Mark
@sonofisaac.bsky.social
journamalism in RVA, previously cvizzle
If you’re not on TikTok, here’s the #RVA tiramisu guy:
When he was giving away leftover tiramisu about a month ago, Alex Na expected three or four people to show up. What he found was friendships that have since grown into community potlucks.
How he turned leftover tiramisu into community building
When he was giving away leftover tiramisu about a month ago, Alex Na expected three or four people to show up. What he found was friendships that have since grown into community potlucks.
www.wtvr.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you’re not on TikTok, here’s the #RVA tiramisu guy:
It’s not just this: Search engines have truly become useless, suggesting the same few sites and a quagmire of slop. Is there a decent one anymore?
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 4:36 PM
It’s not just this: Search engines have truly become useless, suggesting the same few sites and a quagmire of slop. Is there a decent one anymore?
It’s that time of year: making cookies to fund cystic fibrosis research.
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s that time of year: making cookies to fund cystic fibrosis research.
That was just okay, I guess………..
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
That was just okay, I guess………..
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Written by me!
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Written by me!
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
Kirby will fix all of my problems.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Kirby will fix all of my problems.
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The last story I wrote for Richmond magazine is up. VCU library uploaded some fascinating police surveillance footage of questionable use for RPD but provides a fascinating glimpse at the Civil Rights Era in #rva.
Humanizing History
VCU preserves Civil Rights-era police recordings.
richmondmagazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The last story I wrote for Richmond magazine is up. VCU library uploaded some fascinating police surveillance footage of questionable use for RPD but provides a fascinating glimpse at the Civil Rights Era in #rva.
The last story I wrote for Richmond magazine is up. VCU library uploaded some fascinating police surveillance footage of questionable use for RPD but provides a fascinating glimpse at the Civil Rights Era in #rva.
Humanizing History
VCU preserves Civil Rights-era police recordings.
richmondmagazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The last story I wrote for Richmond magazine is up. VCU library uploaded some fascinating police surveillance footage of questionable use for RPD but provides a fascinating glimpse at the Civil Rights Era in #rva.
Written by me!
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Written by me!
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
www.richmonder.org/legalizing-m...
They can’t keep getting away with this.
Moana | Official Teaser (live action) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYF...
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
They can’t keep getting away with this.
starting off strong today with a misdiagnosed case of hand, foot, and mouth disease that was actually “lip licking eczema”
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
starting off strong today with a misdiagnosed case of hand, foot, and mouth disease that was actually “lip licking eczema”
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My second story for The Richmonder!! With a new governor, I dive into what that means for recreational cannabis in Virginia, long rejected by Youngkin:
Legalizing marijuana could produce tax windfall for Richmond
Legalizing marijuana could produce tax windfall for Richmond
“Legalization can play a huge role in reducing unnecessary criminalization that has disproportionately affected some communities.”
www.richmonder.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My second story for The Richmonder!! With a new governor, I dive into what that means for recreational cannabis in Virginia, long rejected by Youngkin:
My second story for The Richmonder!! With a new governor, I dive into what that means for recreational cannabis in Virginia, long rejected by Youngkin:
Legalizing marijuana could produce tax windfall for Richmond
Legalizing marijuana could produce tax windfall for Richmond
“Legalization can play a huge role in reducing unnecessary criminalization that has disproportionately affected some communities.”
www.richmonder.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My second story for The Richmonder!! With a new governor, I dive into what that means for recreational cannabis in Virginia, long rejected by Youngkin:
I don’t think they asked a young person before they named it “mid”
The Virginia Mobile ID is here!
We’re growing our partner list of businesses and organizations who have said YES to accepting the convenient and secure Virginia Mobile ID.
Keep an eye on our growing list of partners by visiting our website: https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/licenses-ids/mobile-id
We’re growing our partner list of businesses and organizations who have said YES to accepting the convenient and secure Virginia Mobile ID.
Keep an eye on our growing list of partners by visiting our website: https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/licenses-ids/mobile-id
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don’t think they asked a young person before they named it “mid”
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 11, episode 1
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 11, episode 1
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Gov-Elect Spanberger wants the University of Virginia to pause its search for a president until she can appoint the rest of the board. Democrats in the Virginia Senate didn't confirm a number of Governor Glenn Youngkin's nominees. And the new Prez would replace Jim Ryan, who Trump admin pushed out.
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Gov-Elect Spanberger wants the University of Virginia to pause its search for a president until she can appoint the rest of the board. Democrats in the Virginia Senate didn't confirm a number of Governor Glenn Youngkin's nominees. And the new Prez would replace Jim Ryan, who Trump admin pushed out.
Reposted by Mark
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Kirby Air Riders is perfection even as a test demo.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Kirby Air Riders is perfection even as a test demo.
Really important read for reporters and editors!
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Really important read for reporters and editors!
