Blake Eskin
@blakeeskin.com
Chair of @journalismdesign.bsky.social at newschool.edu.
Editor, writer, producer, subway photographer. Podcast consulting at http://nounandverb.rodeo.
Knicks. Mets. Everton. Cook. Thief. His wife. Her lover.
Editor, writer, producer, subway photographer. Podcast consulting at http://nounandverb.rodeo.
Knicks. Mets. Everton. Cook. Thief. His wife. Her lover.
Except perhaps for real-time fandom…
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Except perhaps for real-time fandom…
This slide from the anisota.net/harvest annual roundup is supposed to show how long my posts here are, but it reveals that I more or less quit posting in May, and am doing a lot less this fall.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This slide from the anisota.net/harvest annual roundup is supposed to show how long my posts here are, but it reveals that I more or less quit posting in May, and am doing a lot less this fall.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
I still read a lot and I am proud of my restraint. The open-notebook years may be over for me.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Washington Post did cover the Eugene Vindman press conference about Trump's call with MBS but they misspelled Khashoggi 🤦♂️ wapo.st/49yWBmd
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The Washington Post did cover the Eugene Vindman press conference about Trump's call with MBS but they misspelled Khashoggi 🤦♂️ wapo.st/49yWBmd
How do you sign off on a headline like this? It’s not a prediction — he is forcing these to happen. And it amplifies his lies.
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How do you sign off on a headline like this? It’s not a prediction — he is forcing these to happen. And it amplifies his lies.
More people may swear more often and more publicly, but identity-based slurs are more taboo and avoiding them is a sign of decency
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
More people may swear more often and more publicly, but identity-based slurs are more taboo and avoiding them is a sign of decency
The New York Times reporter answering the question “Did Trump Manipulate the Stock Market?“ in the vertical video on the homepage is wearing a Star of David necklace. I wonder anyone there was aware it was visible, and I hope they don't get any flak for it.
April 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The New York Times reporter answering the question “Did Trump Manipulate the Stock Market?“ in the vertical video on the homepage is wearing a Star of David necklace. I wonder anyone there was aware it was visible, and I hope they don't get any flak for it.
And here's one with the benevolent face of David Moyes
April 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And here's one with the benevolent face of David Moyes
So I've been craving Moyesiah memes that mash up Everton and the messianism around me. For example:
April 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So I've been craving Moyesiah memes that mash up Everton and the messianism around me. For example:
But in New York City, and in particular along Eastern Parkway here in Brooklyn, the messianic imagery is all about the Lubavitch rebbe Menachem Schneerson, whose benevolent face can be found on bumper stickers and crosswalk signs and wrapped vehicles labeled “mitzvah tanks“
April 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
But in New York City, and in particular along Eastern Parkway here in Brooklyn, the messianic imagery is all about the Lubavitch rebbe Menachem Schneerson, whose benevolent face can be found on bumper stickers and crosswalk signs and wrapped vehicles labeled “mitzvah tanks“
All of the Moyesiah memes I've been able to find out there play on Christian iconography. They put the Everton (or earlier West Ham) manager in Henrik Olrik's Sermon on the Mount or the Sacred Heart, or give him a halo
April 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All of the Moyesiah memes I've been able to find out there play on Christian iconography. They put the Everton (or earlier West Ham) manager in Henrik Olrik's Sermon on the Mount or the Sacred Heart, or give him a halo
I knew Katz’s was not kosher, let alone for Passover, but I did not expect to be required to take some chametz with your matzo ball soup and brisket
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I knew Katz’s was not kosher, let alone for Passover, but I did not expect to be required to take some chametz with your matzo ball soup and brisket
Reskeet with a movie you know all the lines to
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reskeet with a movie you know all the lines to
“The sportsbook views you as a sucker, as a long-term loser,” says Gadoon ‘Spanky’ Kyrollos, a prominent New Jersey-based sports bettor.“ wapo.st/42q01Tk
April 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“The sportsbook views you as a sucker, as a long-term loser,” says Gadoon ‘Spanky’ Kyrollos, a prominent New Jersey-based sports bettor.“ wapo.st/42q01Tk
“While human readers tend to focus on specific – often similar – topics, crawler bots tend to ‘bulk read‘ larger numbers of pages and visit also the less popular pages…which makes it much more expensive in terms of consumption of our resources.“
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April 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“While human readers tend to focus on specific – often similar – topics, crawler bots tend to ‘bulk read‘ larger numbers of pages and visit also the less popular pages…which makes it much more expensive in terms of consumption of our resources.“
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Happy 80 years of Clyde, Knicks fans! 🦓⛹🏾♂️🎙️
March 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Happy 80 years of Clyde, Knicks fans! 🦓⛹🏾♂️🎙️
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Who needs Taboola when you can build your own chumbox?
This ran at the bottom of “Branford Marsalis and Steve Lehman Rethink the Jazz Cover Album“
This ran at the bottom of “Branford Marsalis and Steve Lehman Rethink the Jazz Cover Album“
March 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Who needs Taboola when you can build your own chumbox?
This ran at the bottom of “Branford Marsalis and Steve Lehman Rethink the Jazz Cover Album“
This ran at the bottom of “Branford Marsalis and Steve Lehman Rethink the Jazz Cover Album“
So where in the growth-hacking or fundraising cycle does the half-a-subway-car takeover fall?
First sighting last night of Beehiiv, which announced a $33 million Series B in April 2024
First sighting last night of Beehiiv, which announced a $33 million Series B in April 2024
March 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So where in the growth-hacking or fundraising cycle does the half-a-subway-car takeover fall?
First sighting last night of Beehiiv, which announced a $33 million Series B in April 2024
First sighting last night of Beehiiv, which announced a $33 million Series B in April 2024
The last sentence could use a green light or something, but this feels honest and clear-eyed. Only a few people get this gift, but recognize it a gift and a stroke of luck, and enjoy it while it lasts.
March 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The last sentence could use a green light or something, but this feels honest and clear-eyed. Only a few people get this gift, but recognize it a gift and a stroke of luck, and enjoy it while it lasts.
Meanwhile, I caught up in Animal Farm, so I read the Téa Obreht introduction, written in 2020.
Even as it allows for the opposite to happen, it feels so naive in 2025.
Even as it allows for the opposite to happen, it feels so naive in 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Meanwhile, I caught up in Animal Farm, so I read the Téa Obreht introduction, written in 2020.
Even as it allows for the opposite to happen, it feels so naive in 2025.
Even as it allows for the opposite to happen, it feels so naive in 2025.
Which one is it? How concerned should I be?
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Which one is it? How concerned should I be?
Draymond Green floated the rumor that KAT didn't play against the Warriors because of animosity toward Jimmy Butler, but he was attending a funeral
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March 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Draymond Green floated the rumor that KAT didn't play against the Warriors because of animosity toward Jimmy Butler, but he was attending a funeral
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