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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 10h
Hell yeah Ben Rice!
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 10h
MLB playoffs need to start earlier. 10:20 and just the beginning of the 7th inning of a 2-0 game. Just too late.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 15h
Remember back in April when the president of Cornell allegedly ran over a student with his car? The Cornell Sun broke that story too. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
cornellsun.com
VIDEO | Cornell President Drives Into Student and Recent Grad Following ‘Harassment’
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff drove his car into a Cornell student and ran over the foot of a recent graduate following a Cornell Political Union debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict Thursday...
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 15h
Has Schmitt blamed an LLM yet?
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 16h
"During her time in public service, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s private family investments included stock in President Donald Trump’s social media company, along with shares of defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants" www.washingtonsun.com/money/karoli...
washingtonsun.com
Karoline Leavitt Discloses Family Investments in Trump Media and Tesla
An ethics document shows the former press secretary’s family holdings contain Trump’s social media company, defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 17h
Coming off the heels of a Day of Atonement, I am astonished that a sitting Senator who tried to play gotcha with a former prosecutor and so nakedly failed couldn't/wouldn't apologize. Republicans are both cruel and embarrassing.
Within moments, those claims fell apart and Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, was demanding an apology by Mr. Schmitt that never arrived.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/29/us/trump-jack-smith-senate-testimony
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 20h
"The Trump administration used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance a set of controversial pro-Trump advertisements that recently began airing on television, according to people familiar with the matter." The lawlessness is tiring. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 23h
Oura postpones IPO citing "uncertainty in the market for first-time share sales" while Anthropic "plans to caution potential investors in its ​IPO that advanced AI could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity". Late stage capitalism surrounds us. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
reuters.com
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 29/09/2026
John Mayer and Trey Anastasio doing ultimate shred faces at each other is just adorable. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8w1t7yo/
tiktok.com
John went to the Crossroads Guitar Festival to JAMMM🔥 #johnmayer #treyanastasio #johnmayertiktok #phish #viral
TikTok video by mayersbelief(JM Fan Account)
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
It's stories like this that have done incredible harm to journalism. Zero sources; leaps in logic; all designed for SEO/GEO/clicks. Is Weiss likely out at CBS, as this story states? Hmmm....
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
Chapek explaining that a lot of decisions he made were the end result of years-in-the-making-decisions that predate him, while also saying 'yeah, i screwed up here and here.' But what I love is the conspiracy fodder: Who are "they"?? variety.com/2026/biz/new...
Do you wish, looking back, you had initially come out with a strong statement of support for LGBTQ people?

I think what I did originally was the appropriate course of action for the Walt Disney Company, not necessarily my own personal beliefs, but was the right course of action for the Walt Disney Company. But suffice it to say that there’s a lot of powers that influence what decision a CEO makes and what statement a CEO makes. Anyone who thinks that that that’s made in a vacuum would know that’s significantly mischaracterizing the situation.

Who are the powers to be that influenced that decision?

People that have influence over those decisions within the company. I’m going to keep it generic.Tell me about your firing of Peter Rice. He was Disney’s head of general entertainment. This was June 2022, and you promoted Dana Walden to replace him. I don’t think you discuss Peter Rice in your book. What happened there? It surprised people.

It surprised people. But Peter’s a great executive, long track record of success, and great history. It just furthered the direction that the company wanted to go at the time. It was deemed that they wanted to go with Dana as the leader, and you know, Dana and Peter were sort of two people doing essentially similar things. So it was as simple as that.

You said “they” wanted to go with Dana. Who’s “they”?

