Abraham Joshua Hesher
@skullwizard.bsky.social
Migraineposting. Political reporter laying low. Your typical cheap-apartment kind of guy
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I miss some clicky stories by never using blind quotes, but really, fuck them. Say it with your chest, use your name. Don't use me to launder your gossip.
November 8, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I miss some clicky stories by never using blind quotes, but really, fuck them. Say it with your chest, use your name. Don't use me to launder your gossip.
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"cliches are bad" not when it's the protagonist stumbling into a gothic castle in the middle of a storm while the lord of said castle who is highly suspected of being a vampire takes pity on them, nurses them back to health, and insists they must stay for the night
November 5, 2024 at 3:00 AM
"cliches are bad" not when it's the protagonist stumbling into a gothic castle in the middle of a storm while the lord of said castle who is highly suspected of being a vampire takes pity on them, nurses them back to health, and insists they must stay for the night
We weren’t super close but my friend Rob was a really sweet guy who died way too young. He was friends with my sister in high school and I saw him go through some rough years before finding himself. I used to visit him in Oregon and he was an example of what great guys could be. Here’s to you, man
Quote-skeet and tell me about a friend of yours who died too soon. I want to remember them with you.
November 2, 2024 at 3:49 PM
We weren’t super close but my friend Rob was a really sweet guy who died way too young. He was friends with my sister in high school and I saw him go through some rough years before finding himself. I used to visit him in Oregon and he was an example of what great guys could be. Here’s to you, man
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This is your annual reminder that in 2005 I saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett live when he was a surprise guest at a Rocket From The Crypt show. He sang one song ("Monster Mash") and prefaced it by saying, "Elvis said this song was the stupidest thing he ever heard, but he died on the toilet, so fuck him!"
October 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM
This is your annual reminder that in 2005 I saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett live when he was a surprise guest at a Rocket From The Crypt show. He sang one song ("Monster Mash") and prefaced it by saying, "Elvis said this song was the stupidest thing he ever heard, but he died on the toilet, so fuck him!"
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If this is your boss please email me immediately
October 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
If this is your boss please email me immediately
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this is hilarious because you can look up Eugene Meyer on wikipedia and find out that he was an anti-New Deal partisan who absolutely forced his influence both on the opinion and news pages and even wrote his own editorializing "news" piece under an assumed name. It takes two seconds
October 29, 2024 at 1:08 AM
this is hilarious because you can look up Eugene Meyer on wikipedia and find out that he was an anti-New Deal partisan who absolutely forced his influence both on the opinion and news pages and even wrote his own editorializing "news" piece under an assumed name. It takes two seconds
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tbf, even if no one ever subscribed again, Jeff Bezos could create an endowment to pay salaries and pensions to every journalist who works for The Washington Post until the Earth is swallowed up by the Sun rather than punish the ones who work there now for the consequences of a decision he made.
The @washingtonpost.com has lost 200,000 subscribers, @npr.org says.
I understand the anger; many in the newsroom are angry, too. But how many stories won't get reported, and how many journalists will lose their jobs, because of a decision they had nothing to do with?
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
I understand the anger; many in the newsroom are angry, too. But how many stories won't get reported, and how many journalists will lose their jobs, because of a decision they had nothing to do with?
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
200,000 subscribers desert 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
Over 200,000 people canceled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that The Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
tbf, even if no one ever subscribed again, Jeff Bezos could create an endowment to pay salaries and pensions to every journalist who works for The Washington Post until the Earth is swallowed up by the Sun rather than punish the ones who work there now for the consequences of a decision he made.
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It’s been forever since I carved a pumpkin but I’ve been wanting to do a House themed one.
October 27, 2024 at 11:59 PM
It’s been forever since I carved a pumpkin but I’ve been wanting to do a House themed one.
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I do not want to "allow Zoom to access my microphone." I want to drive the little replica steam train that chugs around the park
October 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I do not want to "allow Zoom to access my microphone." I want to drive the little replica steam train that chugs around the park
I’ll never forget talking to a kid in fifth grade who said “oh I love Pop-Up Video! I just wish they didn’t have those things that show up on screen while the video is playing”
I know it hasn’t existed for 20 years but a dream job for me has always been “researcher for Pop-Up Video”
Being able to look stuff up all day is literally the dream
October 25, 2024 at 5:14 AM
I’ll never forget talking to a kid in fifth grade who said “oh I love Pop-Up Video! I just wish they didn’t have those things that show up on screen while the video is playing”
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I'm trying to find an old tweet from 2020 and coming across all these strange tweets just before most Americans realized covid was going to disrupt their lives too. What a wild fucking time.
