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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 23/09/2026

As a #goodtv guy, I found the last few spots here particularly difficult to lock in…

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 11/09/2026

Kindle and Libby and other reader apps for Duo should totally give people the option to show book covers while reading

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 10/09/2026

The folks running Apple’s TikTok are having fun and it’s working

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 09/09/2026

iPhone Duo is a big swing. Front screen for the everyday small stuff, big boy for more. Like the Courier foldable Microsoft never made, but ready for prime time and the right form factor (passport seems very ideal for daily use, more manageable than the tall guy we’ve gotten used to)

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 01/09/2026

Cool that @mapquest.com (that they're on bluesky at all makes this make more sense) isn't following the whims of our childish, wannabe-king tho

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 26/08/2026

These are real protections for kids that Meta/FB/IG agreed to. Good work by the AGs. Hope TikTok and YouTube follow.

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 10/08/2026

I’m sure people on here believe this, but it’s just not the case Rowling’s war on trans women is abhorrent *and* millions of ppl (esp. millennials) still love and consume Harry Potter The new Audible audiobooks have been in the top charts since release The HBO show will have massive viewership

The reason Harry Potter Adults are so bad is because for a long time there were totally normal Harry Potter Adults who did things like use their fandom to raise money for charity but then Joanne went absolute horses and all the normal adults ditched the fandom so the only ones left are total ghouls.
Josh Gondelman • @joshgondelman.bsky.social • 2h
We give Disney Adults so much shit but Harry Potter Adults deserve waaaaay more disrespect.
8:33 AM • Aug 10, 2026 88 Some people can reply

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 05/08/2026

Wish Tre was on here, bc Bluesky could this energy

So because the Michigan senate primary was basically 50/50, every Democrat will realize that no one faction can achieve dominance and learn all the right lessons ahead of the 2028 primary right?

RIGHT????

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 01/08/2026

@metrolosangeles.bsky.social any update on Wilshire / La Brea housing development? Airtable database says we should’ve been told of the development team in “early 2026” … ?

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 21/07/2026

Fox News doing Fox News “Border Patrol Warns Cartels Using Rideshare Apps”

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 14/07/2026

He keeps noting with a straight face that Paramount is going to seek state $ as a bond against their ticking fee (that they baked into the deal) Very helpful context here from Rich re: what courts have previously done re: big &$$ bonds like that

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 14/07/2026

Been defaulting to Apple Maps lately, and it’s great and has a bunch of feature parity to Google, but still need lists (“guides”) to add tags with icons and need bike directions to add dock data for bike share services en route

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 13/07/2026

This was helpful for me even as a power user ! Showed me the option to subscribe and support Beta feedback 1, entirely superficial: app icon is busted in dark mode and clear mode, background color wrong is both cases

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 11/07/2026

Wow wow wow… RAGTIME The talent of the cast and the brilliance of the direction is unbelievable

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 29/06/2026

This 🧵 captures a lot of the Geffen Galleries’ beauty. What an incredible feat and a treasure for LA. The way light and the concrete host the art, the way the glass showcases the city almost as art too… it’s amazing

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 26/06/2026

WIDOW’S BAY as #goodtv as the people have said. Perfect sweet spot of horror and mystery with a touch of funny. Eps stand-alone, but the broader arc hits with the best of ‘em. Definitely the show of the year so far

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 25/06/2026

We’ve reached the point where big tech/AI cos have made a coalition to run ads in support of keeping fair use law as is… just heard one on @wsj.com’s daily podcast progressforai.com

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 24/06/2026

America, June 2026 Rick Rubin doing Polymarket ads, Timmy doing Kalshi ads, The White House doing a UFC fight Bad bad bad

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 24/06/2026

“…the answer cannot be for those of us on the broad left of center spectrum to cast out people with whom we have differences of opinion that span degrees and not chasms…” Tre Easton response to Jaime Harrison is 🎯

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 09/06/2026

So, via @mweinbach.bsky.social, here’s 2 examples of Siri AI being actually helpful 1) using it to clean up your inbox 2) using it to remember a hotel you stayed at and see a set of pictures from a trip

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 05/06/2026

Studios usually put press kits behind a login. @neon-rated.bsky.social posted the kit for their new movie with a director’s note saying, “…go nuts. Make whatever edits, reels, fancams, complications or unhinged little masterpieces you want. Have fun with it…” Clever (h/t @milkkarten.bsky.social)

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 03/06/2026

Sharing this side by side that @cwarzel.bsky.social posted on X “pretty decent encapsulation of the last few years on here”

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 02/06/2026

Telling Pelley he created a hostile work environment is really something coming from “free speech warrior” Weiss (h/t @dylanbyers.bsky.social)

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 30/05/2026

these new Annie Leibovitz shots of the Lucas Museum (opening in the fall)… wow vogue.com/article/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-los-angeles between this, the new LACMA, and the Broad expansion -- all directly accessible via public transit -- what a time for Los Angeles cultural institutions

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 29/05/2026

281k “views” and 22k likes. Community Note is currently just proposed. X becoming a disinformation hell hole by letting people by blue checks is one of the most toxic decisions in internet history

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 29/05/2026

Some lady with RealClearPolitics correspondent in her bio made up an Emerson poll showing Pratt at 33% and blue check X is eating it up

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 22/05/2026

This (as @daveweigel.bsky.social flags) is the dirty truth of the Bezos “let’s cut taxes on low wage earners to zero!” pitch. It’s a con to cut services The problem w/ taxes isn’t that avg folks pay them. It’s that Bezos, his $$$ peers, & their cos pay little to nil, as their wealth just skyrockets

David Weigel
@daveweigel

Hm, what would happen to middle-class political support for welfare programs if the poor suddenly paid no tax at all?

ohhhhhhhhhh

Chamath Palihapitiya
@chamath •1d
this is a simple, elegant and very effective idea. take the taxes of the bottom 50% to zero. x.com/JeffBezos/stat...

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 09/05/2026

When the system expands and looks like the map here (full D line, Sepulveda line, and K Line north; by u/mappydude on Reddit), LA will feel like a whole new city

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 09/05/2026

Huge day for LA. D Line extension is a game changer Parents with kids, older folks, teens, college kids, young ppl… all sorts out in full force today riding and celebrating Connects Beverly Hills and mid-city to K-town, downtown, and more Massive, massive win Took too long but thrilled it’s here

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 01/05/2026

@tysonbrody.bsky.social really curious what went down here and if this is fishy X behavior meanwhile — thrilled we’ve got a real candidate in Kansas and thx for your work

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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 14/04/2026

Rothman is right AMC’s LA prices: ~$30 for premium (IMAX), ~$24 for standard If studios and theatres want people going to the movies, they need prices that reflect its a regular thing… not a special event