Well, there’s more to a decision like this. It’s not that I wake up one day and say, “Oh, I think I’m going to do this.” There’s a lot of people we consult with.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
we've gone from fake photo of shark swimming on a flooded highway to actual video of shark swimming on a flooded street. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
usatoday.com
'Is that a shark?' Shark spotted swimming through nor'easter-flooded street
A New Jersey resident captured video of a shark swimming through floodwaters in his Surf City neighborhood as a strong nor'easter swept through the region.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
would have been great if the united states didn't cut departments and funding to help prepare for el nino... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Super El Niño Is About to Unleash Weather Chaos. Get Ready Now. (Gift Article)
There’s still time to prepare.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
Chief Economist at Apollo: “If every household used AI agents to optimize the return on their cash balances, banks could lose a large share of the cheap deposits they rely on to make loans, which would be a problem for the entire financial system.” idk seems bad www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...
apollo.com
Is an Agentic Bank Run Coming? | The Daily Spark
Muse and similar agentic AI assistants could soon sweep household cash automatically into accounts paying 3.3% to 5.0%, instead of the 0.1% national average on checking accounts. Subscribe for daily u...
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
This feels too on the nose. Has the script writing this season just become lazy?
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28/09/2026
Gave the boy a bath and he was gracious enough to allow me to take a photo of him in my other son’s baby towel.
Bodie the tan pup in a bathtub with a blue towel over his head and body. There are baseballs on his towel.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/09/2026
Murphy Brown, one of the most popular tv shows for a decade winning two Outstanding Comey Series Emmys and star Candace Bergen won five Emmys, cannot be found on a streaming platform bc of music rights. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8T3txGW/
tiktok.com
Why Murphy Brown Is Impossible To Watch on Streaming Today #murphybrown #murphybrownshow #candicebergen #cbs #cbsshow
TikTok video by Mike Bedard
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/09/2026
So imagine being a kid who got tickets through the Commissioner’s Initiative for Kids and waited all season for this game and will…not be able to go to a make up. I am a Yankees fan but I do not like the failson Steinbrenner.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/09/2026
Lots of great quotes here but now I’m thinking why Billy S didn’t use “fuck” at all. Historians have found usage as early as the 14th century… www.medievalists.net/2023/08/earl...
medievalists.net
The earliest use of the F-word - Medievalists.net
An English historian has come across the word 'fuck' in a court case dating to the year 1310, making it the earliest known reference to the swear word.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/09/2026
The musical talent on this stage — Trey Anastasio, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Derek Trucks. And I love how with all the guitar virtuosity and crowdedness, they all turn around at the 2:40ish mark to watch the drummers go off. youtu.be/Jeav19-N_pQ?...
youtu.be
The Crossroads 2026 Finale Was INSANE 🔥 | Derek Trucks, Trey Anastasio, Eric Gales & More
YouTube video by Chasing the Blues
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 27/09/2026
Went to a bat mitzvah and got me a caricature. Pretty dang good if you ask me.
Caricature of a man with glasses and a beard and a hat.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 26/09/2026
Why our brains are incredible. Well, some of our brains. youtu.be/A_kloG2Z7tU?...
youtu.be
Rowan Atkinson Live - Star of Mr.Bean - Funny invisible drum
YouTube video by Rowan Atkinson Live
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 26/09/2026
This stuff is not sentient. It cannot go “rogue”. It cannot do anything “without the AI lab’s knowledge” because it is not alive. If it were the easiest solution here is to unplug it?
Breaking News
OpenAl's technology went rogue and meddled with three U.S. government websites this summer without the A.l.
lab's knowledge.
2m ago
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 26/09/2026
The calm before the storm
Yellow and orange and pink and purple sky
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
get off facebook and instagram! i did it in 2018 and so can you!!
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
it's quite remarkable how a failed war in iran has pushed: -american mortgage rates up -bond rates up -consumer price index up -gas prices up -stress levels up -the president's net worth up.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
someone, somewhere is telling all their friends/network: "I'M THE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ICED COFFEE IN INTERVIEWS" a poignant reminder that your shitposts are never just your shitposts...
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
Nor'easter map looks like it took one too many tabs of acid. Never a good thing!
the coming noreaster, a spiral made up of the colors of the rainbow. against a map of the midatlantic and new england seaboard. 

