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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 20h

My favorite policy of his was tax breaks to ensure NYC stayed competitive with LA and Miami on youtuber/tiktok hype houses

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

the stock market is open on Monday?

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 1d

It's cool that this series features all four kinds of mustache a white guy can have. From left to right: gravel cyclist, cop, Field Marshal Haig, Bruno Kirby

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

can’t shake the feeling that present day Joey Barton looks like Christian Bale deep into an Oscar-bait portrayal of a mid-century political radical

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

fwiw this is the kind of thing people who actually run companies don’t need to say

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 4d

'I run the company.' Paramount's David Ellison addresses his father's involvement

Larry Ellison helped finance the $8-billion takeover of Paramount, and his largesse would be key in any deal for Warner Bros. Discovery.

www.latimes.com

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

At my work there is an AI search feature in slack where you type in some kind of HR/benefits/office logistics question and it churns for 10-15 seconds and then provides the link to the document/website you need. Life altering? Not really. Pretty useful? Yes

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

frankly if I were a Welsh player I’d be worried about Craig Bellamy going Craig Bellamy on me at halftime

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

4th graders class did a choral version of They’re Coming to America last year and it did an emotional number on me

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

don’t disrespect Jewish-American icon Neil Diamond who wrote a pro-immigrant synth rock anthem about his Russian-American grandparents

Ken Raining @kenraining.bsky.social · 4d

Did he confuse Johnny Cash with Neil Diamond?

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

My letter to the editor:

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Thierry Ennui @heisenbergkamp.bsky.social · 4d

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

Right, the variable persona-ness of Dylan takes him out of the running in terms of “classically cool” and the adoptedness of the character ‘Bruce Springsteen’ negates him

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

imagine being a culture writer and *pitching* this!?

And then imagine being a culture editor and approving this pitch!?

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

seems like a skill issue

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

wtaf are you talking about

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

all this stuff is good and helpful for drivers who aim not to drive recklessly and hurt people

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

NYC politics gets a lot of (rightful) stick for corruption but Miami’s mayorality is officially a part-time job and the city’s crypto loving mayor has been effectively employed by Saudi Arabia while in office www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

the stock market is open on Monday?

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

Really gets to heart of this kind of person’s whole thing: the Community General Will shall be discerned by who can go to the most meetings and is rightfully “no”

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

Also… you’re at the meeting? You’re complaining about not knowing when the meeting is, while you are at the meeting

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

He’ll never pay for a cup of single origin pour over again

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

The Reverse Lasso

John Lovett @johnlovett.bsky.social · 5d

Jose Mourinho

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

I know they won’t; but an organization committed to protecting Jews from discrimination should

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

the ADL should send a letter to Bezos and the entire masthead and publicly release that letter

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 5d

When Gawande was named CEO I remember counting and he already had like five other jobs, none of which he was leaving, including being a practicing hospital physician. Shockingly the venture was said to suffer from a lack of focus

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