Tom Scocca
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Executive editor, features, CNN. Serial fiction and archives of nonfiction at Indignity.net. This Bluesky is about the Machines.
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The Stairs, Chapter Nine
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January 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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There is a version that is, but it's not the link going around, for some reason. It's just their live blog www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: ICE agent identified as state and federal officials clash over shooting investigation
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show. State investigators said the FBI had ‘reversed course’ on a joint investi...
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January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
There is a version that is, but it's not the link going around, for some reason. It's just their live blog www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
[Norman Rockwell guy] A breaking news scoop of national importance belongs outside the paywall/mandatory-registration barrier
January 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
[Norman Rockwell guy] A breaking news scoop of national importance belongs outside the paywall/mandatory-registration barrier
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something I've wanted to do for a while: technical writing about songs (naming chords, etc) that is legible to non-technical readers, put together with more broadly interpretive criticism in hopes of getting to a deeper understanding of what the music is doing www.hearingthings.co/the-psycholo...
The Psychological Horror of Diana Ross' "Upside Down"
A close look at the mysterious underpinnings of a disco classic.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
something I've wanted to do for a while: technical writing about songs (naming chords, etc) that is legible to non-technical readers, put together with more broadly interpretive criticism in hopes of getting to a deeper understanding of what the music is doing www.hearingthings.co/the-psycholo...
Sorry if you have a two-hour interview and you come out writing that your subject “sidestepped the question” what you mean is you let them sidestep the question
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Sorry if you have a two-hour interview and you come out writing that your subject “sidestepped the question” what you mean is you let them sidestep the question
Nope, the first two posts in his thread, starting with telling people not to believe ICE's account, were posted back to back at 1:20 p.m.
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Nope, the first two posts in his thread, starting with telling people not to believe ICE's account, were posted back to back at 1:20 p.m.
The post where he said "wait for the facts to come out" was threaded between a post that said "do NOT trust what DHS says" and a post from later on, after the videos circulated, that said "DHS is lying"
The context of the original post, from four hours ago, was the mayor telling people not to accept ICE's initial claims about the killing. Not sure why that's getting him dunked on here.
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The post where he said "wait for the facts to come out" was threaded between a post that said "do NOT trust what DHS says" and a post from later on, after the videos circulated, that said "DHS is lying"
It's what Biss specifically said in the post threaded before the post in the dunk
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
It's what Biss specifically said in the post threaded before the post in the dunk
The context of the original post, from four hours ago, was the mayor telling people not to accept ICE's initial claims about the killing. Not sure why that's getting him dunked on here.
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The context of the original post, from four hours ago, was the mayor telling people not to accept ICE's initial claims about the killing. Not sure why that's getting him dunked on here.
Yeah they also reupped my Strega
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Yeah they also reupped my Strega
Astor Spirits has it
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Astor Spirits has it
The Sardinian restaurant in my neighborhood got me started on mirto
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The Sardinian restaurant in my neighborhood got me started on mirto
Fighting over a blanket abstract question of whether a general rule could ever apply to LLM prompts under Section 230 doesn't seem super-germane to a case of a single human individual energetically taking credit for, and promoting, a specific thing he tuned his company's LLM to do
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Fighting over a blanket abstract question of whether a general rule could ever apply to LLM prompts under Section 230 doesn't seem super-germane to a case of a single human individual energetically taking credit for, and promoting, a specific thing he tuned his company's LLM to do
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The Fourth Amendment will not apply to any seizure of evidence in Venezuela. See US v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 US 259, 261 (1990) (holding that 4A does not apply to the "search and seizure by United States agents of property that is owned by a nonresident alien and located in a foreign country").
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Fourth Amendment will not apply to any seizure of evidence in Venezuela. See US v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 US 259, 261 (1990) (holding that 4A does not apply to the "search and seizure by United States agents of property that is owned by a nonresident alien and located in a foreign country").
Like, a jury trial? With the Fourth and Sixth amendments in effect?
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Like, a jury trial? With the Fourth and Sixth amendments in effect?
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Indignity Vol. 6, No. 1, THE STAIRS, Chapter Eight: A serialized novel by Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social www.indignity.net/the-stairs-chapter-eight/
The Stairs, Chapter Eight
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January 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Indignity Vol. 6, No. 1, THE STAIRS, Chapter Eight: A serialized novel by Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social www.indignity.net/the-stairs-chapter-eight/
Yes that seems to be the exact setup
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Yes that seems to be the exact setup
Yes people can tell you what that bit means
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Yes people can tell you what that bit means
More and more people are saying this
“For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 1, 2026 at 9:59 PM
More and more people are saying this
Teen: Why was she wearing Michael Jackson makeup?
Me: Oh, boy
Me: Oh, boy
January 1, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Teen: Why was she wearing Michael Jackson makeup?
Me: Oh, boy
Me: Oh, boy
Absolutely! When they’re two, it’s such a delight to have the baby doing human stuff. Then at three the baby-style meltdowns feel like deliberate malice.
January 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Absolutely! When they’re two, it’s such a delight to have the baby doing human stuff. Then at three the baby-style meltdowns feel like deliberate malice.
When my first kid was three, I realized what made that age so maddening was that they can interact with you like they're normal humans but they aren't able to hold that together from one minute to the next. Gradually, I figured out that pattern never stops for anyone, the intervals just get longer.
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
When my first kid was three, I realized what made that age so maddening was that they can interact with you like they're normal humans but they aren't able to hold that together from one minute to the next. Gradually, I figured out that pattern never stops for anyone, the intervals just get longer.
Critique does require depth, yes
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Critique does require depth, yes
It's like if they projected the lifespan of your car based on how durable the engine block should be
That’s exactly it, the diode is indestructible but it’s run by the cheapest, cruddiest electronics in the world
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's like if they projected the lifespan of your car based on how durable the engine block should be
[Pete Shelley voice] I just want a tungsten and rooftop solar / What do I get?
I was too busy checking the box to make sure it didn't give off autopsy-room light to notice that in the block of fine print on the side, in much smaller type than where the back panel said "The right light for any task," was a notice that the bulb wasn't meant for enclosed or recessed fixtures
Ah, classic user error! I went and screwed the A19 light bulb into the A19 light bulb socket in the light fixture.
December 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
[Pete Shelley voice] I just want a tungsten and rooftop solar / What do I get?