@JRussellMI

Managing editor for @reason, award-winning sportswriter, and author of "Free Agent" newsletter. @UofR alum. Michigander. Husband to the lovely @KellanHowell.

 Washington, D.C.
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Joined November 2009
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Hot take: I’d rather my team win the World Series instead of lose it.
Jeff Bean@sadwinnipegfanOct 27
Hot take: I'd rather be part of one of the most entertaining World Series ever and lose like the Blue Jays did last year than win a really boring World Series like the Brewers are about to this year.
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If we win, it’s entertaining enough for me!
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Ashlee Vance
@ashleevance22h
Wonder if anyone outside of the movie + documentary + journalsim professions cares about this debate or understands what's been going on over the past few years. It used to be that documentary subjects were never paid. Now, for celeb and athlete stuff, the subjects are often the producers and are paid. Google paid for The Thinking Game, but I don't think anyone really realizes that. The idea is to avoid conflicts of interest and for things to be more pure and somewhere closer to objective and truthful if you don't pay. Agreeing to pay @per_asp3ra and then pressuring him to unwind the deal is a hell of an act on all sides. I'm quite sure the audience has no idea of how things have morphed around all these customs in just the past few years. reason.com/2026/10/26/nathan…

Nathan Fielder made a dishonest movie

His Elizabeth Holmes documentary, 'You Can See Everything', is a deeply unethical piece of filmmaking.

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Barstool Sports
@barstoolsportsOct 24
No matter the sport, Michigan loves to beat Western Michigan with no time on the clock.
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As the NFL pushes forward with its plan to stage Steelers-Saints in Paris on Sunday despite ongoing unrest, a soccer match set for Sunday night has been postponed at the direction of the local authorities. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

Sunday's match between PSG and Lyon in Paris is postponed at request of police

The NFL continues to insist on playing in Paris on Sunday, despite local unrest that has sparked periodic riots.

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The NFL push into the Eastern Hemisphere makes no sense. People won't watch games at these times! Thursday Night Football: 9am Friday kickoff in Tokyo Sunday 1pm ET is 2am Monday in Tokyo Sunday 4:30pm ET is 5:30am Monday in Tokyo SNF: 9am Monday MNF: 9am Tuesday
Around The NFL
@AroundTheNFLOct 23
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell teases future Tokyo game, sees "new opportunities" for international growth nfl.com/news/commissioner-go…

Commissioner Goodell teases future Tokyo game, sees 'new opportunities' for international growth

In a conversation Friday morning with "NFL Daily" hosts Gregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue, Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the league is likely to return to a familiar city from international...

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This is not like when Americans watch the English Premier League on weekend mornings. The NFL thinks people in Japan, China, and Australia are going to watch in the middle of the night or on a workday morning?
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This is what the Pro Bowl should have been! Divisional teams in a bracket. Who cares about conference vs. conference?
Easton Butler
@Easton__ButlerOct 22
If all NFL Divisions became their own teams you cant tell me the NFC North wouldn't be the best one.
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what did he do to the baby cow???
Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefterOct 22
Rams WR Puka Nacua left practice early today due to a calf injury.
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Thank you for 35 historic years—and many more to come. 🌎♥️
Polygon
@PolygonOct 22
To mark the 35th anniversary of Civilization, Polygon spoke with some of the people who created and stewarded the series over the decades. In this sprawling oral history, they tell the story of how Civilization became the franchise we know today. Rome, it seems, was not built in a day. Read the full story here: polygon.com/civilization-gam…
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John Tierney
@JohnTierneyNYCOct 21
The idiocy of compositing, in a Reason video: A Why NYC's composting mandate is FAILING youtu.be/qV2ZQYSmGXU?si=DYP8… via @YouTube

Why NYC's composting mandate is FAILING

The city mandates composting, but New Yorkers don’t like to be told...

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Too bad Larkin won’t allow a trade to Winnipeg, because Hellebuyck for Larkin seems like a fun trade for fans on both sides.
Emily Kaplan
@emilymkaplanOct 19
At least three teams remain in the mix for Connor Hellebuyck, but still no guarantee he’s traded by Friday. If the Jets don’t move him this week, the likely plan is to begin paying him but have him stay away from team. Hellebuyck has been getting regular ice time in Michigan.
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You would never guess it, but there are a lot of similarities between playing Civilization and being managing editor of a magazine.
alz
@alz_zyd_Oct 19
there is a certain personality type which will play Civilization or Factorio 14 hours a day pausing only to sleep and microwave food. this type can be absurdly economically productive if you can take the games away, give him a job, and get him to think of it as a videogame
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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesiasOct 18
I do not, in fact, want you to die in a plane crash. I want to roll back a pretextual rule with no safety benefit that impedes airline competition by making it unnecessarily expensive to add service and pushes up prices.
Matt Stoller
@matthewstollerOct 18
Matt Yglesias wants you to die in a plane crash, apparently. nytimes.com/2026/10/16/opini…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Yglesias argues US 1500-hr pilot rule (vs Europe ~200) is job protection raising fares, not safety. Europe has comparable safety per IATA. He says he wants no crashes, just to end a pretextual rule. Colgan pilots exceeded 1500 hrs. iata.org/en/pressroom/2… x.com/mattyglesias/s…
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Because the mortgage was money you owed the bank. Property taxes are money you owe the government. We should have a serious conversation about property tax reform in this country, but it's hard to have that conversation when people don't even want to understand the basics.
POLITICO
@politicoOct 18
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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The D.C. Council just held a meeting about how to raise taxes. Maybe instead they should just, you know, not do dumb stuff like this?
Sports Business Journal
@SBJOct 17
The D.C. Council will discuss a $620M proposal to add a roof to D.C. United’s Audi Field on Oct. 23. The project would add roughly 8K seats and include nearby mixed-use development, with the district covering approximately $300M of the cost. MORE: ow.ly/PtNK50ZYrA0
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Tough to gauge this off Sparky Anderson.
BaseballHistoryNut
@nut_historyOct 15
Age yourself by naming the manager of your favorite team when you became a fan.
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Jordan Weissmann
@JHWeissmannOct 15
I do not think that we should accept more crashes, pedestrian injuries, and passenger assaults in order to protect largely part-time gig work, while also sending a signal that DC isn't friendly to new tech.
Janeese Lewis George@Janeese4DCOct 15
DC is facing a jobs crisis. Rushing the legalization of autonomous vehicles is irresponsible given the anticipated AI-related job displacement and disruptions that put countless workers at risk.
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Rory Cooper
@rorycooperOct 15
This was the last huge regular season game of the original era and we all knew it at the time, which made the stakes even higher.
Underwood Unemployed
@Underwood_sznOct 15
24 team playoff will just continue to devalue the regular season. We will never see another edition of THE Game like 2023. 11-0 vs 11-0. Winner- to the Big Ten Championship and playoffs Loser- Season over. Dog shit bowl vs Mizzou Stakes will never be that high again.
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