Benjamin Waldrum

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An absolutely excellent story.

golden east peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1940

Funny to see what industries are like yeah an LLM can do my job. Every creative field is like “fuck you this sucks” and Lawyers are like “yeah for the boring shit but don’t tell anyone” and half of coders are like “I’m shit, I’m a worm, please fucking kill me” and the other half are really annoyed.

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

a message from the future

Fossil fuels are hiding all over your house. We built a model home to show how. https://grist.org/culture/where-fossil-fuels-are-lurking-in-your-home-room-by-room/

Re: NBA podcasts, I'll add that I never miss The Zach Lowe Show, The Dunker Spot, and Real Ones. Aside from that, I'm open to suggestions.

Bill Simmons is the peak of "most annoying guy you know just made a great point." He is the insufferable intersection of nerd and bro. But he knows basketball, otherwise I'd never listen. I want less ads, less gambling and more basketball. Someone recommend me new pods!

The latest Simmons pod takes the cake for ad reads. Three minutes of ads before the pod, followed by a 20-MINUTE sponsored segment, followed by MORE ads, and then finally an interview. Bill is excellent at two things: talent evaluation and being an unrepentant shill. I hate it.

Getting through any Bill Simmons pod is a chore. He's smug, his voice is nasally and sounds like he has a permanent head cold, and he's a degenerate sports gambler. You could invent a drinking game for every Celtics reference he shoehorns into any discussion, but you'd be dead before the first hour.

BioWare made Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Dragon Age...if there was ever a studio that should have had been easy to support and back, it was BioWare. Private equity continues to be the greatest scourge put upon creativity and art.

Bioware made games with depth, curiosity, and ambition. Their loss is gutting.

Other DS9 thoughts: why are men constantly looking for masculine role models and cannot find any. Sisko is right there

Mara is absolutely game for Wemby. Looking forward to the "should OKC trade Chet and keep Mara" discourse that will start tomorrow morning.

MARA BLOCKS WEMBY AT THE RIM AND FINISHES THE OOP ON THE OTHER END.

Dylan Harper's coordination of body control and quick thinking are way beyond his years. Such an impressive player.

OKC's defense shutting down San Antonio so far. Even Chet has had moments battling Wemby. Spurs can go hot and cold so not too surprising, but they have to keep attacking the rim. I don't want Wemby taking any 3s unless he's wide open.

NBA games during commercials. I hate it.

Chaotic basketball energy from OKC and San Antonio. Picking up right from where they left off in the WCF last year. Love watching these teams.

Two Kornet lobs! Tell me the sisters are attending the season opener.

You can see the vision for the Sixers. Just enough energy, just enough guile and savvy. The question for the season is: will they have just enough good health?

Fun game. You always expected these Knicks to make it close after the 3Q. So many missed shots tonight.

#deadlock

Okay, Jaylen Brown is looking good as a distributor for Philly.

Love listening to Jamal Crawford. He's the best voice on NBC for me.

Maybe it's me but I get the feeling Jaylen Brown is fighting himself out there. Moves like he wants to take over and is like, oh yeah, I need to pass. Sixers need to find a way to really activate him.

Joel Embiid looks terrible out there. Brief spurts of good physical play, and everything else is a mess.

Reggie really has taken Mark Jackson's mantle for corny commentary, huh.

Not that it's too surprising but the gulf between Maxey's energy level and the older starters is vast. Maybe we see more Edgecombe than we think this year for the same reason.

Just now noticing MSG has at least 3 big corporate logos on the court: American Express, Chase and DraftKings. Thought most teams only had 1 or 2. Are they an outlier?

Champion Knicks still looking coordinated, if rusty. Sixers looking uncoordinated, but it's a long season. Just looking for indicators tonight. I'll pay more attention to how Philly jells after the All-Star Break.

Happy Tipoff Day to all who celebrate, by the way! 🏀

Knicks fans are loving the Andre Drummond experience so far. Been fun watching him rumble his way to the hoop, make or miss.

I was a newspaper reporter for only 6 months. It's only since being in PR (incidentally, staffed by many ex-journos) that I've come to crave those two magical words -- "good job" -- from my editor. I am sustained by that rare praise like a starving man receiving scraps.

Huge mood. I don't feel I can get many eyeballs with just type. People want sights and sounds, which I really would like to never do.

I love when it finally gets cold, but my cat craves warmth. His favorite activity is when the windows are open so he can see and smell the outside, but when it's cold he's clearly conflicted.