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

Free Expression Isn't Free | Gimme Schalter No. 26

#26 Jan 27, 2022

The Internet Archive Is Not 'Legit' | Gimme Schalter No. 25

#25 Jan 17, 2022

Self-Editing, And Trying To Stop | Gimme Schalter No. 24

#24 Jan 8, 2022

#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
#22

Dec 17, 2021

Virtuous Un-Signaling | Gimme Schalter No. 22 – As long as I've been writing about sports on the Internet, I've been apologizing to sports fans for h
#21

Dec 11, 2021

Dayjobs and Dystopias | Gimme Schalter No. 21 – This week I went back to the office for the first time in 21 months.All I was doing was picking up a
#20

Dec 3, 2021

Analysis Catalysis | Gimme Schalter No. 20 – I love sports because they're infinitely analyzable: from the macro to the micro, from one century to
#19

Nov 27, 2021

Actually Good Green Bean Casserole – It's hard not to have an inflated self-concept when your country dedicates a national holiday to doin
#18

Nov 22, 2021

Blown Deadlines & Closed Doors | Gimme Schalter No. 18 – Gimme Schalter is supposed to go out at 10:00 a.m. every Thursday, which will come as a shock to many
#17

Nov 12, 2021

Can't Compete Without Accepting Defeat | Gimme Schalter No. 17 – My son and I walked into the gym 17 minutes early, and froze. Out on the gleaming blue court were a b
#16

Nov 5, 2021

Self-Care, or Selfishness? | Gimme Schalter No. 16 – Football culture is a specific subset of sports culture, and not a particularly great one. All the ma
#15

Oct 28, 2021

Empowered Powerlessness | Gimme Schalter No. 15 – In the blink of an eye—or in the panicked flop-sweat of an incompetent rich man—decades of brilliant,
#14

Oct 22, 2021

Nothing To Lose But Our Blockchains | Gimme Schalter No. 14 – The forces of truth and justice stood victorious.A furious siege by authors and their followers had r
#13

Oct 14, 2021

The Easy Lie I Gimme Schalter No. 13 – When now-former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden's old racist, sexist, misogynist emails were leake
#12

Oct 8, 2021

Seeing the Seams | Gimme Schalter No. 12 – Every sportswriter will tell you that covering a sport for a living, especially in an access-driven r
#11

Oct 1, 2021

Looking On My Work, And Despairing | Gimme Schalter No. 11 – I love roller coasters, but I hate free-fall rides -- and whenever anybody asks me why, I have a pat
#10

Sep 23, 2021

Testing Our Mettle | Gimme Schalter No. 10 – Bran thought about it. "Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be
#9

Sep 17, 2021

Over the Hill | Gimme Schalter No. 9 – When I was in middle school, my best friend's dad was thrown an "Over the Hill" party. Their basement
#8

Sep 9, 2021

Always Remember. | Gimme Schalter No. 8 – I'll always remember pulling up my then-favorite Internet hangout and seeing the top post, "THE GLASS
#7

Sep 2, 2021

The Price of Dreams | Gimme Schalter No. 7 – "We thought we were part of a revolution," rock icon Grace Slick once said when asked about a potenti

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