He's also hit on a number of topics that pertain to bro-dom, toxic masculinity, and male lonliness without trying to sell himself as the solution, but subtly offering a way out. Kudos.

I can't quite explain it but listening to @benmckenzie.bsky.social discuss crypto makes me feel he's who Scott Galloway wants to be. Ben is clear, able to laugh at himself and, well, everything, and makes his points with laser-like focus and easy-to-understand concepts. It's truly admirable.

That's me and Spencer Horwitz on the Pirates, it's the Beasties and "Shake Your Rump" ... "Make another record 'cause the people they want more of this / Suckers they be saying they can take out Spencer Horwitz"

I get very cynical about Earth Day, as the worst corporations in the world conduct a big ol' astroturfing operation, but it is a good reminder that the planet is lovely, awesome in the most spiritual of ways, and worth saving.

Björk's lesser-known foray into jingles: "Arby of Me"

Just me, or would anyone else prefer that Kelly Crull own the Braves beat on 680 vs Barrett Sallee?

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Also, iOS and other Apple software has become so bloated and unwieldy (hint: AI). Maybe a focus on back to basics? Maybe Apple needs to look backwards to move forwards?

What’s to come after the glass rectangle? What’s to come from laptops? What’s the (ugh) wearable strategy, what’s the next watch? Why has Apple hardware become so predictable and dull?

Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription The soon-to-exit Apple CEO went all in on services. Now, the incoming CEO, John Ternus, will need to embrace the AI era.

For better or worse, this is spot on about Cook. I’m not sure I agree they need to focus on AI - in fact, I’d argue that they need to focus on hardware innovation, and if that includes a “virtual assistant” that is actually useful, fine. But their hardware has been actually boring for years.

Ah well. Get ‘em tomorrow.

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That's Monsieur Cedric De Grandpre to you, honhonhon.

Ah, and here I thought it was "not facing Bryce Harper representing the winning run"-itis. I feel badly now.

10/10 would eat again

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Ca-caw

Helmet nachos. Paid for it the next morning.

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so in conclusion, bats > mosquitos all day every day

i've killed a bat in my bedroom (fun story), & had to wait a nerve-wracking 2 days to find out if that bat was rabid, which would mean rabies shots, which are incredibly painful and expensive, because you would never actually know if the bat bit you or not (their teeth are that small and sharp).

the risk of being bitten by a mosquito carrying a disease far outweighs the risk of being bitten by a bat. a single brown bat can eat up to 8,000 mosquitos in one night. knowing that mosquitos kill more people globally than any other animal, that's a solid ratio.

I can’t remember who said that most late 90s and early aughts hip hop videos look like they were shot thru a cheese grater. Still a *fantastic* vibe tho.

🧹 🧹🧹

This booth is great tonight.

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The Mets having to use the corpse of Craig Kimbrel in the bottom of an extra inning game may not be the biggest indictment of their assitude, but it’s pretty indicative. Wow, what a lousy organization.

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*sad*

Again

Let's keep it up, boys!

Read this paragraph in the “Leslie Odom Jr as Aaron Burr doing the Federalist Paper monologue from ‘Non-Stop’ in ‘Hamilton’” voice

I’m honestly dumbfounded by this.

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Cobra and the Joes each take some heavy water but - as expected - Baroness reneges on their truce, tho both end up getting away with what they came for.

6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on a remote island.

So this was the episode where GI Joe and Cobra battled in scuba gear and submarines for the Heavy Water that is one of the elements that power the M.A.S.S., but ultimately have to team up to fight the massive tube worms. Spoiler: they shoot the bottom of the pillars, the worms float, bloat, & die.