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Chris Rider
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Senior Transportation Engineer. Vision Zero. Co-Host of the other Episode One Podcast. http://linktr.ee/episodeonepod I like jokes
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.
From the top rope
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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"'Wah wah wah, I lost da election!' Haven't heard anyone whine this much since I covered Strong Sad's stupid renaissance faire diorama in barbecue sauce."
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Just let me get the leak of what the NYPD group chats post about Zohran
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 2025 World Series MVP 🏆

He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Absolutely incredible
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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What do you mean you’re Jar Jarbie for Halloween 😭😭
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.

The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.

Details:
I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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NO KINGS IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA USA

October 18, 2025, Saturday
October 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The *how* of #NoKings is impeachment.

Don't just say No Kings. Say how to get there.

Impeach, convict, remove.
October 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I mean, is it the greatest performance in all of sports history might be the question
is hitting 3 home runs and striking out 10 batters in the NLCS the best game in baseball history
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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"Instead of Columbus, we should celebrate all Italian women for being so hot." this is a genuine thought I had this morning. I'm sharing it as an act of contrition. please do not get mad at me. please do not become passionately enraged with your fiery tempers and strike me with a heavily-ringed hand
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wait, why is TBS/HBO doing a digitally superimposed ad of Ohtani in the stadium?
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Hi Donald!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
0:00 OT

This game has a 100.00% chance of ending in Scorigami.
September 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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In honor of Eric Adams dropping out, I'm now resharing my all-time favorite bit of Eric Adams content

for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive

enjoy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...
Sen. Eric Adams: Combating Gun Violence
YouTube video by New York Daily News
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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This is how I feel about it.
The Kimmel monologue was 18 minutes of extraordinary, raw television that will be hated by the people who wanted him off the air for good. Trump and Brendan Carr lost this one as badly as it's possible to lose.
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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“Well that’s quite an act, what do you call it?”
“Abundance!”
September 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM