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Ph.D. Director of journalism MA online programs at St Bonaventure. Writing on Substack at Sports Media Guy. Podcasting about writing at The Other 51. Ellie's dad. Bills/Bonnies/Barça fan. He/Him/His. Print news, raise hell.
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It talks about obesity without talking about poverty, suicide without lgbtq+, overmedication for behavioral issues without talking about our broken foster home system -- all headline findings in the reports it pulls their stats from checkplease.neocities.org/maha/html/17...
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Not for nothing, but I can't believe Thomas Chatterton Williams is a real name of a person in 2025 and not, like, second baron of a neighboring estate in a Jane Austen novel.
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Portnoy, Rogan and the "manosphere" just want to be able to say the N-word, sexually harass women, and call for the death of people they perceive as enemies, without any social or financial consequence.
Also, they've never actually suffered any consequence. But they sure feel like huge victims.
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Because it feels good and savvy to say that, maybe? You can be "above the fray and focused on real issues" or something like that.
Also plays to how mainstream news wants Democrats to behave. Dems always have to be the grown-ups and not name callers.
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When I'm off-centered, I listen to my favorite album. "Day for Night" by The Tragically Hip. It brings me back home.
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This is the most correct musical opinion posted on this social platform.
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Also there was no vaccine for kids until the END of 2021!
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Starting a SCARED STRAIGHT style program where pro athletes visit high schools across America to make parents realize their kids have no chance
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The amount of space this has taken up in my brain for decades.
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Right. It's not a bank account that they're sitting on.
It's a series of accounts that are usually designated for specific purposes.
People need to think of it as earmarked funds. Like, if you opened one savings account for your mortgage. One for your food. One for car payments.
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It's a great topic. It's what made Trent Crimm in Season 1 so great because he served that catalyst purpose but in an interesting way.
Season 2 Trent was still good but had big "The Dead Speak" vibes with his column. ,
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I mean, I do get that these are movies and that things happen for plot purposes.
Except the Rory Gilmore things. She's just terrible.
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Well now, I've gotta know.
What was the one pithy phrase?
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At some point soon, I'll write up what happened when Pete Thamel was investigating the team I covered.
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Also, it's a duh statement presented as a BOLD TRUTH. They're new, so we don't know long-term impact. Well no. They're new.
(Also, they are saving lives in the short term, which kinda seems important, but ...)
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…yet
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So many of the things that AI can do in the name of "efficiency" are the things that make source-building and high-quality, deeply reported journalism possible in the first place.
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Also quickly falls into the Galileo Fallacy. Just because people disagree with you doesn't mean you're right. Statistically you're probably wrong.