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John McDermott

@mcdermott

Writer | Contributor: @Esquire, @GQmagazine, @GuardianUS | Alumnus: @AdAge @Digiday @WeAreMEL

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some great bits in this article about LAโ€™s burgeoning anti-woke literary scene. no doubt Nutcrankr is an impressive work of fiction

some great bits in this article about LAโ€™s burgeoning anti-woke literary scene. no doubt Nutcrankr is an impressive work of fiction
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After years of being tacitly driven underground, the โ€œanti-wokeโ€ arts scene in Los Angeles is ready to blossom in full view. โ€œWe have been in hibernation. We have been in the cold. Weโ€™ve been hiding. Now weโ€™re out in the open." rollingstone.com/culture/culturโ€ฆ

After years of being tacitly driven underground, the โ€œanti-wokeโ€ arts scene in Los Angeles is ready to blossom in full view.

โ€œWe have been in hibernation. We have been in the cold. Weโ€™ve been hiding. Now weโ€™re out in the open."
rollingstone.com/culture/culturโ€ฆ
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Today I learned there are YouTubers who read entire articles to their audience, like a kindergarten teacher reading a flip book to her class. Except in this case, the host runs out of steam half way through my article and tells his viewers to read it themselves.

Today I learned there are YouTubers who read entire articles to their audience, like a kindergarten teacher reading a flip book to her class.

Except in this case, the host runs out of steam half way through my article and tells his viewers to read it themselves.
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I can get Rolling Stone to let me write about right-wing trolls, but I canโ€™t convince any publication to let me cover the Chess960 tournament in Vegas next month. Strange times.

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People doesn't realize how revolutionary this is for competitive chess. Chess has been perfected by A.I. bots and the top-ranked players are so bored w/ traditional chess that they are rewriting the rules of the centuries-old game to make it more challenging.

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Say what you will about Twitter/X under the Musk regime, but the old Twitter would have never been able to serve me a random tweet showing the neighborhood bar from my hometown.

๐™‘๐™„๐˜พ๐™๐™„๐™ˆ ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Š (@the_victimradio) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Will you raise your right hand? On July 26th, join us at 8 PM EST live on X for ๐™‘๐™„๐˜พ๐™๐™„๐™ˆ ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Š 2 featuring John McDermott and sam buntz. As always, hosted by Taylor Napolsky and Emily K. Sipiora.

Will you raise your right hand? On July 26th, join us at 8 PM EST live on X for ๐™‘๐™„๐˜พ๐™๐™„๐™ˆ ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Š 2 featuring <a href="/mcdermott/">John McDermott</a> and <a href="/SamBuntz/">sam buntz</a>. As always, hosted by <a href="/TaylorNapolsky/">Taylor Napolsky</a> and <a href="/emily_sipiora/">Emily K. Sipiora</a>.
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This is 100% true, but it was mostly due to the perverse business incentives of 2010s VC-backed, millennial-focused digital media. The only goal was to get as much as traffic as possible, so undertrained young writers relied on inflammatory political takes.

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The problem with tipping culture is youโ€™re all spineless cowards. You can just hit โ€œNo Tipโ€ when getting counter service. But no, youโ€™re scared.

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All these "Where Have All the Good Men Gone?" articles neglect to acknowledge that dating apps + hookup culture have created a real-life fantasy for high-status men where they can have a roster of women 5-7 deep and drop one the moment they get bored. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/magโ€ฆ