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Kevin M. Kruse

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Regretting canceling my subscription to the New York Times on a morning when they’re bringing me an oped from Bill Maher AND an interview with Steve Bannon. What a tantalizing feast for the mind, sadly beyond my reach now

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Kathy S's avatar Kathy S @kshannon617.bsky.social
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I regret canceling my subscription because now I can't angrily cancel my subscription.

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RRRVVVWWW's avatar RRRVVVWWW @rrrvvvwww.bsky.social
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AG Sulzberger letting us all know who he really is.

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Tim's avatar Tim @cthulul.bsky.social
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Can't even stay informed on the latest trends in kitten murdering

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marcosantana's avatar marcosantana @marcosantana.bsky.social
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lol

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Kye Fox's avatar Kye Fox @kyefox.com
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Their years-long full embrace of transphobia really was just the tip of a very large iceberg wasn't it

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Michael Rader's avatar Michael Rader @theoryof.games
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Every day after canceling a NYT subscription is a missed opportunity to cancel it again.

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Crow's avatar Crow @cawingcrow.bsky.social
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That's what public libraries with online resources are for -- depends where you live, but for most US libraries, the NYT is likely to either be a stand-alone database link or part of a major news source database (yes, not everything is in those, but a lot is).

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Michael Bazemore's avatar Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social
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Anything to distract from Sulzberger's cat-strangling fetish.

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BoulderSizedBoulder ✡️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦's avatar BoulderSizedBoulder ✡️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @rocksizedrock.bsky.social
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oh no i cancelled too whatever shall we do (sad sigh, munches donut contemplatively)

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Ellin Stein's avatar Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social
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Chad Hill's avatar Chad Hill @bchadhill.bsky.social
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Also, all the top stories on the mobile app are still some version of "Biden is a Corpse: Can He Even Survive until November? Here's Why He Sucks."

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Kevin M (...Effin') Kasch 凯养龙's avatar Kevin M (...Effin') Kasch 凯养龙 @tenletters.bsky.social
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Note that many libraries offer their patrons online passes to the NY Times, good for renewable 72-hour periods, and these passes come with the ability to share gift links. Unclear if libraries pay sliding scale based on how many passes are granted in a given month, but this is likely the case?

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Captain Hurley's avatar Captain Hurley @zoonie.bsky.social
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Jesus wept, platforming Bannon is obscene.

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I Heart Noise's avatar I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bsky.social
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Bill Maher interviewed Fabio recently, as I found out

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Leonard Leo's sh1t-stained undies's avatar Leonard Leo's sh1t-stained undies @knotseahunter.bsky.social
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A drunk and drugged-out racist has-been.....AND Steve Bannon, to boot?

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Mark Shore's avatar Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social
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would you instead like a gift link to yesterday's WaPo article in which Steve Bannon expresses his fears that the Democrats will force Biden out (oh no!) which would be very very bad for Trump (really, 100%, the Democrat With No Name is who the Republicans fear most)?

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UnKaren's avatar UnKaren @unkaren.bsky.social
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It's not a super power, but I know the tone & angles of those two w/out wasting my time.

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ShinigamiDad "Designated Dingus"'s avatar ShinigamiDad "Designated Dingus" @marktspence.bsky.social
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[and_nothing_of_value_was_lost.GIF]

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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་'s avatar riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་ @riwoche.bsky.social
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I regretted taking this collage off the wall of the Saturday and Sunday editions (so I could compare-and-contrast the treatment of Trump v Biden from the publisher's perspective) on the morning when the Supreme Court declared George III had it right:

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freakanatcha.bsky.social's avatar freakanatcha.bsky.social @freakanatcha.bsky.social
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I've got one weird trick to get around the paywall if you're interested

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Mackenzie's avatar Mackenzie @mackenzievogt.bsky.social
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New Mexico Man's avatar New Mexico Man @newmexicoman.bsky.social
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Seeing those articles with a ‘Paywall Removed’ note and just passing right on by.

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Quietly Curious 🇺🇦🇨🇦's avatar Quietly Curious 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @quietlycurious.bsky.social
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An OPED from Maher? Who gives af what he thinks? He’s a twat as far as I’m concerned. And they waste space on interviewing bannon??? You’re right. This newspaper has gone down the toilet.

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📸📷🚀 's avatar Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📸📷🚀 @princejvstin.com
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the now derelict and patriarchal phrase "I wish I had a daughter I could forbid you to marry" seems to come to mind in re the NY Times these days.

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Andy Pearlman's avatar Andy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/o...

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Bruno J. Navarro's avatar Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social
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so weird how that keeps happening bsky.app/profile/brun...

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Buzolich's avatar Buzolich @buzolich.bsky.social
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Enjoy…? www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/o...

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I am an island's avatar I am an island @tlyczko.bsky.social
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Often search engine results give the article/oped without the oaywall.

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Diet Coke Afficianado's avatar Diet Coke Afficianado @litigator53.bsky.social
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And putting the latest brain-dead gabble fest from Bret Stephen’s and Gail Collins on the landing page 🤮

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Chris's avatar Chris @cbarone1.bsky.social
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I get complementary access through the library and I'm very tempted to try and cancel on their behalf.

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Well now, they often call me Greedo 🇺🇲🇺🇦🏛️🦉🦉's avatar Well now, they often call me Greedo 🇺🇲🇺🇦🏛️🦉🦉 @natteringnaybob.bsky.social
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If you need a gift article, just let me know

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Sharon Mahoney's avatar Sharon Mahoney @journogal.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/o...

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Kat Wolfdancer's avatar Kat Wolfdancer @katwolfdancer.bsky.social
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here's one, a gift from me
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/o...

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Marion Donnelly ✍️🧐♎️ ⚖️📚🐈‍⬛'s avatar Marion Donnelly ✍️🧐♎️ ⚖️📚🐈‍⬛ @mariondonnelly.bsky.social
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I hope this was sarcasm.

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Jenne (she/her)'s avatar Jenne (she/her) @librarianjenne.bsky.social
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So sad for you Lol

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Dave Parisi's avatar Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social
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Maher is the goddamn worst, but what's really sad is the stream of left-aligned people who appear on his site bc they're desperate for exposure

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Christopher Deutsch's avatar Christopher Deutsch @drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social
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Paper of record!

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proud rebel scum ⚛️'s avatar proud rebel scum ⚛️ @proudrebelscum.bsky.social
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Steve Bannon? reporting to federal prison today Steve Bannon? odd bodkins!

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Adina M. Yoffie's avatar Adina M. Yoffie @adinayoffie.bsky.social
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But where do you do your crossword puzzles, then?

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Stephen's avatar Stephen @sfdegraff.bsky.social
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I regret having a subscription too but sooner or later every oped, interview, or article will appear with free access whether I want it or not.

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Pick up the Epoch Times. The only difference is their Broadway coverage.

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Marc1+vote🧢's avatar Marc1+vote🧢 @mmarc1.bsky.social
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I haven't spent a dime on neither one of them. I'm good. I think NYT ended its own era that day!!!

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Super Freedom Rock Eagle's avatar Super Freedom Rock Eagle @anotherstraycat.bsky.social
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Where else could one possibly turn to learn the thoughts of Bill Maher or Steve Bannon?

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Anna's avatar Anna @sleeplessanna.bsky.social
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Can you buy just one article?

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SherrieT's avatar SherrieT @sherriet.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/o...

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SherrieT's avatar SherrieT @sherriet.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/o...

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Dag.'s avatar Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social
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Their coverage is a big nothing burger, or a little Sulzberger.

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Dexter Remmick's avatar Dexter Remmick @ltremmick.bsky.social
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Do you want me to post a picture of diarrhea splattered in a rest stop toilet so you can get the gist of the Maher op-ed?

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angelM's avatar angelM @angelmsattya.bsky.social
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I’m desperately looking for the photo or the gif of Trump and Bannon doing the sword dance with the Saudis after their big arms deal.

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Go Deep, I'll Look for You's avatar Go Deep, I'll Look for You @godeep.bsky.social
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What a waste of a nice tree.

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Karl Appuhn's avatar Karl Appuhn @appuhn.bsky.social
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Skipped the Maher, but Brooksie interviewing Bannon was quite something. You missed Bannon calling Trump a soft-hearted, people-pleasing, peacemaker. And Brooksie waying he "almost became a Marxist" after 2008.

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LymanG's avatar LymanG @lymang.bsky.social
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Oh me too, me too! (Yes I also just cancelled a subscription that was a decade old) What a shame I can’t see an article about a Bannon interview. Because let’s give this kind of criminal an interview in the effing NYT.

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Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇's avatar Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇 @gpetrick.bsky.social
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It is getting more wretched everyday

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Pyrito Hedron's avatar Pyrito Hedron @pyritohedron.bsky.social
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Life imitates art: a replacement level corpo hack would be a better Chairman than "Dash" Sulzberger.

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Kanna Banana 🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇷's avatar Kanna Banana 🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇷 @kanna-banana.bsky.social
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reading that gave me a headache which is weird because i already had one before

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Not sure either one has said anything worth hearing.

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Lily 's avatar Lily @libablue.bsky.social
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The NYT is a player in the Election! reality show.

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Cancelled mine Saturday.

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Ivis Bohlen's avatar Ivis Bohlen @ivisbohlen.bsky.social
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Clicked in this morning and the entire front page is "we want Trump" as they continue to write about Biden being "Weekend at Bernie's". They don't even try to hide it.

