Reposted by Ted MannSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 5hit is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for 30784124
Reposted by Ted Mannthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sen. Schmitt not knowing the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes & spending government money to make a big chart he then takes down as his error becomes obvious is Vonnegut x DeLillo x Terry Gilliam in real time 631037
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"From 9,000 miles away, she still placed the family’s Amazon orders. Still required the kids to check in with her when they came home. Still tracked their location on a GPS app. She yearned for more than these fragments of motherhood." www.thebanner.com/community/lo...thebanner.comA Maryland mother’s deportation to Vietnam forces an agonizing choiceForced 9,000 miles from her family, Melissa Tran confronts what comes next for her U.S.-born children. 0169
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An infuriating story, incredibly well told. (Also, not really the point, but Tamale Hatchet is an incredible band name.) 010
Reposted by Ted Mannsam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026Can you imagine Percy Shelley reading Frankenstein for the first time 3906
Reposted by Ted Mannelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 25/09/2026a culture where highbrow ppl are obsessed with tony soprano and lowerbrow ppl are obsessed with being walter white is in retrospect BEGGING for a strongman 1431047
Reposted by Ted MannDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Ok, our new AI writing app is almost ready to go. Sure, we spelled 'Hemingway' wrong, but at least we captured some of the bleakness in the slogan, right?" 2192
Reposted by Ted MannAmanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Even if he’s lying, I think it’s bad that the richest and most powerful people in the world aspire to be babies functionally 0112
Reposted by Ted Mannsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is after China porch-pirated the military’s f-35 parts delivery 692518494
Reposted by Ted MannTricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“shape of you” by ed sheeran is from the perspective of a dog … he’s in love with the shape of you because it’s all he can see with his dog eyes 1442127
Reposted by Ted Mann◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Minneapolis architect of record for the $250 million Kennedy Center renovation, ATSR, is best known for accidentally designing a school to look like the Millennium Falcon 3328
Reposted by Ted MannJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 8634221341
Reposted by Ted MannJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681406
Reposted by Ted MannThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026"I make the rules now, and you mustn’t defy me!" — President Donald Trumptheonion.comAnguished, Screaming Trump Bans Father’s Ghost From Press Room For Silently Pointing At HimWASHINGTON—Forcefully closing his eyes, grasping his head with both hands, and repeatedly screaming to be left alone, a visibly anguished President Donald Trump was observed Thursday banning the ghost... 392056306
Reposted by Ted MannJon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Something to know is the MTA project below (rebuild GCT train-shed) is a 15-year effort. So this will happen well past a Mamdani 2nd term While in office, Mamdani *could* do median 🚲 lanes on Park Ave S & make the GG viaducts car-free so we aren't looking at an 11-block stub bikeway in the 2040s 1193
Reposted by Ted MannElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026all paths to office run through Sid Rosenberg. Just ask this guy. 071
Reposted by Ted MannGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026however much you think the iran war is sapping u.s. military readiness, it's probably more than that. a free link for you, the people www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comThe Iran Blockade’s Growing Price Tag Is Draining America’s Global Military PowerThe cost of naval operations since the buildup began in January has topped $7.1 billion — not including all the US assets being used to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. 27989351
Reposted by Ted MannThe Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026Drive Through Rich Neighborhood Exposes Dad’s Shortcomings As Provider theonion.com/drive-through-rich-nei… 13131382
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 15/09/2026His work demonstrated not just apathy but outright hostility of the police toward the citizens they were obligated to keep safe. A dark revelation, but essential to making any real reform actually work. RIP. 0144
Reposted by Ted MannJosh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"My patients with silicosis, I wish they only had lung cancer... Lung cancer can be cut out." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.com 073
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"An economic growth story built on immigration is being unwound in Houston." Been waiting for this Businessweek deep dive from @sdonnan.bsky.social and Catarina Saraiva on how the Trump immigration crackdown is punishing the Sun Belt, especially Houston. 🎁link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...bloomberg.comTrump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Slowing the Sun Belt’s Population GrowthIn Houston, the shock waves are being felt in restaurants, schools and the housing market. 122
Reposted by Ted MannThe Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Take it from a guy who just wrote a history of the culture wars… this is an insane headline with no basis in reality whatsoever 29313
Reposted by Ted MannZahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Scoop: The EPA is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Tag team with @bloomberg.com’s Ari Natter and Jen Dlouhy. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comEPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power PlantsThe US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. 115753528
Reposted by Ted MannZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The concept outlined here — called recursive self-improvement (RSI) — seems much more plausible than AI consciousness or human-style cognition. Which is to say, much more frightening. 5339
Reposted by Ted Mannthe moon report 🌕 @seachanger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026people were driving tractors over Dixie Chicks CDs in the street 11386262
Reposted by Ted MannPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just to be clear, this is the German far-right party whose victory Trump and Musk are both celebrating: 57848246
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Black and Harris, meanwhile, get ample room to state their case. And so they do, often about each other, until we don’t care anymore." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Reinvention of Apollo Is Bigger Than Its ScandalsWilliam Cohan chronicles the private equity giant’s colorful past. But its push into the savings of the upper middle class makes its future more consequential. 000
Reposted by Ted MannLiam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Scoop: The DOJ is scrutinizing elite public high school admissions for racial discrimination, including at Stuyvesant and Bronx Science in NYC, expanding the Trump admin’s education pressure campaign beyond higher ed. Free link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comElite Public High Schools To Get a Taste of Trump’s College CrusadeThe Trump administration is scrutinizing some of the country’s most elite public high schools over whether their admissions practices discriminate based on race. 2126
Reposted by Ted MannThe Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces… 352774459
Reposted by Ted MannDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is not an "I told you so" since people understandably have a tendency to pay attention to things only when they affect something close to their interests, but this is what the transit folks have been saying about Musk for a very long time. The emperor hasn't had any clothes for a long time. 434099
Reposted by Ted MannMax Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026wrote about the experience of watching one's life's work get set on fire because..."lab leak." A profile of the virologist Robert Garry with the great @jasongale.bsky.social. gift link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comA Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at StakeThe battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats. 3158
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Both men seemed to operate at only two speeds: belligerent or unctuous." Oh. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘American Scoundrel,’ by Kai Bird (Gift Article)“American Scoundrel” traces the career of Roy Cohn, whose smash-mouth politics continue to shape our own. 010
Reposted by Ted MannYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/09/2026New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehiclesnber.orgUrban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services 61090296
Reposted by Ted MannBill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This sounded especially bizarre to me. So I looked it up. Duffy seems to have confused the EPA ending a credit for “engines that automatically turn off when vehicles come to a complete stop and restart when drivers take their feet off the brake pedal” with the START buttons that are now universal. 132810583
Reposted by Ted MannEvan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Here's a story about one man's fight to get his shredder back from the CFPB. “I’m prepared to continue this forever,” Nicholas Chicorikas said in federal court today. “Literally forever.” news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...news.bloomberglaw.comEx-CFPB Examiner’s Fight for His Shredder Heads to Federal CourtAll Nicholas Chicorikas wants is his paper shredder, but he’ll to have to beat the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in federal court to get it. 175
Reposted by Ted Mann◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“I will keep on making my art until the day I die. And even after I die, my spirit will keep creating new art.” news.artnet.com/art-world/ya...news.artnet.comYayoi Kusama, Era-Defining Artist of Dots, Mirrors, and Infinity, Dies at 97 | Artnet NewsThe Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama died on August 14 at a hospital in Japan, the David Zwirner gallery said today. 1194
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 26/08/2026this lede is like an @adambecker.bsky.social bat signal 120
Reposted by Ted MannJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Fondly recalling all those Patriot Act/FISA debates where surveillance apologists would roll their eyes at mention of Hoover-era abuses: You clearly don’t understand all the institutional reforms that would render such a thing impossible in the modern day. 3840259
Reposted by Ted MannMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Insane that AOC is being quoted as saying "Woke 1 was crazy" when this is what she actually said. youtu.be/SFwAnMLBSOw?... 884021931
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 11/08/2026nice try but this absolutely fails the John Waters test 010
Reposted by Ted MannYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 05/08/2026That’s enough to build multiple new subway lines in every US city above a million people 614636