This post is largely a response I had to the Double X Gabfest’s latest podcast: “The “Babe.net vs. Aziz Ansari” Edition”. I’ve made some additions and corrected spelling/grammatical errors in order to make it read like a stand-alone post. Otherwise it’s effectively the same.

A few thoughts on Facebook’s (FB)changes to its news algorithm:

• Crowdsourcing journalistic trust is a bad idea. Plus, if people can game your algorithm, they can game your survey or whatever.

I’ve been lifting since high school. I started running regularly in law school for some much needed…

A response to The Daily’s podcast, in which Mr. Barbaro interviews Mr. Gray, a coal miner.

[Edited for fluidity of reading outside e-mail.]

I’m going to push back a bit on the part of the podcast where Mr. Gray…