Newspapers in general have been having a tough time, but the NYT is fantastically profitable. They’re basically a games, review, and recipe company with a side of news.

A union may well get their compensation up in line with industry norms

They’re asking that people stay off NYT games and cooking-related pages:

NYT Games and Cooking are BEHIND THE PICKET LINE. Please don’t play or engage with Games or Cooking content while the strike lasts!

News coverage — including election coverage — is NOT behind the picket line. It’s okay to read and share that, though the site and app may very well have problems.

There are probably more, but by the time you’re at 40, it’s enough to make the point that it’s a pretty steady drumbeat.

I agree that there’s very little convincing to do at this stage — right now it’s about turnout. Having these in one place like this can emphasize the importance of voting to stop Trump and help make sure people vote.

Not the first article in this vein, but it needs to be said a lot right now.

It usually takes eating an infected animal. They might have shared roadkill, but I don’t think that Howard Lutnick ate part of RFK Jr.

It doesn’t matter if it’s pandering or they know it’s a lie if they then turn the lie into policy. The rest of us take the risk of death from it just the same

Stockholm syndrome?

You can definitely run the machine out of the paper and ink it uses. May take postal workers a bit to refill it, especially when there is a big line of people clamoring for the the prettier pre-printed stamps.

The problem is that idle time is something the rich have aplenty, but the poor don’t.

I’m aware of the LSD and Ketamine, weed wouldn’t surprise me too.

Security clearances are nominally the domain of the FBI, rather than the CIA. They tend to see themselves as a right-wing organization though.

It’s a problem the whole news industry has. Craigslist took all the classified ads. Facebook took almost all the business ads. So what’s left is subscriptions — and if you don’t charge, the paper goes bust.

Something like 80% of local newspapers in the US have gone under already.

That’s why I posted a gift link, so most people won’t hit the paywall. The big exceptions:

• You’ve disabled javascript
• You’re running a browser extension which strips off the gift token
• Your phone or browser is in a weird state and needs to be restarted

Or…they’re explicitly looking for one’s who want to punch down by race so that they can rally supporters for a violent revolution followed by permanent fascist rule by rich white men

But then they wouldn’t be Republicans and would lose those sweet patronage dollars

Nah, but they’ll have avenues to make it all happen because he seems to be wildly influenced by the last thing somebody said, and Vance knows who butters his bread.

He’s surrounded by people who are going to try and make those promises come to fruition. That’s why Project 2025 includes a directory of willing to implement it.

Gift link giving the first few hundred people access