Jim Stark
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@PunditFight
Tracking the analogy that politics is pro-wrestling since 2007. Interested in the hyperreality, theatre and psychology of U.S. politics. #PoliticsisWrestling
@RobKatter3 @karlstefanovic @TRobinsonNewEra Why are all these takes so terrible? Karl can say what he likes. The public can say what they like about him saying it. Nine can decide who represents its brand. Tommy Robinson is a low quality human and has a criminal history. None of this is complicated.
Let's not kid ourselves Karl Stefanovic has cancelled himself by deleting the videos of his podcast with Tommy Robinson probably to avoid contractual dramas with the mainstream network that pays him. There’s no shadowy group censoring him, plenty of far more controversial Tommy Robinson podcasts are still up on those platforms. This is no different from when he was pushing COVID fear on behalf of the government and networks raking in taxpayer cash. He remains a compliant yes-man for the elite, not a bloke prepared to fall on his sword.
I literally don’t play soccer
NEW: A college student filmed the exciting moment he won $100,000 – except the bet wasn’t real. A flood of videos showing fake trades and fake wins is fueling Polymarket’s hype machine, our @WSJ investigation found. It's part of a secret campaign for Americans’ attention.
Theo Von: “Nobody wants a data center dude. And the people that want them to me, they seem kind of evil. Nobody wants this shit. One of these companies is gonna own all of this information. There’s gonna become this social or emotional credit score and then AI is gonna try to become our new God”
I just find this social strategy sort of pathetic. @DoorDash is intentionally tagging @TPAIN in their tweets about the World Cup in an effort to ~get attention~, and they did it to the point where T-Pain had to publicly ask the brand to stop. The attempted gag: New Zealand has a player named Tim Payne, so DoorDash “accidentally” tagged T-Pain instead. And T-Pain’s energy went from LOL to “stop tagging me” within a few tweets. There’s a number of reasons this is a baddd idea. 1. It wouldn’t be hard to argue DoorDash is using T-Pain’s name, image, and likeness without his consent. It’s obviously a stunt to promote DoorDash. 2. It’s giving “celebrities aren’t people” energy. It’s fundamentally weird for a brand to bug another human being just for attention, celeb or not. 2. If T-Pain is in on the bit, this would most definitely be unmarked influencer content, which would be a huge FTC fine. 3. Yeah, it’s gonna go viral, but does the virality have literally anything to do with why we’d use DoorDash? No. But do the risks outweigh the rewards? Also no. It genuinely is not that hard to be good at social media while staying ethical, not actively bothering celebrities, and making content about what your company actually does.
Never forget when Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter broke character to address Glenn Beck, after he criticized their characters on his show.
FIFA told Gillette to cover up its logo because it wasn’t an official World Cup sponsor. Gillette responded by turning it into a giant blob of shaving foam. 😭🪒 Brilliant response from them… 🤣👏
Mamdani: The Knicks did not just win for New York City. They won like New York City. What is New York if not your back up against the wall, a dream that feels just out of reach, a rent payment you don't know how you'll ever make, 99.6% of the world stacked against you . And who are New Yorkers if not people who hear those odds and smile and ask: why are you giving me a head start?