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Emmadog's avatar Emmadog @gatorjosh.bsky.social
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Role reversal. The days of threatening us to vote for my guy (Biden) or the Red Hat nut job will win is over. I don’t care anymore. Make a switch, I (many voters like me now hold the power). Don’t do it, dems lose. Do it and I’m back voting anyone but Trump.

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Marc's avatar Marc @freedomsurfer.bsky.social
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Shon Richards's avatar Shon Richards @shonrichards.bsky.social
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I cancelled a while ago and it seems like the Times made a commitment to remind me that I made the right choice on a near-daily basis.

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Wow, I had been thinking since Thursday night, wonder what Bill Maher’s take on this is. Thanks NYT!

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Jonathan's avatar Jonathan @jginsburg.bsky.social
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Oh no how will I ever live without seeing this, but I mist go on

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Michele Stuart's avatar Michele Stuart @crystalbrier.bsky.social
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😂

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Alexandra 's avatar Alexandra @alexandratx.bsky.social
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You can still play wordle without subscribing (I do!)

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Baxter Williams's avatar Baxter Williams @baxterwilliams.bsky.social
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Where is your preferred source of news?

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It's ME(Jaime)'s avatar It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
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😅

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Gregory Pijanowski's avatar Gregory Pijanowski @gpijanowski.bsky.social
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Cancelled today...it's just has gotten so ridiculous.

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KL's avatar KL @angaeilgeoir.bsky.social
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I’ve never regretted canceling. Not once. “Oh but there’s good reporting there” - and I’m sure the bread used for the shit sandwich is artisanal.

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ExtremeUnicornRider's avatar ExtremeUnicornRider @extunicornrider.bsky.social
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NYT has turned into Fox News for people who can read. 😬

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@Burnsie's avatar @Burnsie @ljburns.bsky.social
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I don’t regret it.

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I continued to be baffled as to why the NYT'rs think they will be immune from the vengeance of Trump2? Free media never survives authoritarianism and they all get killed in dictatorships. Fin/TechBros think they're getting a typical repub admin in Trump2, but Bannon & Flynn have other ideas.

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Chris Legal Alien's avatar Chris Legal Alien @legal-alien-nyc.bsky.social
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Feel ya bro 👊

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reckoneer's avatar reckoneer @subluminal.bsky.social
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😂

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Susan Ballinger 's avatar Susan Ballinger @peculiarsusan.bsky.social
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If you re-subscribe, you can unsubscribe again!

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Larry Wolfarth's avatar Larry Wolfarth @infoshaman.bsky.social
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Bonhoeffer's "Letters and Papers from Prison" had no color photographs and was originally published in German, so I'm thrilled that the NYT has translated what was a generally dreary tome.

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N.N. Scott's avatar N.N. Scott @nnscott.com
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“The Failing New York Times”

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You say that, but you can buy better brands of toilet paper for a reasonable price pretty much anywhere now.

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Ford, The Punslinger's avatar Ford, The Punslinger @inferknow.co
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I once, in the late aughts, NEARLY subscribed to the NYT. Somehow, I feel complicit in this even still.

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Beth's avatar Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social
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Saber Khai, Sleeping in Light's avatar Saber Khai, Sleeping in Light @saberkhai.bsky.social
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He said, dryly...

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Mark Hennessy-Barrett's avatar Mark Hennessy-Barrett @markhb.bsky.social
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Warning: the above post contains levels of sarcasm known to the State of California to be dangerous to children and animals under 12 (twelve) lbs in weight.

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Mother of a Ginger Claire ⚾️🪡🧵🧶's avatar Mother of a Ginger Claire ⚾️🪡🧵🧶 @bethrich52.bsky.social
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😱

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Helen/Tina/Boob Punch's avatar Helen/Tina/Boob Punch @tinavstammy.bsky.social
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😆

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Jack Orion's avatar Jack Orion @orionjack.bsky.social
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Good on you. Masochism is overrated

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Michael Kohler's avatar Michael Kohler @thekohler.bsky.social
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I want a special subscription tier that only gives you access to Bouie. Fuck the rest of the NYT.

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Chris the DM 🏳️‍🌈's avatar Chris the DM 🏳️‍🌈 @confusatron.bsky.social
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Alas, a tandem of Great Thinkers we'll just never get to see

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Tommy's avatar Tommy @tommyg.bsky.social
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Tragic.

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Jymbo's avatar Jymbo @smurfmasterjym.bsky.social
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One would almost believe you're being a tad sarcastic there Mr. Kruse

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Thanks For Sharing, Jerk's avatar Thanks For Sharing, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social
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How do you keep up with what retirees in rural Ohio diners think?

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Chris “✊” Heller's avatar Chris “✊” Heller @hellertime.bsky.social
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Wait are there multiple outlets now thinking anyone gives a shit what Steve Bannon has to say?

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And tomorrow, David Brooks takes another downscale friend to lunch.

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