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Taking a writing class and people are just handing in AI. Last week there were two almost identical submissions.

If this description interests you, well, here's a band for you... "...hurdy-gurdy-powered kraut/psych/folk/drone band..." France - "Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts"

Ariel Helwani: How dare you question my integrity. Why yes, I will work an event that my site will cover.

Saw an ad for a depression med, it was set at a writer’s retreat.

Three MMA journalists: Ariel Helwani, Jed Meshew, and Damon Martin just love them some Gable Steveson… They are the leading advocates for this man in MMA.

The “MMA Journalists Love Doing Gable Steveson PR Train” keeps rolling down the tracks at full speed. We got a real battle going on between Uncrowned and MMA Fighting…

The other day, I saw a Bald Eagle swoop down on the highway and pick up some flattened road kill…

Just amazing work here…

"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

TKO going to release a multi-year partnership across all brands soon, can’t wait to see what right-wing adjacent brand it is this time.

The last song the DJ played before the Dirty Three went on was by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Nick Cave would not approve…

Well, this is kind of crazy...

In short order American MMA will be worse than it is today. NIL money will kill what remains of the college pipeline.

MMA media does a great job at hitting Dana White's "we broke another gate record" talking points. They don't do so well when it comes to covering the price of tickets as compared to previous events at that same arena. You know, the most basic of basic journalism. But that might lose them access...

Bought some Quick Oats by mistake. Awful stuff.

Yahoo with the frontrunner for Most Insane Social Graphic of 2026

I should mention that Ariel "Hey, I'm a journalist" Helwani is not one of them. Helwani went full PR mode when speaking to Pyfer about this subject, saying "wow, wow" when Pyfer told he had a dream where he saw God... Just a complete and utter hack.

Encouraging that many are seeing through UFC fighter Joe Pyfer's "I found God" bullshit.

Rereading “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” and once again dumbfounded that Carson McCullers was 19 when she began writing the novel…

Of course the man who hasn't had one original thought in his life believes in AI. He is an incurious dolt. A coattail riding dullard who surrounds himself with yes men and women and who actually believes those sycophants respect him. Just the dumbest kind of person...

O'Brien has got to go...

House of All (ex-Fall members) cover John Cale and it's really good.

My latest for The New York Times: a look at the life & legacy of the late great D. Boon. Visited San Pedro to talk to the surviving Minutemen, Mike Watt and George Hurley, as they continue to carry forward the spirit of Boon and the band. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...

I just spent a crazy amount of money on a belt for work, if I get shitcanned soon, I’m going to be pissed.

That this happens at the same time Ariel Helwani is moaning about self-appointed MMA media watchdogs is just perfect...

At 11:50 an ESPN MMA "journalist" admits it might be time to reveal that he's in business with UFC fighter Justin Gaethje. My man, it's a little too late for that. Robert Joyner found this.

Spend a few days in Berkeley Springs every winter. The story of the folks that bought the "castle."

Ariel “Yeah I was on the UFC payroll” Helwani, should be happy no one but some random failure is calling out his shortcomings. Working in the cesspool of MMA sometimes has its benefits.

A CHAMPION KILLED BY A RAT. In April 1892 The Sportsman reported on the February death of a New Zealand amateur boxer, Dick Sandal, who was chasing a rat when it turned and leapt at him, biting him on the cheek. In a comparatively short space of time, Dick breathed his last. 🐀🥊

Clown...

You know when people accuse someone of virtue signaling... "Moby didn't specify exactly which lyrics bothered him in the 1970 hit"

Folks upset that the Iowa wrestler wouldn’t shake hands with the Penn State wrestler. I mean, if I lost by tech fall in the NCAA finals and had an 0-9 record against someone, I’d be pretty salty too…

At what point can we refer to CBS as, "America's state-run news agency"?

What a run: Straight Time, Mikey and Nicky, Slapshot, The Jerk, Blade Runner, Fletch, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple, and so many others.

Reminder that CBS spends thousands of dollars a day on an unnecessary security detail for Bari pagesix.com/2025/11/03/e...

Still getting over having MMA brain for so long, but a see a light at the end of the tunnel, and that’s a positive for getting back to writing fiction and whatnot… Creativity is another victim of the UFC churn…

I would read the heck out of a book or article that explained why a disproportionate number of American fascists have been chiropractors. No shade on that entire category of practitioners, but it's definitely a theme that has emerged in my research on the US far right. Article is from 2001.

Taking tattoo convention photos this weekend.

The Atlantic's "degenerate gambler" story begins with a false premise. The outlet provides the money to the gambler. There's no real risk involved in the story. "Oh no, I might lose someone else's money" is just stupid.

Damn, I'm slipping. The UFC PR flack who threatened me and then followed through with blackballing me has unfollowed me on the other app... Sad times.

This is a pretty good deal for the new CBA. Moved ahead with revenue share, salary cap, and base salary. I know 50 percent of revenue is the goal, but that doesn't happen in one or two contracts. The union won on this deal. Hopefully the term will be on their side as well.

Who will sit with the Emperor? Who will be banished to sit with the commoners?

Crosses fingers, “Lowest value, so far.”

As Ariel Helwani badmouths old Bloody Elbow, remember that SB Nation had a rule for BE, don’t criticize Helwani. I guess they had to protect their sensitive little boy…

Free story idea: Eating disorders later in life in high school and college wrestlers

Looking forward to reading and reviewing this one. Excellent and fascinating topic to dig into.

You know some of these motherfuckers would have been all in on Greg Hardy if he could have fought...

MMA "journalists." Give me more of the dude that caused a state to change their sexual assault laws!!