Brian Moritz

"nothing has been added but sentences." is some ice cold shit.

Congratulations Seth! Outstanding news!

Before you see a hundred or so posts saying that Texas has issued arrest warrants for the absent Dem legislators, you should be aware that they are civil warrants issued by the House that are not effective outside the state

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Oh. May have to steal that move.

It's not just the late 2000s.

Look, I loved the late 1990s and early 2000s. But I was making less than $20K for the first five years of my professional career. This was not some golden age.

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

The current concept of "girl dad" will be remembered at best as the most asinine and at worst as the grossest current-day cover invented to let men spew whatever nonsense they want about women and gender politics.

You. Don't. F*cking. Say.

If I'm reading and understanding this correctly, the NFL will own a 10 percent equity stake in ESPN? That's ... wow.

Counterpoint: Being on time doesn’t mean you’re “Type A,” it means you have respect for others

The true crappiness of this test was demonstrated in this episode of Maintenance Phase that everyone should listen to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @yrfatfriend.bsky.social

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I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.

This is the new normal When gambling is legal and accessible, these are the stories we're going to see

"What we are seeing now is the logical culmination of a lot of media, economic, and sociological patterns and behaviors. Everything from televised sports to social media to smartphones to data-driven newspaper websites has brought us to this moment."

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Editing Anthologies with Danielle Sarver Coombs and Molly Yanity Podcast Episode · The Other 51 · 07/31/2025 · 38m

New episode of The Other 51 is out, and it features @mollyyanity.bsky.social and @daniellecoombs.bsky.social discussing their edited anthologies about the 2019 and 2023 Women's World Cup.

Listen here, or where you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Olean Times Herald sports intern reunion in Pittsford today.

So awesome to catch up with my man @tydunne.bsky.social.

The issue here is that statements from political leaders are part of how journalists "find truth." This gives lots of rhetorical power to officials, who are presumptively telling the truth until proven otherwise.

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

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Rise of the manosphere podcasts/YouTube channels telling dudes that there's nothing wrong with them and promoting a certain brand of masculinity?

Not a direct effect, but it has to play a role.

I've already updated at least one of my courses with things I learned from this book, and have at least one newsletter based in it. It's so good.

Look, I don't run a newspaper. I don't know how I would do so in this challenging environment. But I do know that if decisions I made caused the great Sally Jenkins to leave, then I'd assume that I did something wrong.

Even her goodbye note is better than anything I've ever written

With Caitlin Clark and WNBA, Indianapolis Positions Itself as Home of Women’s Sports At sporting events, there can be noise … and there can be noise. You know the distinction. It’s when one player, or team, gets a special sound, the recognition that while in theory amongst eq…

I went to Indianapolis for WNBA All-Star Weekend and checked out the food (delicious), the sports venues (outstanding) and talked with local leaders about how it plans to capitalize on Caitlin Clark fever (with the Fever) to be a women's sports hub.

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The Other 51 (my interview podcasts with writers) is back tomorrow and this one is a banger. Listen to my brilliant friends Molly and Danielle talk about editing anthologies about the FIFA Women's World Cup.

We found this to be especially true with going to see a movie in a theater. Get a sitter and invest a full night of time away, time, and money for a clunker? No way.

CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies A CBS News investigation found discrepancies between the government's description of the Jeffrey Epstein jail video and what the video shows.

Late in the day but this is really phenomenal work by CBS. I didn't think the story could surprise me anymore, but I exclaimed out loud several times reading this.

www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...

This is the new normal When gambling is legal and accessible, these are the stories we're going to see

Anther day. Another player implicated in a gambling investigation.

When gambling is legal and accessible, this is the new normal in sports.

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Legalized gambling isn't the problem What we're missing in our conversations about sports betting

Reminder that legalized gambling isn’t the problem for sports. Legal and accessible gambling is the problem.
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Update, it's now fourth on ESPN. Underneath an ESPN-created story about a Raiders player upset at another for kissing a guy on the head.

Worth noting that as of just now, it is the third lead story on both ESPN (which broke the story) and The Athletic.

It's fantastic. I learned a lot about other industries, and she was really on top of the newspaper issues.