He will never understand that being "the fat guy from Superbad" is infinitely better than being "the martial arts chud nobody likes"
Charlie Connell
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Writer, editor, semi-professional curmudgeon, Tottenham supporter, Malört apologist. He/him
There are more people who've parlayed middling athletic prospects into profitable careers decrying the inclusion of trans women in sports than there are trans women in sports.
Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:
Just finished Cool Machine by @colsonwhitehead.com and it was tremendous. Best book I’ve read all year. Such a love letter to NYC. It’s a little bittersweet that this is the end of the trilogy, I’d be happy to hang with Carney, Pepper, and the rest for decades more
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
it’s legitimately fucking offensive to me as a taxpayer that this entire administration is run by people whose only goal in life is to be on television
Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 7d agoSomeone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
FIFA has a funny set-up where every country gets exactly one vote which means small countries are way overrepresented and you can hang on to power by promising little giveaways to those countries and their reps. Thankfully no similar system exists in the United States government, that would be bad
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 7d agoi don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Conair Bunny
Alt: Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich) holds a gun up to a stuffed rabbit in the film Con Air
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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 7d agoenough of this shit
She really does outdo herself every time. We’re so lucky.
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · last wk.Okay now it's getting real
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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I loathe the take of “well every writer is using AI and afraid to say it”. Like, that’s only true if your sample group is tech reporters and various hacks. Writers that don’t give a shit about writing, they just know they need a newsletter to make money, use AI. That’s a big fucking difference
We need to get back to an America where ghouls like this are laughed out of the room. Tom Emmer has such a reductive, ignorant, and imbecilic view of America he would have failed fifth grade civics. Telling him and his ilk to shut the fuck up is patriotism at its finest
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Tom Emmer: "We are not creating a new Somalia ... if you do not want to be an American, you do not want to assimilate, then get the hell out of here. Go back to where you came from. You don't belong here."
People are going to love me presenting my dissertation entitled "The Only Good Boss Is One That's Dead: How the works of Dillinger Four are a direct evolution of the protest songs of Woody Guthrie" as we travel from Newark to San Francisco
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
Hats on pets will delight me until the day I die ... even if that death is caused by a vengeful pet
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · last wk.I get to put a hat on Heater one (1) time per year and it’s when she’s under anesthesia while getting her teeth cleaned. The vet puts it on before she wakes up. I consider it a fair trade for the cost of her dental cleaning.
Surely the solution here is just *don't use AI tools* for your writing and research and continue to do your writing and research in ALL the ways you were doing it before you started using AI instead of doing the work??
Tonight, I’m taking part in a time-honored Gen X Dude rite of passage: Taking my wife to a Tori Amos concert
I think people who do not work in media have trouble grasping how genuinely terrifying it is watching organization after organization (even those ostensibly held by entities able to fund them!) continually get carved down into nothing. Lights going out all over
Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 2w ago"Most of the affected employees were at National Geographic, both at the cable network as well as editorial and operations." 🫠
You come for the Bell and you're entering a world of pain
Walter Sobchak Yells in The Big Lebowski
Alt: Walter Sobchak Yells in The Big Lebowski
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heaumeau e. rotacism@vashwood.bsky.social · 2w agojoining the war on taco bell on the side of taco bell
On every possible level of creative work these fucking piss-brained charlatans will find some kind of "friction" standing in the way of their genius ideas. Can't draw for shit? Friction Needing to do research? Friction Can't think of a thing to actually write? Believe it or not - also friction
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
ROMERO DIDN'T SHAKE TRUMP'S HAND HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HE'S GOOD AGAIN LET'S KEEP HIM
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy. Fuck outta here, Enzo
I can’t believe this is our final pausa de hidratacion
Homer Simpson Crying
ALT: Homer Simpson Crying
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Wait, the star spangled banner? Did Trump get us in the final?!
