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.
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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?
If you haven't yet seen the penalty mess at the AFCON final, I highly recommend this version, which was closed-captioned by the Goose in Charlotte's Web www.youtube.com/watch?v=nigL... #teerrrriiffiiccc
January 20, 2026 at 3:13 AM
If you haven't yet seen the penalty mess at the AFCON final, I highly recommend this version, which was closed-captioned by the Goose in Charlotte's Web www.youtube.com/watch?v=nigL... #teerrrriiffiiccc
I wish Bluesky could figure out how to eliminate the 15-minute lag in the Everton Football Club feed so I could watch the match with other Toffees fans without having to endure chatter about the vestigial, cynical Sunday morning political shows
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I wish Bluesky could figure out how to eliminate the 15-minute lag in the Everton Football Club feed so I could watch the match with other Toffees fans without having to endure chatter about the vestigial, cynical Sunday morning political shows
“Well, this is very Moyesian,” Peter Drury says: Everton doing its best within significant constraints.
How is Moyesian different than Dychean?
How is Moyesian different than Dychean?
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“Well, this is very Moyesian,” Peter Drury says: Everton doing its best within significant constraints.
How is Moyesian different than Dychean?
How is Moyesian different than Dychean?
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Get your inner anxt out the way NOW:
- Fuck Off Everton
- Moyes Out
- Everton that
- McNeil / Patterson / Myko / Tarky / Barry is shite
- Fuck Off Everton
- Moyes Out
- Everton that
- McNeil / Patterson / Myko / Tarky / Barry is shite
January 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Get your inner anxt out the way NOW:
- Fuck Off Everton
- Moyes Out
- Everton that
- McNeil / Patterson / Myko / Tarky / Barry is shite
- Fuck Off Everton
- Moyes Out
- Everton that
- McNeil / Patterson / Myko / Tarky / Barry is shite
"Sheds Light on Contested Moments" : proves Ross shot Good without justification :: "Racy" : Grok-generated nude images of minors
“the visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over…. It also establishes — millisecond by millisecond — how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
"Sheds Light on Contested Moments" : proves Ross shot Good without justification :: "Racy" : Grok-generated nude images of minors
Former student asked me for a recommendation for master's programs at Oxford and Cambridge. I was surprised that both institutions provide instructions that almost seem like prompts designed for an LLM.
This is from Oxford:
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
This is from Oxford:
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Former student asked me for a recommendation for master's programs at Oxford and Cambridge. I was surprised that both institutions provide instructions that almost seem like prompts designed for an LLM.
This is from Oxford:
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
This is from Oxford:
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
Thanks @anildash.com for this tip. Better late than never www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Thanks @anildash.com for this tip. Better late than never www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
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This may end up being a situation where legacy news writes its own obit, not because of economic conditions as feared but because it is too wired to find Real Americans in Midwest diners and missing the very real, bubbling normie rage. I have apolitical friends talking about this, that's how I know.
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This may end up being a situation where legacy news writes its own obit, not because of economic conditions as feared but because it is too wired to find Real Americans in Midwest diners and missing the very real, bubbling normie rage. I have apolitical friends talking about this, that's how I know.
Trust Jeff. I saw it at Film Forum this summer, didn't expect to go back for the fourth and fifth hours, told everyone I knew for the next month
This is a weird post because most people don’t know the movie and may not get a chance to see it, and without seeing it you can’t imagine that 5 hr movie about young journalists mostly talking in apartments & offices will make you cry many times & give you courage & feel essential. Trust me?
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Trust Jeff. I saw it at Film Forum this summer, didn't expect to go back for the fourth and fifth hours, told everyone I knew for the next month
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A Chinese warlord falls in love with a starring role on Broadway.
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM
A Chinese warlord falls in love with a starring role on Broadway.
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Never been so thankful for you little sports freaks to log on and post about your team. We need the break
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Never been so thankful for you little sports freaks to log on and post about your team. We need the break
Never thought @billybragg.bsky.social, who I listened to in my late teens, would have anything to say about Yoram Hazony, who I encountered in my thirties. But worlds collide.
What's more, Bragg comes across as the more serious political thinker.
braggb.substack.com/p/the-dire-q...
What's more, Bragg comes across as the more serious political thinker.
braggb.substack.com/p/the-dire-q...
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Never thought @billybragg.bsky.social, who I listened to in my late teens, would have anything to say about Yoram Hazony, who I encountered in my thirties. But worlds collide.
What's more, Bragg comes across as the more serious political thinker.
braggb.substack.com/p/the-dire-q...
What's more, Bragg comes across as the more serious political thinker.
braggb.substack.com/p/the-dire-q...
My favorite moment of the Everton-Sunderland match was the Mukiele dance of complaint to the ref after that Aznou flop. Wish I had a GIF!
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
My favorite moment of the Everton-Sunderland match was the Mukiele dance of complaint to the ref after that Aznou flop. Wish I had a GIF!
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This was the most ball-don't-lie penalty kick period I've ever seen
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This was the most ball-don't-lie penalty kick period I've ever seen
The shock of the Aznou
January 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The shock of the Aznou
Why doesn't the NYT write-up of the shooter's phone video released by DHS state that after the killing, the shooter can be heard muttering, "Fucking bitch"? Related question: why are those words so much softer than all other speech in the video? Was the recording tampered with?
New Cellphone Video Shows ICE Agent’s Perspective Before Minneapolis Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Not only a good column, @emilybell.bsky.social, but The Ditchley Convening is my favorite Eric Ambler novel
I read this paragraph four times. Not because it's murky, but to let the message sink in. www.cjr.org/tow_center/b...
If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.
If an information company is clear and determined in supporting (not "saving') democracy, then it can be a home for good journalism. If not then the press must disengage. Now.
January 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Not only a good column, @emilybell.bsky.social, but The Ditchley Convening is my favorite Eric Ambler novel
Surprised not to see any discourse about race and hair after Everton's Michael Keane got a red card for pulling Tolu Arokodare’s braids yesterday
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Surprised not to see any discourse about race and hair after Everton's Michael Keane got a red card for pulling Tolu Arokodare’s braids yesterday
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it's funny how often the new york times' "first entries in a live blog covering a breaking news event" are so vague as to be actively harmful. it happens almost every day. maybe don't run a live blog if you aren't willing to describe things anyone can see with their own eyes
You're showing a screenshot from the first entries in a live blog covering a breaking news event. Our journalists report what we confirm, and our live coverage continues to be updated. Readers can follow the developments here: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
it's funny how often the new york times' "first entries in a live blog covering a breaking news event" are so vague as to be actively harmful. it happens almost every day. maybe don't run a live blog if you aren't willing to describe things anyone can see with their own eyes
Should the referee in the Everton-Wolves match get relegated?
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Should the referee in the Everton-Wolves match get relegated?
Well, we lose Michael Keane for the rest of this match. On the other hand, the next three Everton games will be without Michael Keane.
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Well, we lose Michael Keane for the rest of this match. On the other hand, the next three Everton games will be without Michael Keane.
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Big dope owed us that one
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Big dope owed us that one