Darren Munk
@darrenmunk.bsky.social
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Interested in outlaw country, weed brownies, feuding with billionaires, the early NBA, playing Gin Rummy on a weekday afternoon, and what it feels like to die?
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
@thebeliever.net
www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
@thebeliever.net
www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
Island Time - Believer Magazine
I call Don Nelson from my rental car, which I’ve parked by some food trucks near the Kahului Airport. It rings through, which means I’m welcomed to the island by a sardonic voicemail: “Hey, you’ve rea...
www.thebeliever.net
December 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Interested in outlaw country, weed brownies, feuding with billionaires, the early NBA, playing Gin Rummy on a weekday afternoon, and what it feels like to die?
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
@thebeliever.net
www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
@thebeliever.net
www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
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The radicalization of young men isn't a strictly American phenomenon. Young guys across the world support far-right politicians and causes while Gen-Z women almost universally back progressive causes. It's a gap that doesn't exist in other generations.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-stan...
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-stan...
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The radicalization of young men isn't a strictly American phenomenon. Young guys across the world support far-right politicians and causes while Gen-Z women almost universally back progressive causes. It's a gap that doesn't exist in other generations.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-stan...
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-stan...
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New at Sports Media Guy:
The other night, I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." What the AI overview told me was so wrong, I turned it into a blog post about how sports journalists have a real opportunity to be authentic, human, and accurate.
Give it a read here:
The other night, I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." What the AI overview told me was so wrong, I turned it into a blog post about how sports journalists have a real opportunity to be authentic, human, and accurate.
Give it a read here:
The real opportunity AI presents sports journalism
I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." You won't believe what happened next.
sportsmediaguy.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New at Sports Media Guy:
The other night, I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." What the AI overview told me was so wrong, I turned it into a blog post about how sports journalists have a real opportunity to be authentic, human, and accurate.
Give it a read here:
The other night, I Googled "Bills clinch playoffs." What the AI overview told me was so wrong, I turned it into a blog post about how sports journalists have a real opportunity to be authentic, human, and accurate.
Give it a read here:
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I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
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No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Trump says Rob Reiner had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' in post on his death
Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
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For any of you who've been on Reddit over the last handful of years, you've likely seen Subvertadown's posts. I chatted with him on this week's Late-Round Perspectives -- it was his first ever podcast appearance!
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A96Q...
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A96Q...
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Late-Round Perspectives: The Challenges of Modeling Streaming in Fantasy Football with Subvertadown
YouTube video by Late-Round Fantasy Football
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For any of you who've been on Reddit over the last handful of years, you've likely seen Subvertadown's posts. I chatted with him on this week's Late-Round Perspectives -- it was his first ever podcast appearance!
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A96Q...
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A96Q...
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
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I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
July 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
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WRITER OF 'WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS':
And then we end on wishing them a happy new year, and that's the song 😊
FIGGY PUDDING MARKETING DEPARTMENT:
Great! Just one minor suggestion
And then we end on wishing them a happy new year, and that's the song 😊
FIGGY PUDDING MARKETING DEPARTMENT:
Great! Just one minor suggestion
December 3, 2024 at 2:45 PM
WRITER OF 'WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS':
And then we end on wishing them a happy new year, and that's the song 😊
FIGGY PUDDING MARKETING DEPARTMENT:
Great! Just one minor suggestion
And then we end on wishing them a happy new year, and that's the song 😊
FIGGY PUDDING MARKETING DEPARTMENT:
Great! Just one minor suggestion
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I'm about to post something crazy, but I will explain.
I think there should be a bigotry toggle in GTA VI.
I think there should be a bigotry toggle in GTA VI.
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I'm about to post something crazy, but I will explain.
I think there should be a bigotry toggle in GTA VI.
I think there should be a bigotry toggle in GTA VI.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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Substack has an antiscience health disinformation problem.
MAD recognizes the importance (& influence) of media ownership – which is why we are sounding warnings about Substack.
Our latest w/ @lavidagata.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/substack-h...
MAD recognizes the importance (& influence) of media ownership – which is why we are sounding warnings about Substack.
Our latest w/ @lavidagata.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/substack-h...
Substack has a Nazi problem AND a health disinformation problem
Substack creators and Substack audiences are supporting a platform that profits off of promoting dangerous antiscience content – at the expense of public health.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Substack has an antiscience health disinformation problem.
MAD recognizes the importance (& influence) of media ownership – which is why we are sounding warnings about Substack.
Our latest w/ @lavidagata.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/substack-h...
MAD recognizes the importance (& influence) of media ownership – which is why we are sounding warnings about Substack.
Our latest w/ @lavidagata.bsky.social
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/substack-h...
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they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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i'll be honest, i'm not picking up what she was putting down here
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
i'll be honest, i'm not picking up what she was putting down here
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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New:
On 1xBet, the strange and shady company which has become rapidly more visible across tennis in 2025 despite *many* reasons for tours, tournaments, and federations to steer clear of its mess.
Lots of odd details here, free for all to read at Bounces:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/1xbet-tenn...
On 1xBet, the strange and shady company which has become rapidly more visible across tennis in 2025 despite *many* reasons for tours, tournaments, and federations to steer clear of its mess.
Lots of odd details here, free for all to read at Bounces:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/1xbet-tenn...
Bottom Dollar
On the shady practices of 1xBet, and its rapidly growing presence across tennis.
www.benrothenberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New:
On 1xBet, the strange and shady company which has become rapidly more visible across tennis in 2025 despite *many* reasons for tours, tournaments, and federations to steer clear of its mess.
Lots of odd details here, free for all to read at Bounces:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/1xbet-tenn...
On 1xBet, the strange and shady company which has become rapidly more visible across tennis in 2025 despite *many* reasons for tours, tournaments, and federations to steer clear of its mess.
Lots of odd details here, free for all to read at Bounces:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/1xbet-tenn...
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.