I know you'll be extremely shocked to hear this, but the loudest "keep politics out of sports" folks were always full of shit.
If this happened in the U.S. I would run for office. apnews.com/article/braz...
Capybaras keep their chill while crashing Brazilian legislature
Capybaras have been making surprise visits to a Brazilian state legislature. These chill rodents strolled into the legislative building in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, last week, catching lawmakers off guard.
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I generally consider myself pretty up on current events. I am also a software developer with many years in the industry. That said, I was today year's old when I realized that David Ellison was NOT Larry Ellison. I have just been eliding them into the same person all this time.
"Louis Armstrong's station in the history of jazz is unimpeachable. If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be any of us." (Dizzy Gillespie) Louis Armstrong, born 4 August 1901.
If you're a cis person insisting that the prospect of trans children playing youth sports is not only "a problem" but in fact one of the biggest problems we currently face as a nation, I'd be happy to introduce you to literally a million other things that should be worrying you more.
There was, however, one exception to this: Minneapolis-St Paul. There, a finance bro, the mob, and a crooked lawyer really did buy the trains and sell them for scrap - but that was the exception, not the rule. 12/12
How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities
There is a common folk theory that the North American streetcar disappeared because of a conspiracy. Allegedly, industrialists connected with the auto and motor bus industries bought up North Ameri…
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Awkward moment here as the Guardians and D-backs benches cleared but things had to be broken up because "Um please move we need to tarp the field"
MAGA masculinity means declining to publicly criticize the man your daughter has accused of physical abuse, because doing so might prompt a senile 80-year-old man to write mean things about you.
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · last wk.The man beat his daughter and injured his granddaughter but he's fine with it apparently. www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
It’s amazing that Cory Heim could win his second race in only 15 races as a part-time driver when he’s been dead for 16 years.
In violent reaction to the reconfiguration of society into treating women and people of color as equals. It is a desperate, ferocious clinging to what they feel should be a higher status in a 'natural' hierarchy. Because the alternative is the terrifying prospect of being judged by what they do.
if you're ever doing time travel and you notice i'm starting to fade from a photograph, don't worry about it
I know this won’t reach the right people, but just to be clear: the Canadian forests didn’t burn and smoke out half of the Northern states every summer in the past. This is very much a new thing.
Well, now I have another reason not to watch it in addition to the fact that everything since Return of the King in the LoTR cinematic universe has been boring as shit.
Bianca Michelle Parker@bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 4w agoFeels bad that a director of a major studio film is perfectly comfortable saying that casting non-white actors is just something you do to look woke and otherwise isn't remotely necessary
An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Counterpoint: Everything Lucas has done creatively in the past 40 years has been hot garbage and we don’t need to listen to him.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 4w agoGeorge Lucas says AI will make it 'much easier to make movies' • Says rejecting it is like rejecting cars in favor of horses • AI has risks, but he believes the tech will provide its own solutions "There’s nothing you can do about it ... That’s progress, it’s the future" (via A Rabbit's Foot)
His wife is literally using him as a puppet in that photo.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoMitch McConnell has released a photo and the first statement on his condition: "I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia."
Starting to think populating the entire federal government with psychopaths and narcissists was a bad idea.
Routine reminder that US cops kill 10,000-25,000 dogs every year. Almost always with zero reason or justification. That is 27-68 dogs shot and killed by police every day.
More than Just Collateral Damage: Pet Shootings by Police
The Department of Justice estimates that American police officers shoot 10,000 pet dogs in the line of duty each year. It is impossible to ascertain a reliable number, however, because most law enforc...
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸@joemcjoe11.bsky.social · last mo.Just more horrors. Cops kill another dog while searching for someone not even at the home they were at. A highly trained service dog was not a threat to police but that doesn't matter, they killed her anyway. Why do cops do this? Less paperwork then killing people? www.wsbtv.com/news/local/c...
What if he died but neither option wanted him so he’s just stuck here?