@scotp.bsky.social
Former tech journalist
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This piece is very well reported and written. It’s clear-eyed, precise and gives important context. And yet it’s a great illustration that there’s this fundamental, unbridgeable formal constraint that makes it essentially impossible to plainly call this what it is.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
President Trump said in an interview with The New York Times that he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after his 2020 election loss. Trump has long pushed the false claim that the machines had been rigged against him.
Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election
In an interview, the president said he should have ordered the National Guard to take the machines to find evidence of fraud, but added that the Guard might not have had the sophistication to do so.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The fucked up thing is that I am now supporting #MTG
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My favorite seasons, in order:

Fall (the best of everything)
Summer (too humid)
Winter (okay, let’s just get through it)
Spring (always a tease)

#seasons
September 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
At this point I would rather have #TikTok be shut down for good rather than the U.S.-only bastardization the are conjuring, which would indeed become state-run media.

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/t...
Commerce Sec. Lutnick says TikTok will go dark if China won't agree to U.S. control of the social media app
President Donald Trump extended the deadline for Chinese divestiture for a third time, giving ByteDance until Sept. 17.
www.cnbc.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hey #NYTimes please get over yourself and lose the periods in AI. You look like luddites.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Now it’s a Black Screen of Death #Microsoft #Windows

www.theverge.com/news/692648/...
Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years
Black is the new blue.
www.theverge.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Watching today’s #WNBA when teams play the #Fever and Caitlin Clark, it’s like the 90s Pistons playing #Jordan Rules. When are the going to call hand-checking? 🏀
June 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Watching recent tech keynotes and demos of the latest AI assistants (#Google I/O #Microsoft), I get the feeling that they think we are all helpless idiots, or just plain lazy 😐
May 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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One thing that is clear from these headlines is that the big news orgs don't have a vocabulary or strategy for how to report to readers when the President claims to do something he not only lacks authority to do but even the power to do. That's a very basic, foundational thing.
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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After Donald Trump brings back TikTok, which he and Republicans banned, he is going to ban and bring back McDonald’s, Diet Coke, Chick-fil-A, Bud Light, Keurig machines, Nike sneakers, Starbucks, Oreos, Disney movies, and maybe even the Bible – just to make his base cheer for him twice as hard.
January 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Very disappointed to see that most of my followers are bots. #bluesky #bots
January 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Scott needs to stop talking about the number one draft pick. #nfl #redzone
January 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Re: hate against Caitlin Clark. See Larry Bird vs. Isiah Thomas circa 1987. Not much has changed. It’s too bad. #Time
December 12, 2024 at 1:57 AM