I know Scott from my prior DC career - he’s a top-rate journalist who’s done essential work over the past few years. Whatever he does next will be worth paying attention to:
Start with the facts, then add the personality. What would you tell a stranger about him if you had two minutes? If you’re going to give a eulogy, the obit can help organize your thoughts.
This F1 race is already better than the last five Monaco GPs combined.
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
All of the above are great answers, but here’s one must-watch that captures the sport perfectly (and for some reason is only available this way in the U.S.): youtu.be/-aPLOQeSHrM?...
Automatic transcription is a lifesaver because there’s too much video as it is. Using AI to turn long text into podcasts and videos sounds exhausting, similar to how the early phone companies thought people would use them to listen to sports.
Gravity Falls
Lost in Space (as noted)
Percy Jackson
Scavengers Reign (little dark/adult but amazing)
Doctor Who is a particular taste - if you start with Christoper Eccleston and look past the effects until Matt Smith shows up, the storytelling can be amazing.
To be a good man you have to do more than just not say the crappy thing www.patreon.com/posts/its-no...
Calvinball games, Calvinball prizes.
The proper theme song for rebooting The Rockford Files is a banging remix from at least 10 years ago: youtu.be/9Z66G9QPOeU?...
It’s actually just using a minor fourth chord (or I-iv progression) in any slow pop song:
If you had "Charles Leclerc for Pokemon" on your Super Bowl ad bingo card, you are at a bingo hall in hell and need to find a way back to the surface.
Sure, be appalled that Phil Collins licensed "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" for an ad with singing toilets, but just think about how much Alamo memorabilia he's going to be able to buy with that money.
There are men of a certain age who will see that Guy Fieri ad and think “maybe I could pull off bleached tips.”
A local Italian place used this image to advertise Super Bowl specials from its ghost kitchen. I’m good, thanks:
Have been delighted with my subscription to @thebaltimorebanner.com - they're doing good work for local journalism on the Maryland side of DC:
Suburban DC has taken this winter storm warning seriously:
Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
Does no one actually teach The Streisand Effect? Feels like there’s easily a semester’s worth of lecture material available.
Aww.
Hands-off, eyes-on highway driving systems will become standard equipment on new cars in much of the world quickly — some news from us today: www.mobileye.com/news/mobiley...
Walgreens are much better in Vegas for basics and snacks.
My last take for this year is that Miley Cyrus had the best NYE show.
youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg Shameful how many times I’ve danced like this
Closing in on ten years and 90k miles on my electric Golf with almost no signs of degradation, and maintenance has been minimal.
What’s the double bill, Requiem For A Dream?
One battle after another.
…It’s the type of reporters who create lots of original reporting and/or have big followings — just like the good old days.
PR people like me used to fret about which reporters/outlets have the biggest reach. Then came SEO. Then came AI summaries which scrambled everything again.
Now we see which reporters/outlets are getting the most interest from AI summaries. And…?
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