Crazy funny, but that's sleep deprivation. I talk a lot about mental health, child loss, grief, sex+, and fantasy sports. She/her. Owner of @justinmasonfwfb
I wrote about the loss of our sons, and it was included in a book that released today, Our Only Time. The book is a must read for any health prof. guiding a family through the loss of a pregnancy or child. Please read my post to learn more about our story or to purchase the book. https://t.co/9SkbfXVwOP
It wasn’t an authentic 70s swing set if one leg wasn’t popping out of the ground in a concerning fashion once somebody really got going on that motherfucker.
We asked @baseballbatbros and @KingofJUCO to show off our giveaway soccer jersey … it took a little longer than expected 😅
Pick up your own this Saturday: https://t.co/nEDPROaOLw
Swap the phones for newspapers and this is a subway photo from 1920.
A sociologist named Erving Goffman described exactly this in 1963. He called it civil inattention: the learned habit of acknowledging that a stranger exists, then pulling your attention back so you don't intrude on them. A quick glance, then you look away. In a space packed with people you will never see again, looking away is the courtesy.
It's the quiet contract that lets a few hundred strangers share a tight platform without friction. You signal "I see you, you're no threat, I won't bother you." Phones slotted neatly into that ritual. They are the most convincing prop anyone has ever had for performing it.
The newspaper did the same job for a century. Subway photos from the 1920s through the 1970s show entire rows of riders vanished behind broadsheets, every face covered, nobody speaking. Radio got blamed for ending conversation. So did the Walkman. So did the cheap paperback before either of them. Each new object inherited the same eulogy: this is the thing that finally isolated us.
Connection on a subway platform was always rare. Strangers waiting for a train kept to themselves long before anyone had a screen to disappear into. The phone's real footprint is at the dinner table and in the living room, the places where idle attention used to have nowhere to go and now always does.
The behavior in this photo is a hundred years old. The object in everyone's hands is the only part that keeps getting replaced.
there is something incredibly satisfying about reading the first page of a book, and immediately something in your brain sits up and goes 'oh, i'm going to like this' — and then every subsequent page proves you right.
PERFECT FATHER’S DAY GIFT!🎁
My book, “The History of Fantasy Sports: And the Stories of the People Who Made It Happen” is the first complete history of our industry. It’s not a dry textbook — it’s packed with inspiring, funny, and surprising stories from the pioneers, entrepreneurs, and everyday players who built it.
I spent 18 months interviewing dozens of key figures to bring their personal experiences to life. Some of the highlights include:
* The true story behind Dan Okrent’s invention of fantasy baseball (hint: it wasn’t on an airplane!)
* A WWII hero who helped spread fantasy football
* Five nuns co-managing a fantasy team in a Chicago convent
* A man with ALS who finally won his league after 39 years
* The group “Women Against Fantasy Sports”
* Why @RotoWire was almost a wedding planning company
* How Monica Lewinsky saved fantasy sports… and much more!
Readers are loving it:
“Despite spending my entire career in the industry, I was enlightened by all the interviews and stories.” — Paul Charchian, Former President, Fantasy Sports Trade Association (2009–2020)
“Simply fascinating read from start to finish.” — Midwest Book Review
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From @annkillion, this is terrific: Dusty Baker has lived an extraordinary American life. Now he’s sharing his story https://t.co/k543IGR8vJ via @sfchronicle
I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."