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Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 2:37 am on December 13, 2019
Tags: baseball   

small ball

Minor league play is some of the best basball I’ve ever seen and this is a tremendously bad idea for all the reasons listed here.

Source: MLB’s plan to overhaul its minor league system – Axios

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 12:28 am on December 13, 2019
Tags: healthcare ( 21 )   

more sick people

Surely this won’t have a significant impact on society as a whole.

Source: More Americans than ever say they’ve postponed seeking care for a ‘serious’ medical condition over cost concerns – MarketWatch

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 12:27 am on December 13, 2019
Tags: education ( 14 ), politics ( 48 )   

just mean

Regular reminder that DeVos and those like her are just cruel, opportunistic people whose primary moral compass is “rich people are better and should be able to keep all their money.”

Source: Betsy DeVos Overruled Education Department Findings On Defrauded Students : NPR

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 12:23 am on December 13, 2019
Tags: internet ( 11 ), verizon ( 2 )   

suck it, verizon

I’m guessing maintaining Yahoo Groups archives would amount to a rounding error on Verizon’s budget spreadsheet for any given year, so am not buying this one bit.

Source: Verizon says archiving Yahoo Groups would strain resources

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 12:20 am on December 13, 2019
Tags: media ( 53 )   

let’s hope this isn’t the end

I’ve been a fan of CityLab and its reporting for a while now and hope it continues to produce excellent material under new ownership.

Source: Bloomberg Media is buying CityLab from The Atlantic (and some of its fans are nervous) » Nieman Journalism Lab

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 12:18 am on December 13, 2019
Tags: netflix ( 11 ), streaming ( 18 )   

lean back with netflix

This is interesting, but what I really want is a “play random” type button that replicates browsing through channels, playing the first episode of shows I haven’t watched yet. I’m not even kidding.

Source: Netflix Tests Watch Now Auto-Play Feature to Bypass App Browsing – Variety

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 11:09 pm on December 12, 2019
Tags: giphy, video ( 2 )   

giphy gets video

It’s not enough to do one thing really well, you have to try and encroach on a half dozen other company’s business models as well.

Source: Giphy Video Launches Audiovisual Clips From Universal Pictures, Others – Variety

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 11:08 pm on December 12, 2019
Tags: advertising ( 5 ), streaming ( 18 )   

if i see one more nordstrom ad on hulu…

Seems marketers don’t like the constant repetition of the same six ads any more than viewers do. Now which one is in a position to change this…

Source: Streaming services can’t stop showing the same ad repeatedly, putting growth at risk – Digiday

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 11:07 pm on December 12, 2019
Tags: politics ( 48 )   

failed war

Look what happened while we either weren’t paying attention or were being called disloyal for questioning anything about it.

Source: Washington Post Afghan Papers: Interviews with officials reveal decades of dishonesty and confusion.

Unknown's avatar Chris Thilk 10:52 pm on December 12, 2019
Tags: media ( 53 ), podcast ( 5 )   

it’s a choice

I guess we’ll soon see if the National Lampoon brand still has some life left in it.

Source: ‘National Lampoon Radio Hour’ Relaunches as a Podcast (Exclusive)

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