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Joseph Bien-Kahn

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Senior Editor at Esses Magazine sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure! bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired... [email protected]

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · Jan 24

We all know more and more people are hiring private firefighting crews in L.A.

But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe?

I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out…

For @rollingstone.com

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The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them

Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 18h

fuck, that was great and I hate that that exists. I loved editing kaleb the one time I got to and it wasn't easy at all. a genius. obsessive about every word. all you could hope for in a writer: he truly gave a shit

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 22h

Some stories about my friend Kaleb, on the occasion of his funeral:

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IT'S JUST DIFFERENT VALLEYS, THAT'S ALL

Kaleb Horton has departed this life, and for those left behind there is nothing that reconciles any part of what’s happened with what should’ve happened. He had a family, grieving now. He had friends,...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 22h

My take? It's amazing that QB scouting is such a crapshoot that Family Lineage is actually not a terrible metric. Like, two dudes with the last name Manning won Super Bowls this century? That seems a safer thing to pick someone in the 1st round off of than 19 good games at North Dakota St...

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 1d

I assume Clayton Kershaw is being punished by God because he again didn't do something heterosexually enough. That's on him.

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 1d

Trying desperately to find pathways for the Dodgers not to repeat, and the only two I've got are:
1) Not being able to field or relief pitch has to matter at some point.
2) The MLB got a Yankees-Dodgers WS last year, so they're due for a Blue Jays-Brewers one this year.

Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 1d

Just thought up a metric that’ll be extremely helpful for Fantasy Football experts. I know how to calculate but don’t know how to “build a model”. But, uh, how does one go about selling a metric? If this is not a thing, have me on your podcast and I’ll give it out for free. If it is, IM RICH!!! 🤑

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maxj.bsky.social @maxj.bsky.social · 1d

because we as a people are committed to knowledge and truth

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 1d

Lost City of Z is so underrated. And what a handsome devil! Great work

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 1d

"The Guillotine" by the Coup has to be #1 cuz "We got hella people, they got helicopters" is an all-timer.

"Hip Hop" by Dead Prez is perfect but a bit less on the nose protest song.

And then "Born to Win (Part One)" by Hurray for the Riff Raff gets me ready: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvt...

Born to Win (Part One)

YouTube video by Hurray for the Riff Raff - Topic

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 2d

Pablo Picasso might’ve watched “Columbo”

Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 2d

I’m glad we all decided to say “fuck the Cardinals” and never speak about Albert Pujols. Never seen a more memory-holed all-time great…

Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 2d

Just saw an ad for a small watercolor set that said, “if she loves quality time, this gift will hit.” brb, walking into the ocean

Joseph Bien-Kahn @josephbienkahn.com · 4d

It doesn’t feel like it, but you’re a grownup now. In almost every other era, you’d be middle-aged. Answer your emails in a timely fashion and hit your deadlines.