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Paul Constant

@paulconstant.com

Seattle-based writer of journalism, criticism, progressive economics and politics pieces, and comic books. Snelson, my comic with Fred Harper was a New York Public Library Best Adult Comic selection for 2022. Email: thisispaulconstant at gmail dot com.

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Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · 5h ago

This video is incredibly uncomfortable, like watching a soulless human resources flack hold the company line against boundless evidence to the contrary. Why is the @nytimes.com so allergic to hiring a public editor who actually holds the paper accountable on behalf of the readers?

Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump

In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...

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Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · 3d ago

The new White House press secretary is very, very bad at her job, but I’m already bracing for the tsunami of resistance-lib misogyny that I know is coming from reply guys on here.

Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · 5d ago

Amazing how the big publishers don’t understand using AI poisons their brand. This is the kind of arrogance that can only spring from lazy managers at companies that have been way too big for way too long.

WIRED@wired.com · 6d ago

More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN

Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · last wk.

Went out for snacks and mocktails after a reading last night and I have felt hung over all day today. I got home at 10:15! I ate Brussels sprouts, for God’s sake!

Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · last wk.

Google is messing with sign-ins through Apple products, right? Signing users out frequently, trying to get users to switch their browsers to Chrome in search results, and so on? Seems like they're punishing Apple users in an effort to promote their products. Or maybe it's just me.

Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · 2w ago

I’m far from the first person to point this out but Digger is an extremely appropriate choice for the final movie to be released by Warner Bros. before it becomes Junior Ellison’s House of Slop. Couldn’t have planned it better.

Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · 2w ago

Not to be the guy sharing his podcast or anything, but I do think you should listen to this episode (and read @brendanballou.bsky.social’s excellent new book.)

Pitchfork Economics@pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 2w ago

Companies don’t need to steal a lot from you if they know you can’t fight back. @brendanballou.bsky.social explains how forced arbitration makes small-dollar ripoffs harder to challenge—and turns corporate power into legal power. 🎧 ➡️: https://bit.ly/3TdDVmt

Washington Emergency Management Division@emd.wa.gov · 2w ago

If you felt this earthquake, submit a report: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3 Also, a reminder that we are practicing for earthquakes at 10:15am, Oct: 15 for the Great ShakeOut Earthquake and Tsunami Drill! Shakeout.org/washington

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Pacific Northwest Seismic Network@pnsn1.bsky.social · 2w ago

PRELIM Earthquake: Magnitude 4.3, 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA at 2026/09/29 14:05 PDT Learn more: pnsn.org/event/714111952 Did You Feel It? Submit a report: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3

Map with a star marker for the magnitude 4.267 earthquake located 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA