Ryan Edson

GM @DepartmentPHX

[Ryan Edson @rhinofaith]

MLS: @NashvilleSC

[Ryan Edson @rhinofaith]

State your teams so there’s no confusion in the 2019/2020 seasons

NFL: @Broncos

NBA: @Suns

MLB: @SFGiants

Soccer: @Everton

NCAAB: @SunDevilHoops

NCAAF: @ASUFootball

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Stephen Kent @StephenKentX]

As everyone debates Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Elon Musk's offer to pay Mel Gibson $100M to do his own adaptation, I notice no one has the courage to do Homer's poem the way WISHBONE did on PBS. We used to be a country.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

"It doesn't look good, boys and girls." https://t.co/Gx7wXfYLhj

[The Fat Electrician @Fat_Electrician]

Correct. It’s not about the $5 coffee. It’s about the fact that the government keeps adding more regulations and zoning requirements, which increases the cost of building new homes.

They do this because the largest voting demographic (baby boomers), who already own homes, benefit when home values continue rising year after year.

We have real-life examples. Austin, Texas, eased permitting and some restrictions, built a significant amount of new housing, and has seen lower rents and housing costs as a result.

The government is intentionally creating this problem by limiting supply, thus artificially inflating costs to pander to the largest voting demographic.

[Ryan Edson @rhinofaith]

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a keeper play better and be down 3-0. #sweden

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

Space Shuttle Endeavour Looks Absolutely Incredible In All Its ‘Full Stack’ Glory

Endeavour, the last space shuttle ever built, has been displayed like no other orbiter, and the result is jaw-dropping.

https://t.co/t7WI34MyRG

[Sarah Isgur @whignewtons]

“There are no maverick molecules in the universe.”

Haven’t seen a conversation like this—intellectual, philosophical, big picture—on tv in decades. It’s incredible.

[virgin loser @stonershelb]

I grew up with a single mom on section 8 and food stamps. My entire life I’ve tried telling people these assistance programs are made to keep poor people poor.

[Jordie @jordiebarstool]

It's crazy to think the Italians from Kicking & Screaming never qualified to play in a World Cup

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

Did you know: all five of the US flags planted by the Apollo missions have been bleached white by the UV rays which means now the moon technically belong to France

[Ryan Edson @rhinofaith]

New 9x9x9 challenge for @mootography just dropped… 9 slices of this might kill a man?!?

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Pizza Hut is bringing back its wild hot dog stuffed crust pizza for baseball season

Each slice has a whole hot dog baked into the crust, but only in Canada

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

'Fear Not!' Says Chuck Norris To Calm Trembling Angels https://t.co/11xKJ4bgS2

[Tyler Rogoway @Aviation_Intel]

I have spent a good part of my career just getting people to believe this was actually happening. Now we are here. With 15 drones, you can lose roughly 1/4 of the B-52 force as it sits idle on the ground. This was always the most concerning scenario. Time to move to hardening. Just a matter of time now till we learn the hard way.

[Zachary Bell @zacharyebell]

World War

World War 2
<—— you are here
World War 3

2 World 2 War

World War: Tokyo Drift

World and War

World 7

War 8

GTA 6

[Brent Weeks @BrentWeeks]

It's not a rule. It's a Problem: the Tiffany Problem. You put a character named Tiffany in your medieval Earth, readers balk because they think she's a Valley Girl. YOU and enlightened medievalists know that Tiffany was a common nickname for Theophania. The reader is WRONG! (Let's pause a moment until the blasting of kazoos fades.)
Congrats, you're right, but at a cost: reader immersion. You've put a moment of WTF into the head of every reader who doesn't know this thing you know, and even into many of those who do (they'll stop to marvel at how you knew that weird detail, too). You pay the price one of three ways: add enough context for the unenlightened readers to understand, change the name, or break immersion.
Choosing to break immersion isn't the brave choice. Not because you're not a brave person, but because it's not a moral choice: it's a craft choice. So is how you choose vocabulary (simple/esoteric/flowery), description style (plain/poetic), setting (every day/historical/ultra-weird), or blending genres. Breaking immersion often will winnow/refine your readership to those who like how YOU break their immersion, who like being pulled out of their reading world to marvel at tiny details you got right. Readers who prize maintaining their immersion will likely choose authors who prioritize maintaining readers' immersion in the future.
"Aha! See? I'm being brave because I won't water down my creative vision for the sake of reader immersion!"
Eh... maybe. There's a lot of competition in that space, and those who do it well enough to make careers are doing a lot of things well. (Maybe some do it intuitively, but the perpetual heavyweights are highly aware masters of craft.)
Those who love a niche aren't necessarily anti-commercial; they're just placing their bet on an uncluttered field with fewer competitors: Tom Clancy filled his books with (boring/fascinating) technical details of military hardware/doctrine/oh-god-everything that one might think only a hardcore mil-geek could love. He relayed the story that when he finally managed to sell The Hunt for Red October to a small publisher, he said, "I think it might sell five thousand copies!" His wife said, "I bet it'll sell fifty thousand copies!"
Surely only a language geek could love Tolkien, amirite? Surely only the staunchest navel-gazer could love Proust?
So make your choice, pay your price. If you do your niche well enough, you can make a career either way.
(Wow, this turned long. I think it would've made a better substack. Let me know. I'm thinking of starting one.)

[Matthew “Eddie” Edson @mootography]

HEY SIRI PLAY FREE BIRD

[Ryan Edson @rhinofaith]

@JakeSucky @mootography

[Jake Lucky🔜 GAMESCOM @JakeSucky]

I AM GIVING AWAY 10 KEYS FOR JUMP SPACE, the 1-4 player co-op space game where you are the crew of a spaceship. Explore, upgrade, and survive the deep space together

Just Like, RT, and Reply with a friend you'd play with. Good luck

[Justin @JuhstinJMY]

Thank you @ChrisTombstone_ for introducing me to my wife. @schmoopspooh28. Today was/is the best day of my life. Finally married 💍💍