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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the-struggle-to-detoxify-the-internet : Behind the scenes at Reddit.
So fascinating. They (and consequently we) are all flying by the seat of our pants.
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Extremely excited for the BBC's upcoming adaptation of His Dark Materials (ft. Lin-Manuel Miranda!)
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USWNT 1-0 England to take the 2018 #SheBelieves Cup! Way to go!
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It's a bit ironic that this is the next status after Teach's status about the possible issues facing a former athlete of the opposite gender of the players they're coaching, with little or no relevant experience, and being scrutinized for it. I know it's too early to tell if Neville is a good hire or not, but it seems to be working out so far.
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I think men coaching women's sports is actually really common. I had to look up who you were talking about, though
Hey, I'm just happy to see a W here. Last year they ended up in last place. And there are some really exciting young players coming up for the next generation of stars (Pugh runs so hard!) What can I say, my fandom is pretty uncritical.
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Coach Pops continues to be such an inspiring voice and model of leadership in sports. Such class!
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Ah, I see. I guess I don't follow the NBA nearly close enough to be aware of anything other than Pop's commentary on broader social issues.
Are private role models any better than public role models? I think all that's needed is some realism when it comes to models. They aren't unimpeachable, but there are specific things about them that we can find very admirable. Sometimes they themselves don't live up to the stands they set. Such is human, and we (may) change our views on them accordingly.
Something I really appreciate about Pop is how effectively he can reach such a broad spectrum of people. It's his unique position as a powerful figure in sports. He (and Steve Kerr) can say the same things that, say, if it were some young minority journalist penning an op-ed for HuffPo they might be reflexively attacked as some kind of SJW.
Pop's position commands respect from those same people, and he's using it to provide really valuable leadership. He shows that you can be someone in his shoes and "get it", in what appears to be a thorough and heartfelt way.
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Does a win tonight mean Coach Smiles & Team are going dancing?
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Considering we had folks from the selection committee in attendance at the Nebraska/Penn State game (and the same folks at the Kansas game), I think as long as we either win or make the Michigan game come down to the wire (assuming they get by the Illinios/Iowa winner), we're in.
Honestly, we should already be in as-is. We just don't have the name cache for basketball that other B1G schools have...but here's hoping this wasn't a one-year fluke again, and SMiles can actually build on this success for next year.
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Off-topic: I love 'The Weeds', one of the Vox podcasts. Matt Yglesias is one of my favorite commentators on Twitter, and from his picture I definitely did not expect his voice to be....uh, that high. It's so amusing to listen to him talk, especially when he gets really animated. Smart, funny, excitable dude
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Woah! Is this the first ever early signing day? Grats to the newest Huskers!
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@ladyhawkeThey meant verbal commitment, like the kid a few years ago who committed to USC(to Lane Kiffen) in like 7th grade. It's getting younger and younger every year even if it means absolutely nothing at the time other than some free publicity.
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Predictive algorithm-generated Harry Potter: "You are Hagrid now."
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"ticking yore bass" and all other more sensible rhymes non-poet Tim Miles could have come up with for "kicking your ass". C'mon Coach, sticking blur glass?
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11/18: Nebraska @ Penn St
11/18: UCF @ Temple
So clever, Moos man!
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How are people going to afford to go get doctorates? I completely do not see how it's going to be possible, unless you're already quite wealthy (or have no choice but to be poor)
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Good thing you found yourself a sugar momma Zoo. I've said jokingly recently that one of the criteria for me and dating would be that a man have health insurance ... not joking about it anymore. It will be as important as being kind, loving football, having a full mouth of decent teeth and making me laugh.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S1 just got released on Amazon Prime! Promising pilot earlier this year.
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Bray's interview with Carriker. So much class from these guys. Appreciate it.
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Man. Don't do this to Eli.
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Welcome, interim HC Trent Bray! That's pretty cool.
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Distance to single-season receiving record:
Jr - Morgan - 30 yards
Fr - Spielman - 112 yards
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Sorry, really. I’ve got contagious football depression. Maybe it would help if I got rid of that Squidward pic. Nah, I’ll wait until there is something to be happy about like the announcement shortly following the Iowa game....and then the next one when UCF’s games are finished. Brought a little smile to my face just thinking about it.
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I commend Stanley and Spielman having great statistical seasons, and playing hard throughout the season. However, if either or both of them break the single season receiving yardage record, it would be an empty record to me. I know individual records should be commended, but when they are accomplished during such poor team seasons, I find it hard tto celebrate. I am much more of a team outcome kind of guy.
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What "Thousands join independence-day parade organized by youth movement seeking ethnically pure Poland"
It's a mad, mad world.
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So when we see something wrong, unjust, or otherwise unethical we shouldn't speak about it until it actually hurts people?
You can do whatever you like but no, I do not think that we should do anything above speaking on it because "it" isn't much of a thing.
What is unjust or unethical? Nothing has been done.
Conservative and patriotic Poles have marched and joined together in revelry on Independence Day for decades now. These marches have always had a right leaning tilt and this year some Nazis showed up and hijacked it not unlike how anarchists will often hijack left-leaning protests. Painting this as some kind of "~60,0000 Nazi March" is disingenuous and false.
What do you want? These people to stop celebrating because Nazis are around? You want them to assault the Nazis? You want the police to arrest or segregate the Nazis? Those options all sound quite Nazi-ish and would be unjust, wrong, and unethical. In a democracy you have to hear people you disagree with, even when those people have some really outlandish and offensive things to say. You beat them through discourse, not violence or silence so if anything seeing people from a broad spectrum of beliefs duking it out relatively peacefully in Poland is a good thing.
Of course the policies these people want are bad. I don't like them, they wouldn't be good but they'll never become a thing because there are very very few of these people - in the hundreds within Poland itself with maybe a few thousand associates and they're mostly dumb eastern kids trying to be edgy.
Media in the West and in Russia has a vested interest in smearing Poland and PiS with this Nazi label. The West wants Poland to back off of its anti-refugee stance and Russia wants to paint any Nationalist group (which are almost always anti-Russia) in a former SSR as Fascist as they have done in Ukraine. It's the same brush with which they paint all rebel groups as ISIS or Al-Qaeda in Syria, it's easier for them to sell what they're doing in those countries if they're crusading against the obvious bad guys.
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Here's a fun sentence: "Syria has decided to sign the Paris agreement on climate change, the world’s final functioning state to do so."
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Ah, that's right: the US is excluded because it did sign but has not yet withdrawn.
I do apologize for the vaguely political tweet; it seemed like an extremely notable development and observation, though. US aside, I knew there were "a lot" of signatories to the Paris climate treaty. I didn't know it was literally everybody.
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Love this from Steve Kerr on Pod Save America: ""Circumstances dictate whether people need to be outspoken or not."
He and Popovich set a really strong example. Way to go, NBA coaches!