Philip Bump

I mean, maybe not *forever* forever.

Enthusiastic.

Did you hear about the executive who was embracing his peer until suddenly they were in the spotlight? Lots of awkward scrambling ensued and then the executive told his attorney general to release grand jury transcripts about the relationship.

@joeuchill.bsky.social Pulp Fiction, naturally.

I discovered yesterday that my visiting teenaged nephews had never seen a Tarantino movie. Quickly remedied.

It’s why Scandinavian politics are so liberal.

Guess he’s not taking over Colbert’s slot.

I, too, ensure my house looks like shit, like a dimwitted college student decorated it, because I’m terrified that someone somewhere might think I like men.

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I would never take a Wolff assertion at face value.

Earlier this week, I wrote about Epstein, making a timeline for my own clarity. It was originally appended to the piece but was too long. So here it is on my personal site, if useful. pbump.net/timeline.html

One more, tomorrow.

Yeah, I honestly don’t remember why that shift occurred!

That’s an abstract of Gritty putting on Phillies hat.

A poll result from May 2020.

Bluesky, def. TBD otherwise!

Wasn't laid off. Took a buyout!

Yeah, I didn't interrogate the anomalies. Maybe because I formalized how I did the newsletter? I may also have scraped a website for some reason, which could also have done it.

As I noted yesterday, I am taking some time off before deciding on next steps. If you for some reason want to be updated on said steps, drop your email into the form at pbump.net. I assure you it will only be used for good, not evil.

I also wrote a script counting up the data side of my work. Over 11 years, I made 7,300 Illustrator files, 7,700 Excel files and more than 32,500 image files. Of course I charted this, so you can see some trends.

It's my last day at The Post. Allow me to commemorate my tenure there by noting that, at different points, I irritated Donald Trump¹, James Comer², and the Russian government.

¹ From Marty Baron's book.
² From Comer's. 99% of this is false, true to form.

no it's a mirage

that's deranged, jess

Well, I got yesterday's, perhaps unsurprisingly.

I got it in four, mostly because literally nothing else seemed like a feasible word.

The Wordle person has lost it.

"Each year I donate an autographed doodle... It takes me a few minutes to draw something, in my case, it's usually a building or a cityscape of skyscrapers, and then sign my name... I don't mind spending a little time for a very good cause."
-- Donald Trump, "Never Give Up" (2010)

Certainly no unintentional irony.

Opinion | When institutions crumble, strongmen step in Trump wants to be the sole authority. With trust in institutions cratering, he sees his opportunity.

In re: Colbert, my column for The Washington Post today deals with media companies and institutions capitulating in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA

my “canceling colbert is not part of the trump bribe” t shirt is raising many questions which are already answered by my t shirt