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Co-founder, Defector Media. tom@defector.com
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In the aftermath of Jordan Neely's killing, there has been an enormous amount of speculation about what the other people on the train who watched him die were thinking. In an effort to find out, I talked to a few of them:
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"Defense against disorder".... we're just inventing new expressions of evil in real time here goddamn this sucks twitter.com/AP/status/1654
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This was fun.
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Am choosing not to dwell too much on the reason for my departure, but of course I have been outspoken in recent weeks. Suffice to say that the situation has not improved.
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Seamus Coleman never stopped: defector.com/seamus-coleman
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Next week I will be launching a
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If you buy a subscription the gods of independent journalism will smile on you. Thank you, stay tuned.
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frauds, fakes, and the online scourge of Fake Eastwoos. for wrote about the befuddling state of Clint Eastwood's social media presence, and what it says about the End of Twitter.
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It's really funny that the bulk of this memo is about all the ways AI sucks and will make their jobs harder.
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In a lengthy note to staff this morning, Insider EIC @nichcarlson says the publication will begin experimenting with how to use AI for reporting and editing. Here are parts of the memo:
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Orc Dog is becoming a very cool and normal guy. Perhaps you would like to adopt him! You can do that by filling out an application here: mrbonesandco.org/adoption/
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14 tweets into a thread about seeing "a man, half naked with a comforter draped over him, stumbling out of the park." Some people want to go Nazi so bad they can taste it.
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A few questions on my mind this morning:
+ What changed that the men of San Francisco went from creating vigilante groups to being afraid to even tweet about crime?
+ What would happen if a few meth dealers were publicly hung?
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We publish blog posts, investigations, a fishing column, and a podcast.
We rely on subscriptions to fund us.
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Yes, the cast and crew of 'The Master of Disguise' did hold a moment of silence on set to reflect on 9/11. And yes, Carvey was in full turtle get-up. The impromptu ceremony just didn’t actually happen on 9/11.
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Treating a trans teenager, who doesn't want anything more than to keep their personal life from being turned into grist for the culture war, like a hostile source is as nasty as it gets.
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Upon interviewing Emily Yoffe myself I was told that I had no say in whether or not the article was published. I asked if my consent was required to publish the article and the reporter told me, “that’s not how these things work.”
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Read my intellectually rigorous nonsense advice and insight here on this week's Funbag
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What was the worst era to attend college? defector.com/what-was-the-w
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. was the 1st outlet to line up to cover Trump’s arraignment because we are pure hustle. Also we are prepared to relinquish our choice spot to some sclerotic media behemoth in exchange for a substantial donation to worker-owned local journalism:
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In 2012, Melania Trump tweeted this beluga whale and asked: “What is she thinking?”
After a lengthy investigation, I have identified the whale in question (who led a strange and remarkable life) and done my very best to answer Melania.
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The incredible thing about this is that they publish like 1.5 blogs per day. A total scam!
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Bari Weiss has a staff of 15 and Marc Andreessen has invested in her newsletter
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Bruce Springsteen fans betrayed by concert tickets that cost as much as their mortgage trib.al/ielzdsP
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It's very funny that this is how Jesse is spending his "break" from Twitter. He's done so much damage but at least he's also forced to live every day in a hell of his own making.
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Jesse Singal just emailed me to take down this tweet. Maybe don’t attack trans healthcare next time? To be fair, he didn’t publish the medical files themselves, only some notes from confidential records with identifying information about patients. Not sure that’s much better. twitter.com/EliErlick/stat…
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When I go 26-5 as the tank and we still lose the push map
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This is a cool story.
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As Kurds struggle for freedom in Turkey, soccer fandom can be a form of resistance.
The Scorpions Behind The Barricade: defector.com/the-scorpions-
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