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NYT launches Crossplay, its first two-player competitive word game, as a standalone iOS and Android app, as it seeks a bigger share of the mobile gaming market (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

The New York Times Is Launching Its First Two-Player Word Game: Crossplay (Exclusive)
The game will be familiar to Scrabble or Words with Friends players, but the Times is adding a few twists of its own.

I don't know about you but I feel an LLM wrote at least a part of this paragraph.
#NYT #NY_Times #suspicion #editing #writing #journalism

Former NY Times editor says anti-trans coverage was a deliberate push from the top - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/former-ny-times-editor-says-anti-trans-coverage-was-a-deliberate-push-from-the-top/

As one might expect El Cheato appointed judges rule in favor of trump far more often than do judges appointed by prior presidents.
But the amount of that imbalance is beyond astounding.
From the NY Times:
"Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor"
Which causes me to repeat my suggestions, from year 2020, about how we can remove power from those judges by using a technique well practiced elsewhere - redefining jobs and "rubb…

what a charming bunch of jim-jims. https://shakedown.social/@clifff/116217222575826865

NYT editor Joe Kahn says the paper didn't withhold a story on the US plan to capture Nicolšs Maduro at Trump administration's request, citing unverified details (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism…

NY Times Didn’t Hold Maduro Capture Story at Trump Admin’s Request, Editor Says
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn said the paper did not withhold a reported story on the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the Trump administration’s request.

Live Updates: N.Y. Police Commissioner Says Gracie Mansion Incident Inspired by Islamic State (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/09/nyregion/gracie-mansion-bomb-investigation-nyc
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p42#a260309p42

pro-democracy grades to the media by Mark Jacobs. I am far from an expert but the complete failure of many outlets is obvious https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/im-handing-out-pro-democracy-grades
The Guardian: A
ProPublica: A
I have long found thes…

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media
The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

"Representative Nicole Malliotakis’s lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on a lower-court ruling that found that her district lines were unconstitutional.Credit"
Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Intervene in N.Y. Redistricting Case - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/nyregion/redistricting-supreme-court-ny.html

Protests erupted nationwide as the U.S. attacks Venezuela and kidnaps President Maduro and his wife.
San Francisco was no exception.
As the recent days of rain let up for a grateful pause, activists of all ages from the Answer coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Democratic Socialists of American, Revolutionary International Youth, Refuse Fascism, and just people with home made signs rallied at Powell and Market.
They then marched down Market Street to …

Protests Throughout as U.S. Attacks Venezuela to Grab Country's Oil : Indybay
Blatant criminality characterized by NY Times as "some in Washington are concerned."

The “incredibly great” #Apple Safari is not scrolling on NY Times Wirecutter pages.

NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited dozens of "new media" figures to City Hall for a tour and private news conference while excluding legacy media outlets like NY1 (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/busines

Mamdani Hosts Influencer Summit, Sidestepping Traditional Media
A friendly summit at New York’s City Hall with digital content creators and social media stars symbolized the new mayor’s attitude toward the changing news media.

The NY Times interview is full of amazing insights.
E.g. @… makes the point that AI is both touted as being your collaborator or colleague with whom you can play back and forth to do math while at the same time the LLM is always praising your input, never challenging you and there is zero trust in the output.
It's the most painful of all possible collaborations: One who cannot be trusted at all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/science/mathematics-ai-proof-hairer.html
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The NY Times reports that Trump presented Maduro with an ultimatum in December, telling him to leave office and go into exile in Turkey. Maduro refused.
Then, Maduro went back onstage this week, dancing to an electronic song that said “no crazy war”.
Maduro’s “regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/04/nicolas-maduro-jailed-us-attack-venezuela-donald-trump-reaction-latest-news-updates-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other