It's been a while Mastodonians. Hope everyone is doing well. I wrote a new column. You can't expect to have freedom of speech without freedom of consequences. Even if your name is Scott Adams. Check it out!
#Dilbert #ScottAdams https://jakesorich.substack.com/p/freedom-of-speech-does-not-mean-freedom?sd=pf

It's gonna be so weird explaining to kids in the future who Dark Brandon was. "It all started with a NASCAR Race and some Trump supporters." "Yah, okay Zoomer."

The Super Bowl commercials the past few years haven't been that good IMO. But, this was the best one of all time. (I'm a little biased since I talked to the star of the commercials, but still!) #SuperBowl #Commercials

They finally passed the POS known as SB99. "Like other medical transition bans, it eliminates gender affirming care for trans youth. It singles trans minors out and bans things like puberty blockers and hormone therapy. In a discriminatory fashion, it targets transgender youth specifically with these bans while explicitly allowing such treatments to continue on intersex individuals and kids with precocious puberty." https://erininthemorn.substack.com/p/montana-senate-passes-social-transition?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Can't wait to get some money so I can play through all three Metroid Primes again on my Switch. Sooooooo cool. I can't tell you how much I loved those games. #NintendoDirect

People are freaking out how they can't Tweet during the Nintendo Direct. Watch Nintendo announce the Switch 2 and hardly anyone will hear about it. lol.

I've been sharing old articles today because why not? Here's one from 2011 when I met Nate Mendel from the Foo Fighters. He was a really down to earth guy who said he was thrilled to play in MT because he had a bunch of family coming to see him.

Hey folks, I wrote a new story on Substack about Montana's problem with trans people. There's a new exhibit from the Holter Museum that's hopefully going to help change that. Check out my article!
https://jakesorich.substack.com/p/montana-needs-to-learn-how-to-respect?sd=pf
#Montana #MTArt #transrights #MTPol

If anyone is looking for a freelance journalist, let me know! I'm based in Montana, and I have more than 10 years' experience writing news, features, reviews, opinion pieces and others. Check out my work at https://muckrack.com/jake-sorich. Thanks! #freelance #Writers #Work

Been a long week. I may just sleep all weekend. It's gonna be cold and gloomy anyhow. Yeah. That's what I'll do. I'll sleep. Until the 49ers play. :-p