Durrell
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"I'm just here so I don't get fined."
Journalist taking a sabbatical: www.durrellojello.com
Journalist taking a sabbatical: www.durrellojello.com
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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It's really an infuriating disservice to present current AI in this misleading way.
A good point that media outlets misreport this story if they give agency to the AI Grok itself - which generates contradictory statenents whenever prompted to do so
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
It's really an infuriating disservice to present current AI in this misleading way.
So I was watching a Star Trek: Deep Space 9 rerun, as one does, and recognized Gabrielle Union as a Klingon.
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
So I was watching a Star Trek: Deep Space 9 rerun, as one does, and recognized Gabrielle Union as a Klingon.
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GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is OK with Trump punishing Colorado over immigration, climate research, or Tina Peters. Just not her district's project.
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is OK with Trump punishing Colorado over immigration, climate research, or Tina Peters. Just not her district's project.
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
Tricked again by Spotify touting new music from a fake using the name of an artist I would actually want to hear.
This is not Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel, or anyone else from Atoms for Peace. 😫
This is not Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel, or anyone else from Atoms for Peace. 😫
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Tricked again by Spotify touting new music from a fake using the name of an artist I would actually want to hear.
This is not Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel, or anyone else from Atoms for Peace. 😫
This is not Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel, or anyone else from Atoms for Peace. 😫
“To have these funds ripped away from our organization simply because the wigs we purchased have a delayed arrival is unconscionable. Not only were we counting on those funds to be available, but the kids we serve were counting on us.”
bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
Wigs 4 Kids cancer recovery group blasts 'unconscionable' Michigan funding cut - Bridge Michigan
Michigan House Republicans last week abruptly cut money for a nonprofit that provides wigs to kids with cancer as part of a broader push to cancel unspent funds.
bridgemi.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“To have these funds ripped away from our organization simply because the wigs we purchased have a delayed arrival is unconscionable. Not only were we counting on those funds to be available, but the kids we serve were counting on us.”
bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
East Central Illinois represent! 💪🏾
Commentary: Dick Van Dyke, the happiest export Danville ever had, turns 100 on Saturday. In a world full of cynicism, he’s still the guy who whistles his way through life, with a grin that makes you think the good guys might have a shot.
Jacob Lane: Dick Van Dyke has offered 100 years of American joy, from Danville to Hollywood
Dick Van Dyke, the happiest export Danville, Illinois, ever had, turns 100 on Saturday.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
East Central Illinois represent! 💪🏾
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Must-read piece by @friendlyatheist.com. I went to a church just like this when I was a kid. This is child abuse.
A child suffered panic attacks after hearing fire-and-brimstone sermons and being told her dad might go to Hell.
A judge stepped in to stop it.
Now the Maine Supreme Court will have to decide what's more important: religion or a child's mental health?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/will-the-m...
A judge stepped in to stop it.
Now the Maine Supreme Court will have to decide what's more important: religion or a child's mental health?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/will-the-m...
Will the Maine Supreme Court allow a mother to keep harming her daughter with religion?
Maine's top court will soon decide if psychological harm can affect a custody case if that harm stems from religion
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Must-read piece by @friendlyatheist.com. I went to a church just like this when I was a kid. This is child abuse.
I went to Fette Sau twice on my farewell tour of NYC this summer.
Loved their brisket and I love this write-up.
www.grubstreet.com/article/fett...
Loved their brisket and I love this write-up.
www.grubstreet.com/article/fett...
Fette Sau Calls It Quits
The BBQ pioneer’s closure is the final gasp for Williamsburg’s trucker-hat era.
www.grubstreet.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I went to Fette Sau twice on my farewell tour of NYC this summer.
Loved their brisket and I love this write-up.
www.grubstreet.com/article/fett...
Loved their brisket and I love this write-up.
www.grubstreet.com/article/fett...
I paid $1.69 a gallon over the weekend. This is less than I paid my senior year of high school [redacted] years ago!
denverite.com/2025/12/08/d...
denverite.com/2025/12/08/d...
Why Denver has some of the lowest gas prices in the country
The arrival of big-name gas stations may be driving prices down.
denverite.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I paid $1.69 a gallon over the weekend. This is less than I paid my senior year of high school [redacted] years ago!
denverite.com/2025/12/08/d...
denverite.com/2025/12/08/d...
My current job revolves around be Zoom-presentable and I admit that my gray hairs have started to really irk me in a way they previously hadn't.
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My current job revolves around be Zoom-presentable and I admit that my gray hairs have started to really irk me in a way they previously hadn't.
Can we please give Vanessa Bell Calloway an Emmy for The Vince Staples Show? 🙏🏾
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Can we please give Vanessa Bell Calloway an Emmy for The Vince Staples Show? 🙏🏾
I just love my mom's analysis of the Broncos and Nuggets. Simultaneously astute and incoherent. 😍
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I just love my mom's analysis of the Broncos and Nuggets. Simultaneously astute and incoherent. 😍
I am very late to reading and sharing this obituary of the amazing Joan Bieder. ❤️ She's the reason I was able to get hired and navigate network news for as long as I did: journalism.berkeley.edu/remembering-...
Berkeley Journalism remembers Joan Bieder, beloved teacher, mentor, friend and mainstay of the school
UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.
journalism.berkeley.edu
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am very late to reading and sharing this obituary of the amazing Joan Bieder. ❤️ She's the reason I was able to get hired and navigate network news for as long as I did: journalism.berkeley.edu/remembering-...
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All jokes aside, this is by far the most serious concern I have about sports gambling today. And players in all sports are loudly sounding the alarms right now.
Just wait until gun violence and gambling scandals collide and we wonder aimlessly as to how this possibly could have been avoided.
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All jokes aside, this is by far the most serious concern I have about sports gambling today. And players in all sports are loudly sounding the alarms right now.
What do you think your life would be like if you grew up with Keith Sweat as your father?
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
What do you think your life would be like if you grew up with Keith Sweat as your father?
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AI is reshaping the workplace, but at what cost? Journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the flaws of algorithmic hiring and how workers can adapt to a world where machines decide who gets in the door.
AI is screening your resume. Here's how to make it past the bots
Applying for a job? You might be interviewing with an algorithm before a person. Journalist Hilke Schellmann shares how AI is reshaping hiring—and what job seekers can do to make it past the bots.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
AI is reshaping the workplace, but at what cost? Journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the flaws of algorithmic hiring and how workers can adapt to a world where machines decide who gets in the door.
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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It feels not unlikely that a presence on Bluesky is in part so they can mine content to screenshot and repost on X as evidence of leftist terrorism or whatever
US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
Block on sight.
Protect your digital space.
Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.
The detach quote function will come in very handy here…
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It feels not unlikely that a presence on Bluesky is in part so they can mine content to screenshot and repost on X as evidence of leftist terrorism or whatever
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Here’s a great reason to insta-block, directly from them!
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here’s a great reason to insta-block, directly from them!
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Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.
This is so trill. TV News is hard as heck and somehow the more power you get, the worse your job becomes.
"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is so trill. TV News is hard as heck and somehow the more power you get, the worse your job becomes.