Well, you are rarely constrained in the sense you can’t cross over something, but it’s often not the fastest route to try and climb everything in your path vs going around. So I never really got the sense of not being there that you mention.

Mother Jones is a nonprofit. GMG runs on the old, probably-never-truly-existed model of journalism as a business that keeps editorial and advertising walled off from each other. Gizmodo writers and editors have no input on advertising, and Deal of the Day posts are controlled by the advertising side.

I would be happier if he instead used that money to pay his workers appropriately and provide benefits, so they don’t have to rely on government support for basic life things. 

Let’s be clear here, in relative terms for the average person with even $100,000 net worth that is a donation of only $0.6!

Salving his conscience. I might have some respect for him if he paid his staff a living wage and gave them working conditions where they actually have time for a piss. His corporation could pay its taxes too.