I think the other important caveat is Amen's defense seemed to drop off a bit in Year 3 vs. his first two seasons. And if that was him adjusting to a bigger role, fine, but if he can't shoot, he REALLY needs to be an elite defender by more than reputation.

Varun Shankar@byvarunshankar.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here's the simplest way to think about it. If Amen Thompson's shooting comes around? The Rockets could have a top five player in the league. Even if it doesn't, Houston locked up a decidedly positive player on both ends of the floor for years to come. www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rocke...

Peanut butter and eggs sounds weird until you combine it with chili oil and ramen

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

I mean, can we blame them for selling a bunch of players at absolute peak value? That’s how they got to where they are as a consistent top six club.

John Muller@johnspacemuller.com · 2w ago

Aston Villa followed a season of overperforming their numbers with a summer of selling all their key players, let's check in on how that's going for them

My pick is Bob Marley’s Legend, but it’s a shame rap labels are so fragmented that greatest hits rarely include guest appearances, freestyles and full studio careers all at once. Black Thought, for instance, would have an unbelievable greatest hits album.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3w ago

What's the greatest "greatest hits" album ever?

I think people probably still take bubble baths sometimes but TV characters definitely used to take a lot more than they do now

C. Bukowski@thishurt.bsky.social · 3w ago

Television used to MEAN something in this country. 🧐

This is my state senator, for whom I voted eight times (primary and general in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024). Wild. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/n...

N.Y. State Senator’s Former Aides Say She Double-Billed for Travel

For years, Jessica Ramos used campaign money to pay for hotels and Amtrak tickets while also receiving state payments for travel, records and interviews show.

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Kick-Ass and The Incredibles are in the pantheon

Lukács Doncic@weirdalf.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mount Rushmore of Super Hero movies Spiderman 2 Superman the Movie (1978) X Men Days of Future Past The Dark Knight

Just saw a minivan with its whole bumper bent up and ripped off after rear-ending a garbage truck if you ever wondered what it was like to tackle Jim Brown

Inception

Rachel Merrill Artist for Gil Thorp and Death To Pachuco!@ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 3w ago

Whats a movie everyone fucking loves that you despise? It doesnt have to be objectively bad, you just objectively DID NOT. Heres one for me since Ive been on a Barbara Loden kick lately-

“CHAIR” would’ve been more efficient

I gave blood for the first time a couple months ago and have received near daily calls and emails about it ever since. No good deed, etc.

“You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath” really is a bar.

Duke Tobin must be so sick of NFL analysts acting like he never has tried to improve the offensive line for Joe Burrow. They added Alex Cappa, Ted Karras and Cordell Volson in 2022, then Orlando Brown Jr. in 2023.

These have surpassed Snickers as the best mass produced ice cream treat you can get at a bodega

This album, these two critics(critic and poet) and this podcast all are 10/10

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · last mo.

The 1997 album marked a crossroads for hip-hop, as the genre was being torn between elaborate mythmaking and a kind of true crime. www.newyorker.com/podcast/crit...

Olivia Miles is the best guard in the world. Get her on this roster. www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/te...

Team USA Basketball roster: Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese to make FIBA Women's World Cup debut

Team USA will go for the gold next month in Berlin with a star-studded roster

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I have not seen The Movie and have no thoughts on The Criticism beyond this being a bizarre turn of phrase: "to suit our animal-loving times"

Gordon Hayward wore ED POLICY on his jersey in 2020

Mina Kimes@minakimes.bsky.social · last mo.

Your annual reminder that the Packers’ CEO is named ED POLICY which sounds like a fake adult name a child made up

“I’m gonna meet you on the other side” Two outlaws with their backs against the wall and Johnny Law surrounding them … or a parent putting their toddler on the big slide?

Driving behind an aggressive truck on a crowded street is what Shaun Alexander and LaDanian Tomlinson felt like behind Mack Strong and Lorenzo Neal

Just saw a guy drinking from a can in a paper bag. The top of the can was showing. Just enough to recognize the design and logo.

If you love mid-aughts underground rap, you might remember RJD2 and Supastition separately, and I'm here to tell you their 2026 collaboration album (According To... supastition.bandcamp.com/album/accord...) is everything 2006 you would have hoped for www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNx1...

Expiration Date

YouTube video by RJD2 - Topic

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In his first-ever extensive one-on-one interview in English, Yang Hansen opens up about his rookie-year struggles and the pressure of representing China in the NBA. Story: www.rosegardenreport.com/its-not-bad-...

'It's Not Bad to Have Pressure': Yang Hansen Opens Up About Rookie Struggles, Goals for the Future

In his first-ever extensive interview in English, Yang reflected on a whirlwind rookie season and the pressure of representing China in the NBA.

rosegardenreport.com

Midtown West really earning its other name today

Unpaid promotion: Barebells makes the only protein bars that actually taste good.

Horse-drawn carriages should be banned, but human safety being the reason is so counterintuitive www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/14/c...

Last Roundup? Council Hearing Set Over Central Park Horse Ban.

Animal rights activists say they’ve never been closer to exiling horse carriages from Central Park. A hearing on Wednesday will feature testimony from the family of a young tourist killed in a recent ...

thecityreporter.nyc

This entire album is overwritten, overproduced and oversung. And because of all that, it’s perfect.

Music with instrumenta

Scott 𐚁 Cave@hellabarnes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

what is the reverse historical dorito? the thing from the past that would blow our minds in a positive way

Let’s hope the final three* matches are as good as the similarly chalky 2024 Men’s Final Four.