#starleekine

[hodgman]

It’s a beautiful warm day in NYC so I’m enjoying a walk with @thisisdavidrees and @starleekine and Jon Kimball in my ears before they shut down all the bridges and fill the tunnels with cement. Everyone listen to the triumphant return of -#electionprofitmakers please. (at Brooklyn Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hNvk0FXyc/?igshid=1rddj9agk2i3m

[kenplume]

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Well, what a difference a little over a week makes. I had the pleasure of chatting with guests @thisisdavidrees, @StarleeKine, and @jonkimball - hosts of the brilliantly fun political podcast ELECTION PROFIT MAKERS - about the current state of the world, and election cycle, we all find ourselves in. We recorded it the day after the first Presidential Debate and... a lot of things have happened since. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this rollicking snapshot of a bygone era, in which we talk about elections past, trauma dredging, investment politics, debating, Star Wars minutes, Irresistible fails, movie clubs, and ban wars... patreon.com/KenPlume https://www.instagram.com/p/CGO0VR8pF9h/?igshid=ceakgrkt561m

[mrbrycejohnson-blog]

BCC Episode 53 - “The Dewey Lake Monster” w/ @starleekine is now available! . . . #Repost @bigfootcollectorsclub with @get_repost https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsb5I70gDtz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kt5adaud3o59

[plusorminuscongress]

New story in Politics from Time: ‘I Do Not Consent.’ Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Vote Was Interrupted Multiple Times by Screaming Protesters

Multiple protesters were forcibly removed from the Senate gallery Saturday, as they continually interrupted the Supreme Court confirmation vote for Brett Kavanaugh.

The dramatic moments began as Vice President Mike Pence presided over the Senate chamber and began the official vote. A female protester began shouting “I do not consent. I do not consent. Where is my representation?”

Scenes from a dystopia — screaming protesters disrupt @VP's effort to begin final Kavanaugh vote pic.twitter.com/Bw85t6td6F

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 6, 2018

The interruptions continued throughout the vote. A press release from the Capitol Police said that 13 people were removed and arrested from the Senate chamber.

Listen to the women trying to stop the final vote. They sound like centuries of female anguish pic.twitter.com/fXIfuQc71C

— Starlee Kine (@StarleeKine) October 6, 2018

The protests came as senators were in the process of confirming Kavanaugh, who became a justice on the highest court in the nation after a 50-48 vote.

On Saturday, protesters swarmed Washington D.C. to protest the confirmation. Kavanaugh was publicly accused of sexual misconduct by three women.

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, detailing an alleged sexual assault that took place in the 1980s. Dr. Ford claimed that Kavanaugh pinned her down and covered her mouth to conceal her screams as he grinded on her and attempted to remove her one-piece bathing suit. Kavanaugh has denied all claims made against him.

By Gina Martinez on October 06, 2018 at 04:58PM

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Lots of Likes and Retweets

In episode 15 of the Supertop Podcast we discuss feedback to our App Store Review Prompts blog post, ideas for improving Castro's notifications, answer a listener question about open source, and more.

This episode is brought to you by Steamclock.

Follow-up: App Store Review Prompts (00:11)

Mentioned in the last episode: Can Apple do better than the rating prompt as it is in 10.3?

The Blog Post: Notification Are Better Than Alerts

The Radar: SKStoreReviewController should not be modal

Daring Fireball: Should iOS 10.3’S App Store Rating Prompts Be Notifications Instead Of Alerts?

Rethinking Castro Notifications for iOS 10 (08:23)

Here’s a good overview of how notifications work in iOS 10: iOS 10 Notifications: One Step Forward, One Step Back

Mic - News you actually care about, fast

Open Source Hygiene Features (13:30)

A question from Philip Blackwell in Australia leads us to discuss the idea of contributing to open source projects for some of the basic “hygiene features” of podcast apps, so that individual developers can focus on the parts of their apps that distinguish them

Our interview with Jared Sinclair: Having a Chat in Some Kind of Hell

Pod Wrangler’s back end API

Sponsor: Steamclock (21:21)

This episode is brought to you by Steamclock: Steamclock crafts polished products for iPhone, Android, and the Web.

Beard Grooming Regimen (22:09)

Michael Laccheo asks about beard grooming.

Micro UI (23:39)

Iconfactory’s new app: Linea

The guys at @Iconfactory are introducing “micro UI” things only accessible with pencil. Those mini-sliders are indeed functional pic.twitter.com/ZiOUjFbVPH

— Vincent Bidaux (@vinchubang) February 1, 2017

All of these things end up just being additive. You can make them available optionally but you can never commit to making your UI about them. That’s where any big ideas you get hit a wall. — Pádraig at 26:49

Podcast Talk (27:01)

Serial has set up its own production company: article on Variety.

All episodes of their next show, S-Town, will be released simultaneously. We discuss ways that podcast apps might could adapt to better suit shows that are intended to be listened in sequence like this.

Pádraig listens to Hello from the Magic Tavern this way

Starlee Kine, previously of This American Life, Mystery Show, and Election Profit Makers is on the editorial team for S-Town.

Oisín recommends Under The Skin: Making Audio Visceral from the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast.

Which reminds him of The Hospital Always Wins

Outro (35:10)

Get in touch if you’d like to sponsor a future episode, for only $100.

Keep sending in your audio comments and questions to future episodes.

Jayson Kish has the final word

[silas216]

http://twitter.com/silas216/status/1289533490455875584

My sister just lost her job because her boss said she seemed distracted. Single widowed (during pandemic) mother with two kids under four, working a nine to five job every day. This system sucks

— Starlee Kine (@StarleeKine) July 31, 2020

from Twitter https://twitter.com/silas216 August 01, 2020 at 07:08AM via IFTTT

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heyNY @RadioCity 8pm tonight @DaveChappelle 9pm @slipperroom #AndyBlitz @toddbarry @bobbytisdale @StarleeKine @atjeffreyjoseph & more

heyNY @RadioCity 8pm tonight @DaveChappelle 9pm @slipperroom #AndyBlitz @toddbarry @bobbytisdale @StarleeKine @atjeffreyjoseph & more

— thatsfunny (@thatsfunny) August 22, 2017

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While You Were Offline: Hey YAll, Remember to Set Your Doomsday Clocks Forward

Hey, Starlee Kine. We still miss Mystery Show, but while we mourn its disappearance, why don’t you tell everyone what this past week has felt like?

Jesus you miss one day's worth of news and you're Luke returning home to his aunt and uncle on Tatooine.

— Starlee Kine (@StarleeKine) January 25, 2017

Yep, pretty much sums it up. This has been the week where reality has been rejected by those in charge, and perhaps with good reason, considering how badly reality is working out for… almost everyone? But if you’ve had the good luck to have been busy doing other things for the past seven days, here’s a quick roundup of what you might have missed over the last week of World Wide Web-spinning.

It’s the End of the World as We Know It and This Is Fine

What Happened: So, turns out that the Doomsday Clock was updated this week, for those of us having trouble dealing with the anxiety of the modern world. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: But perhaps all this naysaying and doom-mongering is just paranoia, and things aren’t as bad as they seem. Let us just check in with what the big brains at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientistsyou know, the people behind the Doomsday Clock—are saying to get some perspective.

Doomsday Clock moving from 3 minutes to midnight to 2 and a half minutes to midnight

— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) January 26, 2017

Well, crap. So, what brought us that little bit closer to apocalypse? According to the official announcement, none other than the new President of the United States. Well, him and a general worldwide push towards nationalism. “Disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons made by Donald Trump, as well as the expressed disbelief in the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change by both Trump and several of his cabinet appointees, affected the Board’s decision, as did the emergence of strident nationalism worldwide,” the release explains.

The change was, of course, picked up by multiple news outlets as everyone tried to just pretend everything was fine.

Certainly, there were plenty of doubters on Twitter:

Have to say, introducing half-minutes to the Doomsday Clock feels like a cop-out.

— Phil Sandifer (@PhilSandifer) January 26, 2017

Real talk: The Doomsday Clock is stupid.

— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) January 27, 2017

At least some people had a certain type of gallows humor

Can't wait to hear Donald Trump's response to the #doomsdayclock moving 2.5 mins to midnight. Probably has a clock that is bigger & better

— Adam C. (@adamecurry) January 26, 2017

The #DoomsdayClock has moved closer to Midnight. It's just like Cinderella. Except when the clock strikes 12 she turns into a mushroom.

— TwistedDoodles (@twisteddoodles) January 26, 2017

TBH, I'm surprised the Doomsday Clock isn't CLOSER to midnight…

— Hope Larson (@hopelarson) January 27, 2017

So, what's everyone doing for their last 2 min 30 sec on earth? #doomsdayclock

— Ezra Harper (@EmDrive16) January 27, 2017

That’s the spirit! Chins up, everyone The Takeaway: Well, this feels appropriate:

It's not at all concerning when #DOOMSDAYCLOCK is trending. Not at all. Everything is fine. http://pic.twitter.com/F0SzyH47TB

— Tom + Lorenzo (@tomandlorenzo) January 26, 2017

#SpicerFacts

What Happened: How do you know you’ve made it as White House Press Secretary? When your very first press appearance in the role turns you into an Internet meme. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: New White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had a rough start to his new job last weekend, when his first appearance at the podium proved to be an argumentative one, as he basically said many wrong things about the size of the crowds for President Trump’s inauguration and everyone called him on it. The resultant online kerfuffle immediately became a meme as #SpicerFacts started trending and everyone offered up their own versions of reality:

