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David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · 11d

Shocked to hear about Kaleb Horton. So young. He was one of many people I knew only online yet he constantly preached that people should log off and be present in the real world, including meeting their friends face to face. As a tribute to him I’ll make an effort to do that with more of you.

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National Writers Union @nwu.org · Aug 26

Over 270 journalists have been murdered since October 7, 2023. Help us move $1,000 into the IFJ Safety Fund by Labor Day to protect Palestinian reporters from Israel’s violence and support efforts to ensure a thriving Palestinian media in the future. bit.ly/supportPJS

Donate to support and protect Palestinian journalists

Israel is committing the largest massacre of journalists and media workers in modern history, and the most dangerous attack on the ideal of a free press in the modern era. Because of Israel’s…

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Aug 27

I spoke with @lancebradley.bsky.social about Al Alvarez’s classic “The Biggest Game in Town.” We get into everything from Texas hitmen to Sylvia Plath’s love life. You can listen and subscribe at davidhill.substack.com

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Aug 22

I spoke to Haley Mlotek about John Gregory Dunne's sort-of-memoir "Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season." We talked about the city, love, divorce, fantasy, and, of course, Joan Didion. You can listen (and subscribe!) here: davidhill.substack.com/p/vegas-with...

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Ryan Goldberg @ryangoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 7

I rarely write about racing anymore, but I had fun talking to my friend @davidhill.bsky.social on his American Gambler podcast about the memoir of union organizer-turned-handicapper Len Ragozin, as well as my own book and whether birding is like gambling. davidhill.substack.com/p/the-odds-m...

The Odds Must Be Crazy with Ryan Goldberg

Reds at the racetrack

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David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · May 3

Happy Derby Day. This was the riest thing I was ever paid to write. $50 in 2011. I felt like I had really made it big. www.theawl.com/2011/05/two-...

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Apr 5

Took the kids to the nations capital for the weekend

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Apr 5

Currently a trade war with the United States

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Apr 5

They made this with google notebooklm

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Mar 10

Looks like the stock market isn't the only thing that's down

The Independent @the-independent.com · Mar 10

X down: Twitter not working amid major outage

X down: Twitter not working amid major outage

X has gone down in what appears to be a major and global outage.

www.independent.co.uk

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Feb 5

Maybe we shouldn’t elect judges apnews.com/article/new-...

New York judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty

An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn’t be impartial because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty.

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Feb 2

What???? Incredible

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Feb 1

I’m going to see the brutalist at the theater tonight because I’m trying to get back to being the kind of person who would do that

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Feb 1

Feels like what we need right now is a little bit of game theory

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Feb 1

America is so washed

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 31

Get off social media

luna @imlunahey.com · Jan 30

people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 23

I listened to the NYT interview with Curtis Yarvin and man that guy is really stupid.

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 20

Ebert was a real one

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 19

I’m basically soloing this year. I haven’t solved the first meta yet.

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 19

Trudging along through the MIT Mystery Hunt while watching some sports. Inside every man there are two wolves.

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 15

Alex Haley interviewing Martin Luther King, cartoons by Leroi Niemann, anything like that?

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Matt T. Wood @matttwood.dev · Jan 15

Is this satire

fortune.com/2025/01/14/w...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Jan 15

this defense of chatgpt may be the funniest thing i've ever read in my life

gigisaurus Jan 12
agreed! im a law student and i use it to simplify concepts that i cant understand 😭

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 14

Rams defense are eating

David Hill @davidhill.bsky.social · Jan 14

We are in it together brother 🤝