The best obit/appreciation I’ve soon so far. via The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/09/02/art…

"I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove." npr.org/2014/09/19/349…

16 Surprising Ways to Injure Yourself When You’re Over 40 mcsweeneys.net/articles/16-su…

Late to the party as always. Turns out fauxthusiasm was a problem as far back as 2018 ! ! ! theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

"As we dive deeper into the 2024 election season, and the lunacy that will accompany the first presidential rematch since Eisenhower v. Stevenson, the Democratic party must make reelecting Brown its highest priority." thenation.com/article/politi…

Sometimes you need to take a step back: +2.7 million more people are employed now v. year ago. Wage growth has cooled: 4.2% y/y now v. 5.1% year ago. (But inflation also down: 3.7% now vs. 8.2% year ago.) Almost no one predicted this good news story. #jobs

Way to go Blue Streaks ! Good luck at Districts!

“But don’t forget, when Biden was a senior in high school, Trump was just a mere freshman.” mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-…

It’s not the fault of the journalists and their editors. We need a new class of owners, or a new model for newspaper ownership.

Support your local newspaper today. A lot of them have Black Friday subscription deals. Journalism costs money and the majority of journalists are working class. One-third of newspapers already have been lost and over 17,000 media jobs have been cut this year alone. Freedom of

Our entire neighborhood uses Stack Heating Cooling Plumbing & Electric. Among many reasons: First snow day of the year and they're on time and working at 8:15 am on a new furnace job they could have kicked up the road a few days.

I support Signal Cleveland because our community needs local news that serves the needs of all Greater Clevelanders. signalcleveland.org/donate?ref=mod…

Happy 2024, tennis twitter…May the year bring you the consistent excellence of Djokovic, the longevity of Venus, the youthful fizz of Coco/Carlos, the persistence of Nadal, the wisdom and grace of Chrissy/Martina, the benign mischief of Medvedev, the hairline of Rublev.

Love it. Great move! cincinnatiopen.com/news/cincinnat…

This week in Bayberry . . .

Hall of Shame moment for clevelanddotcom, The Plain Dealer, and Advance Local.

Excited to have met with Tufts University Sustainable CORE Fellows at Community Harvest Project yesterday! These enviro studies, econ & political science majors are engaging in community building to foster a culture of sustainability at Tufts. Our future is bright because of students

It’s AMAZING. I’ve taken one more step away from this place I once loved, with the help of blueark.app/en-us/ In less than a day nearly all of my Tweets appeared on Bluesky. The process is simple and cheap (about $5 for me).

To The Mighty 99, the horde of followers I amassed in just 14 years on Twitter: bsky.app is where it’s at. Come on in, the water’s fine. And Musk-free.