October 24, 2024 at 4:48 AM
I'm trying to find an old tweet from 2020 and coming across all these strange tweets just before most Americans realized covid was going to disrupt their lives too. What a wild fucking time.
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Because politico called the AFL-CIO "the largest labor union in the country" I'm reposting my labor writing style guide from twitter to here, with some updates🧵
October 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Because politico called the AFL-CIO "the largest labor union in the country" I'm reposting my labor writing style guide from twitter to here, with some updates🧵
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This is honest, accurate framing. There’s an annoying tic a lot of news orgs have that says if Trump does something that obviously bad faith you have to pretend it’s good faith. “He worked a shift!” It is not unfair to a candidate to say something honest that is also unflattering
October 23, 2024 at 12:07 AM
This is honest, accurate framing. There’s an annoying tic a lot of news orgs have that says if Trump does something that obviously bad faith you have to pretend it’s good faith. “He worked a shift!” It is not unfair to a candidate to say something honest that is also unflattering
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stuck saying "howdy" as a default greeting due to another "long-running bit accidentally became central to my personality" incident
October 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
stuck saying "howdy" as a default greeting due to another "long-running bit accidentally became central to my personality" incident
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“you can just substitute white rice with brown rice!”
no i cannot because i do not wish to hate life
no i cannot because i do not wish to hate life
October 21, 2024 at 11:10 AM
“you can just substitute white rice with brown rice!”
no i cannot because i do not wish to hate life
no i cannot because i do not wish to hate life
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It's incredible to me that there's a comet and two moons in the sky and nobody seems to be reading these as portents.
October 21, 2024 at 1:49 AM
It's incredible to me that there's a comet and two moons in the sky and nobody seems to be reading these as portents.
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My journalistic opinion on covering Trump making dick jokes at rallies is that if you omit it because it seems declassé or salacious and it's house style to avoid that sort of thing, the institution needs to revisit house style, and stop worrying about manners.
October 20, 2024 at 7:05 PM
My journalistic opinion on covering Trump making dick jokes at rallies is that if you omit it because it seems declassé or salacious and it's house style to avoid that sort of thing, the institution needs to revisit house style, and stop worrying about manners.
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Chicago-made press, Chicago-designed typeface, Chicago-brilliant journalist.
October 20, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Chicago-made press, Chicago-designed typeface, Chicago-brilliant journalist.
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There should be an emoji or hint that journalists can use when sharing a link online that indicates, “my editor fucked me with this headline”.
October 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
There should be an emoji or hint that journalists can use when sharing a link online that indicates, “my editor fucked me with this headline”.
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I feel like crimes should be legal if they are very funny
October 20, 2024 at 2:19 PM
I feel like crimes should be legal if they are very funny
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Found it, book is recommended A+
October 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Found it, book is recommended A+
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If you’re new to Bluesky, please be aware that a “matte” glaze that turns glossy when fired to a higher cone is NOT a true matte glaze; it’s just underfired, and that means it is not fully vitrified, and it is very likely not food-safe
if you're new to Bluesky, please be aware that while ondansetron does carry a black box warning for QT prolongation, is is only for 32mg IV doses, and not for standard 4-8mg single doses; for patients without risk factors (familial LQTS, multiple psych meds), routine ECG is unlikely to be helpful
Similarly, if you're new to Bluesky, it's important you understand that sail racing does not follow ordinary nautical rules for right-of-way. A bow-to-bow crossing does not require ships adhere to port-to-port; rather, the boat with starboard windward has the right-of-way.
October 18, 2024 at 12:10 AM
If you’re new to Bluesky, please be aware that a “matte” glaze that turns glossy when fired to a higher cone is NOT a true matte glaze; it’s just underfired, and that means it is not fully vitrified, and it is very likely not food-safe
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is it too late to make a career as an 18th century Venetian dilettante who wears a lot of velvet slippers and dabs away at his "life's work" (a treatise on canal birds)
October 15, 2024 at 3:23 PM
is it too late to make a career as an 18th century Venetian dilettante who wears a lot of velvet slippers and dabs away at his "life's work" (a treatise on canal birds)