Saw a man who looked like he could beat me up (low bar) wearing a T-shirt that said “Do I look like I care?” and, you know what, buddy? Yeah, you do. You don’t wear that shirt on laundry day. You picked out your little outfit like the rest of us. I think you look adorable.

I heard a rumor Pete bought too many fancy dinners on the company credit card last year so this year he’s gotta review hospitals, middle schools and prison cafeterias

always fun to take a cruise through the talk section of a politician's wikipedia page during an election cycle

Project for njdotcom: BEAVERS! I spent over a year tracing the history of the beaver in #NewJersey and centering the war one small suburban town has had with the rodents. edt: Jessica Beym, amazing video Andre Malok, and illustrations via Halsey Berryman 🔗 projects.nj.com/beavers/

Steven Rodas spent more than a year tracing the history of the beaver in #NewJersey and focused on one small suburban town and its problem with the rodents. Here’s the video with S.P. Sullivan that was part of the project. projects.nj.com/beavers/

The pitch for this video was “what if Andre Malok was just trying to narrate a nature documentary but Sean wouldn’t shut the hell up?”

new for njdotcom, Larry Higgs and I spent Friday speaking with national and NJ experts about the future of I-80 after 3 sinkholes. We heard from locals too. Pop’s Bagel Shop has lost 30-40% of its business since Feb. There’s “no sinkhole stimulus.” nj.com/morris/2025/03…

this is incredible. congrats to all my friends at the Record Guild 🎉🥳

A quick note: Today is my last day of work for a few months. In October, we welcomed my daughter, Ginny, and in the months since she has only grown larger and more powerful so I gotta step in until we can get a handle on this situation. See you in the summer!

One of the many things I dislike about these pseudo-news sites is the only thing good about them are the names. The Jersey Dispatch is great branding for a pile of dog shit and now that name is off the table for someone who could have used it to cyber bully their mayor.

you used to be able to get breaking news on this app but monetization turned it into a massive sluice for engagement slop

ICYMI amid all the Jersey chaos: We interviewed brought all 11 gubernatorial candidates into our office to speak on camera about where they stand on big policy issues — and Garden State cultural debates … nj.com/politics/2025/…

I’m back from paternity leave. Did I miss anything? (ducks)

This week, had a post-primary chat with Democratic New Jersey governor nominee Mikie Sherrill for the What Makes Jersey Run newsletter. Topics: Murphy, Mamdi, taxes, the Jets. Subscribe here: link.nj.com/join/6fj/newsl…

"I've got no color on that." — Governor Phil Murphy

You'd be forgiven reading his playbook headlines for thinking Matt Friedman is a big dummy, and yet