The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books.

I did an episode on this one. It’s amazing how determined we are to ignore the lessons we should be learning. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Would love to read this written in English for regular people.

I mean, if this shit’s gonna stick around, at least you trained our future overlords with some excellent writing.

Did they have yours? They had two of mine. And iirc, I trained them poorly. I think they were two early ones. 🤣

Deadnaming Jenner won’t hurt Jenner, but it will hurt other trans people. Seems pretty simple.

For this week’s bonus, I reached back to a story I covered nearly 20 years ago while a reporter in Detroit. For subscribers at Apple Podcasts and GrabBagCollab.com.

I really appreciate it. Via Apple, I only have 100ish subscribers and rarely get feedback, so it’s really nice to hear someone’s listening and liking it!

Oh, wow! Thanks, Elon!

This week’s Crimes of the Centuries: In May 1988, a bus returning to Kentucky was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver. Within seconds, it became an inferno. The Carrollton bus tragedy is a story about how a case of drunken driving exposed corporate greed.
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Well, this is quite something.

Didn’t he just say states would have to tax more to cover childcare and healthcare? So why shouldn’t cities decide when it’s time to tax the rich, by that logic?

Years ago, on that other site, I had a moment of bonding with a fellow female journalist over our outrage that media portrays us as sleeping with our sources. It’s BS, we agreed! I’ve never known one to do it in real life!

That other journalist was Olivia Nuzzi. 🤣

(My outrage stands, though.)

I have one kid. Dinner out anywhere = $60-80. Even fast food is ~$45-50.

Who?

*inarguably

Scientists' once 'high hopes' now realized at Fernald As cleanup efforts at Fernald were wrapping up 21 years ago, WVXU's Tana Weingartner visited the site to see how one particular indicator species was doing. It would help scientists to know if the sit...

So cool to revisit this story 21 years later! >>Scientists' once 'high hopes' now realized at Fernald www.wvxu.org/environment/...

A morning-mussed guy in his robe and nose strip plays acoustic guitar with two cockatiels on his shoulder.

Hoggle is the vocalist of the flock. He’s the one with yellow toward the back.

Here’s @scottwartman.bsky.social yesterday morning, practicing guitar with a little help from Ash, our rescue cockatiel.

You realize lots of men have run and lost, right? I didn’t see anyone packing up their shit and saying, welp, that’s a reflection on all men … It took years for women to get the vote. And the right to have credit cards. And the right to buy property. You keep fighting until you win.

I often daydream about the America that could’ve been if the auto industry hadn’t blocked real mass transit. Like, what if we could just hop on a train to get anywhere? And that’s just one fork in the road. What other pivotal decisions have we made along the way that would’ve changed everything?

Grossssssss allegations. Wow.

Perfect

Simpsons still of Bart making a surprised face, with text: "What an odd thing to say."

I don’t think I’ve shared this one yet. I shot it on my porch.

Only part about this I mind is that they want my ID. I’m not scanning that for anyone. So now I don’t get messages on Bluesky anymore. (Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.)

Julie. Stop it. I just can’t right now. 🤣