StillHMStiller

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Writer and recovering theater kid. Leading pastist (no, not a historian—that would require actual credentials).
Confession: I have been on that Other Site for the last few hours talking about Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon because ... well, this is a good example of why I do miss search here. I want to see what people are saying; I want to know the latest reporting; and, yes, I want to quote-tweet NYTimes Pitchbot. Now it's OK if the community of Mastodon decides it doesn't want to be a key place for news but I'd regret that. And I'm not speaking so much as a journalist but as news user.
Is it unreasonable or paranoid to wonder if it's only a matter of time before you find yourself on the hollow end of a gun?
Are kindness and honesty sometimes irreconcilable?
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RT @jayrosen_nyu
The demise of Buzzfeed News is "fundamentally a story about the arc of social media which first provided tech-savvy publishers a distribution bonanza and then slowly starved them of revenue."

Best post I have read about today's announcement. By @joshtpm https://talkingpointsmemo.com/newsletter/no-87-journalisms-wild-decade-and-the-end-of-buzzfeed-news/sharetoken/XgOOgDz134HZ

No. 87: Journalism’s Wild Decade and the End of Buzzfeed News

We learned today that Buzzfeed News is closing for good. It’s a stunning arc over a decade. What does it tell us about the business of journalism and journalism itself? Originally Published: April 20…

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Why is the Colorado river drying up? Feeding cows is a large part - Vox https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23655640/colorado-river-water-alfalfa-dairy-beef-meat
Let’s talk about the biggest cause of the West’s water crisis

The Colorado River is going dry ... to feed cows.

Vox
Cats keep your household from becoming a prison of logic.
The infographic I'm sure we were all waiting for: Rupert Murdoch's money cube. https://journa.host/@pbump/110226038855392830
Philip Bump (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Here, for example, is $787.5 million in ones pictured in a cube next to Rupert Murdoch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/19/fox-news-dominion-settlement/

Mastodon
All those laws that include the idea of a "reasonable" action or reaction. Lol.
starting to think these majorities aren't so super
My most sociopathic trait might be that I like to tap cats on the nose for no good reason.