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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 42m

"chatfishing" is a great term though

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 2h

a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .

ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .

media.tenor.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 20h

"The AI bubble isn’t predominantly giving off Pets.com or Global Crossing vibes anymore. It’s giving Enron vibes." davekarpf.substack.com/p/its-giving...

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 20h

CR is making a whole beat out of testing random stuff for lead, and I kinda love it www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 20h

BRO-STER PASTRY www.axios.com/2025/10/14/p...

GLP-1 craze fuels rise of protein snacks with new Protein Pop-Tarts, Doritos coming

PepsiCo and Kellanova are launching protein-packed snacks to meet shifting dietary needs.

www.axios.com

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

www.cnn.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 21h

you see those new pasta recipes in this week's THYME?

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 21h

I get the distinction, but the phrase "video podcast" is still enough to drive a sane man mad

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 22h

got a new job making genetically altered clones

I'm a copy editor

Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 22h

Got a new job reviewing wizardry equipment

I'm a staff writer

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 22h

Got a new job advocating for classical Greek architecture

I'm a columnist

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 22h

Got a new job reviewing wizardry equipment

I'm a staff writer

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 22h

I keep meaning to visit the Saratoga spot

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 22h

thankfully ForeFlight does a pretty good job of highlighting the ones you really need to worry about. but yeah, broken system

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Ashley Mahoney @ashleymahoney.bsky.social · 1d

Charlotte Douglas International Airport is one of several U.S. airports refusing to show a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming the government shutdown and resulting travel delays on congressional Democrats.
www.axios.com/local/charlo...

Charlotte airport won't show Kristi Noem government shutdown video

Charlotte Douglas International Airport won't show Kristi Noem government shutdown video at TSA checkpoints.

www.axios.com

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 1d

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 4d

Six years later and I still think this is my favorite headline I've ever written

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

Touching, going, singing badly.

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

Apple slices and PB remains a God-tier snack

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

And don't forget the secret reactor www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/u...

Kodak confirms it had weapons-grade uranium in underground lab | CNN

Kodak this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.

www.cnn.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

chevy chasin' the dragon

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

Our personal tech columnist @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social tracked the prices of a bunch of items on Amazon ahead of the latest Prime Day sale.

Turns out only a few prices went down, many stayed the same... and several went significantly *up.* www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

!!

Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

Thinking about opening up a steam room/sauna called Schvitzpatrick's

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

I don't at all understand why people would opt-in to this.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5d

Mark Cuban ( @mcuban.bsky.social ) just made himself cameo-able on Sora so I made him overdose on LSD

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 5d

same