Patrick Wyman
Pod: Tides of History, currently covering the Iron Age. The Pursuit of Dadliness. Book: "The Verge," on the world around 1500. pwymanusc at gmail.
- How is Jokic real
- Credit to Russell Westbrook, a guy who knows exactly what his job is at this point in his career and as always plays his ass off trying to do it
Really never thought he'd ever be this self aware- Right? The guy who got embarrassed by the Blazers in 2019 wouldn’t have been able to take the hit to his ego
- Five years ago I’m not sure I would’ve ranked Russ all that highly as an all-timer, but if he grabs an unexpected title that’s a truly great cap to a deserving career
- Reading Sulzberger's remarks here make it abundantly clear that he and his colleagues simply do not understand their role in what's happened. Shying away from precision, especially in headlines, to maintain "fairness" isn't doing anything to help us live in a shared information environment!
- In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Across the world, we’ve seen democracy in retreat,” writes A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times. “This anti-press playbook is now being used here in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.”
- The Times' squeamishness about calling things what they are has actively undermined the free press, not buttressed its credentials. The ease with which bad-faith actors have been able to squeeze their views into the Times should make the people at the top take stock, but apparently it hasn't.
- Six months ago, I figured these guys would eventually end up in Nazi territory through convergent evolution: there are only so many ways to be a racist, authoritarian shithead. But now I’m convinced that Miller especially sees them as a blueprint to be followed. Much more disturbing.
- RFK Jr really out here trying to tell us about health while looking exactly like a gas station hot dog that’s been left on the roller for two days, get the fuck out
- I mean this seriously: if RFK goes ahead with his autism registry, he’s going to discover firsthand what the real definition of a “concerned parent” is.
- I don't talk about it very often, because it's nobody's business, but my son is on the spectrum. His way of approaching the world is a gift: He thinks differently, asks great questions, and takes nothing for granted. This greasy, evil, ignorant motherfucker will never be able to understand him.
