Matt Brown

WHAT?!?

READ THE FUCKIN' ROOM, LINKEDIN

hang on penny is using my phone for homework, I will soon though!

god nobody wants that

WHY WONT PEOPLE HAVE SEX WITH ME??

I think that's it. In a world where *that much white collar work* vanishes, I don't think its reasonable to expect much in the way of income diversification. Nobody will have the money to buy the goods and services I could potentially provide. It'd be UBI or Hobbesian nightmare.

skill issue imo

how on earth is one supposed to mitigate risk of "a wipeout of all white collar labor?"

I'm sure this is bullshit, but if it wasn't....like, whats the rational regular person response to this? Quit our jobs now and pivot to hedonism? Storm the Bastille? Go back to asking ChatGPT to make me little cartoons to post on LinkedIn? What am I, a regular person, supposed to do with this info

this is bullshit i cant believe i have to work and and be a serious professional and missed such a sick goal

anyway i'm depressed-posting but probably doing that more because I have so much fucking paperwork to do today and looking at my gmail is giving me hives

SORRY MY BAD

IMG to pay $1.72 million fine for accepting tuition from parents tied to Mexican cartel The Florida school processed tuition payments for students whose parents had ties to a drug cartel, according to the Treasury Department.

Is this system better at developing elite athletic talent?

no! But it IS good at stuff like this!

www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...

I cannot open my LinkedIn without seeing stories of PE/VC bros celebrating how youth sports is the next great investment opportunity/growth business. I get these pitches OFTEN. Nobody with actual money seems to want to grow opportunity, only milk more money from a smaller percentage of rich people.

College basketball players are coming to NBA2K THIS WEEK. Here's what I know: On the future of licensed college basketball titles, why 2K is chosing this particular strategy, and more:

and I chatted with some folks at 2K to get a few more unreleased details on the return of college basketball players to video games (starting THIS FRIDAY), and where college basketball (and baseball) games go next:

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/college-ba...

Some of the notes on UVU's lawsuit against the WAC:

I don't really get this. Texas didn't make the playoff last year! You could argue that nobody underperformed relative to their budget and roster construction last season MORE than Texas.

And their GM nearly sees his salary double?

Money isn't real.

College basketball players are coming to NBA2K THIS WEEK. Here's what I know: On the future of licensed college basketball titles, why 2K is chosing this particular strategy, and more:

and I chatted with some folks at 2K to get a few more unreleased details on the return of college basketball players to video games (starting THIS FRIDAY), and where college basketball (and baseball) games go next:

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/college-ba...

🏅Why is Sacramento State joining the MAC? We talked to MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and Sac State president Dr. Luke Wood to get the full story

So our sister publication caught up with Sac State's president *and* the commissioner of the MAC and got a few more detailss on WHY this weird conference realignment is happening...and a look at very aggressive new model for the MAC...
www.nil-wire.com/p/new-pos

in conclusion, roll tide, and roll tide also with you

amen

I certainly don't think Christianity has any sort of monopoly on third places or justice or connections to the Sacred and Indefinable, and I don't blame anybody who was hurt by a church for walking away forever.

but I think this works for *me* right now. And I hope I can help others within it

I love going somewhere where I wont be deeply embarassed if my church ends up in the news. I like being somewhere that FORCES me to turn off my phone and be present. I like how kenetic and celebatory the mass is. I feel more connected to something bigger than myself.

So I'm glad I did it.

But I gave it another shot. Got to know the folks in the parish. Got to know the priest. And while the rituals were unfamiliar to me, the feeling of being there with those people somehow felt VERY familiar.

And this time, it didn't have any of the baggage I had been dragging around for 30 years

So last Easter, I gave it a shot. Felt terrified that I knew nothing about how "high church" stuff was supposed to work. The priest was flicking water at me, people kept standing, I didnt know the words to any of the songs, I thought I knew the bible, but whew I felt confused during that first mass

but my youngest daughter and I were getting piano lessons at an episcolpal church about a mile from our house...walking distance. And I was surprised that I felt myself feeling more *reverent* when I was there, even while I was on stage trying to plunk out Thunder Road on a Tuesday night

The first place I tried was a larger non-denominational one a few blocks from my house. Very nice people. But it was Pastor In Jeans Church, you know?. Too informal, too unstructured, too culturally alien to me after 36 years of "wearing a blue shirt is too informal for church" life. Couldn't do it

I decided about a year and a half ago that even though I couldn't bring myself to remain LDS anymore, I did miss a lot about *church*. I missed the ritual, the community, the structural reminders to think about things and people beyond myself, etc. But I had no idea about how to find a new one

Sure. Gimme a second to uh, gently encourage my kids to turn off animal crossing and start the going to bed process, and I'll share a few tweets about why I decided to do that.

(and yeah most of the exmos i know, including my lovely wife, are out on church ENTIRELY. Which i completely understand)

sadly no. I missed out on so many good fussy beverages!!!

but im sure I could learn to like it

we have a few ex-vangelicals but yeah, vast majority were former catholics

there's a 40 page thread about me on the uh, Kenyon College (???) message boards