There’s an exceptionally annoying thing writers do in the internet age: We type something like “I really didn’t want to talk about this,” and then we talk about it anyway, at length.

I’m going to do that here, but I can explain.

You’re probably familiar with the Jason Arday case by now.

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I’m going to do that here, but I can explain.

You’re probably familiar with the Jason Arday case by now.

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