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Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
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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 · 22d
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...
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
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
one follow up question would be if they've ever allowed a political leader to be depicted on a uniform
julesboykoff.bsky.social Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 1h
‼️At the 2026 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture—the former slave who led a revolution that created the world’s first Black republic in Haiti in 1804—violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism. What? apnews.com/article/hait...
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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gonebabygone.bsky.social
It's pretty funny that this is only surfacing now because no one, especially not people who identify as his fans, knows any Kid Rock deep cuts
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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froomkin.bsky.social
Here’s that article online: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2... A model for journalists everywhere.
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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evgrieve.bsky.social
The Joe Strummer mural on 7th Street @ Ave A in the East Village today. Feb. 6 is International Clash Day. KEXP in Seattle (AM Show Host John Richards) started this tradition in 2013, where the station honors the legacy of @theclash.com with deep cuts, covers and Clash tracks.
www.kexp.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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the national voter ID push should be perceived in light of all this, btw
nitishpahwa.com Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1h
the Trump admin has spent the first week of Black History Month erasing public acknowledgments of slavery, whitewashing Medger Evers' murder, and posting the kind of vile imagery that would fit right in to the outro montage in Bamboozled
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · 3h
Trump shares video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes in late-night Truth Social posting spree

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February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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joshuaraclaw.com
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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sarahweinman.com
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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avclub.com
A Sundance hit that helped launch a decade of Black film, House Party was the celebratory start of New Jack Cinema:
House Party helped kick off New Jack Cinema in style
Kid 'n Play are now in The Criterion Collection as their movie, House Party, solidifies its place in Black film history.
www.avclub.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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nyc.streetsblog.org
Lyft is responsible for clearing snow from Citi Bike's infrastructure, according to its contract with the city. A city official said they were stunned that Lyft was doing such a bad job.
Lyft Appeasing 'Winter Warriors' With Swag As Majority Of Citi Bikes Remain Unusable - Streetsblog New York City
Service call? More like service gall.
buff.ly
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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bobbycousy.bsky.social
Happy 3 Feet High day y’all

Big up to Prince Paul
My 3 Feet High vinyl collection
February 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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"unlock" is crazy
mediagazer.com Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 1h
Sources: WaPo is losing about $100M per year but aiming to break even by the end of 2026, which could unlock fresh funding from Jeff Bezos (Financial Times)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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derfbackderf.bsky.social
Oh gawd, kicking the corpse of Tolkien again. Ugh.

McKellen, Mortenson, Wood all return to their roles, and Andy Serkis is back to gobble scenery as Gollum in yet another big budget blockbuster.

Poor Tolkien. What they've done to his work.
Ian McKellen Confirms Return as Gandalf in New Lord of the Rings Movie The Hunt for Gollum
Ian McKellen has confirmed he'll return as Gandalf in the new Lord of the Rings movie The Hunt for Gollum from director Andy Serkis.
consequence.net
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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theguardian.com
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
nitishpahwa.com
the Trump admin has spent the first week of Black History Month erasing public acknowledgments of slavery, whitewashing Medger Evers' murder, and posting the kind of vile imagery that would fit right in to the outro montage in Bamboozled
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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legend
He later moved to Chicago’s Marquette Park to work against neo-Nazis who were leading the neighborhood’s resistance to desegregation. He first infiltrated their group, and then openly counter-organized against them. After talking to local ministers, he saw a need to change tactics in order to protect Black families from being firebombed out of their homes and protect them. Eventually, the White supremacists were driven out of Marquette Park, and today it is a predominantly Black and Brown neighborhood. In 1976, Berlet was a paralegal at the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), where he and other staffers revealed a network of right-wing groups collecting information about liberal movements and organizations. The following year, the NLG sued the National Security Agency, the CIA, the FBI, and the U.S. military, resulting in the release of 300,000 pages of documents chronicling fifteen years of COINTELPRO, which focused on disrupting left-wing movements. In 1981, Berlet published his first major article on right-wing extremism, which was an exposé on crypto-fascist Lyndon LaRouche, who later unsuccessfully sued Berlet. In 1985, he founded the Public Eye BBS, one of the first to counter the White supremacist bulletin boards that littered the early internet.
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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tvmojoe.bsky.social
For more, search AOL Keyword “The WB”
brendannoel.bsky.social Brendan Noel @brendannoel.bsky.social · 10h
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
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iwriteok.bsky.social
jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
segyges.bsky.social SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 13h
what the fuck man
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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well played
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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can't help but love this guy
lawmurraythenu.bsky.social Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 12h
Luka got back to Los Angeles and is now doing pullups on the rim lol
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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ernie.tedium.co
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.

torrentfreak.com/ripping-clip...
‘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
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davidzahniser.bsky.social
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...
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
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the Trump Effect? more like the Thump Effect, eh? amirite? folks,
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 14h
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February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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scalzi.com
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
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bronxcheerleader.bsky.social
Fuggetaboutit

youtu.be/5L0LmZSSeJg?...
Life of Contradiction
YouTube video by Joe Higgs - Topic
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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hellresidentny.blacksky.app
A two-panel comic that shows Edgar Allen Poe holding a document and reading it in the first panel, and then narrowing his eyes with suspicion as he holds it closer to his face in the second panel.
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM