Blocked and Reported Premium: Help! Help! I'm Being Harassed
Mar 19, 2026
They dig into a Bluesky pile-on targeting a New York Times columnist and unpack platform echo chambers and blocking culture. They revisit Lindy West’s messy personal coverage, including polyamory and how media frames domestic life. Conversation also touches on climate chatter and outdoor hobby banter as setup for the bigger conversations.
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Hosts Describe Climate Effects On Their Local Snowpacks
- Jesse and Katie open with a casual weather chat that segues into climate anxiety and local impacts like obliterated snowpack.
- Jesse describes inland California hitting the 90s and missing Sierra snowpack while Katie notes Hurricane Ridge is "all gone" grass.
Katie's Webcam Habit For Watching Snow Disappear
- Katie recounts compulsively checking webcam feeds of Hurricane Ridge and other mountains to watch snowpack vanish.
- She says she looks at the webcam "maybe like 10 times a day" and observed grass where snow used to be across the Olympics and Sierra.
Profile Errors Reveal Narrative Overprecision
- Jesse and Katie critique a Slate profile of Lindy West for geographic and factual errors that signal sloppy reporting and narrative shaping.
- They note the profile mislocates West on Bainbridge Island and downplays how remote her actual Jefferson County home is, including gas station distance.