Crypto Takes a Deep Slide Despite Trump’s Support

Shitcoin. We need more good news like this these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/t...

But of course they refuse. They are Vichy Republicans. Lapdogs. Hitler would have loved them!

Nobody except a few peeps see my Bluesky, but posting anyway. Fuck #boeing. Never fly on a Boeing plane again. Airborne coffins. NYT investigation shows the firm took shortcuts to duct tape old planes to compete with Airbus.⁨ They actually have cost-benefit tables Cheaper to have death payouts.

NEVER THOUGHT I'D MAKE MERIAM-WEBSTER--Guessing this is AI generated, but the venerable dictionary cites me defining the word "insidious." "… a measureless land thick with pine forest and kudzu, that insidious vine author James Dickey once called a form of vegetable cancer. — Dale Maharidge"

wow--thank you for using my words as your epigraph! As I note in my posts on socials, I'm honored.

EPIGRAPH--For the 2nd time to my knowledge, my words have been used as an epigraph. It appears a book publishing today--THE VIPER, by Brad Meltzer--has used this from Bringing Mulligan Home: “I don’t believe in closure. I don’t think we ever really get over anything.”

WE FOUND JESUS--Just came home from a 2,800-mile road trip through the South. Fun fact: In all those miles, we just saw two Trump signs/stickers. I drove a lot around the country in 2017 and 2018 and repeatedly witnessed uncountable numbers of Trump signs/stickers. Hmm. Maybe one can interpret.

Thanks! @bradmeltzer.com

Bruce Springsteen Marks 30 Years Of The Ghost Of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen celebrates 30 years of The Ghost Of Tom Joad, the intimate 1995 acoustic album that defined a new chapter in his storytelling legacy.

SPRINGSTEEN'S GHOST OF TOM JOAD--It was released 30 years ago today. Some stories like this one are shouting out that #springsteen drew from Journey to Nowhere, the book I did with Michael S. Williamson. HARD.TO.BELIEVE that this much time has passed. Sigh.

www.noise11.com/news/bruce-s...

Opinion | I Understand MAHA’s Appeal, but It Threatens My Life

Powerful essay from a hospital bed from Samuel Braslow, who was in my final class last spring at Columbia. "I can’t diet, detox or exercise my way out of cancer." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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“Five life-changing things that shaped Bruce Springsteen”--Journey to Nowhere, the book I did with Michael S. Williamson, is included in the 5th thing in this BBC Radio podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/.../five-lif....

Newsom signs historic housing bill to bring density to transit hubs Newsom signed Senate Bill 79 into law on Friday. The historic bill, which looks to add density to transit hubs across California, is one of the most ambitious state-imposed housing efforts in recent m...

fuck nimbys www.latimes.com/california/s...

BUZZARD SWARM--Today a cloud of turkey vultures suddenly swirled overhead. There are 41 birds in the frame of this picture. Another 30 or so are out of frame. Never seen anything like this. One could interpret this as a sign of something, but I’m not sure I want to think too much about that.

The Fallout Is Growing on Trump’s Deals With Law Firms The deals are looking worse and worse — for Trump and the law firms.

Sweet! Choke #paulweiss and other #lawfirms such as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom #caving to #Trump. Hope you suffer millions/billions in losses. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Fuck my #AI copilot. Die pilot. Leave me alone. Analog baby.

TOTALLY OFFGRID-Power profile for June. ZERO grid electric because of the batteries at night. Exported power every day. Total of 355KW. C02 reduction: 1,400 pounds. we live in a bleak era, who knows what the fools who are now running things will do. Here at this casa, we will never be without power.

ST. LOUIS, 1983--We hopped on a freight train that March with Don, who we documented as he headed west seeking work. I took the pic of Michael S. Williamson either moments before or after he made the image of Don, which appears in our 1985 book Journey To Nowhere.

Florida man bitten by alligator then fatally shot by deputies after ‘rampage’, sheriff says Man believed to be high on methamphetamine swam in alligator-infested waters before charging at officers

#FLORIDAMAN! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

GRADUATION DAY Columbia Journalism--The final graduation ceremony after 34 years of teaching. Next to me is Sam Freedman. It's fitting we "retire" at the same time. We both started at Columbia in 1991. Dean Jelani Cobb gave us a shout out at the end of the ceremony. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social

NEW YORK CITY--May 16, 2025. #trump #fascism

THE LAST DAY--Waiting for students on Thursday at the Columbia Journalism School. My final class after 34 years.

NEW YORK CITY, May 6, 2025--Amsterdam Avenue in the low 100s. This sheaf of plastic was in the gutter, these words written upon it. I asked myself this: WWMSWD? (What would Michael S. Williamson do?) And that is how I shot it.

CLOSE TO THE END-The final reading packet for my @columbiajournalism.bsky.social class, the last in my 34 years of teaching. We're going to talk about demons, how to avoid them and have a good career. Being aware as you go along is critical.

A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.

This is our future--even more stupid. A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

MAY 4, 1970--Fifty-five years ago today, the National Guard executed students at Kent State University. They were killing us then. And I fear that kind of thing is not over, not in this current climate. I will always remember Kent State Day. #kentstate

Chapter 180: Limbo, or Between Stories And so you have written.

‪ I sound like Joyce Carol Oats in this #writerland post by my
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social
colleague Michael Shapiro. I wish I were as productive. ‪ thedelacortereview.substack.com/p/chapter-18...

2025 Hillman Prizes The Sidney Hillman Foundation honors journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good.

Congrats to my former @columbiajournalism.bsky.social student (1992)@robinmcdowell.bsky.social and to a writer I've long admired, @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, for winning Hillman prizes! This award honors journalism about the struggles of real people. www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

Two wars, riding the rails, six collaborated books, several hundred stories, and a doc film with Ron Wyman coming-we had a lot to catch up on. Michael S. Williamson was in town for The Association of International Photography Art Dealers. On display: two of Michael’s photos of Sally Mann.