Ryan Crinnigan
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· Oct 31
From the McSweeney’s Rejection Files: Sufficiently American Alternatives to National Football League Ties
The first in what will likely be a sad, long series. Rejected October 31, 2025: “Funny alternatives here, but I’m going to pass.” “The NFL’s Un-American New Fad: Tie Games” –…
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I write stuff sometimes. I thought this was pretty good.
Choose Your Fighter, "Embarrassing Sentences from the Hapless Editors of Crumbling Pillars of Journalism" Edition: the "Even as we restructure..." run-on; "As we make progress, we expect to continue to enhance the product" (ah thank you for clearing that up); or "We remain committed to the market"
The Washington Post ran a full-page letter to subscribers in today's print edition from exec editor Matt Murray stating that it is committed to sports and local coverage after laying off the vast majority of the staff on those desks
February 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Choose Your Fighter, "Embarrassing Sentences from the Hapless Editors of Crumbling Pillars of Journalism" Edition: the "Even as we restructure..." run-on; "As we make progress, we expect to continue to enhance the product" (ah thank you for clearing that up); or "We remain committed to the market"
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Nothing illustrates this more than the Epstein thing.
Every app you go on, everybody is hungry for the juicy details of the president’s billionaire pedophile ring. If the main thing driving media was getting clicks/views, they would be all over it. It’s not the top story on most of their sites!
Every app you go on, everybody is hungry for the juicy details of the president’s billionaire pedophile ring. If the main thing driving media was getting clicks/views, they would be all over it. It’s not the top story on most of their sites!
public perception says mainstream media is sensationalist, lusts for scandal, will make anything up to sell papers and get clicks etc.,
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Nothing illustrates this more than the Epstein thing.
Every app you go on, everybody is hungry for the juicy details of the president’s billionaire pedophile ring. If the main thing driving media was getting clicks/views, they would be all over it. It’s not the top story on most of their sites!
Every app you go on, everybody is hungry for the juicy details of the president’s billionaire pedophile ring. If the main thing driving media was getting clicks/views, they would be all over it. It’s not the top story on most of their sites!
i dunno man, the free solo guy seems like kind of an idiot
January 25, 2026 at 2:41 PM
i dunno man, the free solo guy seems like kind of an idiot
Seriously: has enshittification come for major international broadcasts? What is with ESPN’s courtside mic? Sam Querrey sounds like he’s using a Talkboy.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Seriously: has enshittification come for major international broadcasts? What is with ESPN’s courtside mic? Sam Querrey sounds like he’s using a Talkboy.
Seriously-why does everyone at the Aussie Open sound like they’re coming through a landline
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Seriously-why does everyone at the Aussie Open sound like they’re coming through a landline
do we also have to subscribe to ESPN Platinum Plus Extra to get correctly synced audio?
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 AM
do we also have to subscribe to ESPN Platinum Plus Extra to get correctly synced audio?
that was genuinely one of the dumbest plays i've ever seen
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
that was genuinely one of the dumbest plays i've ever seen
Peak tech-broification of government. People out here getting shot in the face and this guy is proudly introducing GeStopO, the bleeding-edge Nazi ID app disrupting the domestic terror space
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Peak tech-broification of government. People out here getting shot in the face and this guy is proudly introducing GeStopO, the bleeding-edge Nazi ID app disrupting the domestic terror space
it is giving me great joy to see @blueprincegame.bsky.social listed as GOTY in major media outlets
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
it is giving me great joy to see @blueprincegame.bsky.social listed as GOTY in major media outlets
bring back shame. shame this publication. shame this writer.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
bring back shame. shame this publication. shame this writer.
and i think this trend harkens back about 20 years to when Rolling Stone decided every single album, unless so offensive its hatred was universal, deserved 3.5 stars
And I agree that the Ringer network is ground zero for this trend. It genuinely feels like all the hosts have been told by management that they are not allowed to hate anything or criticize anything. Even the mildest criticism is preceded by minutes of apologetic throat-clearing.
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
and i think this trend harkens back about 20 years to when Rolling Stone decided every single album, unless so offensive its hatred was universal, deserved 3.5 stars
"ahhhhm guhhh werrrit riiite now"
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"ahhhhm guhhh werrrit riiite now"
this whole thing really is excellent but my favorite part is the deep tennis nerdery about the meatball dtl forehand he'd hit to federer, i could do 90 minutes of just that stuff
Great, wide-ranging interview with Andy Murray by the @tennispodcast.bsky.social. I'm a Murray tragic and learned a lot ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Andy Murray’s life after tennis, coaching Novak Djokovic and facing the Big Three
Murray spoke to the Tennis Podcast about regrets, his experience working with the 24-time Grand Slam champion and Monopoly with his kids.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this whole thing really is excellent but my favorite part is the deep tennis nerdery about the meatball dtl forehand he'd hit to federer, i could do 90 minutes of just that stuff
i'm not sure anyone actually likes kirk herbstreit, so it makes sense that he's on tv 17 times a day
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
i'm not sure anyone actually likes kirk herbstreit, so it makes sense that he's on tv 17 times a day
they're just rubbing it in our faces now
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
they're just rubbing it in our faces now
just looked up the charlie brown thing. this site does not--i repeat: does NOT--have the juice
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
just looked up the charlie brown thing. this site does not--i repeat: does NOT--have the juice
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who the fuck is nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
who the fuck is nuzzi
joining the party here, because this is impossibly stupid: every team repeatedly passed on him in the draft
Shedeur Sanders is set to make his first NFL start Sunday vs. the Raiders, one of the teams that repeatedly passed on him in the draft.
How he's approaching the game: http://dlvr.it/TPQ23H
How he's approaching the game: http://dlvr.it/TPQ23H
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
joining the party here, because this is impossibly stupid: every team repeatedly passed on him in the draft
Blue Prince is the best video game of 2025, and it's not particularly close
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Blue Prince is the best video game of 2025, and it's not particularly close
Why did shame die? We need to bring back shame. (Directing this at @emilyflitter.bsky.social for now but it applies quite broadly)
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why did shame die? We need to bring back shame. (Directing this at @emilyflitter.bsky.social for now but it applies quite broadly)
I write stuff sometimes. I thought this was pretty good.
From the McSweeney’s Rejection Files: Sufficiently American Alternatives to National Football League Ties
The first in what will likely be a sad, long series. Rejected October 31, 2025: “Funny alternatives here, but I’m going to pass.” “The NFL’s Un-American New Fad: Tie Games” –…
instantanthropology.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I write stuff sometimes. I thought this was pretty good.
i am a unique and interesting human
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
i am a unique and interesting human