When a politician dies we see a lot of hagiographies about them. If you mention they were a terrible person IRL, you get chastised. My feeling? If you don't want people to talk shit about you after you die, don't be shitty when you're alive.

The two types of dogs: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/humor/s/b1...

Highlight of our 250th anniversary: Cape Verde.

Andy Davies at ESPN has been reviewing VAR calls each day at the WC. He's now said that the Tah goal, Kane non-penalty, Laryea non-penalty, Mbuku non-goal, & Balogun red card, among others, were all wrong. This is a ridiculously high level of wrong calls; worse than not having technology at all.

World Cup VAR review: Germany goal came after boot to the head. So why was it allowed?

For the tournament, we are taking a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process in terms of both VAR protocol and the laws of the game.

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Moving Justice Jackson concurrence invoking Frederick Douglass on memory. "The distortion of historical facts—retellings that reimagine and repurpose past events to lend credence to misbegotten aims—may be an even greater threat."

My toy is real….

Four justices don’t believe the reconstruction amendments are part of the Constitution, simple as

Bit my tongue with the first bite of breakfast, so at least the first half of my day will be taken up entirely by thinking about where my tongue is in my mouth at all times.

If Waffle House doesn’t make this their new slogan, then capitalism has failed

Donald Trump inheriting a situation that was suboptimal but honestly fine, deciding to personally intervene, and making everything significantly worse at great taxpayer expense is a perfect synopsis of every single thing he has done as president both times.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

They're dumping hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning trying to stop the algae.

It is quite a thing to be the worst country of recent World Cups when the last two were Qatar and Russia.

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

Modern right wingers are the source of almost every problem we are experiencing.

These are the two optimal types of Baseball Name.

Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Alimber Santa is the second player in MLB history to pitch in a no-hitter in his MLB debut, joining: Bumpus Jones of the Cincinnati Reds on 10/15/1892, who threw one all himself h/t @EliasSports

We really wanted to introduce you to Vanilla. She has the daintiest handshake we've ever witnessed. 14/10 (IG: bordercollievanilla)

This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

i am tired of having to listen to dumb assholes just because they have a lot of money

Everyone immediately assuming that an attempt on the President is staged is probably not a sign of a healthy democracy.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

All it took to hollow out the US system of higher ed was: 1. Fomenting racial and class grievances that “those” educated people both think they are better than “you” common folk and are achieving a privileged status over “you” common folk; (1/3)

Benjamin Balthaser@blbalthaser.bsky.social · 4mo ago

While Hampshire’s case is in some ways unique, it is amazing to think that in a single lifetime - about 70 years - the US founded the greatest public and liberal arts college system in the world and then destroyed it, to build prisons, give tax cuts to the rich, and own the libs

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Me, joking: I can’t believe we chose “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally” Conservatives, dead serious: it was a tough choice, but I’m glad we picked “destroying the economy” and “losing wars” over “being nice to trans people occasionally”

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I can’t believe there are really people like this

Shit is pretty bleak right now. We need a new kind of cheese

Michael B. Jordan is the Michael Jordan of people named Michael Jordan who aren't Michael Jordan.

@gameflow.bsky.social Hey, I love y'all's work, but I think you missed the ATL-Philly chart from yesterday. It was the early match.

No one keeps Atlanta United from winning at home for 291 days

The whole thread is brutal, but so true.

Adam Whittaker Snavely@snaves.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s 2026. The World Cup is in North America. The top flight league has so drastically cut its own media presence and has a fully paywalled broadcast that’s effectively made it invisible to casual soccer fans. Second tier league is openly trying to bust a union.