President Trump finished the NY Times mini-crossword puzzle each day in roughly 15 seconds. #SpicerFacts

— colbyhall (@colbyhall) January 21, 2017

Trump swam the English Channel while holding Chuck Norris above the waves with one arm. #SpicerFacts

— Charlie Reed (@CharlieReed2004) January 21, 2017

"Everyone knows Beyonc was the weak link in Destiny's Child. Period." #SpicerFacts http://pic.twitter.com/jIWuYHb7bS

— Josh Crews (@JoshCrewsReally) January 22, 2017

"Admiral Ackbar is wrong. There is no trap. Period." #SpicerFacts http://pic.twitter.com/oXKrwKBckk

— Bonnie Burton (@bonniegrrl) January 22, 2017

Unsurprisingly, the media couldn’t resist reporting on this meme, especially considering Spicer’s ire was directed towards the media. Soon, the very idea of #SpicerFacts had gained enough currency that it got a Twitter account of its very own, the surest sign that something had gone mainstream. Well, one of the signs, at least.

Announcers at an NBA game were making #SpicerFacts jokes this weekend. This moment broke through huge. And can't be put back in bottle.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 23, 2017

So how could the White House fight back against this widespread acceptance of the idea that its Press Secretary had, in his very first official appearance, revealed himself to be unfamiliar with the truth? KellyAnne Conway had an idea: double down.

WATCH: Kellyanne Conway defends WH press secretary's "alternative facts." #MTP http://pic.twitter.com/q4PVzhpA1g

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 22, 2017

Yes, that’s actually a government official arguing that Spicer wasn’t actually being untruthful, he was just delivering “alternative facts.” Anyone want to make a guess at what became the next hashtag to trend on Twitter?

Never too late to teach your children about #AlternativeFacts http://pic.twitter.com/RlVCEgkusU

— Kenneth Fernandez (@KenFernandezPHD) January 23, 2017

Icebergs are disappearing because polar bears are eating them #alternativefacts

— David Belz (@dmdb44) January 23, 2017

All of the Jedi inexplicably decided to jump into friendly Stormtrooper fire or onto Darth Vader's lightsaber. #Alternativefacts

— Death Star PR (@DeathStarPR) January 23, 2017

Unicorns went extinct when David Bowie died. #AlternativeFacts

— HaberTweets (@ToddHaberkorn) January 23, 2017

As sales of George Orwell’s 1984 spiked almost 10,000 percent (it is, after all, a book filled with alternative facts, or as it’s called in the book, doublespeak), the war on truth continued with Sean Spicer’s second press conference, in which he told reporters, “I think sometimes we can disagree with the facts.” If he seemed unclear about what words mean, thankfully the dictionary was there to throw some shade in his direction:

*whispers into the void* In contemporary use, fact is understood to refer to something with actual existence. https://t.co/gCKRZZm23c

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 24, 2017

The Takeaway: Sometimes, the truth is out there all along, just mixed up somewhat.

Best. Anagram. Ever.

ALTERNATIVE FACTS = AN EVIL STATECRAFT#AlternativeFacts (h/t @anagramtimes) http://pic.twitter.com/SbDAG7jvWA

— Jonathan Kaye (@JonathanMKaye) January 24, 2017

Did You Mean…?

What Happened: Sometimes, search functions give you what you need, if not necessarily what you wanted. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: Call it the surprise search gift of the week.

It's crazy who pops up when you search the word 'asshole.' on Twitter.

— BEEZ (@bugattibeez) January 26, 2017

Note: This isn’t still the case, so don’t go rushing to Twitter to try it for yourself right now. But, up until Wednesday evening, this was entirely true:

Search "asshole." Search "fascist." Search "racist." Search "worst."

What do you get? http://pic.twitter.com/v0rfqKCiHB

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 26, 2017

The @realDonaldTrump account would also come up as a suggestion if you searched for “tiny hands,” although that was discovered after the fact. Twitter, meanwhile, was rather excited about this new discovery.

If you type "asshole" into the Twitter search bar Donald Trump's profile comes up lmfao who did this?

— Anthony (@OMGItsBirdman) January 23, 2017

y'all type "asshole" into the search bar and donald trump comes up sjjakhsjsha

— diego (@shadesof666) January 26, 2017

So anyway I typed "asshole" in the search bar and Donald Trump shows up

— Tay (@CakeFaceTay_) January 26, 2017

WHEN YOU SEARCH "asshole" it shows Trump http://pic.twitter.com/jnSJdejpe4

— Dank Memes (@DankMemes) January 26, 2017

Turns out, Twitter wasn’t the only place people got excited about this search suggestion; unsurprisingly, it got a lot of traction in the media. And why not? If Twitter was trolling Trump it would have seemed an awful lot like making a dig at the guy who has made the service very newsworthy in recent months.

