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Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
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MHmarkharris.bsky.social

Actually, remembering that you might be professionally defined by your worst moment is an extremely good way to avoid having those moments!

Chris Cillizza on the NY mag writer: "If we were all judged on our worst moments or our biggest mistakes, how many of us would come out looking anything other than awful?"
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HDtakahanazawa.bsky.social

Christopher that's literally how society works for almost everyone in it

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Rrobink.bsky.social

Most people are, at least at the time

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XOxanderoconnor.bsky.social

I, for one, remember OJ Simpson for his excellent football skills.

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AAalexatt.bsky.social

Edith Cillizza.

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LBraulpudd.bsky.social

Fireman: Okay so I let one hospital burn down! You guys arenā€™t going to judge me on that one mistake?!

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smotus.bsky.social

Iā€™m sure the guy who invented napalm was good at making balloon animals or something

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Mbiiirdmaaan.bsky.social

Also, how many sexts would she have to have sent over what period of time for it to be a pattern of poor decisions and not count as a singular "worst moment?"

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Orowyourbot.bsky.social

I really wonder about these people who are so sanguine about a moment that involves serious deception of a credibility-destroying kind.

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Aargle-bargler.bsky.social

If your worst moment lasts 9 months does it still count as a moment

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chrismattox.bsky.social

Especially when said moment happened, like, a week ago

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Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
10.3k followers616 following1.7k posts