Joanna Scutts

Genuinely curious about this myself!

<3 <3 <3

The foundational US/UK misunderstanding is that Americans use “middle class” as a euphemism for poor/working class, while the UK use it to mean “comfortably off but chronically anxious about it.” Took me at least 2 election cycles in the US to figure it out.

Should have used « females » they’d probably be fine with that

They do be yappin’

Love that the « culture war grievance term » they likely found for me was… WOMEN.

DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’ Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characte…

Via: www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/d...

Ooh, what’ll come first! The money I’m owed by chucklefucks who used AI to cancel my grant, or the money I’m owed by chucklefucks who stole my work to build their AI?

Phil Noble’s extraordinary photo of Andrew dominates all the UK front pages 📰

Bitch better have our money

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

Oh man, the real thing is so much better

Actual checkbox on Canadian citizenship-certificate application form: “I think I am Canadian and want to know for sure.”
🇨🇦 I too would like to come to the cottage. 🇨🇦

Aw crap fake photo, but 👏 the 👏 accountability 👏 is 👏 real 👏

Sadly had to break it to lifelong Leafs fan @tonyhightower.bsky.social that the #heatedrivalry Toronto team is the Guardians, not, as he suggested, the Toronto Make-Beliefs. Also they’re evil.

Well this is very exciting!

Sending ❤️

Extremely into this

They saw Spotlight and sided with the church.

I am so, so sorry

Pivoting my national newspaper to fash opinion sludge and some AI-related handwaving, on account of economic headwinds and also because neither I nor anyone in my cohort of elites knows how to read.

The Washington Post books pages were where I figured out how to be a critic. It’s such a rare thing to get careful, smart, kind edits, and I’m forever grateful to Steve, Nora, and the inimitable @roncharles.bsky.social for the opportunity.

What is the endgame of the scam of “fake famous author sends long fawning AI-generated email to unfamous author?” Has anyone pursued this to the point of money being solicited? I’m baffled. (But thanks, I guess, not-Frieda McFadden?)

Exactly. It’s so polite and grotesque

A hallucinatory mashup of sci-fi, literary, and self-publishing … ?

The starred Kirkus/PW review detail is hilarious, surely the most inside-baseball marker of prestige there is?

I’m so sorry

Many many problems in American media would be solved if those in charge did ten minutes of due diligence on British media + understood “Daily Mail columnist” as the instant disqualifier it is.