But what if it wasn’t trolling?

Not a troll. Algorithm to find relevant accounts based on the "discussions" they are part of, i.e. lots of tweets to Trump using "asshole". https://t.co/0wlUntdKeV

— Izzy Galvez (@iglvzx) January 26, 2017

The Takeaway: Whether it was a legitimate algorithm or strange glitch, Trump was removed from those results pretty quickly after it became public. It was over almost as soon as it began, but let this serve as a lesson to randomly search for things on Twitter and see what comes up. (That is the lesson here, right?)

There Is a Tweet Tied to an Argument For Torture, What Do You Do?

What Happened: Turns out, Twitter is not so impressed with your ridiculous hypothetical moral dilemmas. Where It Blew Up: Twitter, media reports What Really Happened: Funny story: our new ppresident believes torture “absolutely works.” As people try to come to terms with what that actually means (FWIW, new Defense Secretary James Mattis disagrees), British comedian Lee Hurst took to Twitter with what we can only assume he thought was a compelling thought experiment.

Your baby is tied to a timebomb. You have the terrorist. He tells you you have 1 hour. Do you #torture him to find your baby or let it die?

— Lee Hurst (@2010LeeHurst) January 26, 2017

Let’s just say that Twitter, en masse, didn’t agree.

Simple. First you row the baby across the river. Then row back and get the time bomb and the goose, leaving the terrorist with the beans.

— Davey Jones (@DHBJones) January 26, 2017

Were you attached to a time bomb when you were a baby? I'd like to talk to you for a thing – DMs are open #journorequest

— josh pappenheim (@papsby) January 26, 2017

Good luck tying my baby to a time bomb. It takes me half an hour just to put a vest on him.

— Ben Davis (@bendavis_86) January 26, 2017

Okay, okay, but what if it were baby Hitler tied to a bomb you sent back in time?

— Kip Manley (@kiplet) January 26, 2017

For sale. Baby timebomb. Never used.

— Kieran Shiach (@KingImpulse) January 26, 2017

The Takeaway: There’s no way to avoid it: this pun just might have made the whole thing worthwhile:

"Lieutenant, they've strapped your baby to a bomb!"

"Don't worry. That won't…"

(puts on sunglasses)

"…RATTLE her."

YEAAAAHHHHHHH

— Li'l Stuffed Bull (@bully_thelsb) January 26, 2017

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from While You Were Offline: Hey YAll, Remember to Set Your Doomsday Clocks Forward

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Case #2 Britney by Mystery Show Andrea's a writer no one reads. Then she makes a shocking discovery.

[hodgman]

I had a good time talking to pets on GET YOUR PETS yesterday. I need to let you know that this cat is named Starlee after @starleekine. A gentle reminder to smash those links and tag those tags. See you soon on the road and on GET YOUR PETS. ‪bit.ly/MEDALLIONSTATUS‬ johnhodgman.com/TOUR #MEDALLIONSTATUS bit.ly/hodgmail https://www.instagram.com/p/B24I4jGFEol/?igshid=q3fo2pmhqcbo

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Me

[jisonchoi]

Not going to lie -- I’ve been mildly obsessed with Starlee Kine and her podcast, Mystery Show, and this particular episode about a certain celebrity’s height is so funny and endearing. 

For the record, I myself am at 5′3 1/2″ -- but round down for the most part.

[dream-tease-blog]

Best attempt to hypnotize the self-doubt away

[daskleinetaco]

I just discovered Starlee Kine's amazing podcast. She was always my favorite on This American Life, and I tried to keep my eyes peeled for anything she was involved in after TAL. Somehow I missed these when they came out, but I'm glad i can now binge. The premise is that people bring her mysteries that they've been unable to get to the bottom of alone so that she can look into it and put in some leg work. All of her potential sources don't always pan out but they are always interesting and sometimes get pretty deep. I think you should find this on iTunes or stitcher or whatever and fine it a listen. #mystery #podcast #starleekine #tal #instagush

[lowlandhum]

On the road to the Gulf Coast accompanied by a light rain. Today we are enjoying the heck out of @starleekine 's new podcast series, @mysteryshow as we drive. Seriously, y'all, go give it a listen. #gulfcoast #highway #mysteryshow #hansjordi #podcastsgalore #starleekine (at I 95 South)

[rmpmcdermott]

This made my day. Seriously check out the Mystery Show podcast with Starlee Kine #starleekine #mysteryshow