We have lost one of the best reporters I ever had the privilege to be at USA TODAY with www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
David Jackson, longtime White House correspondent for USA TODAY, dies
Jackson covered every president from Bill Clinton to Donald Trump, and was a fixture on the campaign trail.
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Wrote this for any fellow mom out there who had heart palpitations during #ThePitt finale's c-section scene: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Fact-checking 'The Pitt' finale's 'wild' emergency C-Section
Spoiler alert! Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) had to save a baby and mother in the finale of Season 2 of "The Pitt." Here's how and why.
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It’s Long Covid Awareness Day (which I think should be the Ides of March, for reasons that will become clear.) Some of you have heard this before. But I wanted to share my Long Covid story, because I think you should hear it. On my birthday in November 2022, I woke up with Covid.
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5mo agoGreetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
The first of a few pieces from my interview with Ken Burns about #TheAmericanRevolution. I got the honestly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk with him and his co-directors through Old City Philadelphia and talk about history right next to where it happened. Cannot recommend highly enough.
What Ken Burns wants you to know about 'The American Revolution' will shock you
Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more pressing time.
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The only story where you'll find a reference to "The Thong Song" and "Andor" in the same 800 words! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Critics hated Kim Kardashian's 'All's Fair.' Here's why that matters
TV critics like me blasted "All's Fair" on Hulu, starring Kim Kardashian. Did we accidentally make people want to watch?
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The most fun you'll have on TV this fall is with the likes of James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. Seriously. - @klawls.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
'Death by Lightning' is the historical TV drama you simply cannot miss
With a stellar cast and even better beards, "Death by Lightning" turns the assassination of James Garfield into one of the best shows of the year.
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And @klawls.bsky.social's review: - "It's so stilted, artificial and awkward not even a glass of wine and leftover Halloween candy can make it remotely enjoyable to view."
Kim Kardashian's 'All's Fair' is the worst TV show of the year
With scripts that sound like bad AI, 'All's Fair' is a laughable TV show that wastes great actresses ... and also has Kim Kardashian.
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Feel every part of @klawls.bsky.social's All Her Fault review. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
What Sarah Snook crime drama 'All Her Fault' gets so right about modern motherhood
Crime drama "All Her Fault" is ostensibly a show about a kidnapping, but it has a bigger point to make about motherhood and marriage.
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Got to go to Netflix's new "interactive experience" Netflix House. It's like a tiny Disneyland in a mall. It's heady and wild and I think a lot of people will like it. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Get an exclusive first look at Netflix House, where 'Wednesday' comes to life
A new "immersive experience" with games and attractions, Netflix House will bring "Stranger Things" and "One Piece" to life for fans.
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Because people think you're a bitch if you don't. See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 9mo agoExclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
If you only read one thing about the new Taylor Swift album, make it my colleague Melissa's thoughtful review: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Taylor Swift ups her game again on playful 'Life of a Showgirl'
Taylor Swift shakes off the melancholy on “The Life of a Showgirl” and invites us back to the dance party. This is why she is the ultimate showgirl.
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If you want to stream stuff for only $3 a month have I got news for you... www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Exclusive: Roku launches Howdy, a cheap, ad-free streaming service
Amid rising subscription fees for most streaming services, Roku is launching Howdy, a $3 per month streamer with thousands of titles and no ads.
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I'm back talking about kids and TV again and was shocked but not surprised by the way experts talk about screens and older kids: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
How much screen time is OK for kids this summer? A judgment-free guide for parents
Kids have time in the summer, but should they be watching TV? Experts weigh in on how much and what to watch, and why TV is better than an iPad.
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Bucket list interview here: I talked to Amber Ruffin about her first Pride since coming out www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Amber Ruffin on her first Pride since coming out as queer: 'I'm all in'
Comedian Amber Ruffin talks her first Pride month since coming out as queer, and how she felt after losing the White House Correspondents Dinner gig.
