably poetic about the man who qanon made president being brought down by those remaining qanon believers unhypocritical enough to stick by their guns
related to what now
Wow, it looks like we have our first death related to alpha-gal syndrome
First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
related to what now
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pray for the media correspondents, the proudest and noblest of all the specialisms. They've had a hell of a week.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
pray for the media correspondents, the proudest and noblest of all the specialisms. They've had a hell of a week.
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
this would be a good time for @bradlander.bsky.social to announce a senate primary challenge
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
this would be a good time for @bradlander.bsky.social to announce a senate primary challenge
good fucking grief
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
good fucking grief
genuinely hard to think of another single move the UK govt could do that would do as much good as banning twitter. it's the poison at the root of so much ill
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
genuinely hard to think of another single move the UK govt could do that would do as much good as banning twitter. it's the poison at the root of so much ill