Jason Colavito
@jasoncolavito.bsky.social
Author, researcher. Pop culture, science, & history. Bylines in Esquire, The New Republic, CNN, Slate, etc. My new book, "Jimmy," about James Dean out now!
I am curious what editor looked at that and thought, "Looks great to me!"
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am curious what editor looked at that and thought, "Looks great to me!"
Pete Hegseth plans to ban the Scouts from military bases and will ask Congress to cut all government ties because they let girls in. Seriously. He wants girls banned and the return of "Boy" to the Scouts' name to restore "masculine values." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
Pete Hegseth, No Boy Scout, Reportedly Wants to Put the “Boy” Back in Scouts
The Department of Defense won’t comment to VF on the possibly leaked “predecisional” documents, which would push Congress to cut ties with Scouting America
www.vanityfair.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pete Hegseth plans to ban the Scouts from military bases and will ask Congress to cut all government ties because they let girls in. Seriously. He wants girls banned and the return of "Boy" to the Scouts' name to restore "masculine values." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
If this isn't an argument for the uselessness and random caprice of the executive class, I don't know what is. Perhaps most executive decisions are really just random chance mixed with bias. If A.I. can do an executive's job, that job probably wasn't actually worth doing in the first place.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If this isn't an argument for the uselessness and random caprice of the executive class, I don't know what is. Perhaps most executive decisions are really just random chance mixed with bias. If A.I. can do an executive's job, that job probably wasn't actually worth doing in the first place.
Purification of the homeland's population isn't a policy goal that ends well. There's a word for a government that combines ethnic cleansing with the demand for lebensraum.
They're not even bothering to disguise their real aims any longer.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Purification of the homeland's population isn't a policy goal that ends well. There's a word for a government that combines ethnic cleansing with the demand for lebensraum.
This is an abomination.
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is an abomination.
Even I think the 65-box novelty macaroni and cheese package Walmart shoppers are enraged is out of stock is ridiculous. Maybe it makes sense if you are sharing it with your whole extended family.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Even I think the 65-box novelty macaroni and cheese package Walmart shoppers are enraged is out of stock is ridiculous. Maybe it makes sense if you are sharing it with your whole extended family.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to start thinking about Christmas with "Egg Nog Pie" from 1959--a pie shell filled with eggnog and whipped cream gelatin.
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to start thinking about Christmas with "Egg Nog Pie" from 1959--a pie shell filled with eggnog and whipped cream gelatin.
If canned cranberry sauce is not gelatinous enough four your Thanksgiving, be sure to check out Cranberry Souffle Salad, which turns canned cranberry sauce, pineapple, and mayonnaise into a gelatin ring.
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If canned cranberry sauce is not gelatinous enough four your Thanksgiving, be sure to check out Cranberry Souffle Salad, which turns canned cranberry sauce, pineapple, and mayonnaise into a gelatin ring.
I'm not sure of the point of announcing you have made an unprecedented archaeological discovery if you aren't going to tell anyone what it is, possibly for years. www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'm not sure of the point of announcing you have made an unprecedented archaeological discovery if you aren't going to tell anyone what it is, possibly for years. www.bbc.com/news/article...
The problem is that "National Guard" is also the name of the organization, so that creates ambiguity about whether the speaker means an individual or the organization that broadcasting tries to avoid. You don't want viewers confused about what you mean.
weird language thing: everybody wants to add 'member' after national guard.
they're a national guard. it's the best most succinct term. better than gendering it guardsman/guardswoman, and better than 'national guard member'.
they're a national guard. it's the best most succinct term. better than gendering it guardsman/guardswoman, and better than 'national guard member'.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The problem is that "National Guard" is also the name of the organization, so that creates ambiguity about whether the speaker means an individual or the organization that broadcasting tries to avoid. You don't want viewers confused about what you mean.
The publicist representing the researchers sent this out earlier this week under embargo, which is when I received it. It didn't really seem like the kind of news that needed to be kept secret until the night before Thanksgiving.
Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought them into being. https://cnn.it/4okaqZC
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The publicist representing the researchers sent this out earlier this week under embargo, which is when I received it. It didn't really seem like the kind of news that needed to be kept secret until the night before Thanksgiving.
People also think the Magic 8 Ball is listening and answering their questions.
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
People also think the Magic 8 Ball is listening and answering their questions.
Watching the "Everybody Loves Raymond" reunion reminds me how much the Frank and Marie looked and sounded like my grandparents--and how vehemently my grandparents insisted at the time that they could see no resemblance and were insulted by the comparison when my father told them.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Watching the "Everybody Loves Raymond" reunion reminds me how much the Frank and Marie looked and sounded like my grandparents--and how vehemently my grandparents insisted at the time that they could see no resemblance and were insulted by the comparison when my father told them.
