tony romm

someone just genuinely asked me if I attended some named party in dc yesterday night and I hate to break it to y’all but I am too old to know about the name of any party in any city lol

for SEC geeks, NETFLIX has written several regulatory weapons into the deal:

1. cites a "non-appealable" regulatory restiction, meaning it will appeal if gov't blocks merger
2. cites Mar 4 2027 as end date, with 2 six-month extensions, months before Trump's term ends, so they'll just wait him out

even while working there, i continued to get offers inexplicably in euros, so i can't say this is all that surprising lol

The @nytimes.com lawsuit vs the DOD over its press restrictions “is not just about physical access,” AG Sulzberger writes to staff.

“The rights we are fighting for here are bigger than that. It’s about the right to ask questions of the gov’t. The right to publish truths they’d rather keep secret.”

Inside Kennedy’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System

"Public health officials warn that if Mr. Kennedy succeeds, measles and other infectious diseases will come roaring back, jeopardizing the health of all American children" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

yea honestly sure same
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/s...

oh interesting because i am running entirely on spite

i think sp*tify unwr*pped is a scam and the results are rigged there i said it

Ahead of Tariff Ruling, Businesses Race to Secure Refunds

NEW: From Costco to Bumble Bee to Ray-Ban, companies are lining up early in the hopes of scoring refunds on tariffs, anticipating the Supreme Court will declare Trump's duties illegal. Some businesses say they're hurting and need to money to stay afloat. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...

oh god i was not prepared to start my "it puts the lotion on its skin" season but here we are happy december pay you rent

how do I politely tell this u*er driver to stop taking his hands off the wheel because this vehicle doesn’t drive itself and I am not eager to die today

I am in the “actually this is a show about spies now” plot and I just… what????

for some reason I’ve decided to start watching Scandal — I had never seen it before — and I truly have lost count of the number of times I’ve said what??? aloud to no one because what even is the plot of this show lol

just kidding the eagles are bad and I hate them

why has no one said go birds to me today

truly thought the paper towel thing wasn’t real but maybe that was just wishful thinking

The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.

OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.

yea this is better tbh

or, hear me out, what if you didn't try to overly monetize something to the point at which it has lost all meaning and artistic value?

eh who am i kidding 2 wicked 2 furious here we come

a reminder that you should just go ahead and lock your credit report proactively, just so that you're prepared if or when your former employer screws up badly, tells you nothing for about a month and then puts all your information at risk :)

the depth of my rage cannot be put into words

had too much coffee, think i might spontaneously combust, send help

Last election, "Donald Trump promised a tax credit for family caregivers . . . Back in office, however, Mr. Trump promptly abandoned the idea. It was not among the raft of tax cuts in his domestic policy bill. Worse still, he has taken steps likely to make families’ caregiving burdens far heavier"

but spite will be up 110 percent at market close

ok i am going to be like 21 percent less bitter today i think

read the first two grafs of You Know What, decided I’d rather fling myself from the face of the earth than continue reading, goodbye cruel world lol

Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy

NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest

When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

i spent a lot of this one muttering aloud, to no one in particular, "what no stop why"