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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His Cartoons Were Beloved. He Created a Gen X Icon. But His Controversies Tarnished It All.
While generations of fans may have loved “Dilbert,” its creator devolved into something unrecognizable as he embraced the MAGA age.
slate.com
wrote about Scott Adams, a once-brilliant and -incisive cartoonist whom I used to genuinely admire—and whose work and worldview, in retrospect, were always blinkered and constricted in ways that presaged his racist MAGA turn and second career: slate.com/business/202...
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wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
wild AI story from the Olympics
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
ice dancers were told to use songs "in the style of the 1990s." One Czech pair tried using AI to pump out a song to skate to, but their AI bot fully plagiarized "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals and they had to change it
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
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Something you don’t see discussed a lot with American PS2 nostalgia was the absolute stranglehold SOCOM 2 multiplayer had on Gen X dads. If you had opinions on David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar, this was your Halo.
February 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Something you don’t see discussed a lot with American PS2 nostalgia was the absolute stranglehold SOCOM 2 multiplayer had on Gen X dads. If you had opinions on David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar, this was your Halo.
Tidal: sketchy as a corporate enterprise but remarkably useful as a service!
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Tidal: sketchy as a corporate enterprise but remarkably useful as a service!
agree on both counts; I covered this back during the "first" Spotify cancellation uptick, with the same long-term results (Neil and Joni are back on there, etc) slate.com/culture/2022...
The Real Reason Neil Young Can Afford to Leave Spotify
The classic rocker is sticking to his principles, but he’s got a backup plan.
slate.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
agree on both counts; I covered this back during the "first" Spotify cancellation uptick, with the same long-term results (Neil and Joni are back on there, etc) slate.com/culture/2022...
libs are to Spotify boycotts what conservatives are to Netflix boycotts
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
libs are to Spotify boycotts what conservatives are to Netflix boycotts
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They really are trying to get trumps attention so he forces the sale to Ellison
PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORP: REVISED PROPOSAL REFLECTS A TOTAL EQUITY VALUE OF $78 BLN AND ENTERPRISE VALUE OF $108 BLN
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 PM
They really are trying to get trumps attention so he forces the sale to Ellison
remember the "boycott"?
Spotify credited a successful Wrapped campaign and new features in its free tier for its rapid user growth
Spotify hits a record 751M monthly users thanks to Wrapped, new free features | TechCrunch
Spotify credited a successful Wrapped campaign and new features in its free tier for its rapid user growth
techcrunch.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
remember the "boycott"?
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Today for @theflytrapmedia.com I wrote about the (techno)fascist push to grant personhood to anything except people
Dehumanizing Humans, Personifying Computers: Why Modern Fascism Wants You to be Lonely
Welcome to fully-automated luxury fascism. Can I take your personhood?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Today for @theflytrapmedia.com I wrote about the (techno)fascist push to grant personhood to anything except people
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I finally have a newsletter!
It's called The Fine Print* and I'll be writing about tech, media, politics, consumer rights (and whatever else I damn-well please).
It's free, but if you have disposable income, you can support independent reporting for just $50/year or $4/month.
It's called The Fine Print* and I'll be writing about tech, media, politics, consumer rights (and whatever else I damn-well please).
It's free, but if you have disposable income, you can support independent reporting for just $50/year or $4/month.
The Fine Print*
A newsletter by Karl Bode covering tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
karlbode.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I finally have a newsletter!
It's called The Fine Print* and I'll be writing about tech, media, politics, consumer rights (and whatever else I damn-well please).
It's free, but if you have disposable income, you can support independent reporting for just $50/year or $4/month.
It's called The Fine Print* and I'll be writing about tech, media, politics, consumer rights (and whatever else I damn-well please).
It's free, but if you have disposable income, you can support independent reporting for just $50/year or $4/month.
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We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Catholics: famously up for a bit of protestant conversion
American conservative Erika Kirk is expected to visit Northern Ireland as part of a tour to recruit young people to Turning Point, the organisation founded by her murdered husband.
Widow of murdered US activist Charlie Kirk to recruit students on NI visit
Ex-DUP MP Ian Paisley backing plan to launch branch of Christian-right group Turning Point here
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Catholics: famously up for a bit of protestant conversion
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www.vulture.com/article/what...
The Mayor’s Mother What Mira Nair taught Zohran Mamdani.
The Mayor’s Mother What Mira Nair taught Zohran Mamdani.
What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani
The mayor’s famous filmmaker mother reveals the origins of his ferocious ambition.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
www.vulture.com/article/what...
The Mayor’s Mother What Mira Nair taught Zohran Mamdani.
The Mayor’s Mother What Mira Nair taught Zohran Mamdani.
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A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
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How the military criminalized blackness in Vietnam: my essay on an eye-opening new history of the war. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/b...
How Vietnam Inflamed the Civil Rights Movement
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
How the military criminalized blackness in Vietnam: my essay on an eye-opening new history of the war. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/b...
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Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
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“Music is spiritual, it has been an integral part of human culture for centuries. Music transcends words and linguistic barriers, evolving emotions and connecting people across cultures and beliefs. I always seek the direction of my maker"
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“Music is spiritual, it has been an integral part of human culture for centuries. Music transcends words and linguistic barriers, evolving emotions and connecting people across cultures and beliefs. I always seek the direction of my maker"
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
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It's gonna be ironic if Isaiah Stewart gets a longer suspension for going after Miles Bridges than Miles Bridges got when he did the thing that made everyone root for Stewart in this confrontation.
Bridges throws a punch at Duren and Beef Stew leaves the bench ti try to fuck Bridges up.
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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Stew over Bridges anyday
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Stew over Bridges anyday
the natural endpoint of Shareholder Capitalism™
I worry that none of us have enough money to be the target demographic for anything. The commercials are for investors not consumers.
i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
the natural endpoint of Shareholder Capitalism™
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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I’ve seen the video and Isaiah Stewart is innocent.
February 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I’ve seen the video and Isaiah Stewart is innocent.
so yeah, that happened
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
so yeah, that happened
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February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM