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@JohnPhilpin I’m keeping my subscription for the Games but when it comes time to renew I’ll try to find a Games-only tier. I grew up worshiping the Times. In a way I started writing professionally because I wanted to see my byline in the Times. No more. I’d rather write captions for porn flicks.

@combatdavey certainly pays better from what I have heard.

@ReaderJohn Aah yes - I might argue that this is another ‘false equivalency’.

If i might do a little remix on Scott Galloway?

> Money laundering is done in secret, because it requires hiding the source of money. Money washing hides in plain sight, because that’s the point (appearances). Money washers merely ask the broader community to ignore the money’s origins.

<p class=“attribution”>💬 Scott Galloway</p>

In the media I think that the NYT is in the Money Laundering equivalent, what they write to the passing observer can sound ok - it’s only when you start seeing the patterns or start going down a couple of levels that you sit up and think ‘wha …’

Meanwhile, over in Jeff’s periodical, it is far more obvious - and much more in the money washing equivalency.

@JohnPhilpin I wonder if I’d have to write the stage directions.

@combatdavey it’s always struck me as one of the easier jobs.

@combatdavey … based on what people tell me! 🤣

@JohnPhilpin Sounds like you’re speaking from experience, tbh. Are you John Holmes’ son?

@combatdavey I think you might have me confused with the other 🔗👨🏼‍🌾 John Philpin.

@JohnPhilpin That’s probably it.