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That's a generalization that's overbroad. As noted, curation can have value to the end consumer and there is no reason a priori for a curator not to be paid for their service if their customers see a value in it. If anything, the volume of data the internet spews makes well done curation a more valuable service than ever.

Charlize Theron is not married. You gotta at least try.

JD Vance should drive through and ask him how long he's been working there.

Watching NFL Network and I get a kick out of them critiquing Campbell for taking the kneel downs and trusting his kicker instead of trying to gain more yards. Not that I necessarily disagree with that assessment in a vacuum just that it's funny how when he goes for it instead of kicking a FG people just automatically assume the kick was going to be good and he should've "taken the points" or "trusted his kicker" but when he shows complete faith in him instead of risking a turnover or sack they question that too.

Jeezzz...Minnesota must HATE us..lol

I love that this is full of valid reasons for pessimism.... and then a 14-point win prediction. The kind of homerism this site was made for.

I was glad to hear what Harris said about Torkelson needing to work on handling 'shapes' which I guess is 21st century GM argot for pitch recognition, as opposed to what Hinch usually said about Tork in earlier days, which was that he needed to 'hit good pitches.' If Harris has shifted the objective for Tork away from selectivity (which I think Tork was over doing) toward hitting what the pitcher throws in the zone, that is a direction where I think progress is possible.

You would be paying for the convenience of having everythng in one place such as rotoworld which used to be free and now is a pay site. Both sites do a good job, but I personally would not pay for them. The only sites I pay for are FanGraphs and Baseball Reference.

It has been frustrating waiting for Torkelson to turn into an impact hitter. I'd love to be wrong about this; but I'm not sure that it will happen. The strikeouts, pop ups and double plays are too frequent. The promise created by the 2023 season has morphed into the reality of a dismal 2024 season. If 2025 turns into a carbon copy of 2024 what are the teams options? The free agent market at first base after Pete Alonso is not impressive. Most are over 30 and long FA contracts in that age group is risky. I believe that the Polar Bear will want a long term deal at well over 200 million. I'm not sure the Tigers want to take that risk. The best option would be a huge improvement by Tork, but that is far from certain. A 2023 repeat would suffice especially with his improvement on defense. The team cannot afford a hole in the offense at first base.

When I read poll discussions among the experts it reminds me of theological debates among preachers and other kinds of clergy and researchers. They’re going on about something translated from a stone 3,000 years ago. Some have an agenda to pursue or a bias they are working from and others do not. But everyone is making some kind of subjective calculation.

Somebody watched the game today;

Watching this Chiefs-49ers game, and the Lions are clearly the best team in the league right now.

Four road games against Dallas, Minnesota, Green Bay and Houston, within a 5 game span is arguably as tough of a stretch as any NFL team will face this season. The Lions have passed the first two of those four tests.

Be very very careful next week. Two very emotional games then Green Bay and Houston, don't sleep on Tennessee. Anything can happen in the NFL.

Remarkable. Best Lions team in ALL of our lives;

I did a half marathon today and one of the signs said “run like JD Vance is chasing you”

Historic run.

People putting Chiefs at #1 in the Power Rankings Uh-uh................ Lions are the best team in the NFL

The Watson Achilles helps the Browns, not hurt them.

Terrible rule.

HUGE stop there on that drive!

Would love to see lots of Beast Mode Ball to grind down the clock. A TD with just a couple of minutes left would put this away

I like this Beyoncé Levi’s commercial. I’m starting to associate it with Lions touchdowns.

I like how in these NFL commercials, like the helmet one, the include clips from the Lions now.

Branch was such a steal by Holmes

And just like that, the Lions lead.

Oh wait, you mean the season's not over ?

Raise your hand if you thought the Lions would take the lead less than halfway into the second quarter after the horrific S.O.L. start they had. Now lower your hand, because you’re lying.

I was so wrong about the Gibbs pick. Dude is amazing.

In all seriousness, this is some gangsta S.O.L. ****.

We did a park trip a couple of years ago and at Arches, we watched - and then participated in a completely self organized system where each person or couple set up their camera - handed it to the next person in line, took their pose in the arch, got their shot and so on it went for as long as we were there. Humans can do OK, once in a while.

meh - he buying signatures, not votes. If the Democratic voters of PA are on their game, they'll provide lots of signatures and scam the scammer. Sure it's a pain to be on one more mailing list, but winning Musk's money and then giving to the other side would be worth it.

The coaches should be absolutely embarrassed with this effort so far. Three and out and horrible play calls, the worst fake punt call of all time and then a walk in TD from 35 yards. What the hell were they doing all week?

Act Blue is the general Dem fundraising site. Pelosi runs the Congressional campaign office. If you have a particular congressional race in mind, go straight to the candidate's website.

He’s not leaving New York. The Mets will drive up his price, and he’ll choose between them and staying with the Yankees.

Spotted at local Kroger.

Today will be interesting. We can't give Darnold all day. It's unlikely the Titans offensive line is much challenge for us. But then the Packers. I'd prefer to add another weapon before heading to Lambeau.

It’s very nice when you’re on vacation at a site and someone agrees to take a picture of you and your wife in front of the site, although it is annoying when they hand the phone back to you after and you see they have taken fourteen of the same picture, so you have to delete thirteen of them.

Let's practice ANNC: And the pass is incomplete, the Lions will be forced to punt TP FAN: Ben Johnson is a disgrace. Worst OC in the game. ANNC: First down Vikings TP FAN: How does Aaron Glenn have a job? He just lets teams get first downs. Has nothing to do with the other team being good, How can they continue to pay this guy if he lets the other teams get first downs?

What's curious is why the Dems are not releasing any. Obviously the Blue side has not stopped polling. I know they figure fundraising to hold up better if there is a requisite amount of panic out there, but it still seems to me that at some point you can over do that - you need a little good news too if you have it.

I think polls probably work better than a bunch of message board posters blissfully thinking that Harris will win with little to back it up. They also work better than one poster who insists Trump will win because 100% of his friends love him.

Am I the only person here who doesn’t give a flying **** about polls? So many of them are so compromised that they tell us literally nothing about what to expect from election results.

Welcome to the site. They won’t be patient. He showed some promise in the playoffs and his performance at the end of the season wasn’t terrible. But that’s not good enough. He has to get better. He’s in the plans for now because that’s the only option but they won’t let him get in their way if they see an opportunity. His status as a 1:1 will not interfere at all with a decision.

MLBTR is a good site. I actually thought of starting something like that before they did. I would have tried to get some of you guys (like Edman) to join me! I am pretty sure I never would have been able to build it up the way they did though.

He probably thinks this thread is about him.

The Nets released Killian Hayes.