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Hi friends! I'm looking for parents of elementary-aged kids who might want to talk to me about screen time. Specifically TV screen time. How much do you let your kids watch? What shows? How is it different to you from other screen time? @ me and let's talk for a story for USA TODAY!
It's halfway through the year and I'm still thinking about every episode of #ThePitt. More and more each day this week as it happens. But anyways here's my best of 2025 TV so far list... www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
These are the 10 best shows of 2025 so far. Did your favorite make our list?
Have you seen these 10 exquisite shows that are the best TV has to offer so far in 2025? From 'Andor' to 'Adolescence,' you don't want to miss any.
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New in tonight’s @semafor media newsletter: Last year, a Business Insider editor recommended that staff check out a list of business books/memoirs that could inform their reporting. Several did not exist, and appear to have been generated by AI. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
The amount of explicitly pro-ED content on Instagram reels lately in particular is sort of insane, and in my experience Insta actively promotes it even to users who do not follow or engage with any content about weight or even “fitness.”
New York Magazine@nymag.com · last yr.In Liv Schmidt’s subscriber-only group chat, her followers — some of them in high school — encourage one another to achieve their weight-loss goals.
tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
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Sirens is very very good mostly because of the cast but also because its version of "eat the rich" is "hey have you ever noticed rich people are REALLY WEIRD?!?" and we need more of that rn www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Netflix's 'Sirens' might be the next 'White Lotus': Review
Starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock, Netflix's "Sirens" is the campy and addictive wealth satire you didn't know you needed.
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Not for nothing, positive reviews are still *critical* because that's what a critic fricken does no matter whether they like the thing or not
Helen O'Hara@helenlohara.bsky.social · last yr.So you can be positive nearly two weeks before you can be negative? That's fucked up!
heheehehe this does suggest that there's room to post things like "because i would not be offering spoiler-free enthusiasm i will not be posting about TKTK at this time"
Helen O'Hara@helenlohara.bsky.social · last yr.So you can be positive nearly two weeks before you can be negative? That's fucked up!
thank you to @columjournreview.bsky.social for publishing this story. and @oliviamesser.bsky.social for being an inspiration. and all of the students. I wanted better for you. to others in the industry: we have to stop letting this happen. its simply not true that you can't do anything. I did.
If you’re up for a reading list created by real humans who love books and have great taste, check out one of my fave traditions: NPR’s summer critics’ book list. It’s as great as ever and I’m proud to be a contributor. My pick: Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin. www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer
We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.
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planning a child's birthday party for *next* saturday? this man's never done an ounce of domestic labor in his life and is already dreaming of how to outsource it
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · last yr.Wouldn't do this in a million years
you really only have to work with kids outside of school time for a minute to see how hostile the world is to them and their mere physical presence. when you add in the supremely racist stratification of chicago it only becomes more alarming. people deserve to be somewhere together!!!
The TRiiBE@thetriibe.com · last yr.NEW — Chicago remembers when teens used to hang at the mall, juke at the roller rink or dance battle at the nightclubs. “I hate to sound like an old lady but I honestly feel like there were a couple of components that contributed to the downfall” of teen third spaces. thetriibe.com/2025/05/teen...
I spoke to USA Today about the Diddy trial and the myth of "mutual abuse," which normalizes men's violence through casting the protective strategies survivors use to stay alive as violations of the "perfect victim" stereotype.
Cassie's harrowing testimony, the myth of 'mutual abuse' and what domestic violence really looks like
Combs' lawyers say his relationship with Cassie was "mutually violent." Sexual violence experts say the myth of "mutual abuse" harms all survivors.
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My opposition to generative AI comes from the fact it's a massively wasteful technology built on theft of art and the human experience of creating and viewing art, so if it "works" I actually hate it more.
Fiziker@fiziker.bsky.social · last yr.Bluesky lives in a fantasy world were LLMs are useless plagiarism machines. When the reality is they generally work. Just not well enough for the way the masses are using them. Most people can’t handle something that is sometimes wrong.
