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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 11h

I love going to Cleveland because everything there is like “did you know traffic lights were invented in Cleveland?” and I’m like “yes I have been here before”

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 14h

that’s traffic, I would assume the sub numbers are similar but they’re not necessarily correlated

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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patrick @redford.bsky.social · 16h

EXCITING NEWS: Only If You Get Caught, a new podcast hosted by me and produced by @alexlaughs.bsky.social drops one week from today. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Only If You Get Caught

History Podcast · Updated Weekly · Only If You Get Caught is about how we can better understand sports and culture by appreciating the ways humans cheat in ways big and small. Hosted by Patrick Redfo...

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 17h

I went on the best soccer podcast to talk about books

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 18h

new subscriber @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social !

we are joined by @alexshephard.bsky.social to talk about the Nobel Prize for Literature

but as sports

www.patreon.com/posts/analyt...

Analytics, Awards, and the Nobel for Literature with Alex Shephard | The Double Pivot Podcast

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 17h

this is great reporting that doubles as an indictment of Politico

Peter Giunta, one of the subjects of the story about racism in a young Republican group chat, speaking at a CNN/Politico event at the RNC last summer

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 19h

this is a Forbes contributor article too… basically Quora

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 19h

an understudied pathway to MAHA

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 19h

the virgin WD40 vs the chad liquid wrench

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 19h

the fact that WD40 Is everywhere and liquid wrench is almost nowhere tells you everything you need to know about the broken state of contemporary capitalism

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 21h

I certainly don’t care about Jeff Bezos but it would be nice to have more than one national newspaper in this country!

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 21h

2.5 million was the figure that was being thrown around during the first exodus (Bezos killing the presidential endorsement last fall)

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 21h

the NYT has ~250,000 daily print subscribers as a point of comparison. print numbers don't really tell you anything in 2025!

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 21h

these are print circulation numbers from June that don't tell us anything about the overall health of the Washington Post (which stopped reporting its likely very bad, precipitously declining digital subscriber numbers last year)

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 1d

just read a frickin Dilbert and go to sleep

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 1d

New Jersey GOP rep on Brian Lehrer demanding schools ban more books.... they should have set Parks and Rec in Bergen County

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 4d

no trust me, he’s extremely dense

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 4d

the densest man in media strikes again

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 4d

great piece!

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Friday to you guys

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote about the other Nobel Prize newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Why Trump Will Never Win a Nobel Peace Prize

He’s embarrassingly desperate for the honor, but his presidency is becoming ever more dictatorial and bloodthirsty.

newrepublic.com

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 4d

if there are any soccer journalists looking for a good international break story, someone should ask Dante, the Brazilian ex-Bayern Munich defender, about being referenced in Laszlo Krasznahorkai's Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 4d

if you are in New York City you should listen to WKCR because they're playing Thelonious Monk all day and also because it isi the greatest

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4d

UPDATE: Newsom has signed SB 79 into law!!

This is a great day for anyone who cares about ending California's housing and homelessness crisis, getting the state to net zero emissions, and recovering American democracy.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5d

If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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