Congratulations to George Lombard Jr., born a week after my college graduation and nonetheless older than me because he plays sports on television, on his first career hit and home run.

I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

One of the most valuable experiences of my life was our scholarship-athlete classmates calmly and politely running rings around the rest of us (at 1/4 speed) during practicals for Coaching class. It took 5 min for even the cockiest journalism/business majors to start disassembling life-long dreams.

Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d ago

What sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...

Based on American journalists saving vital reporting for their book tours and now British journalists thinking that major public health policy wasn't worthwhile if it worked, we might just have some journalists who think preventing things is bad because it's better for their job when things happen.

*Spiderman: Brand New Day spoilers* I can't hold back my admiration for how the movie centers Peter's relationship with MJ and teases/lampshades "true love's kiss" as the thing that will break the spell and make her remember him, but throughlines Peter's friendship with Ned (often at MJ's behest).

"My Animal Crossing storage is full", right down to the fishing trophies piling up on every horizontal surface.

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d ago

Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized

"I liked it, but I know there are people out there who will-" No! STOP! That's enough. Opinion accomplished. You're done. You're good.

Just saw the new Spiderman and thinking about all the smart, well-executed considerations of mental health Marvel has done since 2020 (this included). It's weird that doesn't come up more, but I guess serious films are just supposed to go "look at this fucked up character, aren't they so fucked up?"

From a Heritage Foundation paper against women's college sports: "By cultivating daring, risk-taking, physical dominance, and a desire for victory, athletics would prepare women for careers, leadership, and independence rather than homemaking and motherhood." To be clear, that's their *CRITIQUE*.

Diana Moskovitz@dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · last wk.

The right got a big win when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld states banning trans girls from women's sports. What's next? Over at @defector.com, I dig into their plan for essentially winding down competitive women's sports and Title IX — think of it as make women's sports girly again. Gift link:

It is kind of amazing that we have settled on a version of capitalism that leads us into a trash can due to a decision not to price in the public costs of private profits. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/enshittifi...

Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math

Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.

hamiltonnolan.com

Every story about an AI "breaking containment" and "circumventing instructions" is basically like if a plumber's description of a leaky basement was about how intelligent the water was to find all those cracks in the basement.

It's the most Irish thing that right after a team wins the championship their captain has to essentially give a wedding speech. Well done to Mayo!

I admire our government's new commitment to honesty.

ruin a book by adding a word: The Unsolicited Picture of Dorian Gray

Captain Disillusion@captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 2w ago

ruin a book by adding a word: The Twelve Electric Chairs

The irony of a successful athlete is it's actually highly beneficial for them to have already made it through multiple moments so mortifying that most people would have condensed into a black hole that destroyed the Earth

Dan Weiner@danweiner.bsky.social · 2w ago

Rocco Rios Novo with the howler of all howlers MLS IS BACK FOLKS.

Just passed by a little girl learning to ride a bike and it's fun to stumble upon something that lets you know, 'oh, it's a big day today!'

My earliest memory is being a completely bewildered child crying on a plane, so every time a kid starts going my only thought is "oof, been there buddy!"

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 2w ago

I cannot overstate how much I hate when people are dicks about babies crying in public (especially airplanes). Do you think the parent is having a good time right now?? Do you think they are not aware of the situation??? Are you going to negotiate with a literal infant????

This is turning into the end of Gladiator where Commodus is crying out for another sword and his lackey finally enforces the rules.

They should have had one violinist steadfastly refusing to do the Norwegian row thing.

Bellingham remembers where defense got them the last time. What a goal!

Just got out of The Odyssey, and I hadn't appreciated how much the dorks on X must have *hated* Oppenheimer for being about how moving fast, breaking things, killing innocent people overseas, and building The Thing that destroys the world comes with regret, responsibility, and disposability.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3w ago

Elon Musk trying to sink a Christopher Nolan movie was honestly the funniest and dumbest course of action he could have taken. He’s one of the most popular filmmakers alive and now it proves Elon and his fanboys have no real cultural impact outside of X

Getting a string of Swedish political ads before a movie and I don't have the required understanding of the cultural iconography, so it just looks like the same soft-focus montage of Swedishy stock footage five times in a row with a different logo at the end. I now get how "undecided voters" happen.

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

The real grade inflation is how every veteran in every action move is "highly decorated, the best-of-the-best"

every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries

Gotta give it up for Argentina. They studied “Atlanta” stadium well. They knew they never wanted to have a lead there they could blow. That’s just smart planning.

Oof. I assume there was some reason they subbed Gordon out, but he was so much of their ability to get play to the other end of the pitch. It's been like a power play since then.

Subjectively declaring "objective" numbers for everything because they don't have self-assurance to live life and account for their choices. All their energy goes to reverse-engineering report cards to hold up and shout "See? I'm a good boy! It says on the paper you have to admit I'm a good boy!"

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

We never should have let Geocities go down. We could be using our pages like birth certificates.

Edward Reynolds@edward-reynolds.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Verify your age" You merely adopted the internet, I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see broadband until I was already a man.

"I disagreed with how he used the blood-powered puppy-grinder, but you can't argue with the jolly smile it put on his face. Rest in Peace to my loved and respected colleague who made life such hell for the people I constantly ask for $20 to make the hell stop."