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@mattyglesias Die Hard on a podcast

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@mehdirhasan @ZohranKMamdani Yeah but that didn’t work out for W.

[Dave Statter @STATter911]

Tomorrow marks 40 years since the death of Len Bias – a tragedy that stunned the sports world and the legion of fans who followed the young basketball star. It was, without a doubt, one of the most heartbreaking and troubling days in local sports history.
As a reporter, you accept that your work will occasionally make people angry. But on June 19, 1986, less than a year into my TV news career, I seemed to piss off an entire region by reporting the truth. Here’s what happened. https://t.co/yRlsy2Ynw3 #sports #lenbias #terps #celtics @HillaryHowardDC @andypollin1 @wusa9 @eyeondc @tomsherwood @davpresto @davejsports @farhip @paulcwagner @brianstelter @charlienbc @NFTC_News @ThePIOAcademy @PIOMarkBrady

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@alfredcarr @Aarondklein @MontCoExec And litigious country club members.

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@JoshLipnik Put Frank Gehry’s proposed tower in Cleveland for Progressive Insurance on that list.

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@mattyglesias

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@ASFleischman https://t.co/qrE2mqLq92

[Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT]

Since it's a matter of public controversy: Last month we recorded an interview with Seth Harp but decided not to publish it as an episode of Interesting Times. As one of my producers told him in a message that he has published, the main reason for the decision was our own overcrowded schedule and our sense that we had missed the ideal spot in the news cycle for a conversation pegged to the Delta Force raid in Venezuela. But another reason was my own judgment that the episode did not hold together well. I was primarily interested in discussing Mr. Harp's reporting on drug dealing and corruption in the Special Forces and linking that to a discussion of how a reliance on special operations has shaped U.S. foreign policy and military preparedness. But I felt that the latter half of our discussion became unmoored from Mr. Harp's specific reporting in a way that undermined the first half of our conversation. "Interesting Times" is a show where I try to give a lot of space to the guest's perspective while posing challenging questions, creating episodes where the audience gets the best version of an idea or worldview that they might not have understood before. I don't think I succeeded in that goal in my conversation with Mr. Harp. If he believes I'm covering up the fact that he beat me in some sort of debate, I think I didn't make my intentions and the goal of the show clear to him -- which may help explain why it was an unsuccessful episode. Ultimately that responsibility is mine and I'm sorry for taking his time without steering us to a fruitful destination.

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@CharlestonArchi @eye_that_sees People can say whatever they want, but you’ve got your analytical framework backwards in terms of obligating me to disprove this is Brutalism. Can you tell me why you put it in that category? (This question was my original post).

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@CharlestonArchi @eye_that_sees There are several buildings in DC just a few blocks from the NGA that are clear-cut examples of Brutalism.

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@CharlestonArchi @eye_that_sees That’s the biggest factor. Overwhelmingly Brutalist buildings are concrete, which is the origin of the term, as I’m sure you’re well aware. One could label stone facade buildings Brutalist, but I think it would have to be a rough-hewn stone. Not the smooth, warm marble here.

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@eye_that_sees @CharlestonArchi I tried that. Not seeing any of the raw concrete forms characteristic of brutalism.

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@Terrapins247 And on campus we responded by tearing down the football goalposts and carrying them to Frat Row

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@terrypluto were you involved in the new documentary on the ABA, “Soul Power”?

[Zack Meisel @ZackMeisel]

In 1977, CLE drafted Jerry Dybzinski. They traded him. Then, another trade, and another, creating a prolific tree of All-Stars, a Cy Young winner and a star closer

CLE was ready to trade Emmanuel Clase. Instead, after 48 years, the tree has met its demise
https://t.co/YZgBgEZnEe

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

I turn 35 today and nothing would make me happier than if we raised $350 for the Greater DC Diaper Bank. WIC doesn’t cover diapers. Please donate whatever you can for some mothers who need it.

https://t.co/Hf2QEw3bDS

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@10TV This Chair Company viral marketing is impressive.

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@JoshLipnik

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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@mattyglesias View from the cheap seats