via ventusky https://www.ventusky.com/#p=36.3;-74.7;4
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
Excited for @josie.zone's book on Beck. Great excerpt here: www.vulture.com/article/beck...
vulture.com
Losing Beck
His acclaimed album, Sea Change, was inspired by a breakup. For his ex-partner, it was the story of how the Church of Scientology took over his life.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
Hoping all the sukkahs this weekend in the NYC metro area make it out ok!
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026
My sister lives in Greenfield, MA and texted me this this morning:
Today 10:53 AM
So...the globe article is putting greenfield on the map [woman slapping her forehead emoji and a an emoji with a mask]
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/09/2026
Sitting in the waiting area of the pediatric orthodontist’s office and the Muzak version of Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock and Roll” is one of the most depressing things I’ve ever heard.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/09/2026
“ In a letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said that it’s “possible to search for humans in images taken by Flock cameras.” Which contradicts everything on Flock’s website. Huh. www.techbrew.com/stories/floc...
techbrew.com
How do you solve a problem like Flock?
In a statement to Tech Brew, Flock says that “it’s possible to search for the presence of people” but “not a biometric template.”
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/09/2026
"In February, mortgage rates fell below 6% for the first time since 2022, sparking a flurry of buyer interest and fueling optimism that ahead of the market’s key spring selling season, home sales were on their way back to normal this yr. Then the Iran conflict started..." www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
wsj.com
Mortgage Rates Just Hit 7%. Here’s How the Housing Market Is About to Change.
The effect of rates topping the psychologically important 7% level is rippling through the market for buyers, sellers and builders.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/09/2026
"Despite Coxon...providing zero evidence for the claim software was poised to go hyper-sentient and kill us all, outlets like the NYT informed listeners he was engaged in an act of brave whistleblower "rebellion" that would "change everything". Spoiler: nothing changed." karlbode.com/lazy-journal...
karlbode.com
Lazy Journalism At The 'End Of The World'
U.S. corporate media long ago gave up on accurately describing abject reality.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/09/2026
It’s giant skeleton season
Giant skeleton wearing a jersey
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 24/09/2026
"one of Morgan Stanley’s top bankers accidentally sent an email to some clients containing a list of more than 100 deals the Wall Street firm was working on and monitoring." oops. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Morgan Stanley Rushes to Contain Fallout After Deal List Leak
Morgan Stanley raced to contain the damage from a leaked deal list as clients sought explanations and at least two regulators began assessing the potential fallout.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In this week’s Stop the Presses newsletter, I wrote about Vance as an anonymous source. Subscribe! (It’s free unless you want to pay.)
stopthepresses.news
Anonymous sources and the fluffing of JD Vance
When people leak to the press, their motives aren't always noble
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 23/09/2026
Mark nailed it a month ago.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 23/09/2026
it boggles the mind that anyone would give meta their info, after knowing how the company has used people's data for the last decade+ www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
wsj.com
Meta’s New AI Agent Is an Instant Hit—and the Backlash Has Already Begun
Amazon blocked the Muse app from shopping on its site, and privacy and security concerns are mounting.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 20/09/2026
I am always fascinated by media push alerts for non “breaking news”. On the surface it makes sense to send this as it’s Yom Kippur. But! Jews make up only 2% of the US’s population. Who is this story for, and genuinely curious as to why is it deemed important enough to send to tens of millions?
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Yom Kippur in America
New York Times readers share the rituals that define the Jewish calendar's holiest day, which begins this evening.
now
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 20/09/2026
As I enter Yom Kippur, and fast for the next 25 hours as a time for both reflection and atonement (two sides of the same coin), my BlueSky apology: I am sorry for any offense and wrong doing I may have done or caused thru my posts this year. I will attempt to be a better poster in this new year.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026
Going to my 30th high school reunion tonight and it’s really wild how three decades both pass in the blink of an eye and feel like an eternity ago.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026
Monopoly licensing is outta control
All sorts of monopoly games All sorts of monopoly games
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026
Gonna be a lot of ink spilled abt the President’s assault on the free press from the corp press and I wonder how much is performative For the last 10yrs, he put reporters in holding pens, called them piggy, debased them, called them enemies of the state, etc. & they kept coming back. Access. 1/
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026
July 2026: WHCA beings Trump back to its WHCD, which was postponed because of potential assassination attempt on the president during the April event Sept 2026: Trump band CNN, MSNOE, and Politico from the White House; WHCA releases this message.
The president said it plainly in the Oval Office, describing his own planned action as a "ban on the free press."
The Constitution protects the freedom of the press from government interference. That protection does not depend on whether the president likes a news organization's coverage, agrees with its reporting, or approves of the questions its journalists ask.
This is about more than the rights of journalists.
It is about the right of the American people to receive a full and independent account of the activities, policies and decisions of whoever occupies the nation's highest office.
The WHCA stands in defense of our colleagues at CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO who are being singled out for doing their jobs.
Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/09/2026
The 12yo just put on "Groove is in the heart" and excitedly tells me, "Did you know that Q-Tip is on this?!" and I think that's a pretty dope way to end a very long week.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026
"Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors 'to keep out...anything which in any manner is misleading to the public, tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly, the common will of the German people, the defense of Germany, its culture and economy'" -Shirer, p. 404
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 18/09/2026
I do wonder if reporting on Trump just showed the parallels or echoes of Hitler would help folks really understand what's happening. So a graf or two in this news story, for example, of how Hitler banned the free press... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House
In an insult-laden post on Truth Social, President Trump said he was instituting the ban because of reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.”
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 18/09/2026
Coca-Cola's recipe is hidden in a vault, which seems to be a safer approach to whatever these AI companies are doing/building.... www.wsj.com/tech/ai/hack...
Independent security researchers had used Anthropic’s Claude software to gain access to an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account, giving them a way to read and suggest changes to the company’s private cache of software.
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