Yes, agreed.

That said, while I’ve seen plenty of calls for game developers to unionize, I haven’t seen much analysis of that in terms of the broader software sector. The tech industry as a whole has been resistant to union efforts because the pay, benefits, and things like PTO and remote work policies are more…

I heard Iggy & The Stooges “Search and Destroy” used to sell a fuckin Audi not too long ago. While I vomited in my mouth slightly when I remembered that just now, it undercuts your point.

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Why does everyon always at best ignore, but usually hate on, Atlanta? Great cultural contributions, relatively progressive for a Deep South city, lots of trees, good food, and, um... more trees?

Last week’s suicide picks of Seattle, Atlanta, and Jacksonville went 3-0.

It feels like they’re aiming for as many top pitching prospects as possible, maybe with the hope of reincarnating the 90’s Braves, with insane pitching and good-enough bats? As a Braves fan, I love the idea, but realize that likely won’t happen.

Simmons was definitely a fan favorite, though, and this burns after…

Ugh, Thee Oh Sees! John Dwyer is a scuzzy god

Addendum: To keep it sports-related, we could list all the athlete-artist parallels, like Jay Cutler/Phil Collins. Both are obviously more talented and harder working than any of us here, and are far from the worst at what they do ...but they’re just so much fun to pick on regardless.

So, none of the Gawker sites have any recurring features on music (in the same vein of dedicated film reviews or pretentious #longreads), with it mostly being limited to DUAN comments or broader “look at this famous person!” shit.