It’s common for Mexican dishes to inspire laughter or sometimes traumatic memories. A gordita is a little fat girl; a trompo is a spinning top; a cachetada is a slap, but also a stunner of a taco & the subject of my latest @texasmonthly.bsky.social Tex-Mexplainer www.texasmonthly.com/food/cacheta...
I'm kind of fascinated by that big Lauren Sanchez Bezos feature in the Times. There's just nothing going on there at all, no insight or conflict or notable color, so the hook is just "this unfathomably rich but otherwise fatuous person enjoys their lifestyle a great deal." Fantastic stuff.
It’s wild that this is considered a bold pov nowadays
Check out this story in @grist.org from @fridagarza.bsky.social: “Oceans, the World Meteorological Organization reports, absorb 91% of the excess energy hanging out in the Earth’s climate.” eos.org/articles/oce...
learning that astronauts have to use microsoft outlook in space is unspeakably depressing. we have set microsoft outlook free from the bounds of earth. polluting the stars with that janky piece of shit
With the jalapeño’s heat deliberately dulled to the point of soullessness, Texans have only one option. We must discard the jalapeño.
There’s a good documentary about Louis CK that is illuminating about the effects of his behavior and covers the essential truths (as I see them) that (1) he was not cancelled and (2) he was not sorry. It’s a good watch. You can rent it on demand; here’s the trailer. youtu.be/YjWetrSafmc?...
this is a post about living without a dishwasher. if you have a dishwasher keep scrolling
if you stay ready (washing the dishes) you never have to get ready (to wash the dishes)
As the planet traps more energy than it releases, global food production is on the line. @fridagarza.bsky.social reports for @grist.org:
Weekend #longread: Prepping for a disaster? You’ll probably want to pack a little treat | @fridagarza.bsky.social grist.org/culture/prep...
Toad questions Frog about the veracity of his ghost story, an animated look on his face. From "Shivers" In *Days with Frog and Toad*
“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
I didn’t know this but current and past members of the Blue Man Group always refer to one another forever as Blue Men. “There’s a Blue Man in Ottawa,” etc. No one is a former Blue Man. They live in an endless Blue present
Strap in. All signs point to an ever lengthening conflict.
Bloomberg Exclusive: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If you want Bluesky to be good you need to be weirder
Climate change isn't coming. It's in your mailbox. Home insurance costs are rising fast and not stopping. @grist.org mapped it state by state.
grist.org/economics/is...
#insurance #climate #Housing #Illinois #Colorado
"I’m struggling to find the right superlative, because it is that extreme." @weatherwest.bsky.social
By Clara Harter @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
Yesterday, 92% of us voted YES (w/ 99% participation) to authorize a strike if @propublica.org management refuses to compromise on core issues.
We need a fair contract that will protect the in-depth investigative reporting that our readers expect.
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oh, we're doing Freelancer Pay Discourse? perfect time to announce that @charleylocke.bsky.social and I are starting another round of our class on how to build a freelance career! you can actually make freelancing work without just waiting for people to offer you $3 a word, I promise. sign up now!
Earlier this year, the USDA removed webpages that share climate risk maps used by farmers to prepare for extreme weather. After a lawsuit from environmental & farming groups, the agency agreed to release the data behind those maps.
📰 @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org: grist.org/food-and-agr...
popped back onto twitter for a bit and everyone is arguing about mexican food. thankfully i'm blessed in the knowledge that mexicans are everywhere and mexican food is whatever we want it to be
"In a dreadful era for journalism jobs, the Post’s bloodbath stands out: last week may have been the biggest one-day wipeout of journalists in a generation."
washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/a...
as a lapsed musician who would not have survived K-12 education without music classes, I felt and recognized the power the inmates spoke about. A great essay from Alex and I'm glad Luke published it.
Setting aside that to be Puerto Rican is to have an inherently politicized identity, the show was full of political gestures.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
This x10000. If you’re an editor, commission Puerto Rican writers — there are many of us!!
One of the scariest aspects of the Trump administration is that they continue to make us vulnerable to an ever lengthening list of disasters that haven't happened yet but eventually will.
I miss Dan so much. I'm so glad we could celebrate his life together today.
One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
