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I've worked in media for my entire career. There are three ways to get ahead: 1. Be at the absolute pinnacle of the job, skill- & effort-wise. 2. Be unbelievably hot/sexy (mostly applies to women, but not entirely). 3. Be the loudest court jester buffoon you can get away with.

Well yes but that's rather my point. On X as a journo you can block critics & feel very confident they're just terrible people (or bots) and go about your day. On Bluesky, the people calling you out are people you can't so easily ignore.

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And he did it by cutting out the avocado toast and $6 lattes? 😂

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Warwick is full of real "giant asshole" city employees and elected officials (the mayor in particular is quite a buffoon), but I'm inclined to believe them in this case given that Amazon is the spawn of satan.

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Could we come back to the "about to get a lot more powerful" part? I feel like that's not something us schmoes in America were aware of...?🤔

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Spend their clients' money in large bundles, it would seem.

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Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know a lot of people who worked for Hubspot. Note the past tense. It's not an accident. Amazingly toxic workspace.

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Another generation of Fybush immortalized in print? Not quite how we hoped, but immortalized nonetheless.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🎶🎶 Hot town, punching Hello Kitty So adorable-even bleeds real pretty Head’s big but her body’s itty-bitty Should I punch her more? Gonna ask the committee Staggering ‘round, kitty Walkin half dead Walkin into traffic-squashed like a flatbread… 🎶🎶🎶

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Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And I was prepared to let it go since John is really goddamn smart about this stuff. But the answer never really sat well with me. Mason's brilliant analysis, I think, finally explains why. Polarization isn't the problem & it is, in fact, a healthy response that should be encouraged in these times.

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Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A while back I had beer with the great @johnmarion.bsky.social who indulged my discussion about some kind of independent assessment to be done of pols' positions that could correct for single party states with lots of DINOs or RINOs. His counter was that it would increase polarization. He's right...

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Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Any road can be a closed-road party the same way any zoo is a petting zoo: unless you're a little bitch.

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Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Or we wish we were, at least.

Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But thank you for sharing it, because it is beautiful. 🤪💖👍

Aaron Read @aaronread1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Be the change you wish to see! :)

@ass.golf This may be an unanswerable question, but will we see Claire hire some more help than just Zlata? I've seen a kind of Claire before, in a kinda-similar role. It did not go well for Claire, nor anyone around her. It might be great for dramatic tension in the story, but it'll destroy her.

What's really so amazing about all of this is that it's not like the NYT hasn't been in exactly this same position before...WITH HITLER (Callendar, 1931)...and they fucked it up really badly back then, too. Nearly a century later and they've learned absolutely nothing.

That's right! People will squeal (and pols will cave) and the tax will be functionally eliminated. At least until after the midterms, if not a lot longer. Sooner or later, the prices are going to go up and go up a lot. Oil companies live to fuck everyone over. They won't be able to resist.

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A: I find it nigh-impossible to believe there wasn't SOME gouging going on. Maybe not enough to make up the entire 40cents/gal (or whatever) but I'll bet there was 5 or 10 cents. B: The problem with this gas tax holiday is: what happens when the holidays are over, and nothing's changed with Iran?

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I mean, you don't seriously think this WASN'T orchestrated by Smiley as yet another amazing petty move from his fee-fee being all hurt. "Smiley is co-chair of the conference’s Mayors and Police Chiefs Task Force and was elected to its advisory board in 2023."