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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 2d

The price of a Big Mac has gone up 350% since 1987, yet the top prize of McDonald's Monopoly remains stubbornly at $1,000,000. Makes you think!

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 2d

Not to be a pedant but Bari Weiss was a junior editor who occasionally wrote opinion pieces in the opinion section, not a columnist.

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 2d

Bloomberg is an absolute murderer’s row of global newsroom and editorial talent.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 2d

Oh I don’t know, the appearance of two perfectly overlapping fiery rings in the sky doesn’t seem like a good omen to me, even at low frequencies. [gizmodo.com]

Citizen Scientists Spot a Perfect Extragalactic Venn Diagram

The finding offers tantalizing clues in the ongoing quest to piece together the origins of ORCs—mysterious, ring-shaped radio signals from space.

gizmodo.com

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 3d

Another week, another bike fatality in Brooklyn. This time the manager of a beloved local wine bar and cafe. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/27/b...

Update: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist in Brooklyn - Streetsblog New York City

A 32-year-old woman was killed by the driver of a Tesla early on Saturday morning in Brooklyn, police said.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 3d

it would be so cheap, comparatively, to stand up a bunch of local newspapers that both do actual journalism and pump broadly liberal and pro democratic themes into local discourse

they would lose money but you could really work on making them lose money sustainably

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

“why do all the Trump billionaires spent all their time buying media outlets” say rich liberals

“oh well! probably nothing to see here, now to take a big sip of coffee and donate 50 million dollars to a Dem superPAC”

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 3d

It is truly dire how much more willing progressive donors are to fund paid ads than to try to invest in making good content.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4d

“why do all the Trump billionaires spent all their time buying media outlets” say rich liberals

“oh well! probably nothing to see here, now to take a big sip of coffee and donate 50 million dollars to a Dem superPAC”

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 4d

branded trees

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 5d

i have absolutely no idea why certain tricks get big reactions from the crowd and not others, but i do love it.

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Rufus jones @rufeydoof.bsky.social · 5d

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 6d

oh, any time there's some kind of indecipherable model number and "faithful reproduction" you know it's going to be $1k+.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 6d

Turning the entire economy into gambling is a self-evidently bad idea lol

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 7d

Every part of me would like to find Ed Sheeran cringe and unlikable, but he:
1) Likes public transit
2) Flies commercial/takes trains for climate reasons
3) Was randomly hanging out in a Brooklyn bar last week when some older irish folks we met ran into him

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 7d

You guys have covered it, but the YouTube-driven FOMO is also wild. There's this guy Tom who seems like he's driven shortages on old micro 4/3 cameras with single videos.

Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 7d

And yet I still can't get anyone on Reddit to buy my Fuji X-T1.

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 8d

Coming later this afternoon: "What reading a substack about a fundraise taught me about b2b SaaS"

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 9d

@aedwardslevy.bsky.social left this wrap up wondering what "seldom" meant and then thought about your earlier tweets and thought "I could find out!"

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 9d

are GIFs now millennial+ coded and now cringe?

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 10d

No surprise, he's a Run For Something alum! directory.runforsomething.net/candidate/14...

Chi Ossé - Run For Something

Chi Ossé is running for New York City Council, District 36 in NY.

directory.runforsomething.net

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Ezra Mechaber @ezra.im · 10d

Golf seems fine, I don't have a specific beef with golf, but NYC granting Blade a license to fly helicopters low over residential Brooklyn all day during the Ryder Cup absolutely stinks.

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