something i think we need to pay way more attention to is the extent to which our elites are cooking their own brains so mutually and so thoroughly that even beyond the normal alienating effects of power they have become delusional. yes, i recently read a history of imperial japan, why do you ask?

This is incredible.

Mhgreen3000@mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 2d ago

Baltimore cut homicides 68% with 400 fewer cops, which is a deeply inconvenient plot twist for the “more police is the only way to safety” narrative.

The reason Harry Potter Adults are so bad is because for a long time there were totally normal Harry Potter Adults who did things like use their fandom to raise money for charity but then Joanne went absolute horses and all the normal adults ditched the fandom so the only ones left are total ghouls.

Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · 2d ago

We give Disney Adults so much shit but Harry Potter Adults deserve waaaaay more disrespect.

Losing like no one has ever lost before. Giving up the goods, allowing the strait to be held hostage, billions of dollars in infrastructure damage to allies, depleted weapons caches AND zero long term strategic gains. Truly a loss for the ages. Spanish Armada 1588 sending ‘That’s rough buddy’ memes.

I do think this is part of their secret sauce. explaining exactly what they're doing in clear terms makes you sound like a loony toon

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 6d ago

“I stopped talking to my therapist. I felt like I was ranting like a lunatic and he was listening politely and asking me, ‘Is the bad man in the room with you right now?’” On how 21st century fascists make you sound crazy: badfaithtimes.com/they-make-yo...

I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.

good piece. though I'd add that we could easily reform the online ad market such that journalism got a much larger slice of it www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/paying-for...

Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It

The consequences of privatizing public information.

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The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace.

While i think this is extreme: "rest of NBA's history, totality", i do agree that if the Sixers win the championship this year, it will be a stain on the Celtics. However, I don't think the Sixers are even making it to the ECF.

Gio Rivera@giojrivera.bsky.social · 6d ago

Kendrick Perkins on ESPN’s NBA Today: “If the 76ers go on to win the NBA championship with LeBron James and Jaylen Brown, it will stain the Boston Celtics forever — for the rest of the NBA’s history, totality.”

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

BLUTAH? 👀

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 6d ago

More than half of young adult women who grew up as Latter-day Saints have now left the church. Many are reacting against politics, purity culture and powerlessness.

New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

404media.co

WTF are we doing out here?

Saw them open for the Vegan Meatballs. Hell of a show.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · last wk.

I saw these guys at the Troubadour before they got big

"This presents a problem for the right: If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them." defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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It can't be understated how much I loathe Cleveland's WNBA branding. Not just because the name has zero ties to the city, that it's a prisoner of Chris Nolan's moment, that sirens aren't mermaids, but also it evokes negative connotations WRT police & emergencies. Mainly though, the Rockers rocked.

This is wild

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · last wk.

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

Awful and stupid. You had one job.

Mst3k It Stinks

ALT: Mst3k It Stinks

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Thomas Costello@thomascostello.bsky.social · last wk.

Yeah, its on the website now. Here is your WNBA Cleveland logo for the Cleveland Sirens.

Head of NBA injury research team:

Tom Thibodeau Smiling

ALT: Tom Thibodeau Smiling

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Mike Vorkunov@mikevorkunov.bsky.social · last wk.

A new medical study says there is a link between an increase in minutes played in the games before an Achilles tear and a player suffering that injury. The NBA said that no relationship exists, according to its own internal research. Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

I'm excited white Sox fans are annoyed

Oh shit. That's a big deal. An actual first baseman that can hit

Bob Nightengale@bnightengale.bsky.social · last wk.

The Cleveland Guardians aren't done yet. They now acquire Nathaniel Lowe from the Cincinnati Reds in hopes of chasing the White Sox down in the AL Central. @JeffPassan was on it

OK Computer, The Bends, Kid A (the first three in the greatest five album run)

Mia Murphy 🏳️‍⚧️@miamurphy.com · last wk.

What's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)

I’ve hated James Carville for decades, ever since he appeared as a ringer in a college debate on behalf of an out-of-control dean to punish and humiliate some older, non-traditional students who were in trouble for starting their own fraternity. Even more humiliating, Carville didn’t win the debate.

Coming to Netflix 2029: Nicolas Cage stars in a film adaptation of the story of how Nicolas Cage’s historical spy film Fortitude was stolen

IGN@ign.com · last wk.

Netflix is being sued for $105 million after a drive containing a master copy of Nicolas Cage's upcoming historical spy film, Fortitude, was stolen.

Jo Adell to the Guardians, per Jon Heyman

Someone should probably give Dalen Terry a look and see if he can take the defense first path some of the other successful fliers took

MAGA royalty Max Miller

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · last wk.

To the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.

this article is so sick. also so many of these guys were either drafted by or subsequently played for the wolves lol

Shamit Dua@fearthebrown.bsky.social · last wk.

Every off-season, NBA teams take low-cost fliers on former lottery picks and stalled prospects. How often do these bets pan out? I looked at the historical data to find out. First article at the new site! Do Cheap Fliers on Failed Prospects Work? intheno.net/do-cheap-fli...

Not just another AI movie. An autonomous delivery robot drove off the end of a pier in San Diego and quickly sank. The company called it an isolated navigation error. Was this the first example of AI committing suicide due to workplace stress? No, it was pier pressure.