Blake Eskin
@blakeeskin.com
Chair of @journalismdesign.bsky.social at newschool.edu.
Editor, writer, producer, subway photographer. Podcast consulting at http://nounandverb.rodeo.
Knicks. Mets. Everton. Cook. Thief. His wife. Her lover.
Editor, writer, producer, subway photographer. Podcast consulting at http://nounandverb.rodeo.
Knicks. Mets. Everton. Cook. Thief. His wife. Her lover.
Pinned
Blake Eskin
@blakeeskin.com
· Nov 30
For all those celebrating how great Bluesky is, how it’s like it used to be at the other place before it scaled…
Maybe it’s like that first Shake Shack burger from Madison Square Park? Before there were hundreds of shacks, including one in Dubai International Airport?
Maybe it’s like that first Shake Shack burger from Madison Square Park? Before there were hundreds of shacks, including one in Dubai International Airport?
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Russian science remains undefeated
A Russian neurotechnology company claims to have created “remote-controlled pigeons” by implanting “neural interfaces” into their heads to guide their flight paths. In other words, they strapped solar panels to the birds’ backs and used electric shocks to their brains for steering.
В Москве испытали в полете голубей-биодронов с нейроинтерфейсами российской Neiry
Российская Neiry провела полеты-испытания первой стаи голубей-биодронов, в мозг которых имплантированы нейроинтерфейсы. От обычных дронов они отличаются длительным временем работы и дистанцией примене...
www.forbes.ru
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Russian science remains undefeated
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Gueye getting a red for hitting his own teammate is the most Everton thing I've ever seen while Manchester United conceding and losing to 10 man Everton might be the most United thing I've ever seen. Incredible stuff all around.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gueye getting a red for hitting his own teammate is the most Everton thing I've ever seen while Manchester United conceding and losing to 10 man Everton might be the most United thing I've ever seen. Incredible stuff all around.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Woltemade and Donnarumma
Both are double trochees
Both are double trochees
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Woltemade and Donnarumma
Both are double trochees
Both are double trochees
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Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
The Washington Post did cover the Eugene Vindman press conference about Trump's call with MBS but they misspelled Khashoggi 🤦♂️ wapo.st/49yWBmd
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The Washington Post did cover the Eugene Vindman press conference about Trump's call with MBS but they misspelled Khashoggi 🤦♂️ wapo.st/49yWBmd
“He often told me how proud he was to have his words in the Washington Post, and he hoped the Post could be a model for voices like his to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“He often told me how proud he was to have his words in the Washington Post, and he hoped the Post could be a model for voices like his to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A fading southern belle falls for a gangster's moll.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A fading southern belle falls for a gangster's moll.
Very much enjoying all these aurora borealis photos
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Very much enjoying all these aurora borealis photos
“And Erling Haaland has been denied by the giant Georgian!”
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“And Erling Haaland has been denied by the giant Georgian!”
Too bad, but what a game, what a series.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Too bad, but what a game, what a series.
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Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.
My feed is mostly Game 7 and still a little Great Gatsby, and in the center in that Venn diagram is Jordan Baker
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
My feed is mostly Game 7 and still a little Great Gatsby, and in the center in that Venn diagram is Jordan Baker
The word of the game is Egregious
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The word of the game is Egregious
E-bike ad during Game 7 of the World Series, this must be a first?
November 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
E-bike ad during Game 7 of the World Series, this must be a first?
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Another set of workers threatened by AI: the captive 'pig butchers' in the scamming compounds of Asia and their $27 trillion industry. We still under report the extent of cybercrime and the suffering it causes www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Another set of workers threatened by AI: the captive 'pig butchers' in the scamming compounds of Asia and their $27 trillion industry. We still under report the extent of cybercrime and the suffering it causes www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Okay, I'm switching to the radio and getting into bed. It's been fun watching with all of you!
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Okay, I'm switching to the radio and getting into bed. It's been fun watching with all of you!
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no no that was Ippei
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
no no that was Ippei