Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, and POW Magazine. he/him. blurry visionary, blue-pill mercenary
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Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
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The Biggest Star of the Super Bowl Isn’t an Athlete—or Bad Bunny
We’ve seen this game before, and it doesn’t end well for anyone.
slate.com
happy Super Bowl Sunday! for all you commercials sickos, I make the case that this game's ad blitz will be to A.I. what 2022's was to crypto and 2000's was to the dot-com boom—with all attendant implications for our broader economy and the celebrity-promotion complex: slate.com/technology/2...
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they all wanna dodge taxes in PR instead of engaging with the people
No one has ever backpedaled faster than Jake Paul
(Who apparently lives in Puerto Rico)
bsky.app/profile/jben...
(Who apparently lives in Puerto Rico)
bsky.app/profile/jben...
An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
they all wanna dodge taxes in PR instead of engaging with the people
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on benito, and america
The Deeper Meaning of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican rapper’s performance wasn’t a crossover event. It was something better.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
on benito, and america
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I downloaded scans of every Rolling Stone issue published between its inception in 1967 and the end of 2007
Which means I can FINALLY share the greatest celebrity profile I've ever read: Jod Kaftan's "The Oddfather," a look at late-stage Marlon Brando that isn't available online
Join me!
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Which means I can FINALLY share the greatest celebrity profile I've ever read: Jod Kaftan's "The Oddfather," a look at late-stage Marlon Brando that isn't available online
Join me!
🧵
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I downloaded scans of every Rolling Stone issue published between its inception in 1967 and the end of 2007
Which means I can FINALLY share the greatest celebrity profile I've ever read: Jod Kaftan's "The Oddfather," a look at late-stage Marlon Brando that isn't available online
Join me!
🧵
Which means I can FINALLY share the greatest celebrity profile I've ever read: Jod Kaftan's "The Oddfather," a look at late-stage Marlon Brando that isn't available online
Join me!
🧵
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Twitter is very funny today. Lots of big conservative blue checks are like ... actually the halftime show with marriage and American flags was fine, and the one with some old man screaming about getting drunk was kind of embarrassing. The Clay Travises who are holding the line look as silly as ever
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Twitter is very funny today. Lots of big conservative blue checks are like ... actually the halftime show with marriage and American flags was fine, and the one with some old man screaming about getting drunk was kind of embarrassing. The Clay Travises who are holding the line look as silly as ever
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The rep is a bigot. Audrey Truschke is a scholar and in the tweet just translates a part of Valmiki's Ramayana where Sita asserts herself and criticizes Rama and Lakshmana....and the latter is what HAF thinks is dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The rep is a bigot. Audrey Truschke is a scholar and in the tweet just translates a part of Valmiki's Ramayana where Sita asserts herself and criticizes Rama and Lakshmana....and the latter is what HAF thinks is dangerous
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R.I.P Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social
“If I did a sequel it would probably involve a scientist swearing a great deal”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/04/28/i... @allouryesterdays.bsky.social
“If I did a sequel it would probably involve a scientist swearing a great deal”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/04/28/i... @allouryesterdays.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
R.I.P Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social
“If I did a sequel it would probably involve a scientist swearing a great deal”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/04/28/i... @allouryesterdays.bsky.social
“If I did a sequel it would probably involve a scientist swearing a great deal”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/04/28/i... @allouryesterdays.bsky.social
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It’s so funny that they have to say “suspected” because they couldn’t find someone who speaks Spanish, vexillology, or grids to explain to them what was going on.
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
It’s so funny that they have to say “suspected” because they couldn’t find someone who speaks Spanish, vexillology, or grids to explain to them what was going on.
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Yoooowww! I'll getcha for this, you pesky plumbers!
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Yoooowww! I'll getcha for this, you pesky plumbers!
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🫡
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
🫡
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He just killed Charlie Kirk again!
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
He just killed Charlie Kirk again!
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Hoo boy the "ai.com' Mark Sam Elon ad - holy hell were Adolf Josef & Dahmer handles already taken?
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Hoo boy the "ai.com' Mark Sam Elon ad - holy hell were Adolf Josef & Dahmer handles already taken?
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Well, that’s some serious Nazi shit from JD’s pal Curtis.
The degree to which these people should be locked in an asylum cannot be overstated
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Well, that’s some serious Nazi shit from JD’s pal Curtis.
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For the youths: In Living Color was a sketch comedy show in the vein of SNL but blacker that helped launch the careers of Jim Carey, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez.
‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history
Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
For the youths: In Living Color was a sketch comedy show in the vein of SNL but blacker that helped launch the careers of Jim Carey, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez.
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A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
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bad bunny is running a culture jam on these reactionaries and they’re all falling right into his trap
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
bad bunny is running a culture jam on these reactionaries and they’re all falling right into his trap
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My parents didn’t have power for three months and my mom drank water out of a jug that she filled from a stream and my dad ate breadfruit that fell off his trees and they’re white and have money
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
My parents didn’t have power for three months and my mom drank water out of a jug that she filled from a stream and my dad ate breadfruit that fell off his trees and they’re white and have money
Mike Tyson for the MAHA ad ... I mean checks out after his Melania attendance but ...
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Mike Tyson for the MAHA ad ... I mean checks out after his Melania attendance but ...
RICKYYYYYYYYYYY
Is that Ricky Martin???
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
RICKYYYYYYYYYYY
ok but already this show is an all timer
SELFIE, SAY CHEESE
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
ok but already this show is an all timer
stop it, get some help, etc
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
stop it, get some help, etc
no joke everyone in the room I'm in burst out in boos when the Coinbase logo popped up
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
no joke everyone in the room I'm in burst out in boos when the Coinbase logo popped up
Kenneth Walker is Michigan State pride js 🫡
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Kenneth Walker is Michigan State pride js 🫡
LOLOLOLOLOL
I am anti-monopoly and take no pleasure in reporting this.
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
LOLOLOLOLOL