Writer, performer, reporter. Host of Blindspot: The Road to 9/11: https://teapawt.net/t.co/txk8xbGIQV Former editor at HISTORY/A+E Networks
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I wrote about Montauk, a fisherman, and a dying extreme sport for the October Issue.
It’s a story of a gentrifying town, a changing ocean, obsession on the knife-edge of madness, and a man who swims through shark-infested water—at night—in pursuit of a great American fish. 🧵
“Wetsuiters” swim out into the surf at night, often during storms, and spend hours in the darkness attempting to catch striped bass. @Tyler_A_Harper reports on this alluring and addicting sport—and why he can’t get enough of it: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
If the #NYMets are trying to tank this game - and if they are, I endorse it - they’re doing it with utmost chaos and ineptitude. It’s oddly entertaining
Dolly Parton, Joan Rivers, and the power of mischief | by The Medium Newsletter | The Medium Blog | Medium medium.com/blog/dolly-parton…
Jim O'Grady retweeted
Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?
Because we gave them that L in 1776.
Jim O'Grady retweeted
This would be true if the purpose of reading was purely utilitarian. No one is looking at maps for anything other than information; people read for a wide variety of purposes, many of which are contingent on the idea that original thought is involved.
Lovely account by @adamwade about how, from the start, he’s put his whole self into his stories and his shows. He describes us backstage before the first Adam Wade Show and me making the world’s most obvious prediction: “It’s gonna be great!” It always was, because of him.
I started producing my storytelling show at Under Saint Mark‘s Theater back in January 2010. Here is the origin story of that night! @jimog
Remy the cat, suffused by the sound of our raving about the Knicks, is charging around the house like a manic tyro — proof that the animal kingdom is not unaffected by the historical dimension of this win. #nyknicks
Jim O'Grady retweeted
Poor Donovan Mitchell has to go straight from getting getting swept in the Conference Finals to being a Mets fan
Jim O'Grady retweeted
Teams up 20+ with 7 minutes to go in the fourth quarter of playoff games were 643-0 ...
Until tonight.
(per @NateDuncanNBA)
Jim O'Grady retweeted
Train Dreams might not have won any awards last night.
But this film is like an antidote to our dopamine-addicted world.
Slow down your scroll for a moment and just sit with this for a moment.
Here’s to the slow work of beauty in transforming the human heart.
Is there a German phrase for “craving for war?” There is. Sucht nach Krieg. Addiction to war. #Iran