The higher wages are still low for a job that expects a huge amount of physical and emotional labor. The problem is they’ve gotten away with it for so long they feel like they are entitled to employees willing eat shit for little pay.

Without your columns, I’d likely still be an “All Lives Matter” asshole.

Keep making shitty people uncomfortable, Michael. You do a service to those of us who aren’t as good with words but who feel just as passionate about our people and causes important to us. Major respect brother.

For what it’s worth, I read the grays out of curiosity and didn’t see a single negative comment. 

“Not ALL Grays.”

It’s been a pleasure and an education to read your work Michael, I look forward to continue to reading it wherever you land next.

RAtM is great. That will be an awesome show.

I saw Run the Jewels at Riot Fest a few weeks ago. They explicitly tell their fans: if you see anyone in trouble, stop and get help. If you see anyone that looks like they aren’t having a good time, stop and get help. If you touch anyone that doesn’t want to be touched, we will stop the show, come down there, and…

I was shocked it wasn’t on the list. It really makes history more obtainable. And to think, they didn’t start out thinking they were doing a History podcast.  Emu War is my favorite! 

I really enjoy “The Dollop” which is random history with quite a bit of comedy. 

Really, no “Stuff You Missed in History Class”?? Ok then...

I don’t think he was treated too harshly because he was black; I think other cops get treated far too leniently because they are white.

He’s always been a top notch defensive player, no one questions that. But his offensive game has not developed at all. His rookie year he went 16/8/8 and last year he went 14/7/7. How do your numbers go down in your 4th year in the league when you’re making max money? Look at the best players in the league - LeBron,…

Unless I am very much misreading [1], Suni Reid has not filed a discrimination lawsuit, but filed a complaint filed with the L.A. EEO Commission [2], a process that would start an investigation and would then require receiving a Notice of Right to Sue.

Doing a fakie tail while talking is pretty impressive. 

Happy to help! Let us know how the splints work if you try them. It will take some time switching between positions, but I’m hoping you could structure your supersets so that you only have to switch positions once. Alternatively, if you do timed workouts, you can just pause the timer, as I do if I have to adjust the…

The mortise thing is such a cool look - so much more interesting than a joint with a fastener and I like that it’s an aesthetic detail that improves a project that isn’t on paint or some fancy finish.

But how will they claim to have feared for their lives?

Good news. A little bit helps.

Fun fact about a noose-it’s specifically designed to be difficult-if not impossible-to loosen once it’s tightened around something. The point is, don’t put one around your neck or anyone else’s neck unless you want them to die of strangulation.