Matt Galka
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Matt Galka
@MattGalka
yes, I am that guy from that thing | @cusefootball Walk-On | @QuinnipiacU M.S. | “Popular TV news reporter” | National Correspondent
Washington, DC Katılım Aralık 2011
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“Ben Franklin was never president.”
“Gerald Ford died in 2006.”
“America isn’t close to being the oldest country on earth.”
“Jesus was Middle Eastern.”
“It’s HIPAA, not HIPPA.”
Dear Self.@Dearme2_
What's a sign of a very low intelligence?
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From what I can tell:
-Louisiana can redraw immediately as LA-06 has been struck down.
-Alabama cannot redraw immediately, but unlikely AL-02 would survive judicial muster after 2030 redistricting.
-The lack of abolishment means Rs cannot eliminate seats in Georgia, South Carolina or Mississippi that are protected.
-Same would go for larger Dem States like New York and California if they wanted to go further on their redraws.
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Everyone knew ncaa tournament expansion to 76 was inevitable. Almost nobody wants it. Those trying to argue its merits are gaslighting you. I’ve written it many times — it’s a lousy development that contributes to the erosion of what makes college sports great.
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This is the best interview/conversation I’ve seen in a long long time. I know it’s impossible to watch anything for 40 minutes these days, but if you can just watch the final 20 minutes, you won’t be disappointed. Sasse’s thoughts on social media and technology = must listen.
60 Minutes@60Minutes
Extended interview: Former Nebraska senator Ben Sasse has metastatic pancreatic cancer. He spoke with 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley about where America has been and where it could still go.
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@jasonrmcintyre Smaller crop this year because of weather reasons + tariffs on Mexico + fuel costs because of Iran. And I’m not even sure an expected fertilizer shortage/price spike has been factored in yet
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Can anyone speak about why this is the case?
Any farmers out there wanna chime in?
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The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.
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Hello from backstage.
We’re in a hold behind the stage right now. Staff are going out to reset the head table.
POTUS never left and is down the hall from me. He wants the show to go on.
We’re told by his detail someone tried to get through the mags with a gun. The counter assault team did their job (unclear what that means) and the subject is now offsite.
POTUS was evacuated to a hold - the rest of us from the head table are down the hall from him. Secret service had to determine if there were any other threats, we are being told there are no threats.
The building is NOT being evacuated.
We are waiting for staff to reset head table to resume the program.
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"Millennial Tony Soprano isn't real, Millennial Tony Sorprano can't hurt me"
Millennial Tony Soprano:
Mike Bird@Birdyword
I know this is a popular topic but I'm the age James Gandolfini was when the pilot was filmed (35) and I don't know anyone who looks that old. Of hundreds of friends and acquaintances. Even the smokers, heavy drinkers, bad dieters. Not even close. Was it air pollution? Lead?
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You think that dolphin can wear a football helmet or is that one physically impossible, too?
Brad Wolf@bradwolfdesign
The way that the spear weaves through the W in the new Commanders logo is physically impossible. Reminds me of an M.C. Escher painting. Here’s my quick fix.
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Crying because I thought Bam Bam Bigelow was beating the hell out of Lawrence Taylor @LT_56
Fightful Wrestling@Fightful
What’s your first WrestleMania memory?
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@stoolpresidente Every time my mentor @KevinNathanNBC gets more publicity is time well spent
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I stand by this take I billion percent. You can’t follow elite golfers around an entire course at the Masters. But you can follow Jim Renner fighting for his life at the Travelers. Way more fun.
Gabe Lackman@YobHodEht
@wakeupbarstool @stoolpresidente Did he just say with a straight face that he’d rather watch Jim Renner shoot 78 at the traveller’s over the best golfers in the world at the masters? I can’t be hearing that right
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I guess that’s…good for them? Because they’re all ignoring the glaring, simple fact. A large, large majority of sports betting customers are nowhere near professionals. They bet indiscriminately, they see dollar signs, and the money feels not real because it’s virtual.
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My timeline is full of people from the gambling industry upset with this. Anytime something attacks your wallet you get defensive, I get it.
But all of the industry types keep saying “this isn’t *my* experience. *my* process. *I* don’t work this way.”
CBS Mornings@CBSMornings
“It only took a few weeks before I was hiding in the kitchen pantry to put my bets in, so my kids didn’t see how much I was gambling”: @TheAtlantic gave @mckaycoppins $10,000 as part of his investigation into online sports gambling — and he came out with far less money and some insight into how gamblers get hooked on apps like FanDuel and DraftKings.
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@iamrahstradamus @TheAtlantic @mckaycoppins But you are a professional gambler. I think what most of the industry that is mad about this is missing is - a large majority of customers are so far off from being professionals. So far off. So your experience would be the outlier, not the norm, no?
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I'm not sure why @TheAtlantic even got @McKayCoppins to write this story. There's dozens of gamblers on twitter (including myself) who could tell their real life story and it would be infinitely more interesting & insightful while giving an accurate portrayal of sports gambling from people who actually risk their own money everyday. We didn't need an outsider to come on television and talk about this at all.
CBS Mornings@CBSMornings
“It only took a few weeks before I was hiding in the kitchen pantry to put my bets in, so my kids didn’t see how much I was gambling”: @TheAtlantic gave @mckaycoppins $10,000 as part of his investigation into online sports gambling — and he came out with far less money and some insight into how gamblers get hooked on apps like FanDuel and DraftKings.
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@pamelam35 While people in the industry are getting rightfully defensive, the entire community is refusing to acknowledge what was proven - a majority of customers *are* like this - betting indiscriminately with money that can feel not real because it’s virtual
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@MattGalka Most customers aren’t experts. That’s exactly why using a complete beginner under artificial conditions doesn’t prove anything. It just confirms what we already know about inexperience.
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“If you were given $10,000 to gamble away…” already tells you the story they want. It frames gambling as losing before anything even happens.
From there, it’s just curation.
You’ve got a beginner with no process, on a deadline, spending free money..and that gets positioned like it represents the whole space. There’s no separation between casual betting, reckless behavior, and actual strategy.
That’s the issue.
I work in this space, so I’m not pretending to be neutral but this isn’t a real evaluation of the industry. It’s the most predictable failure case presented like it means something bigger.
If the goal was understanding, you wouldn’t run the test on someone who doesn’t even know basic bet types and call the result a conclusion.
CBS Mornings@CBSMornings
“It only took a few weeks before I was hiding in the kitchen pantry to put my bets in, so my kids didn’t see how much I was gambling”: @TheAtlantic gave @mckaycoppins $10,000 as part of his investigation into online sports gambling — and he came out with far less money and some insight into how gamblers get hooked on apps like FanDuel and DraftKings.
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