Colin

@benjamingaines.bsky.social you should put The Hike by Drew Magary on your reading list. Just finished it and I think it’s up your alley

@drewmagary.bsky.social I just finished the Hike and man that was fantastic. Really, really well done and touching. Nailed the ending. Loved it

Completely forgot the all-star stuff was even happening today. How can it basically be over by 5:45 pm??

Took a mid-afternoon nap. Highly recommend

Hmm are you deliberate mispronouncing my name in this joke?

How can I pull out like 14 lbs of dust from my carpets every time I vacuum? Someone is fucking with us

The congressional hearing we need to have is investigating where all this dust comes from in my house

Oh my god lol

I got nothing here. He said Uncle Chicken Strips and I just nodded and was like “damn, that’s good.”

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Also the Quad God tank instantly gave me cursed vibes the first time I saw it in the team skate

Just finished watching and that guy was completely shook out there

Brings me no pleasure to report: Quad Fraud

Wowowowow choked out there

Oh no, Malinin

Nope, Malinin just about to skate

Oh no

Oh no

Time to put on the men’s free skate and watch everyone succeed with great aplomb

Earthquake season

Not an expert, but I know a few things

Still peeved at this 10 hours later lol

Ray Ratto, as always, completely gets it

Hard to think of a Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil I needed more than this one

You can bemoan the state of tanking, that’s fine. But spare me the moralizing about how egregious Utah is being when all the other teams are just as shameless

OKC held out SGA for basically half a season to tank. They played Poku for like 48 minutes in a game even though other guys were healthy.

The Kings came into Utah with their entire starting line up out. The wizards traded for Trae and then said he wasn’t going to play the rest of the season. Last year Toronto held Ingram out. Yes, the Jazz are probably lying, but it’s just like everyone else is

One more point: in many socialized healthcare systems you cannot access a procedure without meeting guidelines at all. Here, you’re always welcome to pay out of pocket for a something insurance won’t cover

Like, I’m sorry to tell you that even in places with socialized healthcare systems, relatively young people still die of cancer

Colonoscopies are complex and time consuming procedures. You can’t screen everyone because you don’t have the labor pool of skilled doctors. When you screen younger, mostly unaffected people you open the door to delaying intervention to those most in need. It’s just not this simple