Actually, Hacks are Bad

If I may — a “hack” is not a good thing. At their best, hacks are clever, temporary exploits that get you where you need for the time being, or if you’re a criminal, a way to bypass security that (by definition) you aren’t supposed to be bypassing. Most hacks are just crappy, lazy, unrealistic […]

Rage as a Service

Trolling people is easier than being funny or clever. This is not a new challenge, but here we are, once again pretending that failing at it is a tactic and not a weakness. “Some advertising and marketing agencies are now intentionally leaning into the volatility of the current political climate, not to take a stand […]

Sure, Jan

The story of 2025 continues to be — never concede anything. Just stare ahead as you plow into the merge and the other guy will yield. In that spirit, here’s Sam Altman, turning up the music and accelerating as he rapidly approaches the oncoming produce truck of reality. As if this wasn’t hand-wavy enough, keep […]

Incredulity

Every day, there are many things I don’t do because I think they are fundamentally wrong. Some of those things might get me something I want, or closer to something I want, or away from something I don’t want to do, but I find them wrong so I don’t do them. This does not make […]

Uneventful

For the last year, I’ve had to do a bunch of event logistics for work, and… I really did not enjoy doing this work. It’s not a huge deal or anything (I wasn’t exactly working in a bauxite mine), and it really was the most useful thing I could have been doing in my function, […]

Three Pointers & The Angry Mob

John Hollinger is the first big, respected basketball name I’ve seen take a counterpunch at the puzzling (and omnipresent) narrative that the NBA is in some kind of death spiral. Declining TV ratings. Endless fourth quarters thanks to timeouts, replays and clock stoppages. One-sided blowouts. A new December tournament format struggling to compete with the […]