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Craig Gaines
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Copy chief at The Ringer. It’s cool to root for more than one baseball team.
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When you're the kind of writer whom everyone turns to during a specific event, you are facing all kinds of pressure. But no surprise that my colleague (and former office mate) @davidshoemaker.bsky.social delivered on the passing of Hulk Hogan. Listen and read here:

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Remembering Hulk Hogan, Dead at 71 - The Ringer
David and Brian react to the death of Hulk Hogan at the age of 71 (0:00). Then they answer the COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could go back in time to throw a…
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I just miss the cut for being a millennial but I voted in our Millennial Canon Bracket anyway. IS THAT VOTER FRAUD? Check out the bracket and decide whether to report me to the authorities. (Also student loan debt vs. ‘Glee.’)

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The Millennial Canon Bracket
Twenty-five years into the 21st century, the millennials’ heyday is in the books. Now it’s time to determine which person, place, event, or even behavioral tic best encapsulates the generation.
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Lovely afternoon in Hollywood/Los Feliz.
I support spelling it out like this in a quote.
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
“Altadena has a longstanding Black community with roots in the 19th century and is one of the very few cohesive Black communities left in a county that has seen its Black populations shrink significantly in the last couple of decades.”

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The Ashes of History
The Eaton Fire imperils Altadena — a special place for Black Los Angeles. Written by journalist Erin Aubry Kaplan.
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The soundscape is always with me, too: the griddle’s symphonic sizzle, Hillhurst’s ebbs and flows, and Mama’s voice booming out the names of customers ready to receive prizes wrapped n tortillas and foil.
Yuca’s was the first iconic Los Angeles food I ate when I moved here 20 years ago. The images are crystalline in my head: the sign, the communal table, the afternoon sun slanting in through the hut, and Mama’s looping cursive on a brown paper bag.
Let's toss an ellipsis and an em dash into the mix too
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