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Chris Morris
@MorrisatLarge
Writer/Editor for hire, specializing in video games, gadgets, beer, finance & more fun stuff for Fortune, Nasdaq, Fast Company, CNBC, Common Sense Media, etc.
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If shooting that balloon down near Myrtle Beach ain't the most Myrtle Damned Beach thing ever, I don't know what is.
Holy crap, Tago's Hi-Fi Rush is a surprise release today? Can't wait to get my hands on that.
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Did some math this week... since becoming a full-time freelancer in 2009, I've written more than 4 million words in more than 10,000 stories.
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I can be found at MorrisatLarge@masto.nu, assuming I'm doing this right...
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Moving to Mastodon?
Movetodon.org is by far the best tool I've found for finding people on this place over there.
It even has a "follow all" button, which makes things super easy.
(I'm there as jasonxbergman@mastodon.gamedev.place!)
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Well this is about the best thing ever...
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Jim Cramer has absolutely lost his mind. 🤮
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This Elton John special on is amazing, but I could watch an entire feed dedicated to Ray Cooper and be thrilled.
A play in two acts:
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We're two years into the era of Zoom and video calls. When will people appearing as guests on TV programs realize they need the camera at eye level, not mid-torso staring up their nostrels?
NEW: Elon Musk plans to eliminate ~3,700 jobs at Twitter on Friday. About half the staff. He also plans to end the “work from anywhere” policy… story w/
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Shout out to the financial analyst on MSNBC during today's Fed announcement who managed to sing his commentary to the tune of the Bee Gee's "How Deep Is Your Love".
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An adult entertainment company, in a masterful publicity stunt, is sending a truck filled with (10) 55-gallon drums of lube to Philadelphia to help the city stop Phillies fans from climbing light poles.
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Absolutely fascinating, horrifying and heartbreaking story from one of the first prominent women in the video game industry, in her own words.
A must read… twitter.com/KillCreek/stat
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Liz Truss lasted exactly four Scaramuccis...
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GENIUS.
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Tip for iPhone users - create a contact in your address book which is named after all the good swear words. Your phone then thinks you are talking about a person and doesn’t autocorrect them. twitter.com/espiers/status…
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Yep, I'm adding Saratoga Springs, NY to my must-visit list...
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Okay WOW. Just WOW.
My 19yo daughter found it. She found the labyrinthine magical bookstore that you thought only existed in stories. This place is WILD and clearly chock full of forbidden tomes that open portals to other worlds.
Get cozy and come with me on a magical journey.
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BBC America, with coverage of Queen Elizabeth's funeral ending, put up a title screen saying "we now join our regular programming, already in progress" and went straight from a 7 hour ceremony straight into Star Trek: The Next Generation. Bam!
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If you missed Kanye West's impromptu appearance/interview on CNBC this afternoon, you missed ... wow, something.
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I was not prepared for 2022 to give me the guy who taught Harry Potter the Patronus spell to be scaring the buhjeezus out of Ted Lasso’s therapist. #Sandman
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This is only making me want to buy a place like this even more...
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It’s no secret that the workplace has been forever changed by the pandemic, and the changes continue as companies search for workplace balance.
From prioritizing mental health to optimizing automation, explores the #FutureOfWork trends: spr.ly/6016zNJfI
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These fins were made for walking! #SharkWeek
Island of the Walking Sharks
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I don't mean to alarm anyone, but someone is about to give birth to George Jetson.
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I watch CNBC all day as part of my job and yet somehow I missed this live.
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Heads up everyone, it's Ninja Turtle weather
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11:32am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook Slight Risk: Across the Ozark Plateau through the Ohio River Valley go.usa.gov/YWq5
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My sympathies to any PR person trying to pitch a story today...
FWIW, if you haven't heard: Sapporo USA is acquiring . I was starting to write that at 10:10 a.m. ET, but ... well... (gestures around wildly).
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We need a lot more people like John Szczecina in this world. He screwed up, yes, but more importantly, he owned up to it. And he's trying to fix it. Absolute baller of a human being.
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Lobbying by gun rights groups hit a spending record in 2021. They outspent gun control by more than 5x
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Watching that sent me down a rabbit hole of cheese-tastic music videos. And I had almost forgotten how epic this Hall & Oates one is - especially at the 2:45 point.
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(and, yes, that is a HORRIBLY cheesy video, but the song works)
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Sad news about Vangelis, but while his work on Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner was spectacular, too many overlook his non-movie work, like this - the Friends of Mr. Cairo with Yes's Jon Anderson.
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Someone needs to let know there's an issue with its RSS feed that positively gets funnier and funnier by the story...
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I think we all saw this coming...
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