The other thing about Draymond that annoys me is that he clearly wants to be Barkley 2.0 when he retires and he is just *not* that dude. Chuck is one of the most effortlessly funny and likeable people in sports media history and Draymond is an abrasive dick disliked by nearly everyone.
In honor of today's NYT sanewashing and recent discovery that Donald Trump is not very mentally acute.
Obvious Pseudonym@obviouspseudonym.bsky.social · 2y agoLOL - I wrote to the NYT to complain about their coverage of Trump's Arnold Palmer's hog comments & they actually responded w/ an incredibly thorough list of article that don't suck. Makes me think they've been getting so many complaints they have a ready-made template. @mtsw.bsky.social
If you want to see something funny, check out the YouTube comments from when Yglesias went on Joe Rogan and you will quickly learn why he sticks to Twitter and Substack.
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 5mo agoMy point is that Matt Yglesias and Pod Save America should get their ass on YouTube shorts and make Thai food for us. I’m talking Khao Soi, I’m talking Tom Yum, I’m talking Holy Basil, if you want me to listen to means tested tax credits I want coconut soup
There are very, *very* few YouTubers who put out 90 minute videos where I know it will be worth my time, but Adam is one of them. Highly recommended if you're a musician or otherwise repulsed by the rise AI slop and people willfully choosing to deskill themselves.
Adam Neely @adamneely.bsky.social · 6mo agoI made a long video about technocapitalism and AI music youtu.be/U8dcFhF0Dlk?...
Need less ‘the call to heroism has inspired me to be who i was always meant to be!” narratives and more “this fucking sucks and I don’t want to be here but someone has to do it and goddamnit it looks like that’s me” narratives imo.
I am as explicitly as possible laying down a date-stamped marker that a federal immigration agent is going to die violently within the next calendar year, and that this will retroactively be used to justify policy. I am saying it here so I can angrily quote this at media figures when it happens.
I'm trying to picture time-traveler Thomas Chatteron Williams debating James Baldwin or Gore Vidal on the Dick Cavett Show and am getting second hand embarrassment for him.
Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 9mo agoNuzzi, like TCW, exists as a kind of simulacrum of the midcentury public intellectual. Not even ripping off the writers of that era, but imitating a sort of half-remembered, half-invented idea of what those writers were sort of like and what their general vibe was.
Prestige journalism is full of people like this
One post-pandemic trend I have gotten sick of is how so many people look like slobs in public now. "But it's comfortablllleeee-" Stop. You don't have to wear a suit, but jesus christ pull yourself together a bit more. This, and the lack of basic decorum is turning me into left-wing George Will.
William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 9mo agoOne underrated aspect of Zohran is that he always wears a suit, always presents himself professionally while still doing fun and approachable retail politics. You don’t have to drape yourself yourself in hypebeast and post thirst traps, you can be fucking grown up respecting the office and be fun
It's really funny that despite all the anti-humanities sophistry and mindless tech worship of the past 20 years, being able to harness the skillset of a theater kid is probably close to essential for gaining political power nowadays. (Competently exercising said power, OTHOH - different skillset)
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 10mo agoNot trying to pick on Gallego in particular or anything but when people ask me what the difference between a skilled on-camera performer like Mamdani and a charismatic, practiced public speaker but with no on-camera training is, this video is a good example of the latter
There are some people who get to talk like this. People who grew up in an affluent family on Long Island, graduated from Williams College, host a podcast for a living and have literally worked in the fucking White House are not among them.
Not returning your shopping cart back after you load your car is a sign of poor character*. *Parents dealing with infants/toddlers excepted (but even then, plenty of them *do* return their carts)
Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10mo agoDo you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
I will also note that even YouTube is pulling this shit. After the Charlie Kirk murder, it was wall-to-wall coverage for a week, despite me manually downvoting every single of those videos. Any saturation similar coverage of the largest mass protests in US history? Nope. Makes you think!
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 10mo agoThey like Trump and want to help him rule over us as a king
What can you even say about that fucking paper at this point
i do not think ezra klein genuinely grieves for charlie kirk. i think ezra klein thinks it’s professionally advantageous to perform grief.
They didn't workshop this one enough. JD "Dunce" is right there. Take the layup!
America if the former Confederate states weren't structurally over-represented:
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast@irhottakes.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe American constitution is mostly the story of an aspiring democracy trying to be as free as it can get away with without the South rising up and murdering everyone. The notable exceptions are the Reconstruction Amendments, which stemmed from President Lincoln saying “You know what? Bet.”
The NYT would likely have the biggest viral piece in their history if they had their visual team do dedicated timeline/infographic on PedoCon theory. Their readership would eat it up. Weird they haven't pursued it!
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · last yr.everytime i post "the media likes trump and wants to help him" someone always replies with "yup! he's good for ratings and clicks!" and a way you can tell it's not about ratings and clicks is that they shy away from publishing stories about trump and epstein, which are newsworthy and very popular
In honor of Joe Rogan publicly expressing reservations about the president he went out of his way to elect, please enjoy this (genuinely) incredible exploration of what his Whole Deal is all about. It's like if Adam Curtis decided to focus solely on morons. It's great. youtu.be/_v3KiaAjpY8?...
How Comedy Became a Dystopian Imperial Hell World
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
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