I keep seeing ads for the Republican running against Hochul (I know his name, not typing it out) and you Long Island people need to lock him up.
So the bike (and pedestrian) lane on the Gordie Howe bridge opens tomorrow and there’s a dude sitting next to the entrance to the path in a camp chair waiting to be the first one to use it going from the US to Canada
in Queens, i sat on my porch and listened to sirens all day and all night. when i took a break to go outside, i went for a run to Central Park (passing the portable morgue complexes on Randall's Island and by Mt. Sinai Hospital).
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d agoit’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
today is the 31st day after the Liberty won the Commissioner's cup, that means my trial expired before tonight's Prime-exclusive game. good excuse to go to sleep, i guess...
Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”
10 years ago, we had jobs, hope and cash. now we don't have air or lettuce.
Ygrene@ygrene.bsky.social · 3w agohey, remember: don't eat anything and don't breathe
So random! (My username is styled after Balotelli's old FinallyMario)
you know who else made a call to a higher power to reverse a penalty for us
two awful broadcast options for this game - a Mexico-flavored Telemundo broadcast (sorry, not really rooting either way), and an English broadcast where the guy can't pronounce Quiñones.
international soccer is maybe the funniest sport to pull this navel gazing hairshirt shit about, we americans still have a lot to learn about being soccer fans
“Salute to America Immediate Evacuation” is an instant classic.
AZ Intel@azintel.bsky.social · last mo.JUST IN: Evacuation ordered for events at National Mall as storms gather near Washington ahead of President Trump's July 4th speech.
I’ve been thinking about the America I’m proud of and that I want to celebrate tomorrow, and it’s things like hip-hop and blue jeans and sending a man to the moon and this.
Dara Lind@daralind.bsky.social · last mo.I was trying to make this case to folks the other night. What a gift to see every team with a diasporic rooting section.
This is the best of who we are and what we represent. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team (Gift Article)
At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries.
nytimes.com
Cabo Verde has about the population of Staten Island; trying to imagine THAT team
Like every patriotic American, I am celebrating the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg and the Union victory at Vicksburg this weekend, which just happen to line up with the days (July 3 & 4) that the Declaration of Independence was published and widely distributed. That’s why we celebrate, right?
