Just heard about David Lindley's passing, had to go somewhere for a primal scream
FUCK!
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
And now I can't find the photo I took when I saw Mr. Dave at the Belly Up in 2015 so I’ll just leave someone else’s YouTube clip from that show here:
https://t.co/CS5rOkBR8j
Remember when sports was about the game not a bunch of screaming heads talking about game?! @ESPN doesn't. Leaving an OT #frozenfour game...for pregame baseball in April. Are you $%^& kidding me?! F*ck @ESPN and f*ck @comcast. Cutting the cord for good.
I'm sure you have bigger things on your minds, but for the love of god please stop capitalizing job titles. You are not the Assistant Professor or the Senior Editor. You are the assistant professor, the senior editor. I can't take it anymore.
The straight line distance between Washington, D.C. and Dover, Delaware is less than 85 miles. It takes a helicopter about 40-45 minutes to make the trip. I was 19 years-old, and it was my first time riding a helicopter. I barely remember any of it. I was distracted. (thread)
I spent eight years being quite critical of Obama, but there is no denying that he just demonstrated in word and presence just how far the US has fallen with Trump, and how important it is to get rid of him and build anew.
Strange how, for many white folks, when it's Ruby Ridge or the Branch Davidians, the government was somehow clearly at fault for escalating the situation and abusing their power, but when it's unarmed Black people simply living their lives, bothside-ism enters the conversation.
@ErikWemple@nytimes What a load of crap that letter is. Buried in the middle of it, however, is a claim about @nytimes's editorial discretion:
"We don't publish just any argument -- they need to be accurate, good faith explorations of the issues of the day..." 1/