We had a pretty boring weekend and I’m saving the Jayhawk Talk for tomorrow, so a good day so share the latest stack of links I’ve accumulated.
Simply the best accounting of what Tech Karen has done to Twitter.
It’s pretty amazing how many of the people who came out of Toronto’s Second City are still culturally relevant. This is a terrific history of how they came together and built the group. Real OG’s stayed up super late to watch SCTV in the ‘80s.
I love so much that the whole King of Kong thing just keeps going.
Donkey Kong cheating case rocked by photos of illicit joystick modification
St P’s moved their school play to Butler’s auditorium this year. Because of that, they had to sell tickets through Ticketmaster. Thus a $13 ticket turned into a $24 ticket. For a freaking middle school play. Ticketmaster is a perfect example of how lobbying hurts the consumer.
This piece dive’s into Ticketmaster’s history of manipulating both the market and legislation to protect their monopoly. There’s a big focus on Pearl Jam’s battle with the company in the mid–90s.
It’s funny how that conflict has been painted, even by PJ loyalists, as a futile and silly effort, a modern example of tilting at windmills. As this piece lays out, much of that view is thanks to Ticketmaster’s controlling of the narrative.
This is one of the most creative and clever examples of sports journalism I’ve come across in a long time.
Choose Your Own Adventure: 2023 Indianapolis Pacers Trade Deadline
Could the astronauts on the doomed space shuttle Columbia have been rescued before they had to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere with a hopelessly compromised vehicle? It was unlikely, but NASA explored the possibilities while investigating the explosion of Columbia, which occurred 20 years ago last week.
The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia