Mark A. Hodgkin

At Intersection of Sports, Entertainment & Technology.

Partner Solutions at @WMTdigital.

Texas Ex🤘

[AG @AGHamilton29]

We haven’t truly grappled with the substantial harm caused to our society by the replacement of news with entertainment.

It’s just been progressively degrading into a circus that leaves people dumber at each step. A true path to idiocracy.

It started with news programs becoming more focused on entertaining than informing audiences.

Then it took a substantially worse turn when you had comedians/entertainers who knew/understood little about the world but pretended otherwise. Jon Stewart followed by Jon Oliver did so much damage to the ability of people to process and expect accurate information on relevant news topics.

The latest iteration is conspiratorial podcast hosts who know even less and feel even less responsibility to be accurate or honest.

Now people are just focused on what sounds entertaining instead of what has a basis in reality. And the real problem is that mindset is having a substantial effect on policy and news discussions. The truth almost doesn’t matter and audiences can’t recognize it anyway.

Those seeking to undermine our society (foreign and domestic) have become very adapt of taking advantage of that environment.

Future generations will pay a substantial price because of it.

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@Chris_Grosse Izzy Alcantara kicking the catcher and charging the mound or UConn's 3/4 court heave to send 2016 American tournament game to 4OT.

https://t.co/suW4QEBuD2

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@hthieblot People of Walmart

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@GrantPaulsen @ryangec32 @lockedonwizards Careful what you wish for https://t.co/2FZJfgKdsc

[WMT @WMTdigital]

🐻 We’re excited to celebrate the launch of @UCLAAthletics’ new website and mobile app!

These new platforms create a unified digital destination across web and mobile, giving Bruins fans a faster, more personalized way to follow their favorite sports, access key updates, and stay connected all in one place

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@pmarca Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

A belated but well deserved congrats to my friend and former @BryantAthletics cubicle-mate @Mount_AD - know he's just getting started.

[Mount Athletics @MountAthletics]

Director of Athletics, Brad Davis, has agreed to a contract extension with Mount Athletics!

#GoMount

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

This is terrible news to wake up to. Kenny was universally liked and respected in our business. I enjoyed every interaction I was able to have with him back in the Big East days. RIP, KK and prayers to his family and friends.

[Louisville Athletics @GoCards]

We are devastated at the passing of our dear friend Kenny Klein. He will always be synonymous with Louisville, beloved locally and revered nationally.

Our hearts are with the entire Klein family and everyone whose life was better because he was in it.

Kenny Klein was, and will always be, a Cardinal Forever.
https://t.co/v7uz8xzwKU

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

Maybe the media could work in some of this perspective when it comes to federal spending and the national debt…

[Bloomberg @business]

The historic SpaceX IPO minted the world’s first trillionaire in Elon Musk. With that much money, he could fund NASA’s budget 41 times over. Bloomberg This Weekend’s @davidgura and @EenaRuffini tallied up the staggeringly high amount (via @BSteverman)

[WMT @WMTdigital]

🐻 We are excited to share that we have partnered with @UCLAAthletics!

Together, we’re rebuilding their website and mobile app to deliver a more connected fan experience.

[WMT @WMTdigital]

Introducing the new WMT.

This isn’t just a new website.

It’s a unified view of our connected platform, reflecting everything we’ve built and where we’re going next.

Take a look: https://t.co/NWLbnNasD8

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

“Having feelings does not make you irrational. Believing that the world must be a certain way because of your feelings does.” - Michael Huemer

[Richard Nixon Foundation @nixonfoundation]

President Nixon dictated a long diary-like memorandum describing the visit to the Lincoln Memorial because he wanted to make a record of what was for him a memorable event:

"Manolo and I got out of the car at approximately 4:40 and walked up the steps to the Lincoln statue. . . .

By this time a few small groups of students had begun to congregate in the rotunda of the Memorial. I walked over to a group of them . . . and shook hands. They were not unfriendly. As a matter of fact, they seemed somewhat overawed, and, of course, quite surprised.

When I first started to speak to the group there were approximately eight in it. I asked each of them where they were from and found that over half were from upper New York State. At this point, all of them were men. There were no women. To get the conversation going I asked them how old they were, what they were studying, the usual questions. . . .

Two or three of them volunteered that they had not been able to hear the press conference because they had been driving all night in order to get here. I said I was sorry they had missed it because I had tried to explain in the press conference that my goals in Vietnam were the same as theirs—to stop the killing and end the war—to bring peace. Our goal was not to get into Cambodia by what we were doing, but to get out of Vietnam.

They did not respond, so I took it from there by saying that I realized that most of them would not agree with my position, but I hoped that they would not allow their disagreement on this issue to lead them to fail to give us a hearing on some other issues where we might agree. And also particularly I hoped that their hatred of the war, which I could well understand, would not turn into a bitter hatred of our whole system, our country, and everything that it stood for.

I said, I know that probably most of you think I’m an SOB, but I want you to know that I understand just how you feel. I recall that when I was just a little older than you, right out of law school and ready to get married, how excited I was when Chamberlain came home from Munich and made his famous statement about peace in our time. I had heard it on the radio. I had so little in those days that the prospect of going into the service was almost unbearable and I felt that the United States staying out of any kind of conflict was worth paying any price whatever. I pointed out, too, the fact that I came from a Quaker background. I was as close to being a pacifist as anybody could be in those times. As a result I thought at that time, that Chamberlain was the greatest man alive, and when I read Churchill’s all-out criticism of Chamberlain I thought Churchill was a madman." (Continued)

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@brhodes We know you also like to cheer along with terrorists killing Jews. Luckily you’re so irrelevant now that no one cares when you do.

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@RashidaTlaib “They”?

[Kevin Roberts @KevinRobertsTX]

I marveled at the heroism and strength of CW5 Slover. He’s a real-life superhero.

Hearing his story made me think of the excuses we make for things we “can’t do,” when they’re really just challenging tasks we don’t want to do.

Slover had been struck by gunfire numerous times, yet he refused to quit. He made no excuses, pushed through an excruciating challenge most people will never face, and delivered for his team and his country.

What an inspiring example for the challenges we face that pale in comparison.

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

@chico_ray They share a hostility towards western culture and civilization. That's the only thing that makes sense.

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

I'm Hiring: Solutions Architecture Manager at @WMTdigital .

Looking for curious early-career builders who like tech, sports, music & entertainment and solving problems.

https://t.co/mkYI2AoPJ7

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

I'm Hiring: Solutions Architecture Manager at @WMTdigital .

Looking for curious early-career builders who like tech, sports, music & entertainment and solving problems.

https://t.co/mkYI2AoPJ7

[Mark A. Hodgkin @Mark_Hodgkin]

Glad this finally happened, congrats @andruwjones25 !

[MLB @MLB]

A Cooperstown-worthy resume for Andruw Jones! 🤩