Thursday, August 17, 2023

Reposted because Disney is actually spending serious money on an Emmy campaign for a show that 47 people saw

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 [And because Blogger just ate the post I had just finished.] Thursday, February 16, 2023 If a TV show runs in ...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Both sides is like a religion

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This is Joseph. I had mistaken Mark liking Ken White for liking Josh Barro (easy to do, they both do the same podcast). After some mild edit...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

$259.71

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Streaming has been a case study in bubbles and hype. There was an wave of scripted productions, everyone was talking about being part of the...
Monday, August 14, 2023

The New York Times' new Trump narrative certainly is a conversation starter

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Today's headline story. How Trump Benefits From an Indictment Effect by all the usual suspects (a.k.a. Jonathan Swan, Ruth Igielnik, Sh...
Friday, August 11, 2023

Deferred Thursday Tweets -- come for the politics, stay for the cow

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Apparently, we've gone from being the most skeptical about DeSantis's chances to being... not exactly the least , but a bit reluctan...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

It is virtually impossible to have a productive debate with someone who believes one of the points of contention is absolutely and axiomatically true.

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As a rule, it is better to be right 60% of the time and know that you are only right 60% of the time than to be right 80% of the time and th...
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

When it comes to politics, there's almost no real data journalism, just narratives and drunkards' lamp-posts*

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* "They use statistics like a drunkard uses a lamp-post, not for illumination but for support."   ** Actual data journalism, where...
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

"Congress is too credulous on UFOs "

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If you're looking for a good brief overview of the UAP (UFO) hearings, this CNN piece by Jason Colavito is an excellent choice. Colavit...
Monday, August 7, 2023

We've got more UFO content coming so I thought I'd set the mood

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The Invaders was a 60s sci-fi show from Quinn Martin created by the great exploitation auteur, Larry Cohen. It was sort of a mash-up of Inva...
Friday, August 4, 2023

(Almost) one year ago at the blog -- what the NYT was saying about DeSantis twelve months ago

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 But first, what they're saying now ... Trump Crushing DeSantis and GOP Rivals, Times/Siena Poll Finds     by Shane Goldmacher The twice...
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Thursday Tweets -- a week so packed, I couldn't even work in the one about David Hasselhoff being Pee-Wee Herman's college roommate

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Other than having a famous father, I've never been able to figure out why Josh Barro has a career. pic.twitter.com/CF5ycxsOlS — the hot...