Ryan White
@thatryanwhite.bsky.social
I wrote books about Jimmy Buffett and Bruce Springsteen. I write other things too. Probably a lot of Michigan sports here. Free newsletter: Portfolio of Enthusiasms https://portfolio-of-enthusiasms.beehiiv.com/
The Fire This Time. Inside Abdul El-Sayed’s Improbable Victory. I spent 10 days in Michigan and saw some things. Gift link! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Inside Abdul El-Sayed's Improbable Victory
Abdul El-Sayed took on AIPAC and defeated Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate. He now faces MAGA Republican Mike Rogers.
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Coming to you on August 11: The paperback edition of TONIGHT IN JUNGLELAND. And how about that delightful blurb on the cover? @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @brucespringsteen.net #tonightinjungleland
for this week’s (final!) My Time Back i wrote about Leigh Claire La Berge’s Fake Work. i also wrote about ending the newsletter. hope you read this one mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/fake-work?...
He's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived.
When that happens to me, I stop buying stuff. Has the Pentagon tried that?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w agoThe Pentagon faces an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the war in Iran, with some critical lines of funding set to run out within weeks even as President Trump escalates the conflict with Tehran, according to lawmakers and current and former U.S. officials. https://wapo.st/3R5bnKP
I didn’t sign up for a school choir concert. It’s the offseason for those.
“If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them.”
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.”
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Got one of these letters the other day and I don’t think I wrote more than three or four stories for the Post and it must have been more than 25 years ago.
Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 3w agoOne thing that hasn't gotten enough attention in the Washington Post data breach that so many ex-Posties are learning about via "Data Security Incident" letters: What was the Post doing (AFAICT) keeping the Social Security numbers of long-gone staffers and freelancers unencrypted in a database?
It doesn’t even smell like a good campfire outside. It smells like one that was made from whatever was in an alley.
Once upon a time, I lived across the street from this joint. I didn't have cable so I'd just go over there every night and hang and watch whatever was on. The only time I've been a 'regular.' It was great. www.oregonlive.com/dining/2026/...
Portland’s beloved 80-year-old Irish gastropub just shut its doors unexpectedly
Signs that Portland could be in the midst of a “barmaggedon” continue to mount.
oregonlive.com
The White House has reconstituted the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which tracks climate change and produces the National Climate Assessment. The Trump version will focus on "positive" climate effects and be used to protect fossil fuel companies from lawsuits. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
The administration has a new climate change office. It’s headed by a climate critic.
The office that produces the National Climate Assessment has been reconstituted, after the administration gutted it last year.
politico.com
New, fun, one-minute learning, and celebration of American History by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250 Muscle Schoals #WeAreAmerica250 #Music #CreatingTogether youtu.be/mVxAl7QBtLs?...
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Narrated by Patterson Hood
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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OMG... #1?! What do even I make of this??? @slantbooks.bsky.social @gregorywolfe.bsky.social #yafiction #sff #scifi #youngadult #debut #booksky
Celebrating in a way the founders would recognize: with no electricity.
TIL the world's new favorite himbo once bought a 13th century copy of one of the Norse Sagas for $150,000, then donated it to the library because "I'm not much of a reader."
high school sports dont actually matter. we glorified $50M high school football stadiums and we act like winning a state championship matters but it really doesnt, no one cares
I didn't know Zane, but I worked with his dad and I know how proud he was of his son. Such a loss. Sending love to Scott and all the folks at the Oregonian who worked with Zane.
sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2mo agoAwful news this morning — one of Oregon's best reporters has passed away, all too young. His absence will be felt by the media and by the public at large. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...