lol, “stirring the pot” as a euphemism for staying on the trail of a serial abuser. If we only waited for legacy media to do it the “right way” we wouldn’t have nearly the same amount of knowlege a day we do now.

Great write up. How unlikely is it that, after a protracted and weird attempt at finding a new hire that approaches (or goes full tilt into) a tire fire, they circle back somehow and rehire Gerardi? That alternative universe doesn’t seem like too many dimensions away.

Kinda surprised you linked to that Babe.net article which in no way implicates her as a plagiarist as far as the textual analysis goes. You don’t have to be a poet to know that two writers using the same themes such as “water” and spare, short lines in no way equates to plagiarism

Hey, if the 40k jobs actually materialize and offset over $1 billion in tax incentives, then we’ll talk. It follows the same failed neoliberal path that dumps money into businesses in the hope it will al trickle down to the larger city. Baltimore’s track record with this strategy has been awful, and look no farther…

This wasn’t a strong move by Pugh but she needs to come through a hell of a lot more to make up for the absurdly awful giveaway to Under Armour

Apologies if this take short circuits your computer, but: I think The Ringer is starting to find its stride and might even be Good more often than it’s not.

Can confirm. I occasionallyrefer to our town as Salty Balty or Balty (but I’m also a mildly self aware tool). What’s gets me though is why every other cafe/theatre/whatever chooses a name that’s a riff on Charm. Find some new material people

I should have been more clear. I agree with you on everything you said here. I was merely comparing the passage of time. Following the ins and outs of 2009's big ticket items felt like 20 years worth of stress.

A $2 million fine for Exxon sounds like a rounding error’s rounding error

You know, I feel the same. But I felt a similar (though ultimately very different) feeling in 2009 with the bailout and health care legislation. Following along made it seem like years crawled by every week.

Fair enough, I can agree to disagree on that.

Is there some sort of middle ground here? They wouldn’t be the first celebrities to try to explore genuine life shit through the insane gauntlet of PR/branding/etc. And at that height a high a level of exposure too?

It’s absolutely a fucked up breach of privacy and I don’t know what’s the legal options are here. But I definitely (and respectfully) would say it is absolutely not the same thing as the particular instance of revenge porn you’re referring to.

Apologies, I meant to say that Ainge isn’t shutting the bed. I hear your frustration and it’s totally understandable. I just think there’s still something to the idea of wait and see. What if, a week before he trade deadline, the Pelicans have 12 wins and Boston makes a serous offer for AD, or scoops up Boogie for…

I think Ainge still gets some slack here. He’s in a good position to simultaneously wait out the Dubs and Cavs while maintaining a deep enough stable of talent to stay within striking distance. He’s missed some obvious moves at the moment, but once you’re two months deep into the regular season and promising teams are…

Copy and pasted from the Big Ten website, hence some of the supremely ejaculatory bullet points in there.

• Since the inception of the NCAA Tournament in 1939, the Big Ten has recorded the most appearances of any conference in the Big Dance with 174 (ACC, 160) and has the second-most NCAA Tournament victories with 277 (ACC, 316).

I think that’s a touch harsh. And I might be giving Ainge too much credit when I see this decision as a solid “stay the course except pick up even more ammo”. If Ainge ultimately doesn’t see fultz as The Guy (which is the biggest domino here) and thinks the talent is deep enough at #3 to land a franchise player or…

There’s got to be a healthy element of “IT is legit adored by the fanbase” at play here, right?

I agree for the most part. Part of me (over)thinks this move as Ainge thinking “IT is too beloved by the fans to ship out after grabbing a 1 seed and a going through an incredible and tragic playoffs run. 2, maybe 3 years worth’ of IT putting up similar numbers as this last year with the right pieces around him could…