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.
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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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For more, search AOL Keyword “The WB”
I miss the days when The WB could do a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo airing a 60-year-old (albeit all-time great) movie. Also they actually cut some decent promos for it with the musical stylings of Moby www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnwX...
"The Wizard of Oz" WB promos feat. Moby "In This World"
YouTube video by Brian Smith
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
For more, search AOL Keyword “The WB”
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jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
well played
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
well played
can't help but love this guy
Luka got back to Los Angeles and is now doing pullups on the rim lol
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
can't help but love this guy
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There’s something deeply ironic about a civil liberties and free speech YouTube channel drawing a court ruling that may effectively kill the reaction channel as we know it.
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‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules * TorrentFreak
A U.S. court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube "reaction" videos created with stream-ripping tools.
torrentfreak.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
There’s something deeply ironic about a civil liberties and free speech YouTube channel drawing a court ruling that may effectively kill the reaction channel as we know it.
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Real estate developer Rick Caruso ruled out a run for mayor last month. Then he changed course Wednesday, saying he was taking another look at the idea.
Now, a Caruso spokesperson says he's really and truly not running
More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Now, a Caruso spokesperson says he's really and truly not running
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Rick Caruso confirms he will not run for mayor
Caruso had said he was reconsidering whether to run Wednesday.
www.latimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Real estate developer Rick Caruso ruled out a run for mayor last month. Then he changed course Wednesday, saying he was taking another look at the idea.
Now, a Caruso spokesperson says he's really and truly not running
More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Now, a Caruso spokesperson says he's really and truly not running
More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
the Trump Effect? more like the Thump Effect, eh? amirite? folks,
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
the Trump Effect? more like the Thump Effect, eh? amirite? folks,
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To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
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I'm dying.
"This action arises from defendant's concoction of specious accusations that Raising Cane's — a restaurant specializing in chicken fingers — has breached its lease simply bc the location smells like chicken fingers."
The landlord must have thought Cane's chicken would smell *good* LMAO
"This action arises from defendant's concoction of specious accusations that Raising Cane's — a restaurant specializing in chicken fingers — has breached its lease simply bc the location smells like chicken fingers."
The landlord must have thought Cane's chicken would smell *good* LMAO
Raising Cane's says its Back Bay landlord is improperly terminating its lease because of an odor it says the landlord should have expected. on.nbcboston.com/ptsRDEZ
Chicken fight: Raising Cane's sues Boston landlord
Chicken fight: Raising Cane’s sues Boston landlord
on.nbcboston.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I'm dying.
"This action arises from defendant's concoction of specious accusations that Raising Cane's — a restaurant specializing in chicken fingers — has breached its lease simply bc the location smells like chicken fingers."
The landlord must have thought Cane's chicken would smell *good* LMAO
"This action arises from defendant's concoction of specious accusations that Raising Cane's — a restaurant specializing in chicken fingers — has breached its lease simply bc the location smells like chicken fingers."
The landlord must have thought Cane's chicken would smell *good* LMAO
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I met her back in 2018 when she became the first ever American to win a gold medal for cross-country skiing. She's also very vocal about the need to act on climate change, and also eating disorders in sports.
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I met her back in 2018 when she became the first ever American to win a gold medal for cross-country skiing. She's also very vocal about the need to act on climate change, and also eating disorders in sports.
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You may be familiar with this tone from the way the same people talk about our founding fathers impregnating slaves.
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
You may be familiar with this tone from the way the same people talk about our founding fathers impregnating slaves.
you know it's bad when the right-wing crypto folks are posting like the right-wing finance bros defending Jerome Powell from Trump
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
you know it's bad when the right-wing crypto folks are posting like the right-wing finance bros defending Jerome Powell from Trump
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you’re all welcome to join me on the not paying attention to giannis’ gaslighting train, we just chug along and mind our own business
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
you’re all welcome to join me on the not paying attention to giannis’ gaslighting train, we just chug along and mind our own business
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"It is DIY or die."
Great post on the (exciting, terrifying) future of literature in a world increasingly barren of mainstream book coverage
Great post on the (exciting, terrifying) future of literature in a world increasingly barren of mainstream book coverage
Quick and dirty post on this countercraft.substack.com/p/why-litera...
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
"It is DIY or die."
Great post on the (exciting, terrifying) future of literature in a world increasingly barren of mainstream book coverage
Great post on the (exciting, terrifying) future of literature in a world increasingly barren of mainstream book coverage
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chat, is this good?
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
chat, is this good?
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Kendrick speaking to DubCnn in '07 about how he planned to stand out:
"We ain't one dimensional. You can't put no label or no title on us. We're just being true to ourselves and expressing ourselves on these records...Pure artistry."
"We ain't one dimensional. You can't put no label or no title on us. We're just being true to ourselves and expressing ourselves on these records...Pure artistry."
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Kendrick speaking to DubCnn in '07 about how he planned to stand out:
"We ain't one dimensional. You can't put no label or no title on us. We're just being true to ourselves and expressing ourselves on these records...Pure artistry."
"We ain't one dimensional. You can't put no label or no title on us. We're just being true to ourselves and expressing ourselves on these records...Pure artistry."
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The accounting influencer podcasts get truly abysmal views lol
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The accounting influencer podcasts get truly abysmal views lol
ayyyyyyyyyyyy
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
ayyyyyyyyyyyy
this is Bitcoin's lowest value in two years fwiw—back then it was finally on the upswing thanks to all the crypto guys shoveling (real) money into their new super PACs
February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
this is Bitcoin's lowest value in two years fwiw—back then it was finally on the upswing thanks to all the crypto guys shoveling (real) money into their new super PACs
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Lovely poem!
Poet Henri Cole's poem, Birdbath, in the latest issue of the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
“Birdbath”
“Standing at the window, I watch robins clean themselves / in the cement birdbath.”
www.newyorker.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Lovely poem!
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Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) said one of its hospitals in Lankien, South Sudan was hit by an airstrike on Tuesday carried out by government forces.
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apnews.com/article/sout...
South Sudan hospital hit by government airstrike, Doctors Without Borders says
Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike. The medical group said the strike was carried out by government forces on Tuesday night, marking the 10th atta...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) said one of its hospitals in Lankien, South Sudan was hit by an airstrike on Tuesday carried out by government forces.
apnews.com/article/sout...
apnews.com/article/sout...