In this post, I wrote about Zohran Mamdani, bagels, Victor Wembanyama, the World Series, “Our Town”, "Wicked", and more. LFG.
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- Mamdani Beyond New York
- Such a Great World Series
- Wemby
- “Our Town”
- NYC Bagels, SF Bagels, Las Vegas Bagels
- MrBeast Sucks
- A Great Expository Movie Scene
- Wicked For… Meh
- New Nightmare App Dropped
- Through 4 Episodes of “Pluribus”…
While I’ve happily devoted lot of my attention to the podcast in recent weeks, there’s plenty more to notice in the world. Below, I’ve written about the No Kings protests, a skillful Trevor Noah comedy set, a take on “One Battle After Another” I’m guessing you haven’t seen, a trash prestige TV show, why the New York Mets’ season was honorable, and more. LFG.
- No Kings
- “Great Comedians Get Away With It”
- Edgelord Shooters
- DEI by Other Names
- An Underappreciated Aspect of “One Battle After Another”
- Trash Prestige TV
- Finally Learned My Lesson on Stephen King
- Don’t You Dare “LOLMets”
- “The Compound Interest of Design”
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- Seeing Charlie Kirk with Clear Eyes
- Bari Weiss Is Not a Serious Person
- The U.S Government Keeps Bragging About Killing People for No Reason
- MAGA Has Contempt for the First Amendment
- By the Way, a Fox News Host Said We Should Solve Homelessness by Killing Unhoused People
- Car Culture Is the Worst, Pt. 1
- Car Culture Is the Worst, Pt. 2
- Reflecting on Roberto Clemente Day
- The Clippers Are Showing Why Salary Caps Are Bad
- A Thought About Taylor Swift’s Lyrics
- I Recommend a Novel: “When We Were Real”
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- Mike Yastrzemski Is Good at Baseball
- The Designated Hitter Is Now Fully Dead
- I Can Care About Something Without Telling You I Care
- A Good Baseball Podcast
- I Don’t Want the Whole Video Game — Just the One Part
- A Stray Thought About MLB Players on the Golf Course
- Imagine an NBA Team Allowing This Today
- About Trans Kids Playing Sports…
- If You Have Seen “Weapons”, This Item Is for You
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Just Following Orders
Murder Is Bad
Rafael Devers to the Giants?!?!?!?!
Denzel Clarke is Incredible
Why Do High School Sports Exist?
You Do Not Need a Truck
A Moment for Some Star Wars FanFic…
Make Things Yourself
Greed Is Terrible
What Comes After Podcasts?
Hello, again. Have you ever had a moment where you heard someone say, or read about someone saying, something utterly bizarre and you realized instantly they had no idea that what they were saying was completely bonkers? I feel like I have two or three of those every week, now.
Recently, I have been thinking about AI evangelism cooking people’s brains and why “Andor” is the greatest Star Wars story ever told. I have also come up with an idea for a new Major League Baseball award, gave up reading a book because its anachronisms drove me to distraction, and have an important recommendation. LFG.
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AI Evangelists Cooking Their Brains
Using an AI-Created Video of a Dead Man in Court
Men Being Hot
Rob Manfred Sucks, Part Bajillion
My Pitch for a New MLB Fielding Award
A Book I Love
A Book I Didn’t Love, and Some History
Watch "Andor" Now
A Recommendation
A Reminder
Recently, I have been appreciating Immaculate Grid and lamenting Americans’ seeming disregard for due process. I also read a really gossipy book about Elon Musk and read another book that deals with time travel in a satisfying way. LFG.
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More or less, this blog/newsletter is a collection of various things on my mind and publishes monthly (for now!).
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the particular flavor of American fascism at this moment, the uses and limitations of AI tools, “Crimson Tide,” a relatively obscure power pop singer-songwriter, and more. LFG.
Tara, a young photographer hired on short notice to shoot a wedding at a Carribbean luxury resort, is shocked to discover her ex is in attendance. Committed to be there for a week, she must navigate her feelings about him, the best man with complicated family dynamics, the unsettlingly intense maid of honor, and others among the wedding party and guests, in order to get through the week with her dignity, sense of self-worth, and reputation intact.A HELL OF A WEDDING is part romcom, part family drama, and entirely a page-turner that will have you rooting for Tara to find herself, find love, and get the hell off the island.
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Hello, again. Recently, I’ve been thinking about Elon Musk’s ongoing coup, American concentration camps, strategy on The Traitors, Lent, seeing Half Dome from extreme distances, spring training, Luka Doncic, and more. LFG.
