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I took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

You’re next Joanna Stern, Ezra Klein, and Matt Rogers

You’re next Joanna Stern, Ezra Klein, and Matt Rogers

Nilay Patel
is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast.

Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff tagged me in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge over the weekend, so here we are. We’re definitely at the point in this trend where a crowd gathered to watch us in Times Square, but the cops didn’t even question what was happening. “Just do it over a grate,” they said. “People keep doing this.”

#sternburn

Everyone: donate at ALSA.org. Your move, Ezra, Joanna, and Matt.

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