Alex Johnson

Go, little bunny, go!

Go, little bunny, go!

In which an AP suit says, basically, most of the journalists who work for her are crap.

Full page "ad" in The Onion for "60 Minutes": "Is NBC Hiring? Lesley Stahl investigates."

USMNT star Weston McKennie signs new four-year Juventus deal, commits to 2030 | Goal.com US Weston McKennie has signed a new contract with Juventus, committing his future to the club for the foreseeable future.

So many successive managers have tried to offload Weston McKennie at Juve, and every year he wins them back and is one of their best players. Spalletti, one of the smartest managers in Europe, apparently said enough with that nonsense — tie him down.

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Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund enter race for Tottenham star Archie Gray Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are monitoring Tottenham midfielder Archie Gray, with Spurs reportedly open to offers around €60m.

So Bayern and BVB are reported to be willing pay €60 million to buy a player Spurs field intermittently and out of position.

That is a commentary on Spurs, not on Bayern, BVB or Archie Gray.

www.caughtoffside.com/2026/03/02/b...

USMNT star Weston McKennie signs new four-year Juventus deal, commits to 2030 | Goal.com US Weston McKennie has signed a new contract with Juventus, committing his future to the club for the foreseeable future.

So many successive managers have tried to offload Weston McKennie at Juve, and every year he wins them back and is one of their best players. Spalletti, one of the smartest managers in Europe, apparently said enough with that nonsense — tie him down.

www.goal.com/en-us/lists/...

Given that 5G is really 4¼G, I expect "6G" will really be just 4½G.

There’s a new Tillyverse out that’s supposed to be nuts

An ad for Chili Lime Mango Peeps, "exclusive at Kroger Family of Stores"

Aaaauuuugggghhhh (reaches for poison)

If 40 years in journalism have taught me anything, it is that it takes much more skill and effort to write 800 concise words than it does to write 2,500 words.

If 40 years in journalism have taught me anything, it is that it takes much more skill and effort to write 800 concise words than it does to write 2,500 words.

This is soul-crushing, especially for ex-Posties.

It has, alas, been corrected.

An ad for Chili Lime Mango Peeps, "exclusive at Kroger Family of Stores"

Aaaauuuugggghhhh (reaches for poison)

I covered the Nisqually quake, which yielded one of my favorite quotes of my career:

"I was on the sofa and I heard a kind of thumpa-thumpa-thumpa and I thought the washing machine must be out of whack,'" Elmendorf said. "Then I remembered, 'Oh, wait, I don't have a washing machine.'"

Press release from Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., with the headline "Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry"

what

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, religious cleric who ruled Iran for decades, killed in strikes Khamenei took part in the 1979 revolution and oversaw the brutal crackdown in recent weeks that killed thousands.

Iran confirms.
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/a...

It's fun to consider how drastically different entertainment would today be had "The Wrath of Khan" tanked in 1982.

The tipping point for when famous people's fame has faded is when crossword clues have to add extra modifiers to their first names.

Clue for CLAPTON in 2006:
"Guitarist Eric"

In 2026:
"Guitarist Eric noted for 'Layla'"

A passage from a news story for which a grammar checker balloon suggests changing "carrying 10 armed individuals" to "carrying 10-armed individuals."

Grammar and spelling checkers can be stupid. Edit with appropriate independence.

so awesome that we found a way to make podcasts even more annoying by filming them as they're being recorded

"Last Week Tonight" should be VERY interesting.

A passage from a news story for which a grammar checker balloon suggests changing "carrying 10 armed individuals" to "carrying 10-armed individuals."

Grammar and spelling checkers can be stupid. Edit with appropriate independence.

Oh, I do. I used to cover cops.

Hi, people who drive! Let me introduce you to the turn indicator! It's a little arm on your steering wheel! You should use it sometime!

The tipping point for when famous people's fame has faded is when crossword clues have to add extra modifiers to their first names.

Clue for CLAPTON in 2006:
"Guitarist Eric"

In 2026:
"Guitarist Eric noted for 'Layla'"

"magnitude 1.76637548170585"

Every parent at a high school debate tournament.