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Today's Wordle is absolutely diabolical.

YouTube video by The Craft Beer Channel De La Senne: Belgium's original craft brewery

A refreshing interview with the founder of my favorite brewery www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-8...

Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?, by Jelani Cobb, Taylor Lorenz, Jack Shafer, Max Tani Anatomy of a credibility crisis

In an era of declining trust, industry collapse, and technological disruption, does the media, as we’ve historically understood it, have a future? harpers.org/archive/2025...

The Humble Origins of a True French Saison One of the world’s most respected brewers of dry, rustic farmhouse ales, Daniel Thiriez of Brasserie Thiriez, shares the story of his brewery, his yeast, and their place in the small northern French t...

It me: "But it was difficult to explain to other people. They would say if I wanted beer, I should just go to the supermarket and buy it; there is plenty. But I told them, 'Those are not my beers. What I want is not there.'" www.beerandbrewing.com/a-true-frenc...

🟧 The new rules of media 20 lessons for digital media’s present and future

Might keep this one open: The new rules of media onethingnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-new-ru...

Be Like Sisyphus How to embrace hopeful pessimism in a moment of despair

And yet, he had to conclude, “there is hope as long as history lacks closure. If the past was different from the present, so may the future be.” www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

How to Hit Peak Fitness After 40

Ugh … How to Hit Peak Fitness After 40

(Not quite there but inching closer.)

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/w...

"It’s a peculiarly modern predicament: working harder than ever while feeling the impact of that work dissolve into an increasingly fractured and cynical digital landscape." www.chrbutler.com/the-exodus

Bad shape The idea I keep coming back to is that the big platforms, like Dickens' Marley, were dead to begin with, and are now something particularly bad, which is dead on their feet.

"The idea I keep coming back to is that the big platforms, like Marley, were dead to begin with, and are now something particularly bad, which is dead on their feet."

www.wrecka.ge/bad-shape/

The Age of the Double Sell-Out In the last three decades, youth culture has moved from a deep suspicion of commerce to a passionate defense of anti-anti-commerce to an entire generation of "creatives” who leverage the commercial ma...

"In the last three decades, youth culture has moved from a deep suspicion of commerce to a passionate defense of anti-anti-commerce to an entire generation of 'creatives' who leverage the commercial market… to do even more commerce." culture.ghost.io/the-age-of-t...

Closing my open tabs — some of which have been open all year — and sharing the good stuff. This is truly all over the place.

All the Ostriches Must Die How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight for freedom

This is an incredible read — about public health, farmers' rights, government overreach and, yes, ostriches. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Through wind and flooding, an AP journalist shows what Hurricane Melissa left behind in Jamaica - Poynter A photojournalist with The Associated Press speaks about covering Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.

Journalists in Jamaica are navigating power outages, flooded roads and dangerous conditions as they document Hurricane Melissa’s aftermath. Poynter’s Amaris Castillo spoke with Associated Press photographer Matias Delacroix about what he’s seen on the ground. www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Living in a world without Kaleb Horton means living in a worse world.

kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Media consolidation is shaping who folds under political pressure — and who could be next - Poynter ABC sidelining Jimmy Kimmel and Paramount canceling Stephen Colbert underscore how corporate interests weigh on free speech in the Trump era

Who bends when the government leans on the press? Our latest analysis shows how corporate ownership shapes which companies cave, like ABC or Paramount, and which newsrooms are better positioned to hold firm.

www.poynter.org/business-wor...

The human cost of witnessing violence online - Poynter I was 14 when I found the murder video of a journalist on a file-sharing site. Today, violence finds us before we can look away.

When I was 14, curiosity led me to search for a journalist’s murder video online. Today, social media pushes violence to us before we can look away. There used to be guardrails. If violence is always just a scroll away, what kind of toll will that take over time? www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

From a Chaotic Childhood to the Control of a Michelin-Starred Kitchen

Fans of "The Bear" will devour this profile of Curtis Duffy from @kimseverson.bsky.social. And those juicy details won't cost you nearly as much as the tasting menu at Ever, though I would very much like the opportunity to compare the two.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/d...

The Unforgotten: Two QBs and the game that tied them together forever Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.

Catching up on some reading.

This elegy for two fallen high school football stars, a half-century apart, is a pinnacle of a type of journalism that has become woefully scarce. @tomjunod.bsky.social is a master of this form and I can't wait for his new book.

www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Hertel Avenue mural project brings art to the people, instead of the other way around Ola Volo is introducing an immersive garden experience to the urban Monocle area at 1235 Hertel Ave., just west of Commonwealth Avenue. The piece stretches across several areas to serve as a walking g...

Yesterday, I saw a paint-splattered woman driving a scissor lift down the Hertel sidewalk. This morning, the Buffalo News told me why. That’s local journalism doing its job.

buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Meet the 32 ‘new media’ outlets the White House invited to its press pool - Poynter The motley group includes many conservative outlets, as well as three religious networks, a legacy paper and an AI-powered digital site.

Who’s getting into the Trump White House press pool? Angela Fu found 32 “new media” outlets you should probably know about. Some will surprise you. Some won’t.

www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Here are the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes - Poynter Details and links to this year’s recipients of journalism’s highest honor

You want links to the prize-winning stories? We've got links to the prize-winning stories.

I helped cover the crash of Flight 3407 near Buffalo in 2009. The families fought hard for stronger safety rules, and for 16 years, the U.S. had no major passenger airline crashes. Their efforts saved lives. I’m heartbroken this has happened again, and my thoughts are with those affected today.

Apropos of nothing — what a wonder the USPS is! Days ago, I dropped off dozens of letters and a handful of packages. Today, they arrive in mailboxes and on front porches around the country. All for less than a buck each and with some patched and worn tech that might be older than me. A wonder.