Allstate is still using “security questions I can probably find the answers to if you’ve filled out your Facebook profile even a little bit” in 2023. Woof.
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Allstate is still using “security questions I can …
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The Politics of Design – Part One
I’m in the Delaware Call today! The Politics of Design will be a lighthearted series of critiques focusing on the branding of state and local politicians. First up: the logo for Delaware gubernatorial hopeful Matt Meyer.
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Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
I absolutely tore through this book. Partially out of personal interest in McBride’s story, as she is my state senator and has a really good change to be the first out transgender member of the US House of Representatives, but mostly because she’s an engaging storyteller with an incredible story to tell. This is pretty…
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“Governing is not easy”
Here’s Representative Eric Morrison on his controversial vote on HS 1 for HB 121 (the Seaford LLC voting bill): Governing is not easy, and things are not always as they appear on the surface. As happens time and again, we as Democrats had to do the responsible and right thing for Delawareans. We do not…
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I will be calling balls and strikes this …
I will be calling balls and strikes this afternoon
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John Carney has not moved on
When Delaware Governor John Carney announced that he would allow House Bill 1 and House Bill 2 to become law without his signature, he declared that it was “time to move on” from the debate around recreational marijuana. However, by appointing former Delaware State Trooper Robert Coupe to oversee the rollout of the recreational marijuana…
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Rep. Mimi Brown and Frank Cooke used their …
Before calling for a vote, Cooke spent ~10 mins doing what I can only describe as scolding everyone in the room who had the temerity to suggest the bill wasn’t good enough. Wish we could give specifics but his scolding blew out the mic; all we know for sure is that he was Big Mad.
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Bookmarked Ex-Ohio State coach Urban Meyer calls NIL …
Bookmarked Ex-Ohio State coach Urban Meyer calls NIL collectives “cheating” by .
The discussion concluded with Meyer telling a second-hand story of a program that lost a recruit due to NIL. “I know very closely firsthand, I had a buddy who was recruiting a guy. He had it [the commitment], and it was over,” Meyer said. “Then, all of a sudden, another school offered him $500,000. He went back to his collective and said, ‘I need $500,000.’ They said, ‘We don’t have it,’ and they lost the player.”
In every single NIL story like this, the facts are presented assuming a shared understanding that stuff like this is Bad, without question or examination. Why is it bad? For whom? Be explicit, please.
I obviously know what the rote answers are supposed to be but just once I’d like the interviewer to say, “actually, that sounds cool as hell for the kid who finessed half a million out of some dumb rich car dealers!”
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Bookmarked Out of a job? What marijuana legalization …
Publishing a story on the impact of legalization on the drug-sniffing dogs before publishing a story on the impact of legalization on the communities ravaged for decades by the racist war on drugs is certainly one way to communicate editorial priorities.
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Please like and subscribe to my new Health and Wellness podcast, “Chili for Breakfast,” in which we discuss the benefits of a bowl of vegetarian chili for breakfast. Cast off the shackles of Big Bagel and join us on a journey of discovery.