03/04/2023: The Calvin Coolidge Colonic
Since every presidential candidate feels like they have to push a book first, the chance to be distinguished by doing so is limited. I expect this will encourage an innovative candidate to offer a branded juice cleanse soon as a first gambit.
— John Dickerson (@jdickerson) March 4, 2023
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03/01/2023: New words from Dictionary.com that I like
rage farming noun. Informal. the tactic of intentionally provoking political opponents, typically by posting inflammatory content on social media, in order to elicit angry responses and thus high engagement or widespread exposure for the original poster. 📝 This term was coined in 2022 (in the form rage farmed) by investigative reporter John Scott-Railton. Read about some other terms for […]
02/27/2023: How to solve the work week.
From Business Insider: “I do ‘Bare Minimum Mondays’ at work.” The TikTok creator and startup founder Marisa Jo Mayes says it helps her beat the “Sunday scaries” and avoid burnout — and it has completely changed her life. Find out more. If enough TikTok influencers can work really hard to brand not working at all […]
02/25/2023: We Still Smoke the Water Pipe
I found a quote in one of my notebooks from the second year of the Iraq war (3/20/2005). “Life goes on,” Hayawi says. “We are in the middle of a war, and we still smoke the water pipe.” This feels like a universal message to me. After some work in the shop with the search […]
02/25/2023: A Conversation with Tim Frye on what's changed since the invasion of Ukraine
I talked to Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman professor of post-Soviet foreign policy at Columbia University, for “CBS News Prime Time” about how Russia’s war in Ukraine has changed global energy, the economy and politics.
01/08/2023: House GOP Learned How to Govern
Speaker McCarthy said House Republicans “learned how to govern” in the 15 rounds of voting. What did they learn? That in a debate over important matters the minority must be listened to and their ideas accommodated in order to get a good result?
— John Dickerson (@jdickerson) January 8, 2023
12/14/2022: Did someone have inside information?
60 seconds before CPI number came out there was significant trading activity: Bloomberg thinks someone got the news!
12/14/2022: Reality and columnists are two different things.
“The world is much worse than it would have been had the virus not emerged, and that’s not the fault of columnists you disagree with.” Matt Yglesias.
12/13/2022: Spies Just like us.
The Ruskies next door. Our story on it on CBS News Prime Time can be found here.
12/13/2022: Sam Bankman Fried not instilling confidence.
“Like I, like, kind of vaguely knew, kind of, sort of maybe, um, on a qualitative level what was going on.” — Sam Bankman Fried on Unusual Whales podcast on movement of customer funds from FTX to Alameda without permission. via Dealbook
01/01/1970: Meetings can be a black hole that sucks your soul from your body. Priya Parker describes how to make them more intentional.
I have long been obsessed with intention in even the mundane tasks in life. Priya Parker has put intention into gatherings and meetings. I talked to her about her book and her ideas on Prime Time 3/16/23 as a part of our shifting workplace special. We wanted to talk to her because if the workplace […]