The more I look at players in the mid rounds, the more I like this draft. The high-end talent may be lacking, but there are a ton of dudes in the middle rounds that feel like could step in and make an impact from the jump.
Love this playlist all the time, but its a must today
There's a war on for your mind.
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Man what the hell
biggest week of this dude’s life and “ZACHARIAH BRANCH ARRESTED” was sent to everyone’s phone via ESPN notification with no further details. all cops are scum
This sounds like some serious you-know-what.
This definitely increases the likelihood that DAL trades up. A dream outcome for either ARI or TEN imo.
“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is not being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience.
![“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:guthikarwozoldkzhueivkl6/bafkreihklvhtymho7wpemo5mj2f7xaiq6ulvfvcwnzo6hjstg3wixzgesy)
“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”
Wyle makes eye contact for his next point, delivering it with a Robby-esque matter-of-factness. “Fourth point: The election went the other way,” he says with a shrug. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe. But in the midst of that, fifth point—this is essentially competence porn. You’re watching really smart, dedicated people do what only they know how to do at a level that you don’t know how to do it, and you’re so fucking glad that they’re there doing it, and compartmentalizing their own stuff to put your broken pieces back together. You’re so reassured by knowing that there are people out there that laugh and joke and have the ability to lock in like that.”
this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...
TURN THIS UP
I haven't lived in New York for 6 years but this guy has me fist-pumping about tax day. what if an entire party could get behind "tax the rich to pay for services that improve lives." what if.
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty.
"People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.”
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Rap: DT Dexter Lawrence, Giants reach impasse on new big-money extension.
Giants have engaged with teams on a potential trade.
Are there going to be any repercussions for Mike Vrabel?
Lyrics from “Optimism (As a Radical Life Choice)” by Spanish Love Songs: “Can’t even have my coffee without exploiting someone / Or making another millionaire a billionaire”
Far too often I’m reminded of this line:
Well, of the two men with those leanings--one was matched with a woman who shared his politics....
But also, we have to get away from this idea that depicting, profiling, discussing bad people all falls under this catch-all idea of "platforming" them.
Seeing a lot of hostility towards indie journalists who'd long heard rumors of Salwell's abuses but didn't report on them, & I'm sorry, but that's not how journalism works. This isn't sitting on a story for a book. You can't report w/o sources. You can't out victims who aren't ready to go on record.
More than half of Gen Z-ers living in the United States use generative artificial intelligence regularly, but their feelings about the technology are souring, according to a new survey released on Thursday by Gallup, the Walton Family Foundation and GSV Ventures, a venture capital firm that works in education technology. The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. Young adults' excitement about artificial intelligence dropped, too, and nearly a third of respondents indicated that the technology made them feel angry.
I guess what I’m saying is great consumer products don’t make young people feel anger and despair the more they use them www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/s...
PUBLIC SERVICES CANT LOSE MONEY AHHHH
The same vapid bad faith framing they've used on Social Security will eventually grind its way through everything but cops and world cops
Oh man this is batting practice for Drew. So in his wheelhouse and a joy to read
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I’m still in awe over all the dumb fuck law firms, tv networks, and universities that caved to Trump.
More or less everyone who has stood up to Trump has won and everyone who didn’t has suffered an endless series of humiliations.
shifting back to draft mode
LETS GOOOOO
Well…can I interest you in fullbacks, blocking WRs and a bazillion tight ends?
This is where I'm at with this draft class. It doesn't have a lot of star or superstars at the top, but the Day 2 crop of guys are gonna be quality starters in the NFL
BREAKING: I have done a mock draft. One round, one trade, 32 picks. Have at it! www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/ne...
What has to happen for people to drop the Pollyanna shit. He literally tried to overthrow the government. Then he bent Congress to supercharge ICE funding which he used to fill out his Gestapo and open concentration camps. Shooting citizens in the street. Destroyed USAID. What more do you need?
