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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-09 at 21:37

@jstatepost Thanks for the boost.

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-09 at 19:38

A Competitive Cyclist e-mail offers a promo code. Exclusions apply. The exclusions: bikes and frames. Reasonable.

Looked for things I need … They weren’t included in the exclusions, but they were excluded.

So I invoke Smith’s First Law of Economics: Don’t make it hard for me to spend my money with you.

[#]cycling #bikes #letsgoridebikes

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-09 at 17:37

Hello to new friends. I teach comm studies, journalism and RTVF at Rowan U. and dabble in sports comm research.

I ride a bike. I’m interested in learning about most anything that makes us go, “Oh wow!” I have a huge To Do list, but it is a Want To Do list.

I’m looking for great new follows.

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-04 at 16:44

Now here’s the sort of novel promotional idea that is a ridiculously bad idea.

RT @arstechnica

Perplexity will show live US election results despite AI accuracy warnings

AI search engine embraces 2024 US election with live tracker and chatbot info hub.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/perplexity-will-show-live-us-election-results-despite-ai-accuracy-warnings/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/113425489933354247

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-04 at 00:37

@bmacDonald94 Thanks for the boost.

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-03 at 23:20

The full, evergreen post on polio:

The US #polio epidemic peaked in 1952: 57,000+ cases, 3,145 died and 21,269 were left with paralysis.

Dr. Jonas #Salk developed a polio vaccine in 1955. (At one point in the #1950s survey respondents found him more recognizable in this country than Dwight #Eisenhower.)

Within two decades, domestic transmission of polio was wiped out in the #US.

Polio never reached natural herd immunity, it was eradicated by #vaccines.

cc: @mcnado

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-03 at 23:03

The US polio epidemic peaked in 1952: 57K cases, 3,145 died and 21,269 left with paralysis.

Within two decades, domestic transmission was wiped out by vaccines.

QT @mcnado

Your teen goes to the pool…A week later they have a little summer flu…Within days they are paralyzed, on a breathing machine. A decade later you are changing their diapers while they sit in bed on a ventilator.

That’s polio folks…RFK and Trump want to ban that vaccine and bring back paralyzed kids.

https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/113420204821350697

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-03 at 07:53

Only if you’re ignoring the misinformation and everything else coming out of there.

RT @washingtonpost

Russia feigns indifference over U.S. election but roots quietly for Trump

Trump’s international agenda is more to the Kremlin’s tastes but even his plans for ending the war in Ukraine might not be acceptable to Putin. #press

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/03/us-elections-russia-putin/?utm_source=press.coop

https://press.coop/@washingtonpost/113417742259996784

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-03 at 00:50

The New York Times is definitely that friend you knew.

RT @nytimes

Kamala Harris Will Make Surprise Appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Tonight

After a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., she was heading north to New York, where she was expected to appear on the late-night sketch comedy show. #press

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/us/politics/kamala-harris-snl.html?utm_source=press.coop

https://press.coop/@nytimes/113416164716586830

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-11-01 at 17:12

@CyclesSmiles Thanks for the boost!

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-31 at 23:21

If all of the views from today’s 50-miler looked like this I’d never get off my bike.

[#]bikes #cycling #LetsGoRideBikes

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-31 at 01:50

@jstatepost Thanks for the boost.

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-30 at 22:43

I wonder how many lawsuits are being filed about this.

RT @washingtonpost

Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space

Astronauts on the International Space Station, including two who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said they intended to vote from orbit. #press

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/30/us-election-astronauts-vote-space/?utm_source=press.coop

https://press.coop/@washingtonpost/113398048564085560

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-29 at 03:16

Jailhouse rules. Or “If you’re good to mama,” if you prefer musicals.

RT @kegill

The Bulwark: “If you are nice to Trump, the government will be nice to you. If you criticize #Trump, the government will be used against you. Which is why Trump met with Blue Origin on the same day that Bezos yielded. It was a demonstration—a very public demonstration.”

1+1=2

https://wapo.st/3NKRzHc

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bezos-trump-and-the-failure-of-democracy

[#]RuleOfLaw #Election2024 #USPolitics

https://mastodon.social/@kegill/113388325392584425

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-27 at 17:35

During election cycles #political scientists talk about the utility of #endorsements (tl;dr probably not much). #CommTheory, specifically agenda setting theory, implies much the same.

Yet, in an age where we are concerned about trust in institutions, endorsements have an important cultural role.

That’s what we’re talking about right now, maintaining the ability to have that ability, to demonstrate its value, if not it’s very virtue.

[#]uspol #media #newspapers

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-24 at 18:16

Huge acquisition.

“PBR puts on more than 200 events annually for more than 1 million fans …

“On Location provides luxury hospitality for major sporting events including the Super Bowl, the Ryder Cup, March Madness, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics …

IMG packages and sells media rights and brand partnerships, providing strategic consultancy on the biggest TV deals …”

[#]sports #TKO #UFC #wwe #pbr #img

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/24/tko-group-to-acquire-img-pbr-and-on-location-from-endeavor.html

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-22 at 01:37

Reading this story about renovating Raymond James Stadium (now an ancient 26 years old) in the context of the Glazers giving a generous $2 million in hurricane relief.

This venue cost $168.5 million. The county is STILL paying for it.

[#]Buccaneers #TampaBay #NFL #MNF

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2024/07/26/bucs-raymond-james-stadium-renovations-brian-ford-ken-hagan-glazer/

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-11 at 15:11

Politics can be pretty simple: People trying to make it harder to vote and trying to disenfranchise people from voting aren’t to be trusted.

[#]uspol #election #military #republican #lawsuit #overseas

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ballot-rules-military-republican-lawsuit-voters-b2627475.html

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-11 at 02:49

In a speech that went on for nearly THREE hours …

“The whole country’s going to be like — you want to know the truth?” Trump said. “It’ll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president. You’re going to have a mess on your hands.”

He delivered this speech … at the Detroit Economic Club.

[#]uspol #Detroit #Michigan

Via @JonChevreau

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-detroit-comments_n_67083d36e4b0c34b3eba601c

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Written by Kenny Smith on 2024-10-09 at 20:03

Absurdity is covered all wrong.

RT @Independent

MTG doubles down on weather modification conspiracy theory despite experts rubbishing ‘hurricane control’

It is not possible for the government to produce or modify hurricanes - but that has not stopped Marjorie Taylor Greene spreading ‘beyond ridiculous’ claims #press

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-weather-control-hurricane-b2626699.html?utm_source=press.coop

https://press.coop/@Independent/113279028299377479

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