Larrikin Sandgroper, cinephile, failed clarinetist, doting dad. Formerly @WPP, @McCann_MW; @FreoDockers⚓️ @Mariners 🔱
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It’s hard to think of a richer source of human behaviors, attitudes and motivations than a 2-hour viewing of a film.
From the Wizard of Oz to Whiplash, in this deck below I share 50 Insights from Hollywood.
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At the very least people who told you that serious democratic contestation was going to disappear (because of mass immigration or left-elite cultural power or Trumpist authoritarianism or the undemocratic Constitution) have been consistently mistaken.
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It seems to me that democracy has on the whole worked very well in America over the last decade, and perhaps better than in any other major country in the West. National outcomes have repeatedly been responsive to underlying voter preferences on meaningful questions, and significant changes in policy have ensued. I’ve been reading Democracy in America this past week, and it’s striking how much it still rhymes nearly two centuries later.
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Le docteur Guérit-tout👏🎶
Cet extrait de l'émission culte Soirée canadienne a été tournée en 1981 à Ascot, une ancienne ville qui fait maintenant partie de Sherbrooke. On y voit un jeune homme de 16 ans y chanter « Le docteur Guérit-tout », une chanson folklorique québécoise. Il s'agit de Serge Veilleux, qui est décédé en 2007, à 41 ans.
Cet extrait est devenu viral sur Internet au cours des derniers jours, rappelant à de nombreux Québécois la richesse de notre répertoire musical traditionnel et faisant même découvrir cette musique à l'extérieur de nos frontières.
#trad #musique #Québec #tradition #folklore #culture #chanson #viral #télé #SoiréeCanadienne
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The most widely accepted all-time Test World XI, compiled by Wisden Cricket and ESPNcricinfo !
Sir Jack Hobbs
Sir Len Hutton
Sir Donald Bradman (Captain)
Sachin Tendulkar
Sir Vivian Richards
Sir Garfield Sobers
Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper)
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Sydney Barnes
Do you agree with this ?
If No, then what’s the changes you want , comment 👇
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for a long time i said that antisemitism, particularly on the american left, was not as bad as people claimed.
i'd like to just state that i was totally wrong.
i still don't understand it, really. or know what to do about it.
but it is so fucked.
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Earlier today, a letter from Pope Leo XIV arrived at Rate Field. Go White Sox!
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Someone on my street puts out light, nonsensical lawn signs. Replaces them every few weeks. I assume he’s mocking lawn sign people and if so, I need to meet him.
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This is a Stephen Root and Montreal smoked meat sandwich appreciation post.
Retweet if you are a fan of both beloved character actor Stephen Root and Montreal smoked meat sandwiches.
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Hasan Piker’s dangerous and hateful language targeting Jewish Americans has no place in our civic discourse. Suggesting that Jewish Americans bear responsibility for hatred or violence directed against them is wrong, dangerous, and antisemitic.
We can, and should, argue fiercely over policy. We should have meaningful dialogue and debate about the policies and actions of the Israeli government and American foreign policy. That is the lifeblood of democracy. But that’s not what this is.
No American should be told that their political beliefs make them responsible for hatred or violence directed against them. There is a bright line between vigorous debate and rhetoric that stokes hatred toward our neighbors. Mr. Piker has crossed that line, repeatedly and unmistakably.
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People forget the key principle of moneyball. It’s not about on base percentage, launch angles, etc… it’s about finding market inefficiencies. Once it was discovered that these factors were undervalued, they lose their edge because everyone pays up for them. Maybe the Rays found an inefficiency at the other end. No different than how a stock of a great company might be a great investment at one price but a bad investment at another price.
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I wish Nike was still this unafraid to make a statement. Those days feel long gone at this point.
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the ABS system sits at the vexed crossroads of several highly charged dynamics in our collective life. successful challenges (by your team) feel amazing, like a long-awaited blow against capricious and unearned authority; but the overall existence (and putative infallibility) of ABS inevitably ignites anxieties about the superfluity of human judgement. and yet, the challenge system relies on human hubris, intuition, boldness, and risk. it's a very compelling encounter between populism and the machine.
