jared van fleet

# outside in | exploring media, technology, and geography.

[jared van fleet @jaredvanfleet]

@TheStalwart @tracyalloway @tylercowen excellent conversation and massive props to Tracy for finally getting @tylercowen on the record re: his status as a Swiftie

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@jhensonpogue two days ago, after reading your recent article in VF, i nearly tweeted for the first time in years just to ask you to give us a new book. ultimately decided nah, i'm sure he knows he's a great writer. in any case, thanks for consenting to my psychic request.

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@fosterdadlance @tele_novella @voxtrot you're too kind. thank you.

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what am i doing wrong?

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@MarlowNYC "it's days like these that i curse the Japanese for inventing jumbotrons"

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@TheStalwart @GasBuddyGuy this is the ELI5 i needed

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@nathanfielder loving The Rehearsal, but I'm concerned that The Alligator Lounge will be be overrun with HBO subscribers, and its unassuming charm ruined. Maybe you can do a special Nathan For You episode to help them scale their business and leverage the influx of new customers.

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@TracesofTexas Mount Calm

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@TheStalwart this tweet is digital gold

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I'm wearing my trousers rolled and I just asked myself whether I should eat a peach. It's summertime!

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character idea: a clean-shaven pirate named Clearbeard

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@TheStalwart That was a great record, but I disagree with those who say it was flawless. In fact, there was a single flaw: the line "her kindness bangs a gong" in "Ana Begins". Kindness doesn't do that.

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@toddigoldstein @jdgreenfield agreed. and let's not worry about them. one of the first things you learn in music is every good boink does fine.

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@toddigoldstein @jdgreenfield i think a big No Boinks Allowed sign right at the front door of the studio ought to do it.

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@toddigoldstein @jdgreenfield i've come here a couple of weeks later to inform you that tracks that slap are bops, while tracks that bonk are bonkers.

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Ironic that @pepsi is sponsoring a performance of The Weeknd playing "I Can't Feel My Face" because that song is definitely about coke.

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There can't be a better illustration of how far the media bubbles have drifted apart than the fact that the presidential debate has been replaced by two separate, simultaneous, competing events.

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Recap: Trump refused to condemn white supremacists, instead telling them to "stand by." Asked if his supporters should remain calm, he urged them to do the opposite. Asked about election integrity, he said "this is not going to end well." His only publicly recorded understatement

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This is the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. When this photo was taken, it had a maximum capacity of 78,467 people. As of today, at least 78,795 Americans have died due to #Covid19.

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@nancybaym basically just saying that culture is not content and it can't be consumed (except maybe by fire). and yes, i'm a lot of fun at parties.

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@nancybaym agreed. besides the annoying overuse, it's simply misleading. content is content because it is contained. but a medium contains nothing! water can be the content of a bottle, but can electricity be the content of water? i don't think so.