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What I was reading from in July (2026)

Mirin Fader’s Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon (2024)

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Ran, swam, and wiped my butt today. Practically a triathlon

This is precisely what you'd expect Bari Weiss to do and the exact reason she was hired.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · yesterday

Bari Weiss canned major Epstein story.

My taxes paid for our military and Claude to bomb a school in Iran, to arm Israel for their genocide in Gaza, and also paid Trump and Friends to build a bunch of concentration camps and paid the Gestapo to shoot innocent people in the street. I'm fine with folks getting cheaper food on my dime

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d 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.

Finished in between some rain showers and a nap

the second before the hot dog blows up in the microwave

Minnesota Lynx for President

How could Hank Greenberg have used AI to bat cleanup in the 1935 World Series?

WNBA //s Democrat Party strategists bsky.app/profile/sund...

Bill Hanstock@sundownmotel.bsky.social · 3d ago

the wnba alienating their core audience for the sake of people who wouldn’t watch a wnba game to save their child’s life is a bold gambit, to be sure

Ryan Ruocco noting Cheryl Reeve's shirt and then video of Cheryl talking to Sophie Cunningham earlier

Guys:

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 4d ago

"First prize is this here gold ounce. Want to see second prize? (He pulls up his pant leg, revealing his stump.) Second prize is he eats yer fucking leg. Third prize is you drown."

OK, I'll say it: I love REALITY AWAITS! It's a v. enjoyable Strokes album! I wrote about why I feel that way, the early reactions to the record, the cyclical nature of Strokes backlashes, their current tour, and why young fans get them more than old fans. tinyurl.com/5eb2auna

"Reality Awaits" Will Be Loved By The Next Strokes Album (Which Will Be Hated)

Also: Reviews of new music by Frank Hurricane, Idle County, and Prairiewolf

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It'd really disrupt the podcast circuit tho

Snake: I want to meet the Duke. Then gets backstage passes to a Duke Ellington concert.

I hear you do an impersonation of Matt Barnes hosting a podcast, what's that like?

I wrote something petty. I Just Found Out My Sisters Stalk My Social Media is now live at Scaffold. If you’ve ever realized you’re somehow the main character in someone else’s group chat, this one’s for you… www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

i just found out my sisters stalk my social media by mallory smart — scaffold literary magazine

micro fiction

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Sure why not

Boss: Whoever wrote this did a great job incorporating AI. There are almost no spelling or mechanical issues. Employee (def not me): I typed all of it. Didn't run it through any AI. Boss: Well, there were some errors. Employee: . . . .

I forget the exact wording and can't find it, but during Trump 1.0 someone tweeted they were changing their cover letter for job applications to "If Betsy DeVos can be the Secretary of Education, I can do whatever it is you guys do here" and I've been trying to bring that energy since

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · last wk.

All the wrong people have impostor syndrome.

Because Escape From New York isn’t on Netflix, Netflix has recommended Song Sung Blue

All the other cyclops: “Hey Two Eyes”

“WHAT ABOUT THE THING THO” “WHAT ABOUT GET OUT THO” “WHAT ABOUT MOUTH OF MADNESS THO” “WHAT ABOUT NOPE THO”

Mr. Shidded Doo Doo Pants@mrshiddedoopants.bsky.social · 2w ago

Incredibly powerful image

Gavin Rossdale singing about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey: There's no sex in your violence There's no sex in your violence There's no sex in your violence There's no sex in your violence

solid movie, but this seems fairly accurate, only thing i'd add is that sometimes I think the person Nolan is included among the people being beaten over the head--hey, man, remember what you wanted to say cause that's what this movie is about bsky.app/profile/kauz...

Kauzigg@kauzigg.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Odyssey definitely suffers from audiences somehow not getting what Nolan's movies are about. He really has to beat you over the head by the third act with the themes. I really, REALLY liked the movie but it's the least amount of respect for audience intelligence I've seen in a Chris Nolan flick

I think the teams in the running to get LeBron should compete in a family double dare physical challenge to decide where he'll play next year

Congrats again to all the brave university administrators who went full Neville Chamberlain in 2024 & '25 to appease an administration that would prefer their institutions not exist beyond nationalist propaganda indoctrination centers and places to design bombs.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago

1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.

Brian Doyle writes great sentences that always float across the page as if they were weightless.

Has Trump tried sending a wooden horse to Iran? It would be both a bold and topical maneuver.