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Jesse Bishop

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I was a writer once

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Maybe also Jason Whitten. His production dipped late in his career, but not like he fell off a cliff. Just normal aging. (Gonzalez, though, just didn’t age.)

He and Gonzalez missed like three games total in a combined 34 seasons, which is wild.

28.09.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull β€˜Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull β€˜Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull β€˜Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

18.09.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7248    πŸ” 2136    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 94

I can’t think of a single memorable tweet that was longer even after the limit was lifted.

05.09.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was walking down the street tonight and saw someone had thrown out a lightly used coffee table that was the exact one I was going to buy. Maybe 45 minutes of work to fix a couple minor issues, and it’s a like-new $250 table. It is now in my garage.

12.08.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How I imagine the exchange would go:

Editor, giving up on revising that sentence: β€œI have no idea what you’re trying to accomplish here. Consider a rewrite to clarify.”

TCW: Hmm, my editor is not as smart as I. I will make no changes.

04.08.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The difference to me is less about what we millennials experienced in a unique way and more about what Gen X experienced and we did not.

23.07.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

taps the sign: www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

16.07.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s also wrong for the simple fact that Harris did give people something to vote for. Quite a lot, actually.

01.07.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Better: Instead of an opt out of the Discover feed, make it opt in.

23.06.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They would also, I’m pretty damn sure, reject using AI to remove that feeling.

Lots of great writers experience negative emotions when they write. Those who seek to eliminate emotion from the process, though, are probably never going to be great. Or even good.

21.06.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Treasured Public Lands on the Auction Block in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' A Senate provision in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill puts millions of acres of recreation lands up for sale to the highest bidder.

Treasured Public Lands Are on the Auction Block in Trump’s β€˜Big Beautiful Bill’

20.06.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10

The absolute worst kind of poster on those forums. Live commenting their misery into everyone else’s world while they’re just trying to enjoy a game.

19.06.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Alt National Park Service account.  887 thousand followers.
"The officla 'Resistance' team of the U.S. National Park Service.  Our Website:  www.ourparks.org

The Alt National Park Service account. 887 thousand followers. "The officla 'Resistance' team of the U.S. National Park Service. Our Website: www.ourparks.org

The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.

This thread will dive into its activity.
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17.06.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6331    πŸ” 2265    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 705

The link on that first one doesn’t even go to a story about protests. It also goes to a link about the parade.

15.06.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

[Exit King.]

14.06.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8364    πŸ” 2147    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 57

I’ve complained about refsβ€”hated them, reallyβ€”for 25+ years, and I’m not gonna stop now.

(OKC did not win because of the refs.)

youtu.be/0oiNzoglbVs?...

14.06.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another angle of Senator Padilla's confrontation with Kristi Noem here via FoxNews:

12.06.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 282    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 42

What is the city but the people?

07.06.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2454    πŸ” 702    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 16

Searching whether dogs can see a specific thing in beetle wings is just a bad search. β€œHow dogs see color” plus critical thinking, though, will get you an answer eventually.

So back to the original claim of consumer value, the pitch here is basically β€œavoid thinking.”

21.05.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed. When trying to answer specific questions, I’d search for what I thought would lead me to the info needed to get to an answer on my own, not the question itself.

21.05.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s an easily searchable answer to a question I believe you posed to demonstrate the consumer value of this type of AI.

I agree AI will more likely have answers to hyperspecific questions. Whether that’s providing meaningful value to anyone is, I think, debatable.

21.05.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve sadly read almost all of this, beginning with β€œinsanely more useful than other tools.”

That answer is a short version of my top search result on the same topic. Is either correct? I dunno. I’m not an expert. Is a simplified answer better? Maybe. But insanely more useful? Not from this example.

21.05.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just checked a couple possible domains for a defunct paper with genuine history. Available for $0.01. I don’t know if the name is actually available or still a trademark held by someone else, but it seems quite doable.

21.05.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis : Sorry, Charlie: NFL Snubs Ward : NFL draft: Teams say Heisman Trophy winner couldn't make up his mind what sport to play, so he goes undrafted. Don't you just love it? The NFL draft is complete, and everybody won. Nobody reached.

That’s what I always thought, but this from right after that draft suggests NFL teams passed because he hadn’t decided one way or the other yet. Seems he wanted to keep both options open, and NFL teams decided they weren’t into that.

www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

26.04.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."

14.04.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3201    πŸ” 1617    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 628

Build Back Better might be sullied with unfulfilled aspects of the Biden presidency, but it might fit the current situation.

25.03.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting place to choose to make that point, I guess.

17.03.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œPerfect is the enemy of good” kinda assumes what you have is good in the first place, doesn’t it? And this started with someone suggesting a particular message was bad (not good, not imperfect, but bad). To which an uninvolved person replied, β€œfuck off.”

How is the leftist the problem here?

17.03.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let them know I just decided to upgrade my unpaid membership to an annual subscription specifically because I consider "your website looks like it was built on Geocities in 1999" a feature.

28.01.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

This is twice now I remembered a game was about to tip from your posts here. We need more Mizzou fans on this app!

25.01.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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