At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens.
A thread about my favorite story from running OMCB....
Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967.
In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination.
"Coming back here is not easy."
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Mika Zibanejad celebrates goals like everyone is singing happy birthday and he's embarrassed. Chris Kreider celebrates goals like he just led a siege of Alexandria.
Across the Spider-Verse animators say Phil Lord drove them crazy with relentless revision, seeming unfamiliarity with 3D anim, 6 months of indecision and demands to redo finished work 5X. They say no way is Beyond the Spider-Verse coming out in 2024. By me https://t.co/v22KMkkEPh
DOJ just released the report from its two-year investigation of the Minneapolis police department.
Here's a thread of notable excerpts.
This first one happened *while a DOJ investigator was on a ride-along.*
The thing about the get along with everyone advice is that it’s easily given and followed from a position of power, because “getting along” rarely means giving up anything that you’re already denying to the folks you’re getting along with.
Seth Meyers on a potential WGA strike:
"I feel very strongly that what the writers are asking for is not unreasonable, and as a proud member of the Guild, I'm very grateful that there's an organization that looks out for the best interests of writers."
I actually think we're underselling the fact that the Kings had the longest postseason drought in NBA history and then installed a Giant Victory Laser on top of their stadium and instantly became one of the best teams in the NBA