Gimme Schalter

By Ty Schalter

The latest thoughts, hottest takes, and coolest work of Ty Schalter, a professional writer & talker (@FiveThirtyEight, @ThreeOutPod). Lots of sports, geeky stuff, social commentary and more.

Previous issues

Writer's Block(s) | Gimme Schalter No. 42

#42 Jul 1, 2022

Hamish McKenzie is Right About Everything But Substack | Gimme Schalter No. 41

#41 Jun 13, 2022

I've Got A Super Bad Feeling About This | Gimme Schalter No. 40

#40 Jun 3, 2022

#39

May 25, 2022

Cross Purposes: A Review Lost In Time | Gimme Schalter No. 39 – For all the controller-throwing, off-switch-pushing, mom-yelling-that-if-I'm-not-having-fun-I-should-
#38

May 12, 2022

A Penny Arcade For My Thoughts | Gimme Schalter No. 38 – I was in my high-school library, assigned to do some kind of school thing but actually browsing the o
#37

May 6, 2022

In Defense of the NFL Draft | Gimme Schalter No. 37 – The NFL draft allows a cabal of billion-dollar companies to control the labor market for an entire in
#36

Apr 26, 2022

Gold Into Straw: Elon Musk's Attempt to Kill Twitter. | Gimme Schalter No. 36 – The first thing Melissa Mayer did after acquiring Tumblr was promise not to screw it up.Then she scre
#35

Apr 21, 2022

Oops! All Everything Awesome | Gimme Schalter No. 35 – I had grand plans for a one-year anniversary post about my ADHD diagnosis--but my plans kept getting
#34

Apr 11, 2022

The Value Of Nothing. | Gimme Schalter No. 34 – I used to work all day in a steel shop, pretending I was a writer. I'd get off work, come home, reali
#33

Mar 25, 2022

I'm a BAD WRITER. | Gimme Schalter No. 33 – If you spend all day thinking about writing but never put fingers to keyboard, spend hours typing wit
#32

Mar 11, 2022

Using Accuracy Against My Own Values | Gimme Schalter No. 32 – Has a sentence ever felt like a knife at your throat?Have you ever read a piece of news and dropped i
#31

Mar 4, 2022

Solidarity. | Gimme Schalter No. 31 – I was pacing around the parking lot of the dayjob I was about to quit with my cell phone to my ear. T
#30

Feb 25, 2022

The Old World Order | Gimme Schalter No. 30 – Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed buildings, killed people, and thrown global geopolitics in
#29

Feb 19, 2022

Paradise Lost: A Tribute to Neil Bulson | Gimme Schalter No. 29 – [CONTENT WARNINGS: Death, grief, drug use, curse words and Detroit Lions football.]I have no fucking
#28

Feb 11, 2022

Who Jacks The Jackasses? | Gimme Schalter No. 28 – At one point late in an evening otherwise lost to the dark, dank haze of Five South Case, one of the
#27

Feb 3, 2022

Tom Brady's Cold War On Football History | Gimme Schalter No. 27 – The sun has set on Tom Brady's quarterbacking empire. For 22 seasons he was inescapable, inevitable.
#26

Jan 27, 2022

Free Expression Isn't Free | Gimme Schalter No. 26 – Writers know the power of a good lie.As authors, we put quotation marks around words that have never
#25

Jan 17, 2022

The Internet Archive Is Not 'Legit' | Gimme Schalter No. 25 – Millennial and Zoomer creatives are leading the charge for labor rights in North America--and they're
#24

Jan 8, 2022

Self-Editing, And Trying To Stop | Gimme Schalter No. 24 – I was 14 years old, and I really had to pee. But when I swung open the door of the convention center
#23

Dec 31, 2021

Reaching An Infection Point | Gimme Schalter No. 23 – It's been killing me to watch so many of my friends Tweet about how nobody cares if they die. Brillia

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