“more time socializing with women in real life”

I agree more or less with everything you said, but especially regarding the fact that arguing over the semantics of when a sound is a “heart beat” feels like we’re tacitly giving ground that we shouldn’t be giving. Whether there is a heart should it matter outside of fairy tales and Disney movies. The heart is just a…

“Recchia addressed her chosen suitor, Tino Franco, kissing another woman during their relationship (he stormed off the set twice.)”

“[The LAPD] advised Doe 2 to FaceTime with Jackson, question him in a way that prompts an admission, and record it.”

But recall that I urged my bosses to take the case—I would have still judged the woman as an ignorant, racist asshole, but a million dollars is a million dollars.

He said he felt betrayed by the filing of a motion mentioned by name —the singular and only purpose of that motion was to release a man from prison who should not have been put there in the first place.

“You’re parsing the words of someone who is going through an unbelievable tragedy that the world refuses to let them move on from awfully finely and rather uncharitably”

Okay. The article ends with “That’s labor!!!! Ball’s in your end zone, NFL teams. Time to pay up.” but it didn’t seem like there was anything preceding that statement that would make *now* the time to pay up any moreso than it was a year ago, ten years ago, or however long ago. Morally and ideologically, I can agree…

Assuming this was reported accurately by NYT, he didn’t simply say he felt betrayed by the prosecutor’s office. As reported, he said he felt betrayed by the filing of the motion to vacate—maybe the only good or just thing the prosecutor’s office has done regarding this matter in over two decades. So, the hot take is…

That’s great. I’m not making a moral argument for the cheerleaders not being paid more; I’m saying that I don’t think they will because they lack the power and leverage to force the NFL.

Just don’t judge whatever a victim’s family says, okay?

It’s easy to muster empathy for a young woman who was brutally murdered. It’s easy to muster empathy for a man denied even the semblance of what passes for due process or fairness in our so-called criminal justice system, and wrongfully locked up for 20 years as a result. And it’s less easy to muster empathy for a…

but some people probably think there are answers to be found beyond where the supply curve and demand curve intersect.

No adult in my family ever talked to me about sex (we are Cuban-American quasi-Catholics.) But my female cousins, every last one of them, got a speech by the age of 8 from the old ladies about “Guarda tu tesoro...” (guard your treasure). It sounded gross the first time I heard about this when I was like 15 or 16, and…

“Her brother, Young Lee, appeared via video conference at yesterday’s trial, saying he felt ‘blindsidedʼ and ‘betrayedʼ by the motion to vacate Syed’s sentence. He said to the court a sentiment his family has shared before: ‘This is not a podcast for me…this is real life—a never-ending nightmare for 20-plus years.ʼ”

Americans tend to enjoy so much entertainment media uncritically (impotent Twitter mobs don't count, since they don't really do anything)—why should this be any different?

It’s weird to be put in a position where I can either support a bunch of racists cruising around harassing Black motorists, or support a motorist who opened fire on another car in traffic (and presumably in transit) during a confrontation that didn’t already involve firearms.

I’m going to assume the likelihood of NFL cheerleaders’ getting better pay is proportionate to their measurable (monetary) contribution to their respective organizations. Players go on strike, and there’s probably no game; cheerleaders go on strike, and most people consuming football week to week probably wouldn’t…

I’m actually a little surprised by the volume of hand-wringing articles from week to week across the thinkpiece-o-sphere. Save for the vaneer of social conscientiousness from the diverse casting, HoD is otherwise pretty damn on-brand for a GoT property. This show was made to capitalize and trade on the name and…

Creating an opportunity for MTG to do... what? If it were the case that MTG were on the precipice on not winning reelection, or her district were otherwise even remotely susceptible to flipping, I might agree that we wouldn’t want to give her fodder for the stump—but I don’t think that’s the case.