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Graphics reporter in DC (currently WSJ). Lots of data and coding work but often distracted by comics, St. Louis sports and interesting things I've read in the news of the day. I feed on groan responses to my puns. (He/Him)
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I think I have thought about this article at least once a month since it came out in 2013 www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

So, like, Morgan Wallen hasn't heard of subtext or innuendo, huh?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

AI: useful for putting the IP into hypocrisy

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I think we're on the verge of actual ereader competition with stuff like this happening at a time when the hardware is moving from weird hacky solutions bought from sketch-looking companies to mostly regular Android you can buy from a professional looking site www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

I did not think 2025 would start out as an adaptation of The Saint (1997), but here we are a week after a tech leader calls for fusion power having his corner of the market upended by an open tech release from a foreign power.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Drivers will invent a whole guy to get angry at rather than admit that they are a part of the traffic they are currently stuck in www.wsj.com/us-news/stuc...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Today's light WJS story is a good excuse to bring up that the most hinged telling of the origin of the snake mascot for Philly's soccer team is he got arms, legs and a rad mohawk after being struck by lightning while flying a kite: www.philadelphiaunion.com/phang/story www.wsj.com/world/china/...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

My winter tech tip is to buy nice, warm gloves and a cheap stylus instead of needing to juggle warmth, dexterity and being capacitive in a glove purchase

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Relatable

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

I typically quietly poo poo the books and news quizzes, but this one (which is fundamentally about seeing art) tickled me www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Man, what a testament to Lynch that each person on here is full throatedly recommending something different from the full gamut of his work

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

What is funny about this is just how many times this city has actually reinvented itself in the two decades I have been here www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Hell yeah! Metro rewind includes better bus info this year! (but also nuts to my recommended new neighborhood to explore being R̶o̶c̶k̶v̶i̶l̶l̶e̶ "North Bethesda") metrorewind.com/rewind/

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