Jesse Dougherty

Game of Thrones (kidding, though it is + the latest spinoff series was excellent)

I honestly haven’t loved much of the tv I’ve finished lately. Been having a better movie run.

Slow Horses is probably my favorite of newer shows. I enjoyed Task (for the most part). The Beast in Me held my attention?

yeah I can see that, too. And I was being heavy-handed in the opening take here, but it's just very much not for me, I guess, and I think the hype is way overblown now that I've watched 10+ episodes. But to each their own!

haha good to know! And yeah I hear that on realism then, I thought you more so meant that all of those events couldn't possibly happen in one day, like with 24 back in the day

Whether it’s realistic or not is not my issue though. How damn corny and cringey 80 percent of the dialogue is is my issue, among others.

Yeah that’s fair. I just think it’s lowest common denominator stuff and not really befitting of a top-billing show on HBO. I also realize I went in with high expectations because of my trust in HBO (historically) and how much friends like it. And it’s just a big old flop for me.

Oh shit that’s right

I’m not looking for reality. I’m looking for dialogue that’s not the wittiest, corniest, lowest common denominator line every time someone opens their mouth.

I’m catching up on The Pitt, almost finished with the first season, and … *ahem* … we all agree this is an objectively bad show that also happens to be pretty addicting?

Like I’ll keep watching!

But it’s bad.

(Newsroom-style bad, to evoke another HBO flop)

Thank you!

Thank you!

Getting 'Em Next Time On diapers, writing and baseball.

On diapers, writing and baseball — from a new dad who can’t believe how lucky he is: open.substack.com/pub/colleges...

Printing out, taping to fridge.

It really is insane, isn’t it?

Thank you Sara! And I think that’s a great point!

Thank you!

Thank you!

jesse dadherty (this is really sweet and a lovely morning read)

Getting 'Em Next Time On diapers, writing and baseball.

On diapers, writing and baseball — from a new dad who can’t believe how lucky he is: open.substack.com/pub/colleges...

Widespread Thoughts on why a story about competitive spreadsheet-ing really resonated.

I wrote recently about why I think this story — on competitive Excel — has resonated with so many people (and so many different types of people, not the usual sports fans/casuals who read my work): open.substack.com/pub/colleges...

Extremely cool to have my last story for the Washington Post featured by @longreads.com:

That offer to hang was off the record

Can't wait to read @jacobbogage.bsky.social, my first beat partner and desk mate at the Post, at his next stop.

From his announcement today:

“We had it so good, didn’t we?” I texted Jesse last week.

“Yeah, we really, really did,” he wrote back.

Widespread Thoughts on why a story about competitive spreadsheet-ing really resonated.

Latest newsletter: Some thoughts on spreadsheets and why a story about competitive college Excel resonated with so many different types of people.

(With cameos by @planetmoney.bsky.social and the Good Noticings podcast)

collegesportsmoney.substack.com/p/competitiv...

Rather than putting John on a watch list, everyone should follow his example, including listening to this week's Hang Up and Listen featuring @jessedougherty.bsky.social on the end of the great WaPo sports section: slate.com/podcasts/han...

You're the best. Thank you, man. I really appreciate this

Rebrand This is the same newsletter except for the ways in which it is now different.

I have rebranded my free newsletter as By Jesse Dougherty.

Consider it an open-ended thing, going with the post-layoff winds, starting ... uh ... now?

More on that here. I'd love it if you subscribed (or stuck with it if you already do): collegesportsmoney.substack.com/p/rebrand

Will Lewis’s exit is long overdue. His legacy will be the attempted destruction of a great American journalism institution. But it's not too late to save The Post. Jeff Bezos must immediately rescind these layoffs or sell the paper to someone willing to invest in its future.

I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done. After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.

After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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Just wrote "Part 2" at the top of a legal pad.

And away we go.

Not Goodbye ... but see you later.

A quick update on the newsletter, which amounts to that ... I don't really know what will happen with the newsletter, but you'll certainly hear from me again: collegesportsmoney.substack.com/p/washington...