I look at the lineup every day and I’m like, “How?” And then they go out and win 11-3 or something. 😂

Red Sox Bot@redsoxbot.bsky.social · 52m ago

⚾️ Red Sox lineup for August 5 vs White Sox ⚾️ 1. Nick Sogard - 2B 2. Ceddanne Rafaela - CF 3. Wilyer Abreu - RF 4. Willson Contreras - 1B 5. Masataka Yoshida - DH 6. Caleb Durbin - 3B 7. Jarren Duran - LF 8. Andruw Monasterio - SS 9. Connor Wong - C

Lupe didn’t eem know Tribe lyrics at one point and admitted to having serious blind spots in his Rap knowledge… You expect me to go to Cambridge to listen to a dude who wasn’t even aware of King Sun, Lord Shafiyq, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Just-Ice, KRS One & Rakim in ‘87? He was 5, bro. NAWL.

I often get invited to the stuff Lupe Fiasco does at MIT but I just don’t align with Lupe’s approach or his viewpoints and opinions about Rap or want to engage with his version of discourse especially in the forum he created. Most of the people in his circle feel he’s an authority… I’m 51 years old

No wait, my next book should be a joint analysis of three 21st century filmed religious texts: The Believer (2001) Children of Men (2006) The Leftovers (2014-17)

I repeat: ED. FLYNN. GOTTA. GO!

Universal Hub@universalhub.com · 2h ago

Councilor Louijeune, who proposed the resolution, said the city is already working (along with groups like the United Way) to help local Haitians) and has several ways to help thousands of fellow Bostonians, but today's court action increases the urgency.

Councilor Flynn just blocked a non-binding resolution calling on the city to set up a coordinated emergency response plan to help Haitian immigrants facing loss of their homes now that they lost their TPS status today. Flynn wants more info on how much helping Haitians in Boston would cost. 1/2

Carleen & The Groovers -- Can We Rap [USA, Funk] (1972) https://redd.it/e59kso https://youtu.be/49ApIaLMVMo

Carleen & The Groovers -- Can We Rap [USA, Funk] (1972)

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Trump was found civilly liable of sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in 2023.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

Massive new study confirms there is NO LINK between the MMR vaccine and autism. Meanwhile, US measles infections are skyrocketing due to vaccine disinformation. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

my pinned tweet for years was "I write for the people whose names get underlined in red by microsoft word" and...this is why. (no shade to the lovely people at the MIT Press reader, who changed it immediately as soon as I pointed it out)

Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy provided injury updates on Roman Anthony, Adley Rutschman and Garrett Crochet ahead of last night's game at Fenway Park. Here's what he had to say. on.nbcboston.com/StKKDWN

Red Sox provide positive injury updates on Roman Anthony, Garrett Crochet, Adley Rutschman

Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy provided positive injury updates on Roman Anthony, Adley Rutschman and Garrett Crochet.

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MAN

John Payant@jpayant70.bsky.social · 5h ago

And about 50 to remember them in a World Series (which they lost).

The film about the slow then quick death of art criticism in the United States by Mary Louise Schumacher titled “Out Of The Picture” I mentioned on Bluesky last week is now available via Vimeo VOD through September 21st, 2026: vimeo.com/1162660639

Watch Out of the Picture Online | Vimeo On Demand

An award-winning documentary film about art critics in the United States, “Out of the Picture,” follows five writers who have made it their life’s work to translate the experiences of art for others. ...

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the metal injection and metal sucks and revolver and brooklyn vegan and alt press and such layoffs following acquisition by music industry entities specifically <<<<

Prepare for an insane explosion of Islamophobia between now and November, from the same people on the right (and center!) who pretend to be exercised by the rise in anti-Jewish bigotry. The hate will be off the charts and make the anti-Zohran campaign look tame. Mark my words.

Bari Weiss and Sheryl Sandberg; Sandberg is carrying a copy of John Fetterman's book; they're attending the annual Allen Sun Valley Conference, rumored to be where multiple large media acquisitions have been negotiated in the past. "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." —George Carlin

Sarah Szalavitz💡@dearsarah.bsky.social · 23h ago

Lean In To Fascism

Elle Duncan kept it real on Bomani’s podcast about what the real crises for women in sports are but instead people want to focus on transgender talking points because it’s a nonsense culture war topic

Wild to think you need to be at least 35 in order to remember back when the Milwaukee Brewers were in the American League… And at least around 40 years old in order to have any real recollection of them being in the AL East along with the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians* and Detroit Tigers *YUCK

BREAKING: Donavan McKinney has defeated incumbent Shri Thanedar in the MI-13 Democratic Primary! McKinney is an unapologetic progressive while Thanedar is a pro AIPAC pro genocide corporate puppet. A huge win for working people in MI!

A gentle observation: Some of the same older Black voters in Detroit who are being shaded for not supporting Abdul El-Sayed in the primary sent Rashida Tlaib to the House. And keep sending her there. 🤯 Yes, her district encompasses all of Dearborn *now,* but not in 2018. All politics is local.

Abdul El-Sayed will win the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Michigan, CNN's Decision Desk projects, handing progressives a major win in a critical battleground primary. He defeats Rep. Haley Stevens. https://cnn.it/4w6wmLu

Rep. Shri Thanedar has lost his Democratic primary in Michigan to state Rep. Donavan McKinney, NBC News projects, in a victory for the party’s progressive wing.

Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar loses his primary to a progressive challenger in Michigan

Thanedar was unseated by Donavan McKinney, a state representative endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Abdul El-Sayed, NBC News projects.

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I have an “email job” at a computer ALL DAY and not one part of my workday involves AI. Unless you count scrolling past the AI results in google to find the correct answer/website/result, or ploughing through AI phone trees when I call companies to get to a human

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 12h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

I have a bug in my ass about the way in which WNBA commentators talk about trans people in sports because they are failing the Kirby test. The point is not that there are no trans women athletes in the W, nor that trans women do not have a competitive advantage when looking at the data.

This is such an great feature (Rebecca is great!), and I've been thinking about it for a few days. IMO, "Influencer" in the ten-years-ago sense was really a LOT of jobs (spokesmodel/copywriter/etc.) but now it's morphing, at least in part, into "intentionally annoying person" which feels worse.

The Influencer Recession

Once upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot.

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“It’s not a different opinion. It’s straight up bigotry and discrimination that we wouldn’t accept or hand wave away if it were targeted towards any other group.”

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 17h ago

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

NEW: Janelle Salaün put together another big-time game on Tuesday night, pouring in 21 points in 21 minutes. It's the latest performance solidifying her rock-solid case for Sixth Player of the Year: www.sbnation.com/womens-sport...

There’s a clear WNBA Sixth Player of the Year frontrunner

Golden State Valkyries forward Janelle Salaün lit up the Toronto Tempo on Tuesday night. It’s the latest in a string of big-time performances.

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It's so fucking hard to be a capitalist billionaire these days

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.