Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com
Executive Editor at Morning Brew Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc Failed musician. YMMV. Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
Man, having your first MLB hit be a home run must be such an amazing feeling.
BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
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it's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck
Surprised there wasn't an "Actually, that color of urine is NOT a good thing." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/m...
They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.
Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 17h agoSusan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics
The Free Speech Brigade going after Americans "for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission". (It was never about free speech and I sincerely hope that every single media outlet is aware of this now...) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
do people use group chats here? (yes, this is me admitting i am not invited into any group chats; and that's ok!)
Bluesky@bsky.app · 21h agoUpdate: group chats can now host up to 100 members.
I turn 48 in four days; Obama turns 65 today. Which means that I am, currently, the same age he was when he was elected president. This is remarkable for many reasons, but especially and particularly in light of our current 80 year old mush-brained president and our previous 80 year old president
Are you kidding me with this? THESE are the pressing questions of the day right now for the lead anchor at CBS NEWS? Covid & Joe Biden are his top 2 before anything Trump? Come the f*ck on. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Disappointed in my Senator for lots of reasons, but mainly because as a New Jerseyan, he should have said "shit" on the record here.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 24h agoBooker: "They have become so obsessed with the millions the Bidens made that they have ignored completely the billions of dollars the Trump family is making. That is like being obsessed with a stain on the living room carpet when behind you is a mountain of excrement."
Follow the $$$ What do Bobby Kennedy Jr., his son Bobby Kennedy III, and Rand Paul have in common? They each wrote a book criticizing Tony Fauci, and they share the same publisher, Skyhorse, founded by a close RFK Jr. adviser who also runs the MAHA PAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.
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Really interesting how lies are allowed to be printed in the newspaper. One example: Ellison writes "I believe" 4x, but also writes: "Unfortunately, I can’t give anyone a view into my heart and mind, but I can share this" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal (Gift Article)
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
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@marisakabas.bsky.social Happy happy oh my friend Blow out candles once again Leave the presents all inside Take my hand and let's take a ride Backwards down the number line HBD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7e...
Phish - Backwards Down The Number Line - 07/29/26 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
YouTube video by Blanks&Postage
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Substack has a defender program and it helped @spytalker.bsky.social against a SLAPP lawsuit from the former head of the CIA’s Office of Medical Services www.spytalk.co/p/how-i-beat...
How I Beat a Trump Official's Nasty Lawsuit
Keith Bass, former head of the CIA’s Medical Office, sued me for a million bucks. Substack's Defender program came to my aid.
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One of the side-effects of the Rise of Streaming is the diminished effects of advertising on society. Ads influenced culture; how we see the world. We will probably not see slogans like "Where's the beef" or "Time to make the donuts" or "I'm lovin' it". Im sure this has been written already.
the wsj opinion pages out there fighting the REAL fights, coming out against...beards. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Bald-Faced Truth About Beards
Who knows where the trend began, but I remain clean shaven.
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What about the other Republican congressman? The one who allegedly broke his two-year-old child’s collarbone?
Just got the invite for my high school 30th reunion. I need a minute.
It sucks that the worst people get into politics. Feel like if you get into politics it should be to help make peoples’ lives better, and not actively make them worse. And it sucks that these people try so hard to punish people who do try to make other peoples’ lives better.
I’ve been listening to Phish for more than 30 years and it has come to my attention that it is possible that I didn’t tell my mom that they play Aveinu Malkeinu. I don’t see how I haven’t already played it for her. But, as you know, memory isn’t reliable. And this is how I got Nana I to Phish
Went to my parents’ house today and explained to the kids that when I was their age, these books— and these books alone (and the World Book Encyclopedias + Funk & Wagnalls, but they are long gone) were how I gained knowledge.
The last time Phish played this song, the Fairness Doctrine was still in effect.
Scott Marks@bizarchive.bsky.social · 5d ago> Song 221: Melt The Guns
Texas, where you can go to prison FOR LIFE, if you have a pound of hemp-derived THC products but only get 2-to-20 years for manslaughter. www.kltv.com/2026/07/30/t...
Phish playing at Fenway tonight after five nights at MSG playing songs from the years aligned with the number of times they played MSG (92, 93, 94, 95, 96). And opened up with a song they first performed in 1997. Hmmm
If you wanna see where things could be going, follow how the AI companies are handling advertising. FB built a trillion-dollar ad holdco, and it looks like OpenAI et al are pulling pages from that playbook www.marketingbrew.com/stories/open...
