rivers mccown
@riversmccown.bsky.social
@rotoworld-fb.bsky.social, @ftnfantasy.com, https://man-free-a-football-newsletter.ghost.io/ etc. | guy who plays Final Fantasy 4 a lot
They spent 10 years feeding this device millions of datapoints so it could make Vreath Of The Vild, do any of these people have shame
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
They spent 10 years feeding this device millions of datapoints so it could make Vreath Of The Vild, do any of these people have shame
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Every tech thing now is like “we have listened and we hear you, calling you ‘meat money puppets’ wasn’t the message you wanted and the AI powered ‘dumbass browser for little dicks’ needs some fine-tuning”
scoop: Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows. The head of Windows tells me Microsoft will focus on "addressing pain points we hear consistently from customers." Full details in my Notepad newsletter this week, gift link here 👇 tinyurl.com/win11trust
Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows
2026 is all about improving Windows
tinyurl.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Every tech thing now is like “we have listened and we hear you, calling you ‘meat money puppets’ wasn’t the message you wanted and the AI powered ‘dumbass browser for little dicks’ needs some fine-tuning”
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Widening your mom faster than 1992 Dale Earnhardt
US TRADE DEFICIT WIDENS MOM BY MOST SINCE 1992
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Widening your mom faster than 1992 Dale Earnhardt
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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"When one fed attempted to blow off the crowd by visibly watching basketball highlights on his phone, a protester shouted “You’re watching ads, you broke bitch! Kill yourself!” The federal agent returned to his room shortly thereafter."
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
The Noise Demonstrations Keeping ICE Agents Awake at Their Hotels
Participants in the noise demonstrations targeting hotels that house federal agents in the Twin Cities recount their experiences and explain how this tactic might be employed elsewhere.
crimethinc.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"When one fed attempted to blow off the crowd by visibly watching basketball highlights on his phone, a protester shouted “You’re watching ads, you broke bitch! Kill yourself!” The federal agent returned to his room shortly thereafter."
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
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Half a billion on terrorizing citizens but we can’t have universal healthcare or basic income or affordable housing or public transit or
Congressional Budget Office: “Federal troop deployments to US cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month.” www.cbo.gov/publication/...
www.cbo.gov
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Half a billion on terrorizing citizens but we can’t have universal healthcare or basic income or affordable housing or public transit or
At this point I'd rather be represented in Congress by a random sampling of Minnesotans.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
At this point I'd rather be represented in Congress by a random sampling of Minnesotans.
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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there are tears in my eyes rn
January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
there are tears in my eyes rn
SWARM mentality.
Iowa tackle Gennings Dunker calls himself "a guy who likes to hit and run."
Senior Bowl.
Senior Bowl.
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
SWARM mentality.
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I wrote about what Brandon Aubrey is worth in an NFL that has largely decided fourth-down gos are the way to go:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
Brandon Aubrey Is an Anomaly. What’s That Worth to the Cowboys?
The record-setting kicker is a restricted free agent and will need a long-term contract sooner or later. How does Dallas compensate a player who's done things no one ever has before?
www.dmagazine.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I wrote about what Brandon Aubrey is worth in an NFL that has largely decided fourth-down gos are the way to go:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
Things of that nature.
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Things of that nature.
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Cool that Obama is directing people to @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Cool that Obama is directing people to @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
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I created this guy’s profile on the site yesterday, and could not find any publicly available information on him since the Dolphins pulled his biography off their website.
Good luck Jets!
Good luck Jets!
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I created this guy’s profile on the site yesterday, and could not find any publicly available information on him since the Dolphins pulled his biography off their website.
Good luck Jets!
Good luck Jets!
I wrote about what Brandon Aubrey is worth in an NFL that has largely decided fourth-down gos are the way to go:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
Brandon Aubrey Is an Anomaly. What’s That Worth to the Cowboys?
The record-setting kicker is a restricted free agent and will need a long-term contract sooner or later. How does Dallas compensate a player who's done things no one ever has before?
www.dmagazine.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I wrote about what Brandon Aubrey is worth in an NFL that has largely decided fourth-down gos are the way to go:
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
Huge dub for The Process* here
*-ask every half-decent OC who will work with Jim Schwartz until one says yes
*-ask every half-decent OC who will work with Jim Schwartz until one says yes
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Huge dub for The Process* here
*-ask every half-decent OC who will work with Jim Schwartz until one says yes
*-ask every half-decent OC who will work with Jim Schwartz until one says yes
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Hard to get a better distillation of centrist politics. Obama's solution is to recommend the podcast of Ezra Klein, who is still going through a months-long PR disaster because he completely and utterly failed at his job of analyzing politics.
Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.
Opinion | Minneapolis Reveals Where Trump’s Deportation Agenda Is Going
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Hard to get a better distillation of centrist politics. Obama's solution is to recommend the podcast of Ezra Klein, who is still going through a months-long PR disaster because he completely and utterly failed at his job of analyzing politics.
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What should you pay a kicker? Usually, not much. But Brandon Aubrey is an anomaly. What’s that worth to the Cowboys?
@riversmccown.bsky.social goes down the contract rabbit hole and comes up with an answer
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
@riversmccown.bsky.social goes down the contract rabbit hole and comes up with an answer
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
Brandon Aubrey Is an Anomaly. What’s That Worth to the Cowboys?
The record-setting kicker is a restricted free agent and will need a long-term contract sooner or later. How does Dallas compensate a player who's done things no one ever has before?
www.dmagazine.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
What should you pay a kicker? Usually, not much. But Brandon Aubrey is an anomaly. What’s that worth to the Cowboys?
@riversmccown.bsky.social goes down the contract rabbit hole and comes up with an answer
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
@riversmccown.bsky.social goes down the contract rabbit hole and comes up with an answer
www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/...
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Probably the biggest problem with being a game critic is you never hear what other people think of you
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Probably the biggest problem with being a game critic is you never hear what other people think of you
Usually with these reports it's pretty easy to tell which side is benefitting enough to leak the news. Here I am a little unsure: Is it the organization that failed to reel in the racist e-mail sender? Or is it the racist e-mail sender that is somehow above a Jets OC job?
The #Jets reached out to Jon Gruden about the idea of joining Aaron Glenn's staff, according to multiple sources. Gruden wasn't interested in the job.
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Usually with these reports it's pretty easy to tell which side is benefitting enough to leak the news. Here I am a little unsure: Is it the organization that failed to reel in the racist e-mail sender? Or is it the racist e-mail sender that is somehow above a Jets OC job?
From the twisted mind of Sam Raimi: Woman More Powerful Than Man Wow
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
From the twisted mind of Sam Raimi: Woman More Powerful Than Man Wow
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"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 27, 2026 at 11:26 PM
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
On to Jordon's next cheerleading competition
A stunner from @dvnjr.bsky.social and me: Bill Belichick is not a first ballot Hall of Famer. He didn't get elected this year. The 8-time champion failed to 40 out of the 50 votes required for induction.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer
Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, will not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
On to Jordon's next cheerleading competition