currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

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This Week in Pinball, we’re whaling on some Gilligan’s Island and catching up on the latest news. twip.kineticist.com/p/gilligans-...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

"once you set your price at zero, you’re stuck at zero" continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/what-if-we...

"The government attempting to punish creatives, writers, and/or journalists for speech that officials do not like is authoritarianism." www.tvcritics.org/index.php?op...

Scary stuff www.wired.com/story/inside...

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

We're doing a drive right now to get 1245 new paid subscribers for these indie media publications and if you're putting your money where your mouth is, this is a great place to start

If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.

A timeline in which I have to rally behind Jimmy Kimmel. Dark times, indeed.

Killer GO PAID appeal from @alsheimer.me on Kineticist. Back Kineticist here 👇 twip.kineticist.com/p/where-my-p...

Nothing like a good starter pack!

A tale of two pieces of feedback received on my work. The second guy upgraded to a paid subscription at the max tier.

Reviewed the new Star Wars pin from Stern Pinball today after a trip out to their Chicago factory this week www.kineticist.com/post/fall-of...

On my way to another new pinball release media event for @kineticist.com!

It's fun seeing my pub logo show up on such diverse, non-pinball or gaming-focused indie media! www.courtwatch.news/p/142-you-wa...

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Hey @kineticist.com is taking part in this! Awesome idea.

Everyone on Bluesky is poised like we're waiting for the DVD logo to hit the corner of the screen

Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”

Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,

“You know what this is? It's the same minimalist corporate rebrand virtually every company has done in the past decade.” open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

This Week in Pinball, we’re doing some reflection and catching up on a lot of pinball news, content (and a surprise development!) before summer vacation. twip.kineticist.com/p/65-pinball...

This Week in Pinball, we’re doing some reflection and catching up on a lot of pinball news, content (and a surprise development!) before summer vacation. twip.kineticist.com/p/65-pinball...

This is the most personal piece I've ever written for my pinball site, so I put a hard paywall on it to control its reach. twip.kineticist.com/p/imaginary-...

Great piece @lexroman.com! Impressed with the Escape Collective model. journalistspaythemselves.com/p/did-no-pay...

According to a dipshit pinball podcaster the award show we ran last year used “woke voting”, whatever the heck that means.

Wait till gen z has kids! 5:30pm dinners are where it’s at

There is no covid without testing There is no bad economy if we cook the books Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history

Death Stranding 2 hit me harder than any Kojima game since MGS3. I think it's one of the most human games he's ever made, wildly goody, introspective, and the only direction it made sense to go in following COVID lock downs. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/death-strand...

I want to work more of this ethos into my writing.

Good reporting on how AI is making the job market more challenging for young people looking to enter the workforce: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

attention is the last scarce resource open.substack.com/pub/digitaln...

The cure to the male loneliness epidemic™️ is to recruit 10 friends and acquaintances to your plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously, both to enrich yourself and to get one over on the guy who's with your ex-wife. Think of the opportunities for male bonding!

Since Happy Gilmore 2 is out here’s an article I wrote about a custom Happy Gilmore pinball machine www.kineticist.com/post/happy-g...

and thus begins Tour de France withdrawal week

an anonymous source that goes by the neutral name "jeffersondavisfan" has leaked that, as a child, Zohran Mamdani drew this hate-filled symbol in over eight notebooks and on two different desks

I have hesitated here, but I think I’m a journalist.

This Week in Pinball, we’re thinking about Ozzy and doing more #journalism. twip.kineticist.com/p/flippers-a...

Maybe the question shouldn’t be “what do I want to be when I grow up?” but “how much can I try while I’m alive?”

Lots to chew on with this latest move from Stern Pinball www.kineticist.com/post/jack-da...

I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics.

hey maybe journalism is having a comeback

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