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How Long Gone 343 Joe Mande howlonggone
Joe Mande is a comedian and writer living in Los Angeles. You’ve seen him on Parks & Rec, Modern Family, and most recently HBO’s Hacks. We chat about putting the paws on people, getting some "cut," the backstory on a friend's bespoke shirt, the food at San Vicente Bungalows, Cameo trying to recruit him, TJ ran into Maron at Whole Foods, the underground world of cops on Tik Tok, pissmaxing, working as a pharmacy delivery boy in high school, the various pieces of merch that Joe sells on his website, taking an experimental drug for his IBS, running around the reservoir, smoking pot with Seth Rogen is like playing a pickup game with Jordan, Joe started wearing sweatshorts during the plannedemic, Soulja Boy's entrepreneurial ventures, and he pitches us on his idea for Celebrity Shark Tank.
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Oscars Eligibility for 2023 Shuts Out Streaming Debuts: Theaters Only Rule Returns in Blow to Netflix, Amazon, Apple showbiz411
After two pandemic years in which Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Hulu, and other streamers could qualify their films just on streaming platforms, the party is over.
Crafting a Rom-Com That’s True to 21st-Century Gay Life nyt
Billy Eichner and the “Bros” team made news by casting queer actors, but they also focused on writing a story that didn’t recycle straight tropes.
2022 Beer Branding Trends cododesign
With a focus on the brand architecture, positioning, messaging, and the brand-building ramifications and opportunities presented by these things.
Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous face theguardian
Einstein has earned far more posthumously than he ever did in his lifetime. But is that what the great scientist would have wanted?
UC-Berkeley’s Nicholas Weaver has been studying crypto for years. He thinks it’s bad. currentaffairs
Given the technological nature of cryptocurrency, it’s good to read computer scientists on the topic. The crypto world may indeed be “speed-running 500 years of financial history” and I’m afraid we’re doomed to keep reading about it the rest of our lives, and occasionally responding to requests for proposal.
Crypto.com Spent Its Way to the Top. Then the Market Crashed. Now What? gq
The cryptocurrency exchange rode partnerships with Matt Damon and the home of the Los Angeles Lakers to instant notoriety—and then the crypto market lost a trillion dollars in value in just over a month. But CEO Kris Marszalek is betting you'll buy the dip.
Cuck Money Is the New Key Money curbed
If “key money” is a nearly forgotten term, I propose a new one for this kind of palm-greasing: cuck money. It encapsulates the abject indignity of the renter right now, in a market in which not only is everything more expensive, but the competition is so crazy tenants are offering to make it even more expensive themselves simply to end the process and crawl home in shame.
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