Jack Linnehan

Lunch just costs $28 now. Are they not supposed to eat?

My money’s on #Milby #Survivor51

Aaron had the Rait stuff today

Joe Lim estimates that 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise, and he should know. For three years, Lim ran a company called Floodify, which at its peak operated 65,000 dummy social-media accounts used to drum up attention on behalf of paying clients. The point of this kind of marketing is that nobody is supposed to notice it. But lately, the machinery has started to show. In April, Justin Bieber headlined two consecutive weekends at Coachella. Coachella is the biggest stage in pop music save only for the Super Bowl, the kind of event that in theory generates its own attention. And yet on both weekends, a Discord server writer Lane Brown had been monitoring hosted paid campaigns for Bieber’s Coachella performances, offering clippers — people who are hired to turn a song, trailer, interview, stump speech, or whatever into short, social-media-friendly fragments — as much as a dollar per thousand views. “On social media, popular opinion is being formed, measured, and manipulated all at once, and every signal the platforms produce — a trending song, a backlash, a talking point, the feeling that ‘everybody’ is suddenly talking about the same thing — can now be fabricated by unseen actors with hidden agendas,” writes Brown. “Everybody is doing this now,” Lim says. “And if you’re not, you’re behind.” Brown reports on how the same techniques are now being used to fool people on every app they go to in order to find out what other people think, not just in music but across entertainment, politics, consumer products, and celebrity gossip: nymag.visitlink.me/w6Bu9N

Man, offseason Travis looks different

Before Sunrise (1995)

Bron doing sidequests in the offseason

wait for it

You can say the Broncos have a difficult first 6 games without straight up manipulating facts to create a false narrative, dude

gag

Jared Bednar has been absolute money with his goaltending decisions all series long. Pulling Blackwood for Wedgwood after the 1st saved the game — and the series — for the Avs

WHATS COOLER THAN COOL BRETT KULAK

UPDATE: Recess Beer Garden in Denver says it will not host an unvaccinated singles mixer by the group Unjected, citing the organizers' failure to comply with their policies for large groups and "escalating safety concerns."

@GuyBeinDude @ALIB1S_ I can’t believe there were red herrings in the red herrings game

@ALIB1S_ i mean it also had Tome

CONNECTIONS IS CANADAPHOBIC

I think if we take just one second to actually think about things, many would agree that playing in Arrowhead week 1 with Mahomes coming off an ACL is far preferable to having to travel there in (likely) December. But that’s just one man’s humble opinion

I have great news Ben, there will be a Broncos-Chiefs game in Denver this season

Colorado has seen 20 reported measles cases this year, almost all in unvaccinated people. The event organizers scoffed at the idea of contracting it with this comment on Instagram

Jason Collins was a beloved member of the Celtics family. He was a pioneer in the NBA and professional sports, and we are grateful to have felt his impact in Boston. May he rest in peace 💚

The trilogy event Hollywood’s been waiting for. Conan O’Brien returns to host the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 14, 2027. Full press release: press.oscars.org/news/99th-osca…

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