Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, and POW Magazine. he/him. blurry visionary, blue-pill mercenary
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“Why Are There No F-cking Jobs?” There’s More Than Trump to the Vexing Employment Market.
You can do everything right and still be out of work.
slate.com
guess I should do one of those year-end writing threads huh? was very proud of—and extremely saddened by—this tricky piece of reporting, which seems to have only resonated more broadly as the economy's pain points bare themselves further slate.com/technology/2...
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NEW: Far-right Zionist group Betar US will disband following an investigation by NY State Attorney General Letitia James into the group's "violence against and harassment of Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish activists" and failure to register as a charity in NY despite soliciting donations.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
NEW: Far-right Zionist group Betar US will disband following an investigation by NY State Attorney General Letitia James into the group's "violence against and harassment of Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish activists" and failure to register as a charity in NY despite soliciting donations.
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this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
this, from West Ham's Freddie Potts, is the single worst "five famous people you'd invite to dinner" I've ever seen
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Sport England suspends account on X, saying the platform 'increasingly promotes and monetises an environment that is hostile to women and girls'. Latest from @seaningle.bsky.social
Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk
Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on the social media platform X
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Sport England suspends account on X, saying the platform 'increasingly promotes and monetises an environment that is hostile to women and girls'. Latest from @seaningle.bsky.social
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answer seems to be that while "reading comics" is not a historically unique phenomenon, publishing & distribution shifted in the 80s/90s w/ andrews mcmeel supplying anthologies to chain bookstores & distributing through scholastic book fairs. (see thread below) now muting before an xer murders me
Same age as you, worked at Andrews McMeel Universal as an adult. Can confirm this as a strategy adopted sometime mid-80s. One of AMU's major distro channels was Scholastic catalogs in public schools.
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
answer seems to be that while "reading comics" is not a historically unique phenomenon, publishing & distribution shifted in the 80s/90s w/ andrews mcmeel supplying anthologies to chain bookstores & distributing through scholastic book fairs. (see thread below) now muting before an xer murders me
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Bill Watterson is still alive and by all accounts remains rad
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Bill Watterson is still alive and by all accounts remains rad
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Elon Musk 2016: Wouldn’t it be great if we could colonize Mars?
Elon Musk 2026: Wouldn’t it be great if we all could have imaginary underaged girlfriends?
Elon Musk 2026: Wouldn’t it be great if we all could have imaginary underaged girlfriends?
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Elon Musk 2016: Wouldn’t it be great if we could colonize Mars?
Elon Musk 2026: Wouldn’t it be great if we all could have imaginary underaged girlfriends?
Elon Musk 2026: Wouldn’t it be great if we all could have imaginary underaged girlfriends?
"There is no suggestion of malpractice, but researchers told the Guardian of their concern that the race to publish results, in some cases by groups with limited analytical expertise, has led to rushed results and routine scientific checks sometimes being overlooked."
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discoveries of #microplastics throughout human body, from brain to blood, arteries to testes
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"There is no suggestion of malpractice, but researchers told the Guardian of their concern that the race to publish results, in some cases by groups with limited analytical expertise, has led to rushed results and routine scientific checks sometimes being overlooked."
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I have a friend in tech who told me the that the possibilities for bespoke AI programs tailored to specific needs of specific businesses are exciting and legitimate but that too much of the effort is being wasted on slop for mass audiences.
Seems to me there is a huge distinction between AI applications that are basically working towards full natural lanugage programming, task management etc and AI applications to *make new stuff*. The former seems both more promising as an actual useful tech and also way way less ethically dubious
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I have a friend in tech who told me the that the possibilities for bespoke AI programs tailored to specific needs of specific businesses are exciting and legitimate but that too much of the effort is being wasted on slop for mass audiences.
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Starring a superb, German-speaking Russell Crowe, James Vanderbilt's historical drama about Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial reminds viewers that "evil" doesn't always wear a Nazi uniform
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
Nuremberg - DMovies
Starring a superb, German-speaking Russell Crowe, James Vanderbilt's historical drama about Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial reminds viewers that "evil" doesn't always wear a Nazi uniform - on VoD on...
dmovies.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Starring a superb, German-speaking Russell Crowe, James Vanderbilt's historical drama about Hermann Goering's Nuremberg trial reminds viewers that "evil" doesn't always wear a Nazi uniform
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/09/24/n...
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Every orchestra needs a bonewinds section.
January 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Every orchestra needs a bonewinds section.
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Third Way has almost literally no actual supporters (i.e. just 1,176 followers on IG), yet it’s our media’s go-to “Democratic” group, because they slap a “Democratic” label on billionaire politics
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Third Way has almost literally no actual supporters (i.e. just 1,176 followers on IG), yet it’s our media’s go-to “Democratic” group, because they slap a “Democratic” label on billionaire politics
... because he's joining "The Coalition for Prediction Markets" as CEO and president instead x.com/SeanPMaloney...
Axios scoop for those closely following #NY17:
Former Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney will NOT seek a rematch against Mike Lawler in 2026.
He had briefly floated the idea last year.
Former Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney will NOT seek a rematch against Mike Lawler in 2026.
He had briefly floated the idea last year.
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
... because he's joining "The Coalition for Prediction Markets" as CEO and president instead x.com/SeanPMaloney...
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That’s right, @chicagoreader.com has an excerpt from @mikehuguenor.bsky.social’s forthcoming book on Asian Man Records
chicagoreader.com/books/book-e...
chicagoreader.com/books/book-e...
A taste of the forthcoming book Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive - Chicago Reader
The definitive guide to beloved ska musician Mike Park and his indie label Asian Man Records features Chicago’s 90s punk and indie rock scene.
chicagoreader.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
That’s right, @chicagoreader.com has an excerpt from @mikehuguenor.bsky.social’s forthcoming book on Asian Man Records
chicagoreader.com/books/book-e...
chicagoreader.com/books/book-e...
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Kavanaugh asks if the states that *allow* trans athletes are violating the constitutional protection of womens sports. Hurst says his argument doesn't allow them to impose their rules on those states.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Kavanaugh asks if the states that *allow* trans athletes are violating the constitutional protection of womens sports. Hurst says his argument doesn't allow them to impose their rules on those states.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
You know who else did constitutional protections based on states rights? Antebellum America.
... pretty much same yeah
My history with Scott Adams is that when I was like 9 my dad gave me a gigantic Dilbert book and I read it cover to cover and convinced myself it was funny
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
... pretty much same yeah
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also i remember the chronicle dropped it after he said white people need to "get away" from black people www.houstonchronicle.com/home/article...
Houston Chronicle will cease publishing 'Dilbert' comic strip after racist rant
The creator of the internationally syndicated comic strip Dilbert drew condemnation after...
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
also i remember the chronicle dropped it after he said white people need to "get away" from black people www.houstonchronicle.com/home/article...
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Ugh! There's a fungus among us!
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Ugh! There's a fungus among us!
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It’s genuinely unacceptable that writing as a career has been fucking shriveling up while people with careers can just phone it in
I’m so mad dude do you know how broken the entertainment industry career pipeline is
I’m so mad dude do you know how broken the entertainment industry career pipeline is
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
It’s genuinely unacceptable that writing as a career has been fucking shriveling up while people with careers can just phone it in
I’m so mad dude do you know how broken the entertainment industry career pipeline is
I’m so mad dude do you know how broken the entertainment industry career pipeline is
Grok? the Nazi-deepfake generator?
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Grok? the Nazi-deepfake generator?
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Congresswoman in question is Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, whose district's population is mainly part of the Portland metro, and is the same woman who's basically formed her entire congressional career around changing the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow and facilitate the extermination of sea lions
January 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Congresswoman in question is Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, whose district's population is mainly part of the Portland metro, and is the same woman who's basically formed her entire congressional career around changing the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow and facilitate the extermination of sea lions
get his ass
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
get his ass
his memecoin for "fighting antisemitism," mind you
Apparently Eric Adams already rug-pulled his own memecoin www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurr...
From the CryptoCurrency community on Reddit: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams rugs his own memecoin just 30 minutes after launch and pockets over $2.5M
Explore this post and more from the CryptoCurrency community
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January 13, 2026 at 3:55 AM
his memecoin for "fighting antisemitism," mind you