James Patterson claims Marilyn Monroe was murdered in his new "true-crime thriller" "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe," but there's a catch: The fine print says the book is "a work of fiction" and Patterson made up dialogue and scenes. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
James Patterson Is Pretty Sure Marilyn Monroe Was Murdered
The acclaimed author, whose 250 books sold half a billion copies, casts an eye on the actress’s still-mysterious death.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
James Patterson claims Marilyn Monroe was murdered in his new "true-crime thriller" "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe," but there's a catch: The fine print says the book is "a work of fiction" and Patterson made up dialogue and scenes. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
This is sort of the opposite of the failed scam two corrupt Republican senators ran in the Garfield administration to flip control of the Senate to the Democrats through strategic resignations in the hope that it would make government worse and increase their power.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is sort of the opposite of the failed scam two corrupt Republican senators ran in the Garfield administration to flip control of the Senate to the Democrats through strategic resignations in the hope that it would make government worse and increase their power.
"Instant Pizza." A grilled biscuit topped with tomato puree, salami, a pineapple ring, and stuffed olives.
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Instant Pizza." A grilled biscuit topped with tomato puree, salami, a pineapple ring, and stuffed olives.
A decade ago, RT offered me a TV show and cash if I would do an "Ancient Aliens"-style program accusing the U.S. government of coverups and conspiracies. I patriotically turned them down and was rewarded with ... nothing. I see why so many succumb and take the cash.
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the U.S. and garner support for Russia. nyti.ms/3JVxQGB
Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A decade ago, RT offered me a TV show and cash if I would do an "Ancient Aliens"-style program accusing the U.S. government of coverups and conspiracies. I patriotically turned them down and was rewarded with ... nothing. I see why so many succumb and take the cash.
The media are always a lagging indicator, piling on after events threaten to overtake them. This was true in the McCarthy era, in the Vietnam era, in the Watergate era, the Iraq War era. By the time the media say something is bad and failing, the public has already turned decisively against it.
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The media are always a lagging indicator, piling on after events threaten to overtake them. This was true in the McCarthy era, in the Vietnam era, in the Watergate era, the Iraq War era. By the time the media say something is bad and failing, the public has already turned decisively against it.
They can't even keep their lies straight. Trump claimed that he can't draw and doesn't draw when asserting that the Epstein birthday nude drawing wasn't his work. Or maybe that's the point.
“One day [trump] sat on the plane with me. We were talking about Syria, and he drew a map of the Mideast for me. And it was a perfect map,” Kennedy told me. “Then he drew in the troop strength of each country, and also the troop strength on various borders.”
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
They can't even keep their lies straight. Trump claimed that he can't draw and doesn't draw when asserting that the Epstein birthday nude drawing wasn't his work. Or maybe that's the point.
A question for Musk: If killing 1-2% of criminals leads to "high culture" by eliminating "crime genes," and Europe was the "greatest civilization ever" during the centuries it hanged criminals, what are you saying about the ~60,000 women executed as witches at that time? What did that "improve"?
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A question for Musk: If killing 1-2% of criminals leads to "high culture" by eliminating "crime genes," and Europe was the "greatest civilization ever" during the centuries it hanged criminals, what are you saying about the ~60,000 women executed as witches at that time? What did that "improve"?
With Thanksgiving this week and Christmas fast approaching, now is the perfect time for "Frozen Jellied Turkey Vegetable Salad."
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
With Thanksgiving this week and Christmas fast approaching, now is the perfect time for "Frozen Jellied Turkey Vegetable Salad."
Last year, Vanity Fair spiked a planned excerpt of my James Dean biography "Jimmy" because they decided learning Dean had sexual relationships with men was too controversial for their readers. This year ... well, this.
Oh. Just what Olivia Nuzzi and @vanityfair.com need
An "abstract nude portrait" of her in the print edition 🤦🏼♂️
per Natalie Korach in Status
An "abstract nude portrait" of her in the print edition 🤦🏼♂️
per Natalie Korach in Status
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Last year, Vanity Fair spiked a planned excerpt of my James Dean biography "Jimmy" because they decided learning Dean had sexual relationships with men was too controversial for their readers. This year ... well, this.
My phone and my laptop are the oldest I have ever had before replacing one, and there still isn't much reason to replace them. They are in great shape and work well. The only reason I replaced my old tablet this year is because my kid spilled water on it and it got into the screen.
Mobile phones are mature technology. My 2019 iPhone 11 Pro works great, and does everything I require. Camera’s lovely. Hardly anyone needs more phone than this, and if they do, budget phones are as good as the flagships from a couple years ago. “New flagship every year” doesn’t seem necessary
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My phone and my laptop are the oldest I have ever had before replacing one, and there still isn't much reason to replace them. They are in great shape and work well. The only reason I replaced my old tablet this year is because my kid spilled water on it and it got into the screen.
What kills me about this is that I've been rejected thousands of times and have been held to impossible standards beyond what full-time staff writers have to meet, but A.I. scammers just pass through with almost no resistance.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
What kills me about this is that I've been rejected thousands of times and have been held to impossible standards beyond what full-time staff writers have to meet, but A.I. scammers just pass through with almost no resistance.