We don’t know what we don’t know. Murray is saying all the right things but who knows what he was thinking at the time or what he was thinking during that interview? I think it’s fair to withhold judgment.

There are all kinds of below-the-line people, everybody from camera operators to caterers, who don’t get paid if they’re not working.

And it’s not just a hypothetical. In 2017, a bunch of major brands pulled their ads from YouTube because their ads were showing up with hateful and extremist content: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/25/google-youtube-advertising-extremist-content-att-verizon

Last question first: The mayor in the first episode is Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. She was mayor from 2010 to 2016, having ascended from the City Council presidency after her predecessor, Sheila Dixon, left office under the terms of a plea deal for misappropriating gift cards meant to go to the poor. Later on in the…

He’s talking about unfettered free speech but wait until he learns that advertisers don’t want their ads appearing with porn or hate speech. Or until he learns about Germany’s social media law.

I’m already on Discord, including servers made by disgruntled former Deadspin/TAY commenters and one made by Zack. What I did was I joined Mastodon. It’s not bustling but it’s got good vibes. I’m not leaving Twitter yet but I’m diversifying my diet.

You didn’t know that?

Yeah, my blood pressure skyrocketed when I heard that bit during the opening. And then the Mosby clip played and my eyes rolled so far back in my head they did a full 360.

The problem is the super-rich live out in the county. Most county folk only claim to be from Baltimore when the Ravens win the Super Bowl or some shit. The rest of the time, it’s not their problem.

If you ask me, it’s pretty clear he died by suicide. The blood spatter up his sleeve sealed it. I’m inclined to believe what the review panel said, even if some of its findings were conjecture. But I think it speaks volumes that you can say it was murder and won’t be laughed out of the room.

Whew. I can relate, having been in a nasty wreck myself. I wasn’t lucky enough to be able to convalesce at home, though. They had to fly my ass downtown, I spent a week in the hospital and another two in rehab. Shit sucked, man.

The Series S is tempting, that’s cool you got it on the house. But personally, I’m going for the Series X. Even if a lot of my gaming is on Game Pass, physical media is the only thing that’s forever.

Right, I’m aware of the crunch on materials, too.

I would like a Series X. However, I’m not aware of a lot of games that I can’t also play on my launch day Xbox One. So I’m in no hurry. And that feels weird, you know, to be able to say that a year and a half after a console’s launch. It’s almost as unusual as the scarcity that persisted until now.

This is distressing. Thank you for writing about this.

Yes. Suiter is played by Jamie Hector in this. He was implicated in testimony at trial.

If that’s your real name, I searched it on Facebook just now and we might be a degree of separation from each other.

Fenton’s a friend. I highly recommend the book. A couple other friends wrote another book on this mess—I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad.

Whatever, I’m a sucker so I’m already going for the digital deluxe anyway.

There are productions that just do it all in post. Several directors/studios said in the wake of the Rust incident that that’s what they’ll do going forward. The argument against is mostly about authenticity and aesthetics, that it’s hard to fake things like recoil and the sparks from blanks look great on camera.