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
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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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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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The Champions League final in Germany last year opened with Linkin Park
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
The Champions League final in Germany last year opened with Linkin Park
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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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My god more people watched "Melania" than the TPUSA halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
My god more people watched "Melania" than the TPUSA halftime show
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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
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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Me thinks donnie just lost a majority of the Puerto Rican and Spanish speaking vote, especially when they witness the racism, hatred, and bigotry that will be directed at them after the right wing lunatics whip them into a frenzy condemning the halftime show.
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Me thinks donnie just lost a majority of the Puerto Rican and Spanish speaking vote, especially when they witness the racism, hatred, and bigotry that will be directed at them after the right wing lunatics whip them into a frenzy condemning the halftime show.
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Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
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
so *that* was it huh ... and so much hype for that?
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
so *that* was it huh ... and so much hype for that?