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jak88on Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight Blog Is to Join ESPN Staff

I think that the folks questioning the reasoning/wisdom of Nate's move to ESPN are missing something ...

Think of this not as a deal with ESPN but a deal with Disney, the parent company.

It's not just Nate able to do more sports. Disney enables 538 to get its content onto multiple "channels" - sports (ESPN), news (ABC), A&E - on cable, radio, books with much greater international exposure.

jak88on Sniffing Your Way to Extroversion?

So now introversion is a disease requiring a daily fix?

The author need a hit of something, that's for sure.

jak88on Obama Administration's Official Response to Stop SOPA Petitition

I received an email with their response. Empty blather signifying nothing.

jak88on The Rise of the New Groupthink

Collaboratism ... the new ism of our modern age.

jak88on While Anonymous targets Sony over SOPA, Nintendo withdraws support

In this day and Age, is there really any way to "quietly" withdraw support from SOPA?

Everyone gets outed, for or against it. And that's a good thing.

jak88on Aol Employees Make Zombie Video About Talent Exodus

Wait, AOL still has talent there?