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Jim Kelly's avatar

As a native STLer, I read about their immigration efforts in last Sunday’s NYT with pride. Happy to donate to an organization that truly represents what America is about.

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Lee's avatar

On the Uncool nature of our Tech overlords, this matches something I’ve been thinking a lot lately, we are all using technology made my losers for losers. In Social Network, Zuckerbergs big moment of inspiration is when he adds ‘Relationship Status’ to the Facebook profile, this is deeply loser behaviour, incapable of striking up a conversation with a girl, or being friendly with her friends and subtly getting the information, no, he wants us to have Vacancy No Vacancy signs like motels hanging above our heads, this is a loser need. Incapable of engaging with people who think slightly differently than them they build algorithms to create vertical communities of people who never challenge you, deeply uncool loser type desire to have. Musk desperately wants to be funny but the only people who laugh are those paid too in his deeply looserish entourage, and the t-shirts oh my god the t-shirts .,. Again such pure loser energy to everything

We live in a world built by losers for losers and we wonder why everything sucks so hard

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Will Leitch's avatar

Oh, man, I've read this comment like, three times. It's great. Thank you for it.

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Lee's avatar

And not to be presumptuous, but if you wanted to use your superior writing skills, intelligence and access to bigger platforms to expand on this thought then nothing would make me happier

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Lee's avatar

Wow. Thanks Will, that’s made my day, seriously

Apologies for the poor punctuation but I was in rant mode 😀

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Kyle Whitehead's avatar

Beautiful piece as usual. Glad you enjoyed the trip.

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Dave's avatar

Great story about the International Institute of St. Louis. Kudos to Mike Rengel for helping out.

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Will Leitch's avatar

I've already set up a recurring donation. That's purely the Lord's work right there.

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Dave's avatar

Yes it is, and kudos to you also. Thanks for the idea. Just donated.

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Scott Symes's avatar

I really enjoyed this newsletter. The wonderful stories of you and Jay, your dad and his brothers, the International Institute of St. Louis, the uncoolness of current America thanks to losers we have granted far too much power and as the icing on the cake, the appreciation of Fire Woman to close that episode of Severance. I love that song and it was a perfect closing scene soundtrack.

Thank you. I appreciate these weekly newsletters more than I can convey.

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Will Leitch's avatar

Aw, thank you. Just trying to keep my head above water like everybody else ...

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Aris G.'s avatar

Richard Russo is amazing. One of the greats. That’s maybe the best blurb I’ve read. Well deserved dude.

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Will Leitch's avatar

I was pretty amazed. He emailed me personally to tell me how much he liked it. That's a good day when you get an email from Richard Russo telling you he loved your book.

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Aris G.'s avatar

I’m scraping my jaw off the floor. I’m so happy for you.

(Later after I posted my comment I remembered that he also wrote the screenplay to Twilight that featured my Mt. Rushmore of actors: Newman, Garner and Hackman.)

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Daniel Morrow's avatar

I'm still optimistic about the Illini. I'm a White Sox fan, I need a run out of them or the Illini women, or something. It's gonna be a LONG LONG rebuild for the Pale Hose.

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Will Leitch's avatar

I do like the draw ....

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Lee's avatar

“The time he had to throw so many coaches out of the game that someone’s mom got called out of the stands to be in charge of the dugout”

That story really needed the mum to get thrown out of the game too 😀🤣

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Willy from Philly ButNotReally's avatar

I would like an interview with Jay and Will's dad. Would be a great read.

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Kyle Dean's avatar

One thing about this trip with your Dad and uncles, is that I bet your son is taking a lot of what they're saying in. He might not be actively listening, but I bet he's hearing his Grandpa and great uncles telling stories and he's going to remember some of it.

It's just a cool way for family lore/stories to propogate and not fade away. I know I also heard those stories about my Dad and his brothers it my Dad and his old teammates.

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Will Leitch's avatar

This is exactly right. He's already repeating stuff he heard. (Good, and bad!)

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Kyle Dean's avatar

I know, that's the thing. You, or your son, don't realize that your Dad/Grandpa were actually dummies just like you were in your teens/twenties. It's a shocking thing 😉

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