GJM

Previously in Southampton🇬🇧 Alicante🇪🇸 Waterford🇮🇪 Santiago🇨🇱 Boston🇺🇸 and many elsewheres

[GJM @EastBostonG]

I've been on Twitter/X for 15 years, but now it's time to say goodbye.

This used to be a great place for real-time news, commentary, jokes, travel tips, media clips, celebrity banter, all kinds of useful/fun content. It still can be some of those things, some of the time.

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[GJM @EastBostonG]

@mattyglesias At least one sensible person gave a warning to literally not be surprised if it happened

https://t.co/jDMh9ofKnZ

[GJM @EastBostonG]

...and I especially hope that @Birdyword @G_Slattery @kadiagoba @lisaabramowicz1 @mattyglesias @olliecarroll will soon start using their 🟦sky accounts more, and ditch this nasty place.

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[GJM @EastBostonG]

I've been on Twitter/X for 15 years, but now it's time to say goodbye.

This used to be a great place for real-time news, commentary, jokes, travel tips, media clips, celebrity banter, all kinds of useful/fun content. It still can be some of those things, some of the time.

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[GJM @EastBostonG]

So, please find me on 🟦 sky now, as 'bos2ban'

I know that X is still the bigger source & audience for content, but I hope that some of the great journalists who are still posting on X will make the switch soon (as, for example, @MiriamElder did and @ichbinilya is doing)

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[GJM @EastBostonG]

@newyorkshade @mattyglesias If only there were some way that you could find out

[GJM @EastBostonG]

@mattyglesias The owner of the Seattle Supersonikahs...

[Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll]

Hard not to feel a bit filthy using Musk’s disinformation platform to communicate about the world of truth and lies right now. That’s why you’ve seen a bit less of me recently. But like using a public lavatory I suppose: Needs must.

[Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon]

Truly disturbing report in the WSJ: Lawyers at Twitter are threatening advertisers to spend more money on X "or else" X owner Elon Musk will leverage his close relationship with Trump to torpedo mergers. This goes beyond a conflict of interest. It's straight up extortion.

[Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya]

Trump might not be a Russian asset, but what would be different if he were?

[GJM @EastBostonG]

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[GJM @EastBostonG]

@FedExHelp I stayed home all day awaiting a delivery, just got a message that delivery was attempted but "recipient was unavailable" which is absolutely not true. Website gives no options for rescheduling. Please contact me

[GJM @EastBostonG]

They should put this on ESPN

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

The 2024 Microsoft Excel Championship just wrapped in Las Vegas.

It was a huge upset: financial due diligence expert Michael Jarman (Canada) topped 3x defending champion and actuary Andrew “The Annihilator” Ngai (Australia).

Jarman beat 12 opponents in various 30-minute Excel case study challenges over 7+ hours:

Best parts of the tournament for these spreadsheet athletes:

▫️This clip below of live-stream announcers losing their minds over pivot tables and data labeling (as clock winds down).

▫️The tournament has its own theme song with lit lyrics including “it’s the battle of the titans, the best keyboard tappers in the land / they’ve all been training for this moment, who’s getting stuck in the function sand?” (at the 1:12 mark)

What did Jarman get for winning? A $5k cash prize and a glorious Wrestling Championship Belt.

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Full live-tream of peak human performance: https://t.co/mBps00C254

[Ted Travelstead @trumpetcake]

TOP 10 OVERLOOKED THANKSGIVING DISHES:

yamps
clanberry sots
dumstick
grady
budder ro
pimpkin slice
cardigan hug sniff

[GJM @EastBostonG]

Second staffer has arrived. Shout out to @flylingus , it's a fake scam account, not the real Aer Lingus, but at least they responded to me 😅

[GJM @EastBostonG]

@AerLingus lots of folks with canceled/missed flights have been sent to desk 25 at DUB, but there are no staff here?

[GJM @EastBostonG]

Update: one staffer just arrived at the desk. There are about 60 of us in the queue, so hopefully more are on the way?

[WKCR-FM NY @WKCRFM]

Starting at 9 pm EST tonight, join WKCR in honoring prolific drummer Roy Haynes, who passed away earlier today.

Listen at WKCR 89.9 FM NY & https://t.co/VbbKmfeHGg.