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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 1h

An incredible speech by @marisakabas.bsky.social, and a tale of failed leadership that has shaped the situation journalism finds itself in today.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/grennell-c...

That's why I was taken aback when the Executive Editor asked me, "How do you think we can monetize our website?" I really wanted to say "how the fuck should I know?" and also "why are you asking me?" In retrospect it should've been a glaring red flag that the adults in charge had no idea what they were doing and that it would be up to me and my peers to figure it out. But that's something I wouldn't realize until much later on, after years of expecting someone else to fix it. Until I realized I was the adult.

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mr. cannoli @boner.ink · 5h

it's going to be an adjustment, but you can tell who sucks on here without a labeler by reading their posts

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 2h

If you only read one story today, make it @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's breakdown of the Saudi-backed EA buyout, which includes thoughts from multiple business analysts and experts who explain what the $55B deal could mean for EA workers, its video games, and the wider industry.

Essential reading.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 2h

'Gaming is the new oil:' How the EA buyout 'diverges from the traditional playbook'

Analysts explain how the high-risk leveraged buyout will impact Electronic Arts and the video game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 48m

Frank Wycheck Signature Bar (2000-2001): A milk chocolate bar loaded with caramel and peanuts released to honor then-Tennessee Titans' TE Frank Wycheck for throwing an illegal forward pass to end the AFC Wildcard playoff game against the Buffalo Bills

2 purple candy bar wrappers, each with an image of Titans TE Frank Wycheck running with a football, and his signature splayed across it, next to a flaming football. The bars are sitting on a ruffled satin sheet

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Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 3h

just remembering this

news article from 2017 about Nancy Pelosi calling for the prosecution of "violent" antifa members

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h

We need these kinds of magazines to publish nonfiction. It's a tough time for literary criticism, essays about ideas, creative non-fiction, and I'm thrilled to see Apex is going to take pitches. Support if you can!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 22h

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 16m

HP OmniGo 700LX (1996). The power of the 186 in the palm of your hand!

A 90's catalog image for the HP Omnigo 700LX. The device itself is a chubby rubberpized pebble with a CSTN display; the box (left) shows there's a recess for the included Nokia phone, allowing true wireless communication; the thick user's guide and the slim quick start guide appear right.

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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 20m

i love you all but there isn't one of you i wouldn't turn on for this moby dick chess set

a moby dick themed chess set with the whaling characters up top, and moby dick and other animals down below

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Matt Wolfbridge (read Typebar Magazine) @wolfbridge.bsky.social · 8h

When my friend was a kid he didn’t know wrestling was fake and was like “why don’t they send the undertaker to the army if he can’t be killed?”

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ceej @ceej.online · 8h

for a henchman, there’s nothing better after a long day of guarding a small chest than standing with your back to a field of waving grass just tall enough to hide a crouching human being

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Matt Wolfbridge (read Typebar Magazine) @wolfbridge.bsky.social · 11h

Goodnight. I love you all.

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Matt Wolfbridge (read Typebar Magazine) @wolfbridge.bsky.social · 11h

Goodnight. I love you all.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 13h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 14h

The Butlerian Jihad must have sucked for guys who just bought a new computer

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 18h

Still waiting for a more efficient explanation of everything than "Everyone got brain damage from Covid": the airline executives charging a $155 predatory premium for legroom, the guy deciding to customize his own flight experience, the chain of command aborting the whole flight—busted mind-traffic!

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 19h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 14h

So all those “it’s not actually him” people in the mentions were right heh

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

Industrial Revolution Provides Millions Of Out-Of-Work Children With Jobs https://theonion.com/industrial-revolution-provides-millions-of-out-of-work-1819571223/

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Spoukee PD 🏳️‍⚧️ #CommissionsOpen @pdloupee.blog · 16h

I've been slowly rewatching all seasons of The Simpsons, and... The Treehouse of Horrors episodes are okay-is in the firs tfive seasons, but starting from there, they're just ripped off any generic movie instead of horror classics and called it a day. Meh.

Matt Wolfbridge (read Typebar Magazine) @wolfbridge.bsky.social · 18h

Is it a hot take to say the treehouse of horror episodes are mostly terrible?

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 21h

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross