Reposted by Ted MannJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 18hSeems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 302772607
Reposted by Ted MannSean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 05/10/2026Does Tesla board member James Murdoch know that this is no longer Tesla's mission statement? www.vanityfair.com/story/james-... 3755
Reposted by Ted MannGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026elon musk on: stealth aircraft (for the record: everyone involved with low-observable aircraft is acutely aware that they are not "invisible," they just have an rcs so small they can't be effectively detected until they are close enough to have already launched weapons and that is super useful.) 1971393171
Reposted by Ted MannJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New York City has recorded the fewest murders through September since before 1960, Baltimore since 1962, Philadelphia and Detroit since 1964, Oakland since 1967, and New Orleans since 1969. 37729
Reposted by Ted MannColin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 01/10/2026this is completely unhinged, even by Trump's standards. 311953
Reposted by Ted Mannlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 30/09/2026. 9 year old me having just watched the phillies-braves the shadow (1994) broadcast booth on VHS 🤝 incapable of shutting the fuck up about the shadow 1035214
Reposted by Ted MannGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?! 2954413931
Reposted by Ted MannSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026it is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for 33936143
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 631741
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 Thielmonster @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?" 1192
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
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 24/09/2026no, no, he is busy erasing the skills that we used to have, so there will be room for some other skills, which will be made up at some point. 010
Reposted by Ted Mannsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is after China porch-pirated the military’s f-35 parts delivery 692519494
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-... 8634291343
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. 11026681410
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... 392054305
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Even the curt ones are also kind, if they’re any good, and none of the truly unkind ones are good. 030
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
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 16/09/2026it's way, way too late in the game to be falling for this one... 140
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. 27988351
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… 13131181
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 · 15/09/2026Well, one presidential primary candidate thought so, before he didn’t. 020
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. 132
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. 115753527
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 11/09/2026God the memory of that play, that year. Being blown away by Linda Emond, and by the writing, and walking out into the eerie sadness of that winter in the city. 021
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 11385262
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Strangelove : RFK Jr :: Citizen Kane : Trump watching satire on male folly like it's a youtube how-to 010
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: 57845245
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. 2127
Reposted by Ted MannThe Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces… 352775459