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PJ Neal
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"First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?"
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PJ Neal@pjneal.bsky.social |
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By day: CEOs and corporate boards. By night: Doctoral student at Northeastern University. Even later at night: Historian and writer. Chef and baker. Muddling photographer. Woodworker who somehow still has all his fingers. Manservant to a cavapoo.
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PJ Neal
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"First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?"
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The Spaceshipper 🚀
@thespaceshipper.bsky.social
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I'm okay to go! Robert Zemeckis' Contact was released 27 years ago today.
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Rachel Klein
@racheleklein.bsky.social
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We’re staying at a hotel with a little pond and every night the ducks come and sleep on this little dock thingie and snore SO LOUDLY and I love them.
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PJ Neal
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Yes. For years, articles I wrote in English for a Canadian client were then translated and (re)published in French, which I do no speak. Honestly, I eyeballed the translations, and used some version of Google Translate or similar on spots, but it was largely relying on competence of translator.
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Assistant to the Professor
@darinself.bsky.social
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This is journalistic malpractice. The Biden admin was working on Parkinson's policy.
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scott poulson-bryant
@scottpb.bsky.social
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some ambitious young creative should make a series of Schoolhouse Rock-style animated info clips based on Project 2025
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Asher Elbein
@asherelbein.bsky.social
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Sulzberger and the New York Times political desk are engaged in an interesting experiment, to wit: whether it’s possible for a newspaper to direct the outcome of a campaign and election through sheer, relentless posting
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PJ Neal
@pjneal.bsky.social
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And, as we learned under Trump, is no safeguard at all.
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Kip Manley
@kiplet.bsky.social
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No, wait, hear me out: in the time between when the leopards are loosed, and when they start eating our faces, we can generate SO MUCH shareholder value—
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Popehat
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New York Times, July 5, 2025: “Biden’s Stumbles And Gaffes During His Criticism of President Trump’s Internment Camps Vindicate Age Concerns”
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Spider
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So uh... anybody with a bigger megaphone than me want to help a butch out? The Gilbert Baker Foundation & CMG are asking a settlement from us for referring to the Gilbert Baker flag/original color scheme as the "Gilbert Baker flag" of twice what we've ever made from anything with those colors.
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Alex Blechman
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July 4th is very rough on my dog (he is a royalist and considers George Washington a traitor)
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Very Very Common Mike Dunford
@questauthority.bsky.social
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"Independence from Britain" is the world's most celebrated holiday.
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Martin D.B. Brown
@martindbbrown.bsky.social
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Proper fascist killers...
www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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honestly they’re kinda cooking with this
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Stone Cold Jane Austen
@abbyhiggs.bsky.social
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How I introduce myself in an icebreaker session
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PJ Neal
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Popehat
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New York Times: Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Too Old For This Fight And Should Drop Out And Let Luke Or Possibly C3PO Replace Him For The Good Of The Galaxy
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here
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PJ Neal
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For the good of the country, the New York Times editorial board should resign.
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Jack Jenkins
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Rev. Barber comments on controversy over whether Biden should step down due to debate performance: “We can't get stuck on which candidate performs better on TV … Because in my tradition, Moses stuttered, but he brought down Pharaoh … I have trouble walking, but I know how to walk toward justice.”
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Mr. Am I Being Detained
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Werner Herzog directing a Maybelline ad: Perhaps she is born with it. What a frightful notion, to be imbued with the fetters of capitalist commodification from birth. It suggests God Himself is a part of our dreadful pattern instead of a refuge from it.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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The Democratic Party’s reaction to their candidate having a bad debate substantially outpaces the Republican Party’s reaction to their candidate being convicted of multiple felonies, held liable for rape, and owing judgments in the hundreds of millions for defamation and fraud.
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Dr Michelle LaRue
@drmichellelarue.bsky.social
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Incredible.
www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/27/d...
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PJ Neal
@pjneal.bsky.social
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You know might have a book buying problem when you see a 10-year-old photo of a book signing and can identify the book store.
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PJ Neal
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I used to be a contractor. I met a gov employee in the building coffee shop once, and without thinking paid for his $1 coffee along with mine. The look of panic on his face is still with me today.
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Jamison Foser
@jamisonfoser.bsky.social
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SULZBERGER: It's been three hours since our last story about Biden being old. What's next? KAHN: Sir, all our political reporters have already written at least three articles about Biden's age. SULZBERGER: You have ten minutes. KAHN: I guess the art critic could weigh in... SULZBERGER: Run it.
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Daniel Drezner
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Josh Spero
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Always happy to make this offer: if you are or you know someone who’d like to work in journalism and comes from a background underrepresented in the media, feel free to email me for a coffee at FT HQ/online chat: josh.spero@ft.com. Please reskeet (or whatever it is we do here)
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PJ Neal
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All of those seem like completely legitimate orders...
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PJ Neal
@pjneal.bsky.social
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Today's example of remarkable failures of leadership:
A college instructor complained about an increase in parking fees on campus. So they fired him.
www.chronicle.com/article/a-hi...
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Jeff Manuel
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Great episode. Like @jasonheppler.org , I’ve recently made the switch to Obsidian for capturing and storing notes. We need a place where historians can share interesting use cases/plugins/etc. since it’s a big ecosystem.
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mean things I say to myself
@meantomyself.bsky.social
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I complimented an 18 month old toddler on her dress and she said, "It has pockets!" This new generation, man. They grow up so fast.
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PJ Neal
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To be fair, it was safe to assume that no one wanted to steal one.
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Coach Finstock
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When AOL and Prodigy started taking off in the early 90s, our neighbor bought a bunch of cement slab and busted it up and sold it online as "Real Pieces of the Berlin Wall" and "Real Pieces of the Great Wall of China" and that guy realized what the internet was gonna be before everyone else
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PJ Neal
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It's Friday evening and I don't have the brain power left to figure this one out
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Alec Stapp
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Contender for favorite chart of all time: Predictions vs. Reality for solar energy.
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Ed
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If by some miracle Boston did get congestion pricing before NYC, it would be at least in part because nobody fuckin cares about the political opinions of people driving in from NH and RI
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PJ Neal
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Looks like a clip from RTs new show "Dictators in Cars Getting Coffee."
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PJ Neal
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The little extra space between the K and the S in rocks means that somebody thought there was supposed to be an apostrophe...
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Daniel Drezner
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I believe today is the 34th anniversary of the greatest cliffhanger in television history. youtu.be/VNVduEAIIqU?...
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Sharon Handy
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Commander Adama approves.
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PJ Neal
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I really enjoyed following her on Twitter - it's a shame she's not over here.
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PJ Neal
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Really appreciating the ability to remote start my AC today.
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Helen Rosner
@hels.bsky.social
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A wisteria-garlanded pergola couldn’t dream of this level of shade
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PJ Neal
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Attention people who say I'm hard to shop for:
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Quinta Jurecic
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washpost hired back a former editor specifically to oversee coverage of their terrible new publisher and incoming executive editor. incredible
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Melanie Baker
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Gen X has been training for this moment our entire lives. #quicksand
www.mainepublic.org/environment-...
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Popehat
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People angry over how they believe criminal law should work take break to be angry over how they believe bankruptcy law should work
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