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My truth is that I think Ocean’s Twelve is one of the most important films of the last 25 years and we’re all trying to be too cool to admit it.

I think Casey Affleck’s character knows he looks like Casey Affleck. But absolutely no one in the group knows who that is. But oddly enough they know who Scott Caan is. Rusty was a big Hawaii 5-0 fan.

In celebration of the O’s opening day win today, here is my obligatory post of the coolest thing I did in 2025.

Also “to serve and to protect” was chosen in an internal slogan competition by the LAPD. The teenage daughter of a cop snuck and submitted the winning slogan under her dad’s name. “To serve and to protect” is the dream of midcentury teenage girl, whose kids years later ended up protesting for BLM.

I also asked a lawyer if one could sue for false advertising if they don’t “protect and serve.” Well, no. I learned that the police are not a chain like a McDonald’s. There’s no advertising since there’s no competition. So it’s more of an aspiration.

In the summer of 2020, I was determined to find out what’s the point of police. I learned it’s to protect the community, not the individual. I learned that protecting folks is either at the police’s discretion, or we end up in a police state. And we’re kinda on our own. radiolab.org/podcast/no-s...

Films like All the President’s Men and Spotlight are great because they show what active investigation looks like. And I think that skill is lost on a lot of folks when it comes to what journalism is. What investigative journalism looks like in 2026 is a beast, but not just podcaster with a tascam.

Haven’t posted in a month. Life updates:
- I just watched all of Lonesome Dove for the first time, and I’m a better person for it.
- I’m learning “Bet On It” from High School Musical 2 on the banjo.
- For my birthday, I finally own wine glasses.
- Code Switch is now 2 eps a week. Yes, we are tired.

Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.

They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.

I respect the thought on Ms. Parks’s heavenly birthday… but I’m a Black lady with a bad back, I’m taking that seat.

The entire time they’ve been on this journey, the monks have been met with racism, cops, and content creators. A sad indictment of the current state of affairs.

For the first time in my life I saw a gun ad on tv tonight. Is that… common?

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If I never hear a media person use the term “North Star” again, it’ll be too soon. Also, the reader of NYT and viewer of 60 minutes isn’t a Venn diagram. Especially when it comes to access to news. Just absolutely disingenuous.

And there it is...

What a cool, exceptional lady. May she rest in power.

What a waste of time and money and energy. All for the syntax to make it seem like he’s also in memoriam.

The way “she thinks ‘farewell to arms’ is a diet book” has stuck with me since childhood.

Really curious with so many elevators currently “under renovation” in NYC, how are people with mobility challenges navigating the city independently right now?

And those facts are still locked in.

Between seeing Jay Kelly, Sentimental Value, and Hamnet, it’s been a real “absentee dad for the sake of his art” kinda day.

girl, i guess

CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.

CPB revives $36 million NPR deal killed after Trump’s pressure

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I mean, I’m out here doing my darnedest tho

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
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NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

Home - Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel The Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel is an elite two-year leadership fellowship for high school students in Baltimore.

This still exits by the way. And still feels… questionable. But it basically creates generations of talented tenth Black kids coming home regaling their very curated time in Israel with seemingly no knowlege of, say, the harm of the Balfour Declaration. www.ecyp.org/r

This explains a childhood mystery. A big tentpole of my city’s district of Bmore was our Rep’s push to get Black h.s. kids to apply for a summer in Israel to encourage historical Black & Jewish bonds. Which seemed valid, but we always thought wouldn’t it be easier to talk to Jewish ppl in Bmore??