My biggest issue with soccer has always been that there were too many incredible goals scored 40 seconds after a marginal foul happened on the other side of the field. So glad they fixed this.
Since USMNT now going through the usual England discourse of "is it ok to support them": I think you have to accept sports are a stupid place where nationalism is fair game. It's fine to support them. But you don't really need to argue that doing so is morally *good*, either. It's just dumb fun.
this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for
Karina Lunai@karinalunai.bsky.social · 2mo agoWell said. It's also worth pointing out that even if we do miss the 2c target, hitting 2.1 is still better than 2.3. Climate tipping points are not all or nothing, there are multiple tipping points at different temperatures.
At the Sounders game. They're announcing the "Delta starting lineup". Even the starting lineup has a corporate sponsor!
Party ID “explains far more variation in elite climate beliefs than ideology, trust in science, or broader conspiratorial predispositions.”
Zander Furnas@alexanderfurnas.com · 4mo agoI've got a new paper out today with @timlapira.bsky.social and @salilb.bsky.social in ERC showing that party ID strongly structures political elites' beliefs about climate change. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
"the loss of critical thinking and learning skills is less of a personal failure and more of a policy one, calling the generation of Americans educated with gadgets victims of a failed pedagogical experiment." shorturl.at/Xukya
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
David Hull 胡大衛@hushuo.bsky.social · 8mo agoI finally got around to reading this. You should read it too. "We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
The Senate should vote to release the Epstein files ASAP. This is long overdue. Survivors deserve justice and Americans deserve the truth.
In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
Trump’s grip on his party is beginning to loosen because a group of renegade Republicans.
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Donald Trump’s name appears in 1,628 of the recently released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. No wonder he’s trying to stop us from releasing the files. It’s time to release every last one.
There’s this one postdoc open to “political science or allied disciplines“, implying the existence of “enemy disciplines“.
"We have seven minutes of Progressive Insurance stoppage time still to play." Why does the stoppage time need a corporate sponsor?
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...
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We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality. They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.
If you're looking for the last possible excuse to procrastinate, this v nerdy Wordle-spinoff is here for you! Featuring lots of good poems and some author birthdays that may surprise you. (The social image got messed up, so sharing again 😄.) Game here: melaniewalsh.github.io/versedle/
VERSEDLE
Test your literary knowledge with Versedle!
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Melanie Walsh@mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 10mo agoI made a lil game inspired by the Wordle universe. It's called Versedle (pronounced Verse-a-dle). You guess who wrote famous lines of literature. As my parents can attest, it's hard! I made them an Easy Mode, but it's still kinda hard. Maybe you'll like it! ▶️ 📚: melaniewalsh.github.io/versedle/
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), top Dem on the Senate health committee, on this evening's chaos at CDC: “We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."
Manhattan On Alert Following Sunrise Unaccompanied By Languid Clarinet Music theonion.com/manhatt...
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
All I see here is top notch ball security, elite contact balance, a willingness to grind out tough yards btwn the tackles, and surprising burst after he finds daylight
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · last yr.A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed
RIP Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) 💔 Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net), professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. dailynous.com/2025/06/20/h...
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