William Moss

Man, this could have gone so many more interesting directions after "New York City."

I told him (politely--I was a guest!) I didn't think a few multi-units on Canada Rd. would doom him and his family. Never invited back. But it was a very good dinner tbh.

Back in 2022 or 23 I went to a very nice dinner party at the house of a wealthy guy in Woodside who was 100% convinced that SB-9 would lead to his family burning to death because "those people" would block his evacuation route when the inevitable wildfire came.

Sepp Blatter looking like he's risen from the grave.

Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US

One way to read this is as Sepp Blatter shiving Gianni Infantino.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I should add that as a crisis and corporate reputation person, I have worked with many lawyers over the years, both in-house and outside counsel, and they've been great!!! But the point stands.

Also, something I learned while writing this is that there is a "Meat Industry Hall of Fame" and this year's induction ceremony is TOMORROW! (Alas, in Georgia, so I can't crash it.) www.provisioneronline.com/meat-industr...

I have never had a McRib and have no stake in the outcome of this litigation. But I do think the complaint kind of maligns the culinary value of miscellaneous pig organs.

The People v. McRib The press bites on a sandwich lawsuit

As a longtime PR person, I have a theory that many lawyers are just fancy PR people. Nothing proves this more than an entertaining, written-for-press class-action lawsuit. williammoss.substack.com/p/the-people...

I've never had a McRib, but I have a lot of time for processed and restructured meat products in general, tbh. Sausage? Pate? Terrines? Liverwurst? Plain ol' hot dogs? Hit me!

A block of text: More relevantly, the quote above states that "tripe, heart, and scalded stomachs" are commonly used in processed meats. It also notes that the McRib is "composed of unmarketable parts of the animal." It does not specifically state that tripe, heart, and scalded stomachs are in the McRib. They might be, but we don't know that from the citation in the lawsuit. But the implication was enough for the plaintiff's lawyers to run with. I don't know if that will matter legally, but it was great PR, because the press couldn't resist the ick! factor. The media all used some form of "the lawsuit alleges" in their articles because they have their own lawyers looking over their copy. It's lawyers all the way down.

Always walk the sources, kids!!!

Text reading: The "he" in the first sentence above-the source of the list of organ meats—is a Mr. Roger Mandigo, who is described by Chicago Magazine as, "a longtime prof at [the University of Nebraska, Lincoln| a recent inductee into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame and an innovator in restructured meat products." I did not know there was a Meat Industry Hall of Fame. Now I do, and so do you! If you're interested, this year's induction ceremony is on January 26th, at the Georgia World Congress Center, and there is (barely) still time to RSVP. Please go, and send me a report!

Features my new favorite industry expert, AND my new favorite industry honor!

A close up of a McRib sandwich showing meat slathered in red sauce on a roll, with pickles and raw onion strips. The title is, "The People v. McRib," and the subtitle is "The press bites on a sandwich lawsuit."

I wrote about how last month's class-action lawsuit over the marketing of McDonald's "McRib" sandwich was a clever bit of gross-out PR rooted in American ideas of which bits of an animal are "premium" and which are trash. williammoss.substack.com/p/the-people...

I hate both these teams but that was a hell of a pass from Stafford to Nakua.

I am deeply ashamed of my prior statements and apologize without reservation. I will be stepping away from social media for the time being* to allow time for healing.

*Two or three minutes.

The chances of the Superbowl being between two teams I hate just went to 100%.

Correction. That initial sentiment may have been right.

I think all late season football should be played in the shittiest possible weather, by law.

Questioning my earlier, "Jarrett who? Lol Broncos are doomed!" sentiment.

A brown tabby attempts to bite a tantalizing twist-tie attached to a ball-point pen,.

Meanwhile, drama on the home front:

Honestly, you probable deserve one, too.

OMG

Valuable Internet learning experience.

Accidentally learned two things today:

1) Searching "otter" on bsky dot app does not return photos of the famously adorable riparian mustelid.

2) The urban dictionary definition of the word "otter."

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Honestly had no idea he was a Brit.

"With no market for buying and selling countries, it is of course impossible to put any meaningful price tag on Greenland."

I endorse using goldies as a standard unit of mass. I also like the idea of a goldie tree.

…On a dive boat that sank its trash at sea.

That’s a good point. At-sea rubbish disposal is pretty common. There are probably better enforcement mechanisms than the stencil, though. I get ”no smoking” because the stakes are higher. I learned technical diving on the wreck of an oil tanker that exploded (though it was from lightning).

Not the most important thing here, but when did they start stenciling “PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT” on oil tankers? And who is that for?