i'm not sure any tech criticism i could put forward rn would be more effective than the totality of this screenshot
i would like smart people who understand the economy to explain the SpaceX portion of this graph to me like i am a small child
some days you are on a walk listening to a lengthy discussion on a golf podcast about US Open green speeds and “leaf blade hydration” and having a great time and it hits you like a truck that you are middle aged
the white house UFC stuff evokes such a strange flurry of emotions in me. like, clearly a disgrace on so many levels but also so incredibly stupid that it makes me laugh. also when i saw the thing light up the other day i was like...'thats kinda sick' but also like obviously an outrageous disgrace
you gotta hand it to them though...really makes it tough for the institutionalists to argue on their behalf when White House cage match fight is sponsored by Bud Light and Monster Energy
i don't want the phrase 'they turned the white house into a six flags' to be as funny to me as it is and yet here i am
Don't miss this banger episode of Taplines—one of the very last!—with the great @cwarzel.bsky.social on how right-wing operatives rolled Anheuser-Busch using a decade-old playbook:
The ABS pitch-tracking system (also known as “robot umpires”) in Major League Baseball has become an entertainment spectacle, Jimmy O’ Brien, the founder of Jomboy Media, tells @cwarzel.bsky.social: “There’s just so many elements of drama that it’s given us.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbIy...
Monster finally went full Brawndo: www.fingers.email/p/how-to-fin...
Late pass, obviously, but this to me is a fantastic blog in the classic sense. High-quality language and real insight directed at an otherwise shitty news story, by one of the all-time greats at doing all that. www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
